Michael O’Loughlin, the Irish U23 road and TT champion, at another World Road Championships. Above, checking out the TT course with his father Martin O'Loughlin in Bergen, Norway (Photo: Sean Rowe)
Irish cycling team schedule for Bergen Worlds
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Irish U23 road race and TT champion Michael O’Loughlin was due to get the Irish team’s World Road Championships campaign underway this afternoon.
The Carrick-on-Suir man is lining out today in the U23 TT in Bergen, Norway. While the test gets underway at 12 noon Irish time, O’Loughlin is off much later.
He is due to roll down the starter’s ramp at 2.47pm. The 37km course includes the Birkelundsbakken climb and that should suit O’Loughlin.
As well as U23 rider O'Loughlin, Irish cycling has riders in action in the TTs and road races through to next Sunday.
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Tomorrow, Tuesday, Eileen Burns rides the elite women’s 21.1km TT. And that same route will also play host to the junior men’s TT, also on Tuesday.
Ireland is represented by Xeno Young, who has won medals in the pursuit at the European and World track championships already this year.
And with him in that junior TT is Ben Walsh; the winner of the Junior Tour of Ireland this year and also the national junior TT champion.
Nicholas Roche will complete the TT part of Worlds week for Ireland on Wednesday. He rides the elite men’s TT over 31km.
It concludes with a hill top finish and the final 3.4km averages 9.1 per cent. And because there is a climb on the course, TT specialist Ryan Mullen is not riding this time around.
We'll add the other riders' TT start times below when we get them.
Irish cycling team schedule in Bergen
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Monday 18th September
U23 Men’s TT Michael O’Loughlin 2.47pm
Tuesday 19th September
Junior Men’s TT starting at 10.35am. Ben Walsh and Xeno Young ride for Ireland.
Elite Women’s TT starting at 2.35pm and Eileen Burns rides for Ireland.
Wednesday 20th September
Elite Men’s TT starting at 12.05pm and Nicolas Roche is Ireland’s sole representative.
Nicholas Roche
Friday 22nd September
U23 men’s road race gets underway at 12.15pm. The Irish team is made up of Mark Downey, Daire Feely, Darragh O’Mahony, Adam Stenson and Matthew Teggart.
Saturday 23rd September
The junior men’s road race starts at 8.30am. The Irish team is PJ Doogan, Luke Smith and Ben Walsh.
The elite women’s road race starts at 12.30pm and Lydia Boylan is the sole Irish rider selected.
Sunday 24th September
The elite men’s road race gets underway at 9.05am.
The Irish team is: Conor Dunne, Dan Martin, Ryan Mullen, Nicolas Roche, Damien Shaw and Sean McKenna.
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