The domestic scene is set for a busy week, culminating in the National Road Championships this weekend. But before the national titles are settled, there are a number of county road championships to be fought out as well as a rare criterium in Dublin.
There are no fewer than three races on this evening, Tuesday, June 24th, and the good news is that all three events are still open for entry.
Bohermeen Cycling Club is back at it again, hosting the Meath Road Race Championships; a handicapped race with medals available for C1, C2, C3, juniors and women. And there are also county championship medals on offer in the youth races, from U12 to U16 - a great effort by the promoting club.
Sign on and roll out is from Bohermeen Community Centre with the youth races starting at 6.45pm and the senior race starting at 7.45pm.
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You can get more information and enter the races by following this link.
The Louth County Championships are also being promoted, by Cuchulainn Cycling Club, this evening. Medals will be presented to the first three males and females. This is a massed start event, over 42km, on the Darver circuit, starting at 7pm.
You can get more information and enter the event at this link.
Also this evening, Tuesday, the M&M Memorial Classic is being promoted by West Clare CC. The event is a handicapped race for C1s, C2s and C3s, though there are only places remaining for C1s. The racing starts at 7pm from Newmarket-on-Fergus.
You can get more information and enter the race by following this link.
Tomorrow evening, Wednesday, June 25th, Orwell Wheelers promotes its annual Stephen Roche GP in Dundrum. The racing will unfold on the usual closed circuit lap of Meadow Mount. Sign-on is in the estate and there is parking and changing facilities at Ballinteer Community School.
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The youth races start at 6.30pm followed by the women's event at 7.30pm and the men's race at 8pm. You can enter the races and get more details by following this link.
Also on Wednesday evening, the third round of the Kirkistown Series is being promoted by North Down CC, sponsored by Fit Studio NI. Run on the Kirkistown Race Circuit in Newtownards, Co Down, there’s kids racing at 6.30pm, an event for U12s at 7pm and then a main event for U16, junior and senior riders at 7.30pm.
You can enter get more information and enter the races at this link.
On Thursday, June 26th, the National TT Championships and are being promoted by Lakeside Wheelers. And then the road races will unfold on Saturday and Sunday - June 28th and 29th - and are being promoted by Navan Road Club, supported by Yellow Furze CC.
The TT title races will get underway at 6.30pm on Thursday, with race headquarters, based at Kilbeggan Whiskey Distillery Visitor Centre. You can view the 25.4km course by following this link.
The out-and-back course along the R446 takes the riders through Horseleap village, to the edge of Moate, where the riders turn on a large roundabout and finish back in Kilbeggan. The promoting club describes only “slight undulations” and a road surface described as being in excellent condition.
There are TT Irish title races for; junior women, senior women, junior men, U23 men, elite men, Para B tandem TT mixed, Para C division TT mixed, Para H division TT mixed.
For road race championship week, Saturday sees three events held; junior men (start 9.15am), elite-U23 women (start 1.30pm) and junior women (start 1.35pm). And on Sunday there is one race, for elite-U23 men, starting at 12.30pm.
The course for each race is mainly comprised of a 25.3km lap, with the start and finish of each race just off the circuit.
The start and finish area, which the rides will not race through each lap, is outside Yellow Furze National School. Race headquarters is at Seneschalstown GAA, Beauparc Station, Co Meath, about 2.5km from the start and finish area.
- The junior women race for two laps, for a total race distance of 55km, with 480m of elevation gain.
- The junior men do four full laps and 9.3km – a small loop mostly on the main circuit – for a race distance of 116km with 960m of elevation gain.
- The elite-U23 women complete four full laps and 9.3km – the small loop, mostly on the main circuit – for a race distance of 116km with 960m of elevation gain.
- The elite-U23 men complete six full laps and 9.3km – the small loop, mostly on the main circuit – for a race distance of 167km with 1,380m of elevation gain.
You can enter the TTs by following this link. And you can enter the road races at these links: junior women, junior men, elite-U23 women, elite-U23 men.
