2010 Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has tested positive for trace amounts of clenbuterol during this years race.  The rider pre-empted the announcement by releasing a statement yesterday and will clarify his position in a press conference at lunch time today.

The positive test comes from the second rest day in Pau on the 21st [...]

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Construction will shortly begin on 8 kms of trails on 3 rock mountain in Dublin.  The trails are expected to be completed before the end of 2010 and will be rated from moderate to very challenging for riders with some experience.
Press release begins.
Coillte has today announced it is to construct the first purpose built and [...]

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Biking.ie are hosting an introduction to mountain biking in Ballinastoe Woods for National Trails Day on the 3rd of October 2010. They will be running two introductory classes- for FREE! The main aim is to slowly build up riders confidence on a mountain bike by demonstrating fundamental skills.

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The Mountain Bike Challenge, Lough Derg 2010 is your chance to explore and enjoy some of the finest off-road trails around Lough Derg and raise money for The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland (MS Ireland) while you’re doing it.

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MBCC and Ballyhoura hosted the 2010 Marathon National Champs yesterday with Ryan Sherlock coming out the eventual champ in the Elites event.  Full results below.
Elites
National Placing Position Race No. First Name Surname Category Lap Time
1 1 40 Ryan Sherlock Elites 03:19:51
2 2 65 Evan ryan Elites 03:26:48
3 3 72 [...]

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We are hours away from the finish of this competition so don’t miss out get your entries in now to info@spoke.ie
We have teamed up with our friends at Columbia Sportswear to give away a fabulous Columbia Mobex Sprint backpack.

To win one simply tell us the following. What bike do you currently ride and what bike [...]

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On September 4th 2011 the streets of Galway will be alive with Ireland’s first Ironman competition, all be it the shorter half Ironman version.   70.3 relates to the total distance for the half Ironman in miles (116 kms) - 1.2-mile (1.9 km) swim, 56-mile (90 km) bike ride, and 13.1-mile (21.1 km) run.

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Rachel and Gee are off to Whistler before the last round of the World Cup…

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Over 300 riders took part in the Epic Blast last weekend in Ballinastoe Woods, in horrible conditions. Epic have become famous for their running of this unique event neither full on DH nor XC. The Europeans would call it endure, we call it the blast!

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Cross country marathon riders will descend on Ballyhoura this weekend for the Irish National Marathon Champs.

The course is approximately 60km long taking in the best of what the Ballyhouras has to offer.

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We are just back from a ride with the Garmin Transitions cycling team in sunny Southampton (including Irish international rider Dan Martin).  While we were there we got to play with the awesome new Edge 800 cycling computer (more of which soon) but what they didn’t tell us was that they were about to announce [...]

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Andrew Neethling and Justin Leov are off to Whistler prior to Worlds…

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We have teamed up with our friends at Columbia Sportswear to give away a fabulous Columbia Mobex Sprint backpack.

To win one simply tell  us the following.  What bike do you currently ride and what bike do you lust after?  Fill in the form below or email us your answers to info@spoke.ie by Sunday September [...]

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This weekend one of the annual highlights of the MTB racing calendar takes place in Ballinastoe Woods as the Epic Blast takes place.
The EPIC BLAST V from Victor Lucas on Vimeo.
This race is pretty much unique in the mountain bike world

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3 years in the making here is a trailer for one of the most beautifully shot MTB movies ever made…

Life Cycles OFFICIAL Trailer from Life Cycles on Vimeo.
You can pre-order a copy here.

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Irish pro rider Nicolas Roche is sitting comfortably in 5th position ahead of today’s Time Trial at the Vuelta a Espana.  Following a good performance at the Tour de France this year, where he finished 15th, Roche has ridden a solid race to sit in the top 5 with only a few days to go.  [...]

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The day before Eurobike some of the exhibitors hold a test day in a nearby village for trade visitors and journalists, an unrivaled opportunity to try out the latest and greatest from companies in a direct head to head on the same route.  We rode a number of different brands (more of which shortly) but [...]

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Back on the road with the Trek boys and girls as we head to Champery and then Val Di Sole for some World Cup action.

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At Eurobike last week we got our hands on the new Garmin 800 unit which features full colour OS mapping for Ireland.  It is a fantastic unit but more on that later.  In conjunction with the new unit they have launched a software package called BaseCamp.  This enables you to view and plan routes in [...]

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Last weekend the Worlds best fought it out for the right to wear the rainbow jersey for a year.

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Off to Val di Sole for the penultimate World Cup round where Gee needs a solid performance to keep things tight in the hunt for the overall World Cup.

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Eurobike 2010 is but a memory but we have enough photos and info to keep you going for a while.  This was the best show we have seen in years with lots of new products and trends coming your way.  Key for 2011 is a seed change in groupsets which have moved to 10 speed [...]

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We don’t often plug technologies on this site but we recently came across one that we think is worthy of mention.  Columbia is a company that is reinventing itself in the outdoor clothing world.  We are testing a number of different technologies that they have developed but with all the rain that we have had [...]

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Two new World Champions were crowned in Mont Saint Anne, Canada on Saturday in Mens and Womans XC after some furious racing on what is one of the most technical courses on the World Cup circuit.

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Tour runner up Andy Schleck is switching teams for 2011, from long term home Saxo bank, to the newly formed (and as yet unnamed) Luxembourg Pro Cycling team.  On Wednesday it was announced that the team will be riding Trek road and TT bikes along with Bontrager components wheels and helmets.  Trek already sponsor American based Radioshack [...]

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The Trek World Racing team are back for their 6th episode with young Mathias Flueckiger enjoying some success.

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