The Giant RaboBank team headed to Louisville at the weekend for the Cyclocross World Champs.  Bad weather forced the event to move from the Sunday to Saturday but freezing conditions made things tricky.  Think you are tough?  Check out these guys.

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Robin Seymour claimed his 18th National Cyclocross title last weekend on a fantastic course in Dublin’s St. Annes Park against a stacked field.

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The dust has settled after one of the driest Irish cyclocross seasons in the past few years. Fast racing in the Supercross Cup saw new venues, variations of old venues and a surge in the number of riders including bringing cyclocross to the masses with the addition of the B category race. The Ulster Cyclocross [...]

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The second round of the Ulster Cyclocross Cup took place over the weekend in Lady Dixon Park.

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The Cyclocross season is well and truly under way with the first race of the season taking place in Lurgan (following 36 hours of rain) on Sunday.  Here is a little video of the race that should get you in the mood for the opening round of the Supercross Cup this weekend.  Details here.

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Shimano has just announced that their Di2 electronic shifting technology will be available at Ultegra level from September. Di2 has been used by pro-riders in the peloton for a few years now and even by sprinters.  Benefits include an auto-tuned front derailleur, pre-programmed gear ratios and precise and quick shifting.  However up until now the [...]

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SRAM have just released a video of a sneak peak of a new Pro-Tour edition of SRAM Red.  Very little details are available, even the press site has no press release yet.

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On Sunday the annual Cyclocross Nationals took place in Lurgan with Robin Seymour emerging victorious yet again to claim his 17th title. In second place, one minute behind, was Evan Ryan with Conor Campbell in third.  Matt Adair rode a phenomenal race to pass the entire elite field except for Seymour on his way to [...]

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Details have just been released for the upcoming Cyclocross National championships in Lurgan Park. The course is approx 1.4 mile in length and should take the lead riders approx 7-7.20 mins per lap.  5 mins have been cut of out the course used by Apollo at the start of the season.

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Below are the minutes from the Off Road Commission AGM last Saturday.  There is a lot to it so we felt it best to reproduce it in full.

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In a surprise move te UCI has allowed the use of disc brakes for competition in Cyclocross.  For mountain bikers this is a no brainer, the benefits of disc brakes in a sport that competes in the dead of winter with mud and snow is obvious to all.

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Joe McCall won his first Cyclocross Nationals on Sunday in a fast paced race in St Anne’s Park.  The experienced rider distanced second place by a full minute  in the race which lasted just over 1 hour.

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The Irish National Cyclocross Championships 2009 will take part in the scenic St Anne’s park in Raheny. The Park, the second largest municipal park in Dublin, is part of a former 500 acre estate assembled by members of the Guinness family, beginning with Benjamin Lee Guinness in 1835. But on the 7th of February will [...]

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This weekends running of the Irish National Cyclocross Championships has been postponed till the end of the month in light of the current severe weather conditions.  While the race itself would not have been affected the condition of the roads nationwide made it dangerous for competitors especially with more snow forecast on the east coast [...]

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Amid a welcome break in the weather, round 2 of the Supercross Cup took place this past Sunday in Tymon Park in Tallaght.  Hosted by the IMBRC the course was excellent with many tough features to challenge the racers.

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The second round of the series takes place this Sunday in Tymon Park in Dublin.  Organised by IMBRC, the course will be similar to last years but with a few new twists.  Racing kicks off at midday with the underage races followed by the senior races.

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At the traditional season opener for the cyclocross season in Erpe-Mere, Belgium, World Champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus)  rode easily to victory aboard a bike equipped with Shimano’s Dura-Ace Di2 electronic groupset.

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Below are the minutes from the Off road commission Annual General Meeting that was held in December.  The commission are tasked with running the sport in this country both competitively and non-competitively and there are a number of interesting initiatives this year.

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Apollo Cycling Club of Lurgan will be hosting this year’s National Cyclocross Championship Race at Lurgan Park on Sunday January 4th.  Lurgan Park offers cyclocross riders an excellent venue for fast racing in pleasant surroundings. Those of you who enjoyed the October race at this venue will be pleased to know they have added the [...]

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The Cross Country Mountain Bike series drew to a close last weekend and with the wintry weather that blew in this week, wintry biking has come in as the Cyclocross season starts this weekend in Lurgan.

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