Clonakilty Cycling Club

Huge Congratulations to club member Liam Crowley on completing his 4th Rás Tailteann Cycle Race.

And also winning the King of the Mountains competition.

Rás Tailteann would like to extend a sincere thank you to Irish Independent for their valued sponsorship of the King of the Mountains Jersey at the 2026 Rás Tailteann. ⛰️

The KOM competition rewards the riders who show determination, resilience and attacking spirit on some of Ireland’s toughest climbs, making it one of the most prestigious jerseys in the race.

We are proud to have Irish Independent supporting Irish cycling and helping to celebrate the riders who light up the mountains throughout the week.

Thank you for your continued support of the Rás and Irish cycling. 🚴🇮🇪

Wild Atlantic Mizen Cycle

Save the Date.
11 July 2026.

Register now and enjoy one of the most fantastic routes in Ireland 🇮🇪 while supporting many great beneficiaries in the bantry area.

🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️ The Wild Atlantic Mizen Cycle is about so much more than the miles. 💙

It's friends old and new, shared stories over coffee, the craic along the route, and memories made on some of the most spectacular roads in Ireland.
Whether you're part of a cycling club, a workplace group, a gang of friends, or just looking to meet like-minded people, the Wild Atlantic Mizen Cycle is the perfect day out.
Ride together, challenge yourself, soak up the scenery, and enjoy the unique atmosphere that brings cyclists back year after year.
🌊 Ireland's most scenic cycle
🤝 Renew old friendships and make new ones
🚴 Routes to suit all abilities – 65km, 100km & 130km
🏅 Collector's medal for every finisher
💧 Free water bottle for all participants

Gather your group and join us on July 11th for a day you'll be talking about long after the finish line.
Places are filling fast – register today at wildatlanticmizencycle.com

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Its Rás week.

Wishing the very best of luck to club member Liam Crowley who has been selected to race the Rás Tailteann Cycle Race as lead rider in the Irish National team 🇮🇪 for the second time in his career.

A Gruelling 5 day stage race starting in Portlaoise on Wednesday 20th May.

The queen stage is stage 2 starting in Rathmore and finishing nearly 200kms away in Banteer.

Again Best of luck to all riders especially Liam and Team ireland 🇮🇪
May the wind be at yer backs.

Huge Congratulations to Ciaran O'Connell on completing Mallorca 312 OK Mobility and to Mike McCarthy on competing the 225km race. Well done you guys
Those wet and windy training rides you guys did over the last few months paid off.

Coming closer to home we had two members competing in the Waller Cup in Co Meath well done to Billy Crowley and Liam Crowley.

We had Saturday training rides and we had a great crew out for the Sunday club spin.

Great weekend of cycling.

Very best of luck to our Club Chairman Ciaran O'Connell and Mike Mccarthy as they fly out to Mallorca tomorrow.

They are competing in the fantastic race Mallorca 312 an event based in the north of the island and covering 312kms and over 4500mtrs of elevation.

John Aidan Horan was also due to race this event but had to withdraw his entry due to a family bereavement.

Best of luck Ciaran and Mike.

Mallorca 312 OK Mobility

At last the weather gods played ball and been in our favor.

Great weather for cycling near and far.

Congratulations to our club members in completing the epic Amstel Gold sportive race in the Netherlands. Great weekend by the looks of it 👌

Bank on Eire green shores. We had Saturday and Sunday rides. Loads of Kms and mtrs elevation gained not to mention coffee and cakes consumed. We enjoyed it all. Let's hope this weather continues into near future.

Very best of luck to 4 very well trained club members heading to the Netherlands this weekend.

Jorn Ten Caat ,Justin O Brien ,Don Keohane and Dave Sheehy are amongst 15,000 more entrants competing in the Amstel Gold Race Sportive.

A premier well organised spring classic sportive. Its 240kms long with over 3000 mtrs of ascent passing through quaint villages and forests in South Limburg area. They are racing the exact same route the pros are racing the day after.

Enjoy yourselves guys.

The calm after the storm, well kind of.

Yesterday we had some damaging gusts and heavy showers today we had a lovely spring day for our clubs Easter sunday rideout.

Great numbers gathered and headed north towards Dunmanmway and onto Copeen and back to Centra Enniskeane for a well earned coffee stop. Then onwards to Ballinascarthy, Timoleague and back to Clonakilty.

Rás Mumhan continued on today at an alarming fast pace.

Todays stage started in Millstreet and 119k and 1537mtrs later finished at the landmark Kerrymans Table. Weather was quiet mixed for the stage heavy hail showers followed by lovely sprin sunshine.
Liam Crowley had a great race today and worked very hard at the front of the race but unfortunately lost some time towards the end. Today he finished 25 O/A and 9th in GC. Tomorrow is another day and the last day of the race.

Looking at the profile of stage 2 "queen stage" of Rás Mumhan it looked hard …very hard.

Now add in cold rain and severe strong southwestly winds from the getgo.
Climbing was on todays menu and loads of it.

Huge congratulations to all that finished todays stage especially Liam Crowley who finished todays stage in 10th O/A and 2nd in GC.

2 more fantastic stages ahead. Stay tuned 😃

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