Cycling is a wonderful way of getting from A to B…until someone’s forgotten to build a road between them. And that, readers, is where cyclocross comes in. While the discipline has been around for decades – first used as a winter training regime by elite…
A Senior National Road Race title, a raft of National Track golds, podiums at Junior World and European level, and a European U23 silver medallist; Lara Gillespie has a resumé – and a trophy cabinet – that could put entire clubs to shame. What’s more,…
All lined up and nowhere to ride? That’s the story for Irish track cyclists, in the absence of an indoor velodrome here in Ireland. While a handful of outdoor tracks are dotted around the country – Orangefield, Sundrive, Kanturk – we’re still without an indoor…
So far on Defying The Odds, we’ve met guests whose unlikely achievements have changed the game; cyclists who, whether amateur or professional, have forged a path all of their own and shown that anything is possible in the saddle. And in the annals of cycling…
