Martyn Irvine

tunney

Martyn Irvine a world champ doesn't qualify for "Podium funding"????
Whats going on there then?

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/sports-council-announces-grants-for-next-12-months-1.1333906

Raam

He broke his hip today, BTW.

tunney

Raam wrote: »

He broke his hip today, BTW.

Doubt that had an impact on the carding decision, nasty fall though

Raam

tunney wrote: »

Doubt that had an impact on the carding decision, nasty fall though

I never intended to imply that it had an impact.

tunney

Raam wrote: »

I never intended to imply that it had an impact.

Should have posted in pink, apologies

Raam

tunney wrote: »

Should have posted in pink, apologies

You can edit your post.

Raam

Much clearer now.

buffalo

argh, spoilers you bastards!

Beasty

But it won't be pink under a spoiler...

Saw he was a DNF but didn't realise he'd crashed. Hope he's up and about quickly - getting that pro contract meant a lot to him (although perhaps a spell off the bike for a while may do him some good in the long run)

On the carding issue, I can only presume it is as a result if timing and that the proposals had to be made before the Worlds. It's a real shame as he has struggled along on a shoestring, although hopefully this year's results will count going forward

That blog post is here

sy

Sorry to hear this news. Fractured hip can be serious. Any further news? Wishing him a speedy recovery.

D3PO

he was operated on yesterday. I heard he could be out for seven months plus so his seasons done.

awful news

johnk123

Got a photo taken with him last week (or was it the week before?..) and he's very nice and had loads of time for everyone. Wish him the best and a speedy recovery.

lennymc

terrible bad news allright. wishing him a speedy recovery

J Madone

Talk about highs and lows, that man is made of steel , and hope he is looked after financially by his team whilst off the bike

Beasty

Merged with yesterday's thread on carding (and title changed to make it more generic given there were 2 news stories about him yesterday)

GetWithIt

Seems odd that I recognise more people from the bottom of the list than the top.

Cycling Ireland

€40,000

James Brown

Colin Lynch

Mark Rohan

Catherine Walsh

€20,000

Andrew Fitzgerald

Katie George Dunlevy

Martyn Irvine

Enda Smyth

Caroline Ryan

€12,000

Eoin Mullen

RobFowl

GetWithIt wrote: »

Seems odd that I recognise more people from the bottom of the list than the top.

All but 3 of the funded cyclist are paralympians.
Denying Martyn and Caroline podium funding is nothing short of a disgrace. (as is denying Ryan Mullen funding after his silver in the European TT champs).
I've said it before but the ISC simply don't understand cycling.....



Get well soon Martyn

Zaph

RobFowl wrote: »

I've said it before but the ISC simply don't understand cycling.....

In fairness, I don't think it's just cycling they don't understand. Fionnuala Britton won back to back European cross country titles and was third in the European indoors a couple of weeks ago and she's only in the second tier. Both herself and Irvine would have every reason to feel aggrieved.

The Crunch

The ISC have a ridiculous obsession with the Olympics, I think. It's a great sports event but it's not the be all and end all of sport.

Beasty

Martyn Irvine is back racing next week in the Tour of Portugal

By all accounts he seems to have recovered well from his injuries, although I doubt he'll be contesting any of the stages next week. I suspect his main aim will be to get round

pprendeville

I spoke to him out in Dunboyne 2 weeks ago. Saw him in the United Healthcare kit and I met his Dad up in Newry as he took our wheels in the spares car so I didn't feel like too much of an ejit going over to him having not met him before. That seems to be his aim alright, just to get the fitness back and racing in his legs. Very nice fella. Hope he recovers fully and gets back to winning ways.

pprendeville

How's he getting on in Portugal?

Actual Paramedic

pprendeville wrote: »

How's he getting on in Portugal?

He was a DNF I am certain on stage 3 or 4 I remember checking

gordongekko

How's Martyn getting on these days?

Beasty

gordongekko wrote: »

How's Martyn getting on these days?

Back focussing on the track, having won national titles in the pursuit and scratch races a couple of weeks ago he raced again in Belgium last week

The track season is about to start in earnest and I think Martyn will be looking towards next year and the World Championships in Colombia and then the Commonwealth Games where I'm guessing he'll be going for the Scratch, Pursuit, Team Pursuit and Points races

on_the_nickel

Interview with him in this podcast, worth a listen.

http://www.humansinvent.com/#!/13490/the-humans-invent-cycling-podcast-episode-5/

kumate_champ07

he doesnt have full power back yet, should do next year, hence not being able to do the 1km tt at the track nationals, his hip would have cost him a second or 2 during standing start and possibly risk injury

Actual Paramedic

Check out his new website for his latest blog and info

http://www.martynirvine.com/blog/

kumate_champ07

looks likes hes getting the form back steadily

International Belgian Open 6/9/2013 , scratch race 10th (Mark Cavendish got 2nd), pursuit 5th

Aigle 3 Day* 3/10/2013 , scratch race 4th

*Eoin Mullen also did well in the Sprint with a new 200mm PB, no official results for that on UCI website yet

Planet X

Actual Paramedic wrote: »

Check out his new website for his latest blog and info

http://www.martynirvine.com/blog/

That's a cracking blog to read.
Cheers.

Beasty

Another heavy crash last night on the first day of the Gent 6 day event

Hopefully it's not as bad as originally feared and with a bit of luck he'll be back on the bike before too long

Harrybelafonte

F'kin hell, not again. Anyone got streaming for Gent actually? I can't find any.

gordongekko

Beasty wrote: »

Another heavy crash last night on the first day of the Gent 6 day event

Hopefully it's not as bad as originally feared and with a bit of luck he'll be back on the bike before too long

ah Jesus not again. Fingers crossed he's not badly injured.

Beasty

I've seen a tweet a few minutes ago suggesting heavy bruising (the track doctor originally feared a broken femur). It's a tight circuit (166m) and with 26 riders on it at any one time I suspect it's a bit hairy at times. He actually came down with his team mate who looks like he's going to ride the rest of the event with another rider who lost his partner (to a broken collarbone)

No streaming for this event

EDIT - Report on Day 1 here

Harrybelafonte

He's not too bad:

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/irvine-expected-back-in-action-soon-crash-injuries-from-ghent-six-day-not-as-bad-as-feared/

Beasty

Martyn Irvine named BBC Sport Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the year

A World Championship Gold, a silver, a World Cup gold and a European Championship Bronze - 4 medals in 4 separate events isn't bad going really

Well done Martyn on a fantastic year - hopefully bigger and better things await in 2014