Cycling Ireland 2026 road racing

Sorry for late reply, it will be handicapped.

As of 1pm we have 66 registered for The Cotter Cup, there are 4 places left and once gone that's it.

Yep once reg is closed we'll start working on lists for chip timing, CI, Comms etc we'll post full rider list on socials hopefully including TT start list as well, this list will be emailed to every rider during the day tomorrow as well.

Update on the Wicklow Classic

As we posted on Social Media a few days ago, current entries for the Wicklow Classic are well below where they need to be to make the event viable. We've seen a small bump in numbers over the last few days but we aren't near a full race by any means

Due to the nature of the course and to facilitate the Guards (who have been extremely helpful in planning the race) and all our volunteers, entry must close on Friday, May 22nd.

St. Tiernan’s is a small club. We don’t have any sponsors—we are just a group of volunteers who really want to give something back to the domestic racing scene.

However, we simply cannot run this race at a significant loss. To ensure the flag drops on May 31st, we need a commitment from racers this week.

Please don’t wait until the 22nd. If you are planning to race, sign up today, spread the word in your club WhatsApp groups, and help us make this happen.

Links on our Website and on the CI Events page.

How many people racing have put effort into hosting a race? There seems to be a massive disconnect between the racing scene and the club scene. Its all well and good saying I won't enter that early (a week???), but when clubs stop bothering to host races because of the absolute ball ache it must be (costs, CI, Gardai, ambulances, marshals, insurance, leaving aside all the admin and logistics) just to see people unable to give a bit of commitment back, who do they think are going to organise races for them?

What about everyone who commits well in advance to marshal at these events and whose plans are f**ked up with races cancelled last minute?

From the outside looking in, and listening to the same complaints year after year of numbers down and races falling by the wayside, maybe some of the racing crowd need to get a grip and stop seeing themselves as top class athletes who need pandering to?

Wicklow Classic entry extended for a Week. Closing on Friday 29th May.

Numbers good in C3. Hopefully we will see a bump in C1 and C2 next week after the Rás.

We spent the day putting up Advance Notice signs so we are definitely going ahead. 👍️

will the Women’s only race proceed?

Thanks for all the advice!

Thanks for the feedback and we are delighted you enjoyed it (although 'enjoy' might be the wrong word).

We were very happy with how it went and are looking forward to building on it for next year. STCC were proud of the Laragh Classic and it's great to be able to continue it's legacy with the Wicklow Classic and put something back into Road Racing. We had really great support from the Guards, Cycling Ireland, Cycling Leinster and some of the most experienced Race Promoters in the country (you know who you are) - so kudos to them.

All feedback in any form is great and we will use it to plan for next year. We are a very small club and the success on the day is down to one key factor - the enthusiasm of all our volunteers. 50+ Club Members giving up a Bank Holiday Sunday to Marshal is fantastic to see - massive thanks to all of them for the time and effort.

Enjoy the recovery, and we’ll see you for the next edition of the Wicklow Classic!

We left it as late as possible hoping for a bump on Friday night. We had 13 C1s signed up in the end which didn’t make a separate race feasible. Not ideal obviously and we totally understand why a few people were unhappy but we have to work around the Guards availability along with allocating a limited amount of lead and follow cars and Moto Marshals. Similar story with combining the C3 and Women’s Race.

I would have dropped the C1 race. Plenty of races for them and they were just after doing the Ras. Not giving out, just my opinion.

This coming weekend there's another combined C1/C2 race on Saturday which means most C2s will not race