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(This is a sticky post, please find current news items below) By Chris Keenaghan in General |
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Naas
Cycling Club
Affiliated to Cycling Ireland
Come and join us for our Sunday cycles
Special Introductory Offer For New Members
Click here
For all membership fees
We have 2 Groups
The "A" group for the experienced faster cyclists
and
The "B" group which will have a more leisurely pace to cater for those who are returning to or beginning the sport.
Both groups meet at
9am
at the
Court House
Main Street
Naas
All experienced cyclists male or female young or old are catered for. We have, within our ranks, a cross section of members, of varying abilities and we organize our weekly training runs accordingly. Our aim is to enjoy our cycling and to get the maximum benefit from our trips.
We ran three tours this year.
The Twin Peaks Challenge
5th July
9th August
We also try to attend a number of tours in various parts of the country during the year.
Our aim is to have fun and enjoy our cycling.
So if you want to train for an particular event or just come out and see how far you can go or how fast. Come along and join us. Cycling helmets are compulsory.
Come and Join Us
Naas CC Leisure Gear
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(This is a sticky post, please find current news items below) By Chris Keenaghan in General |
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Saplings
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Sunday, 06 September 09 - 11:41 PM (GMT) By Chris Keenaghan in General |
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B Group
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Thursday, 06 November 08 - 10:13 PM (GMT) By Chris Keenaghan in General |
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We are starting a structured training programme with our B group from Sunday 9th November concentrating on cyclists who are new to the sport or are returning after having been off the bike for a while (such as myself).
Our aim for the group is to build up fitness and cycling skills to be able to tackle Leisure Sportives including the Wicklow 200 next year as a group.
Hope to see you all on Sunday
Wicklow 200 2009
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Monday, 06 October 08 - 10:59 PM (GMT) By Chris Keenaghan in General |
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shows some alterations from last year.
The principal changes are as follows.
(1) From Sally Gap to Hollywood by way of Kilbride - Blessington Lakes, (leaving out Lugalla and Wicklow Gap.) This brings us back to the West Wicklow terrain which was a standard part of all the earlier events.
(2) From Drumgoff Bridge to Rathdrum by way of the mountain road, commonly referred to by local cyclists as Glenmalure or the "Shay Elliott".
This is new territory for the W200 and is probably the only remaining climb of note in Wicklow that has never featured.
Donard and Rathdrum remain as the main checkpoints and with intermediate "watering holes" at Kilbride and Slieve Maan.
A map on www.wicklow200.ie will make it plainer and a full description of the route, with intermediate distances will be published in the near future.
The route for the Wicklow 100 remains the same as 2008.
Excerpt from John Boyles Blog
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Tuesday, 02 September 08 - 05:41 PM (GMT) By Chris Keenaghan in General |
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DISASTER STRIKES...Sunday 31st Aug
Vancouver to San Diego
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Saturday, 30 August 08 - 06:16 PM (GMT) By Chris Keenaghan in General |
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We wish him the best of luck in his endeavor and look forward to following his progress on his Blog
Martin Earley Tour Report
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Monday, 11 August 08 - 11:37 PM (GMT) By Chris Keenaghan in General |
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Not even extreme weather conditions could stop
The Martin Earley
Tour of Kildare
Approximately 300 cyclists were led out from Naas by Martin on to the roads of Kildare to face floods, heavy rain, strong winds and debris washed on to the road by Saturdays freak weather conditions.
Some did the 50k, some did the 20k and most did the 100k but all returned safely to the Naas Court Hotel for a well earned burger.
A very special thank you to Martin Earley and his family who travelled over from their home in England to cycle with us. It was an honour to be able to share the road with an Irish Cyclist who has won stages in the two greatest stage races in the world, has achieved 19th in the Olympic road race and 20th in the Olympic MTB race and 7th in the World Championships. The 20k cyclists also got the chance to cycle with Martin's wife Cathy (Swinnerton) ex UK champion who came 9th and 10th in the World Championships
Thanks also to Linda, Mick and The Marie Keating Foundation, An Garda and all the Marshalls, all the members of the Naas Wheelworx CC who helped out especially Ann Marie ,Hugh, Lorcan, John and Declan who worked particularly hard throughout the year planning and publicising the tour.
Thanks to Centro and Wheelworx who supplied the bikes for the raffle and to Sharon and Laura for selling the tickets.
And of course thank you to all of you that turned up to cycle when it would have been so much easier and more tempting to roll over and go back to sleep.
See you all next year.Route De Sud
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Saturday, 21 June 08 - 07:03 PM (GMT) By Chris Keenaghan in General |
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Still just 21 years of age, Martin made it into a crucial breakaway on stage one which gained over half an hour on the main field. That narrowed the list of contenders down to just sixteen riders. He was fifth on that opening leg to Boulogne sur Gesse, and then moved up to second overall when he placed sixth on Friday’s mountain time trial to Cauterets Cambasque. Noan Lelarge won the race against the clock and started the following day’s gruelling mountain stage to Luchon Superbagneres seventeen seconds clear. He cracked and was listed as a non-finisher; Martin, on the other hand, had an excellent race, dropping all the other overall contenders on the final climb and finishing fourth behind three riders who had been clear in the day’s big breakaway. He carried a one minute 42 second advantage over Christophe Moreau (Agritubel) into today’s final leg and successfully defended his lead. Jussi Veikkanen (Française des Jeux) won the stage. Martin is expected to ride next week’s Irish road race championships in Cork. The son of former British pro rider Neil Martin and Maria Roche, sister of Stephen Roche, he opted for Irish nationality several seasons ago. MARTIN TAKES RACE LEAD IN ROUTE DU SUD By Shane Stokes Jun 21, 2008, |
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The 21 year old had started the day second overall, seventeen seconds behind Noan Lelarge (Bretagne - Armor Lux), and 44 ahead of French champion Christophe Moreau (Agritubel). A break went clear early on and riders from it took the first three places on the stage. However Martin was best of the rest, dropping Lelarge and Moreau and taking fourth. He was one minute and 37 seconds behind stage winner Przemyslaw Niemiec (Miche Silvercross).
More importantly, the strong effort saw the Team Slipstream Chipotle rider take over the race leader’s yellow jersey. Moreau is now one minute and 42 second back in second place and, with the race concluding tomorrow with an undulating stage, Martin has a strong chance of taking the overall victory. Should he do so, it will be the biggest Irish pro win since the days of Kelly and Roche.
The 2.1-ranked Route du Sud concludes with a 207.1 kilometre stage from St Gaudens to Castres.
Wolftrap Tour Date Change
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Wednesday, 11 June 08 - 11:53 PM (GMT) By Chris Keenaghan in General |
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