02/09/2010
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Cork outing is final event of the summer
24/08/2010
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Five Irishmen in action for An Post team this week.
11/08/2010
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Stage race in France next up for Sean Kelly side
22/07/2010
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An eight man for Sunday’s Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia in Spain has been named by An Post team manager Kurt Bogaerts. The team will be led by Matt Brammeier who held of the challenge of current Tour de France rider Nicholas Roche to win the Irish National Championships last month.
08/07/2010
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Meathman one of three Irishman to feature in Sunday’s race.
01/07/2010
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Recently crowned Irish National Cycling Champion Matt Brammeier returns to action for the An Post team this weekend. Brammeier will be taking part in two single day races, the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday, followed by the Dwars door het Hageland on Sunday.
28/06/2010
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An Post Sean Kelly team rider Matt Brammeier grabbed success for the squad when the 25 year old got the better of pre-race favourite and defending champion Nicolas Roche (Ag2r La Mondiale). He jumped clear of Roche inside the final 500 metres, showing his strength to hold off his breakaway companion and crossing the finish line several lengths clear.
23/06/2010
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Four An Post Sean Kelly Riders to compete in 2010 National Road Race Championships
16/06/2010
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The Sean Kelly outfit to take part in Halfords Tour Series in Belfast and Dublin
12/06/2010
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An Post Sean Kelly team rider Niko Eeckhout continued his fine run of form by storming to victory at today’s penultimate stage of the Ronde de l’Oise in France.
11/06/2010
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An Post Sean Kelly team member Niko Eeckout stormed to a podium finish on his second race since his comeback from a rib injury that kept him out for over a month. Eeckout finished in 3rd place in the first stage of yesterdays Ronde de L’Oise in France.
09/06/2010
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Soak up the summer sunshine and let your pedals do the talking by cycling around the scenic Burren in County Clare when the An Post Cycle Series makes its way there later this month.
04/06/2010
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Fresh from their Rás heroics the An Post Sean Kelly team are back in action at the Wavre-Rijmenam this weekend. The team returned to their ‘home from home’ base in Belgium earlier this week and face their first race back in the country on Sunday.
01/06/2010
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No Tour of Ireland cycle race this year
30/05/2010
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The bubbly made a rare appearance outside the van of the An Post team today, following the final stage of the FBD Insurance Ras.
29/05/2010
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Stage 7, Saturday May 29, Gorey – Kilcullen, 151KMGorey, Carnew, Shillelagh, Tullow, Hacketstown, Tinahely, Aughrim, Ballinaclash, Greenan, Glenmalure, Drumgoff Category 1 KOM, Laragh, Wicklow Gap Category 1 KOM, Slieve Corragh Category 2 KOM, Hollywood, Tober Category 3 KOM, (Dunlavin), Kilcullen
28/05/2010
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Stage 6, FRIDAY May 28, Carrick-On-Suir – Gorey, 127KM.Carrick-On-Suir, Kilmaganny, Newmarket, Knocktopher, Thomastown, Gowran, Goresbridge, Borris, Garryhill Cross, Knockdramagh Category 3 KOM, The Heights Category 2 KOM, Corrabutt Gap Category 1 KOM, Bunclody, Corragh Category 3 KOM, Carnew 3 KOM, Monaseed Category 3 KOM, Hollyfort, Laraheenhill Category 3 KOM, (Inch), Gorey.
28/05/2010
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Stage 5, Thursday May 27, Tipperary – Seskin Hill (Carrick-On-Suir) 157KM.Tipperary, Lattin, Emly, Knocklong, Elton, Kilmallock, Ardpatrick, Kildorrey, Glanworth, Fermoy, Ballyduff, Lismore, Cappoquinn, The Pike Category 3 KOM, Lemybrien, Seskin Hill Category 1 KOM.
26/05/2010
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Stage 4, Wednesday May 26, Oughterard – Tipperary 169KMS Oughterard, Moycullen, Galway, Oranmore, Clarenbridge, Kilcolgan, Ardrahan, Gort, Dromindoora, Killanena Category 3 KOM, Knockanena Category 3 KOM, Scariff, Tuamgraney, Killaloe, Ballina, Birdhill, Newport, Murroe, Boher, Pallasgreen, Oola, Tipperary.
25/05/2010
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STAGE 3, TUESDAY 25Th MAY CARRICK-ON-SHANNON – OUGHTERARD 171KMS: Carrick-On-Shannon, Frenchpark, Castlerea, Ballinlough, Ballyhaunis, Claremorris, Hollymount, Ballinrobe, Neale, Cong, Clonbur, Finny, Gowlaun Category 3 KOM, Tir na Cille Category 2 KOM, Maum, Maam Cross, Oughterard.
25/05/2010
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An Post’s Mark McNally looked set to challenge for the Yellow Jersey in today’s second stage from Dundalk to Carrick on Shannon before UCI Commissaire President Jean-Pierre decided to neutralize the race.
24/05/2010
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Stage 1, Sunday May 23, Dunboyne – Dundalk 149 KMSDunboyne, Ratoath, Curragha, Slane Category 3 KOM & Hot Spot Sprint, Collen Hot Spot Sprint, Ardee, Tallanstown, Louth, Dundalk, Carlingford Hot Spot Sprint, Omeath, Long Womans Grave Category 2 KOM, The Bush, Dundalk.
20/05/2010
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An Post Team return home aiming to deliver at Rás
17/05/2010
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Trio of Irish riders to kick of 2010 campaign
07/05/2010
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This weekend sees the An Post team return to action at Sunday’s Circuit de Wallonie in Belgium. The Sean Kelly outfit are fresh from a three week break from racing and team manager Kurt Bogaerts has named a seven man team to compete in the race. Included in the line up are Irishmen Ronan McLaughlin, Mark Cassidy and Matt Brammeier.
16/04/2010
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The An Post team’s star man Niko Eeckhout is facing a few weeks off the road after a scan yesterday showed that he had broken a rib. The 39 year old Belgian, who has been in great form for the Sean Kelly outfit, complained of a sharp pain in his back after yesterday’s Grand Prix de Denain in France.
14/04/2010
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Niko Eeckhout of the An Post Sean Kelly team was again heavily involved in the action at today’s De Brabantse Pijl in Belgium. The veteran sprinter, who recovered from a recent head injury to take part, was one of a six man group which broke away from the Peloton and at one stage had built up a healthy 8:30 lead over the mountainous course.
09/04/2010
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Corkman to undergo operation to repair cartilage around the knee in the morning
07/04/2010
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The An Post team are back in Belgium this week after a good showing in yesterday’s Rund um Köln in Germany. Four of the team, Mark Cassidy (28th), Ronan McLaughlin (38th), Benny De Schrooder (56th) and Kim Borry (61st), were involved in a 60 rider bunch sprint at the finish.
30/03/2010
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Niko Eeckhout of the An Post Sean Kelly team finished 8th on the first day of today’s KBC-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde in Belgium. He will start tomorrow’s 214 kilometre second stage between Zottegem - Sint Idesbald just 45 seconds behind overall leader Steve Chainel (BBox Bouygues Telecom).
30/03/2010
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The An Post Sean Kelly team face a gruelling period of five races across Europe, all in the space of a week. The action kicks off with today’s (Tuesday 30th) three day race, the KBC-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, in the West Flanders region of Belgium.
25/03/2010
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An Post Sean Kelly team members David O’Loughlin and Matt Brammeier this week took a break from road racing to compete at the World Track Championships in Denmark.
23/03/2010
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The An Post Sean Kelly team are hoping to go one better than Niko Eeckhout’s second place finish last Sunday with a victory in either of the two Belgian classics this week.
18/03/2010
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Veteran Niko Eeckhout is back in the saddle for the An Post Sean Kelly team this Sunday (21st) despite being involved in a high speed crash in the final 10km of the Nokere Koerse one day race in Belgium on St. Patrick’s day. Eeckhout will lead an eight strong team, including Irish riders Mark Cassidy and Ronan McLaughlin, in the Eneco Ronde van het Groene Hart (Ned 1.1) in The Netherlands,
18/03/2010
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Niko Eeckhout & Pieter Ghyllebert were involved in a high speed crash 10km from the end of the Nokere Koerse (Bel. 1.1.). Pieter managed to recover and finish 12th. 21 year-old Belgian neo-pro Jens Keukeleire (Cofidis) was the overall winner in a hectic sprint finish, his third win of the season after just two months of racing as a professional.
16/03/2010
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Team manager Kurt Bogaerts today announced the team for tomorrow’s Nokere-Koerse, the Belgian Semi Classic one-day race. Irishmen Mark Cassidy and Ronan McLaughlin are both included in an eight man strong team due to take part.
12/03/2010
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The An Post Sean Kelly team is in action this Sunday (14th) in the Omloop van het Waasland in Belgium, with Irish riders Mark Cassidy, Ronan McLaughlin and Connor McConvey all part of an 8-man team due to take part.
06/03/2010
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The An Post Sean Kelly team’s great start to the season continues as Niko Eeckhout was just edged out in a thrilling finish to the 176.6 kilometre second stage of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen in Belgium.
04/03/2010
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The An Post Sean Kelly team are in action at tomorrow’s (Friday 5th March) three-day Driedaagse van West Vlaanderen in Belgium, with Irish rider Ronan McLaughlin part of the 8-man team which also includes Belgian Niko Eeckhout who has started the season in flying form.
26/02/2010
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All six Irish members of the An Post Sean Kelly team in action this weekend
21/02/2010
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Dublin, Sunday 21st February, 2010: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan TD, joined cycling legend Sean Kelly (An Post Cycle Series Ambassador), and his daughter Stacey for an early morning bike ride to officially launch the 2010 An Post Cycle Series.
16/02/2010
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The An Post Seán Kelly team are aiming to keep up their impressive start to the season when they get back in action at tomorrow’s Volta ao Algarve in Portugal.
09/02/2010
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The line up for the 2010 An Post sponsored Seán Kelly Cycling team was revealed today in Brussels, with an eighteen man strong team announced, including ten new high-profile signings.
05/02/2010
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Niko Eeckhout was involved in another sprint finish in the second stage of the Tour Etoile de Bessèges. The An Post Seán Kelly man just missed out on top spot, coming in third, following a tight finish to today’s race.
04/02/2010
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Niko Eeckhout of the An Post Sean Kelly team almost snatched victory in the first stage of the Tour Etoile de Bessèges in southern France today.
29/01/2010
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Young Belfast cyclist Conor McConvey, who only last year made the switch from International Mountain Biking to International Road Racing is one of five debutants for the An Post cycling teams opening race of the 2010 season.
27/11/2009
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The An Post sponsored Seán Kelly Cycling team has confirmed that all four Irish members from the 2009 team have been resigned for the upcoming season, A fifth Irish cyclist was also confirmed, with former British track cyclist Matt Brammeier declaring for Ireland.
09/09/2009
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Niko Eeckhout of the An Post Sean Kelly team claimed a superb victory in today’s high profile one day Wint Vierde Keer in the city of Aartselaar in Belgium.
19/08/2009
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The An Post Sean Kelly team will travel to Ireland on Thursday on the back of a superb victory by experienced team member Niko Eeckhout at today’s one-day Zottegem GP in Belgium, but the victory is tarnished by the news that Irish team member Paidi O’Brien will not compete in Friday’s three-day tour.
18/08/2009
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Fans encouraged to show their colours in support of the An Post Sean Kelly cycling team in the Tour of Ireland, Friday 21st – Sunday 23rd AugustIreland’s cycling legend Seán Kelly is calling on natives of towns from Enniskerry to Bandon to get out on the streets this weekend in support of the An Post Seán Kelly team as they saddle up to take on the might of another legend, Lance Armstrong and new boy on the block Mark Cavendish, in the Tour of Ireland.
17/08/2009
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Cork’s An Post Rebel Tour launches and closing date approaches for the Sean Kelly Tour of Waterford
13/08/2009
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The Belgium based An Post sponsored Seán Kelly team are back on Irish soil to compete in the three-day 2009 Tour of Ireland, which starts from the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Wicklow next Friday (21st August).
27/07/2009
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An Post Sean Kelly team member David O’Loughlin is in a race against time to be fit for the upcoming Tour of Ireland after suffering a serious injury racing in Germany at the weekend.
28/06/2009
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O’Loughlin and O’Brien second and third for An Post team
22/06/2009
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An Post man David O’Loughlin continued to display the good form that saw him claim King of the Mountain in last month’s Rás, finishing in a very respectable 12th overall in the Boucles de la Mayenne stage race yesterday.
22/06/2009
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The five Irish riders in the An Post Seán Kelly professional team will be back on home soil this weekend to contest the National Road Race Championships in Dunboyne.
17/06/2009
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An Post and Irish Sports Council remind people to get on their bike and get active this summer
15/06/2009
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An Post Sean Kelly team’s Steven Van Vooren was crowned overall winner of the Ronde de l’Oise in France on Sunday.
05/06/2009
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The An Post Sean Kelly team returned to action after the FBD Ras at the one day Gullegem race in Belgium on June 2nd. Steven Van Vooren was the best An Post team, crossing the line in seventh place. The only other team member to finish was Matt Brammeier in 24th, with the rest of the An Post team still feeling the effects of a gruelling 8 days at the FBD Ras.
25/05/2009
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“We all pulled together, and it’s great to be see two of us on the podium” beamed Paidi O’Brien, relaxing in the sunshine of Skerries after a superb final stage by the An Post team which saw them take two jerseys in the 2009 FBD Rás.
23/05/2009
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Today’s penultimate stage from Castlebar to Clara proved to be another positive day for the An Post team, with great work from Paidi O’Brien and Benny De Schrooder keeping their teammates Eeckhout and O’Loughlin in contention for a podium finish tomorrow.
22/05/2009
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What a difference a year can make.
21/05/2009
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An Post Sean Kelly’s David O'Loughlin retained his pink jersey and King of the Mountain title after today’s Fifth Stage of the FBD Rás, while his teammate Niko Eeckhout once again recorded a top then finish with the experienced Belgian rider finishing in seventh place.
20/05/2009
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It was a good day for An Post cyclist David O'Loughlin in today’s Fourth Stage of the FBD Rás, as he took maximum points on most of the day's climbs and ended the stage in the pink jersey of best climber, while his teammate Niko Eeckhout came home for the second successive day in fifth place.
19/05/2009
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The An Post Sean Kelly team certainly had their fair share of misfortune in today’s Third Stage of the FBD Rás, but Belgian talisman Niko Eeckhout made a fantastic recovery to record an admirable fifth place stage finish.
18/05/2009
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In was not a good day for the An Post boys in green, with race leader Niko Eeckhout losing almost nine minutes on the stage and with that virtually all chance of an overall victory come Sunday.
17/05/2009
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An Post Team Top Leader Board after Day 1 of the FBD Insurance Ras.
15/05/2009
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The An Post Sean Kelly Team is back on home soil for the first time this year ahead of this weekend’s FBD Rás, which gets underway in Kilcullen, Co. Kildare on Sunday.
14/05/2009
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Meath man Mark Cassidy has won his battle to reach peak race fitness in advance of next weeks FBD Insurance Rás and has taken the last spot on the An Post team.
08/05/2009
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The An Post Sean Kelly Team is back on home soil ahead of next week’s FBD Insurance Rás, which gets underway in Kilcullen, Co. Wicklow on Sunday 17th May. Four of the five members of the Belgian based team have been confirmed, including two Irish riders, David O’Loughlin and Paidi O’Brien, but last year’s Rás champion Stephen Gallagher, will not be back to defend his title due to personal reasons.
24/04/2009
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An Post Sean Kelly’s Belgian rider Kenny Lisabeth finished 9th in today’s second stage of the Tour of Extremadura.
23/04/2009
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The An Post Sean Kelly team will be looking for a repeat performance from last year as the Tour of Extremadura started today, with the final stage on Sunday. The team put in a strong performance in today's first stage with Steven Van Vooren finishing 12th and best of the Irish and the next best team finisher was Paidi O'Brien in 20th position.
25/03/2009
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The 43rd edition of the Gorey 3 day cycle race takes place the 11th, 12th and 13th of April. The race will have a field of 180 riders taking place on the starting line in Tallaght.
16/03/2009
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An Post has joined forces with the Irish Sports Council to encourage communities around the country to get back on their bikes.
17/02/2009
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David O’Loughlin will make his debut for the An Post Sean Kelly team in tomorrow’s four-day Tour of Algarve (18th – 22nd February).
09/02/2009
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The An Post Sean Kelly team got their season off to a great start in the Tour Etoile De Bessages, with Belgian rider Jef Peeters coming 6th in the final stage on Sunday (8th February).
27/01/2009
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The line up for the 2009 An Post sponsored Seán Kelly Cycling team was revealed today, with five new high-profile signings confirmed. Among these is Irish rider David O’Loughlin, recent winner of a bronze medal at the World Cup in Beijing.
26/01/2009
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The route has been announced for the 57th edition of the Rás, running from May 17th until May 24th this year. Some of cycling’s most exciting young riders will clash with experienced stage race competitors in a tough, tactically-demanding route unveiled by the organisers for the UCI 2.2-ranked event. It will be a serious test to endurance with three of those stages being longer than 175 kilometres.
20/01/2009
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The Sean Kelly team’s newest Irish member, David O'Loughlin, won a bronze medal for Ireland on the first day of the Beijing World Cup on Friday evening.O'Loughlin - who is balancing his track role with Ireland and his new position with the Sean Kelly team - stayed ahead throughout the medal race to secure the win by the narrowest of margins finishing less then two tenths of a second ahead of his Ukrainian rival, with both almost equal with 125metres remaining. The 30-year-old Mayo-man performed well and rode solidly in the morning qualifiers to finish third in a time of 4.27.56 and earn the chance to ride-off for the bronze in the evening finals.
25/08/2008
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The Irish Paralympic Cycling Squad joined the rest of the Irish Team at Dublin Airport yesterday Sunday 24th August to fly off to Beijing for the Paralympic Games.
21/08/2008
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Meath man Mark Cassidy is hoping to get back to 100% form in time to make the selection for the Tour of Ireland.
07/07/2008
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The recently announced Irish Paralympic Cycling Squad were on form at this weekends Europa Cup Para-cycling road race and time trial in Segovia Spain.
26/06/2008
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The Green Jersey which will be fought for in the 2008 Tour of Ireland (August 27-31) was unveiled today at Dublin Castle by Minister Martin Cullen T.D., Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism.
24/06/2008
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Newport, Wales: Paralympic Ireland received a major boost with the announcement today that An Post will be supporting their preparation for the Beijing Paralympics.
07/05/2008
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The An Post M Donnelly Grant Thornton team set themselves up for this year's FBD Ras with a successful five days in Spain when Daniel Lloyd took the overall victory at the Vuelta Extremadura Tour in Moraleja.
24/04/2008
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The An Post M Donnelly Grant Thornton team have finally delivered on the promise they had shown earlier this month in Majorca, securing the overall time trial team prize on Day one of the Tour of Extremadura, Spain yesterday.
02/04/2008
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The An Post M Donnelly Grant Thornton team have begun the five-day Tour of Majorca today time trials and then five days of racing which will finish up on Sunday, 6 April.
18/03/2008
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The An Post M Donnelly Grant Thornton Team will return to Ireland this week for their first race on home soil this year, to compete in the 4-day Tour of Munster over the Easter weekend.
12/02/2008
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The line up for the 2008 An Post sponsored Seán Kelly team was today revealed at a function in the GPO, Dublin
06/12/2007
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An Post today announced its sponsorship of the Seán Kelly Team for the coming year.