Good luck to the lads in the race today (Eoin must have been a late entry, I didn’t see his name so he wasn’t mentioned earlier).

This is National Bike Week and next Saturday (25th June) from 11am to 5pm, Wexford Wheelers will host a free Safe Cycle Check at Selskar Square in conjunction with The Bike Shop. On Sunday, Wexford Wheelers will be holding two events; their normal tours starting from the Bullring at 9.30 am, three tours to suit

Michael Noonan was at the Pfizer annual Cork to Galway Chernobyl Cildrens International cycle on friday 18th June, where Sean Kelly accompanied the cyclists to Limerick, and also the An Post Cycle series Tour de Burren on Saturday, where again Sean Kelly started off proceedings. The Pfizer Cork to Galway charity cycle raised €178,000 euro

This year’s tour willl take place on Sunday, 31st July. It will start in Piercestown and there will be 70km and 140km routes. More details, including maps, to follow.

Bobby Newport has been forced to take a break from the bike as his injuries from his recent fall are worse than first thought. Further tests have shown a crack in his pelvis and a broken collarbone. Thankfully the breaks are clean and Bobby is hopeful, having discussed it with the medics, that the injuries

Congratulations to Simon and Ania who were married in Poznan, Poland last Saturday, 11th June. Did nobody tell Ania about being married to a cyclist?

Wexford ENNISCORTHY Sunday 19th June, Slaney Cycling Club are holding a Safe Cycle Check. Location: Outside the Riverside Park Hotel Time: 10.30; followed by an Accompanied Family Cycle along the new promenade at 11am. NEW ROSS Sunday 19th June Barrow Wheelers are holding a cycling event Black Stairs 200 on to start at The New

Barrow Wheelers’ Blackstairs 200km is on next Sunday at 8am. There will also be 100km and 150km routes. For more details see www.barrowwheelers.com.

Patsy McCaffery, recently upgraded to A3, won the combined A3/A4 race at the Grand Prix of Rooskey, Co. Roscommon last Saturday. Not long now, surely, before he is upgraded to A2. Dave Allen, Michael Noonan, Nigel Allen and Brendan Ennis completed the inaugural Carrick Wheelers Bobby Power Challenge Sportive last Sunday, a 160km spin around