Damien Shaw breaks away to make up for Rás woe

First-year senior Eddie Dunbar illustrates his potential with second-place finish

Ryan Mullen begins push for rare double in national championships

Rule change means last year’s first home aiming for Elite title this time around

Team Sky miss Irish riders off Tour de France shortlist

Nicolas Roche and Philip Deignan may still make team while Sam Bennet leader for Bora-Aragon18

Dan Martin and Nicolas Roche finding form ahead of Tour de France

Irish duo move up standings after mountainous stage of Critérium du Dauphiné

Matt Brammeier fails to make team shortlist for Tour de France

MTN Qhubeka team general manager Brian Smith says Brammeier is on long list for Vuelta a España

Philip Deignan could be set for Tour de France debut

Omission from Team Sky squad for the Giro d’Italia suggests July appearance on cards

Dan Martin withdraws from Flèche Wallonne after crash

Cannondale-Garmin rider’s hopes of victory in Belgium ended by fall

Philip Deignan and Matt Brammeier all set for Tour de Langkawi

Irish duo hoping Malaysian race will eventually lead to Tour de France

Martyn Irvine outmanoeuvred at world track championships as Lucas Liss triumphs

Irish rider finishes 10th after missing vital break by Bobby Lea with 23 laps remaining

German TV deal points to likely Tour de France debut for Sam Bennett

Bennett and his Bora-Argon 18 team almost certain to gain wildcard access to Tour de France

Matt Brammeier still in limbo as his wait for a new professional contract continues

Five-time Irish national champion satisfied that a new team deal is imminent

Tour de France route for 2015 favours climbers with a fast finish

Cobblestones to feature again in route that will include just 14 individual time trial kilometres

Dan Martin wins fourth stage in Tour of Beijing

Irishman is in second overall ahead of tomorrow’s final day

Martin in rich vein of form ahead of campaign to clinch Tour of Beijing

Il Lombardia winner set on victory after runner-up podium finish in 2013

O’Loughlin best of the Irish in junior road race

Germany’s Jonas Bokeloh wins sprint finish, O’Loughlin back in 44th place

Wiggins takes gold in cycling’s world championship time trial

Third time lucky for English rider who finished second twice in last three years

Dan Martin under pressure from Sanchez in Vuelta

Nicolas Roche remains fourth overall in the Tour of Britain behind new race leader Alex Dowsett

Nicolas Roche attack on final climb fails to pay off in Tour of Britain

Roche sprints in ninth on stage, finishing as part of 35-man group

Contador closer to Vuelta a España title as rivals crack

Irishman Dan Martin finishes seventh

Dan Martin gains three places on Vuelta stage despite injury

Rider cut his leg badly when he went over a guardrail and ended up in a ravine in Spanish race

Dan Martin ninth behind Navarro on Vuelta Stage 13

Irishman remains 11th in the overall ranking after string finish in Obregon, Contador retains lead

Dan Martin avoids drama in ‘totally crazy’ finish

German John Degenkolb takes his third stage win after crash late on stage 12

Fabio Aru takes stage win as Nairo Quintana crashes out of Vuelta

Colombian rider faces surgery on injured shoulder after second spill in two days

Quintana takes red jersey after late Contador break causes havoc

Colombia’s Anacona takes tough ninth stage at Vuelta a Espana

Dan Martin the new Garmin-Sharp team leader after stage five

Irish man moved up to 19th overall after finishing five seconds behind Degenkolb

Deignan expects strong Vuelta a España showing

Team Sky rider feeling good after seventh place finish in Tour of Poland

Nicolas Roche back in action at the Clasica San Sebastian in Spain

Also riding tomorrow will be Roche’s first cousin Dan Martin

Nicolas Roche skips road race championships

Tinkoff-Saxo rider cites tough training and racing programme as he misses out again

Philip Deignan digs deep to finish third in Giro d’Italia stage

It’s the best Irish result since Stephen Roche was third on a stage in 1989

Philip Deignan earns podium finish on Giro d’Italia stage

Team Sky rider from Donegal comes home in third spot on tough mountain climb

Three major climbs to test Giro riders

But snow could yet force changes or even stage cancellation

Marco Canola best in three-man Giro d’Italia dash

Bariani CSF rider beats Jackson Rodriguez and Angelo Tulik to the line

Rigoberto Uran springs a big surprise on Cadel Evans in Giro d’Italia

Evans is now 37 seconds back in overall standings and knows he has a battle on his hands

Nicolas Roche and Philip Deignan pay price for early break

Michael Rogers takes stage with 10 seconds to spare only a month after returning from suspension

Bouhanni takes Giro d’Italia stage to Bari

Dan Martin vows to be back in the saddle before end of season after operation

Dublin in the pink as Giro d’Italia sweeps down from the North

Crowds line the streets as the race snakes from the Clontarf seafront towards its city-centre finale

Consecutive stage wins show Kittel force to be reckoned with

Michael Matthews retains pink jersey despite German's win in Dublin

Backers delighted with enthusiastic welcome for the Giro d’Italia

Efforts now being focused on re-establishing a national tour

Rotten luck for Dan Martin as he crashes out of Giro d’Italia

Irish rider is carted off to hospital with a suspected broken collarbone

Dan Martin’s Giro dreams end with a broken collarbone

Garmin Sharp rider’s crash came when his front wheel slipped sideways on what appeared to be a slick manhole cover

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