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‘It’s the happiest day of my life’ – Adam Rafferty after stage win on ‘Baby Giro’
Cycling
‘I was bolloxed basically’ – Eddie Dunbar on crashes, concussion and preparing for his Tour de France debut
Cycling
Pope Leo XIV blesses Giro d’Italia riders on final stage as Simon Yates secures second grand tour title
Cycling
Nicolas Prodhomme solos to Giro stage 19 win in mountains as Isaac del Toro extends overall lead

Isaac del Toro wins stage 17 of Giro d’Italia to tighten grip on pink jersey
Wed 28 May 2025 at 17:34
Simon Yates closes in on Isaac del Toro as Primoz Roglic abandons Giro d’Italia on day of thrills and spills
Tue 27 May 2025 at 20:30
Primoz Roglic abandons Giro d'Italia after suffering his third crash of the race while Isaac del Toro clings on to lead
Tue 27 May 2025 at 16:00
Daire Feeley’s Rás Tailteann diary: ‘I was quite sickened by how some Irish riders rode, they just handed the win to George’
Mon 26 May 2025 at 03:30
George Kimber survives Daire Feeley’s final-day fireworks to win Rás Tailteann crown
Sun 25 May 2025 at 19:36
Daire Feeley’s Rás Tailteann diary: I’m sure some riders don’t like me. It’s not a charity cycle
Sat 24 May 2025 at 21:50
George Kimber outsprints Team Ireland duo to take yellow jersey on penultimate Rás stage
Sat 24 May 2025 at 18:25
Daire Feeley’s Rás Tailteann diary: A slow puncture hasn’t deflated my optimism – there’s still a lot of racing left with two days to go
Fri 23 May 2025 at 22:00
Tim Shoreman doubles up on stage wins at the Rás while Odhran Doogan stays in yellow
Fri 23 May 2025 at 19:01
Mads Pedersen wins Giro d’Italia stage 13 as Isaac del Toro retains pink jersey
Fri 23 May 2025 at 18:18

Cycling

‘It’s the happiest day of my life’ – Adam Rafferty after stage win on ‘Baby Giro’

‘I was bolloxed basically’ – Eddie Dunbar on crashes, concussion and preparing for his Tour de France debut

Pope Leo XIV blesses Giro d’Italia riders on final stage as Simon Yates secures second grand tour title

Nicolas Prodhomme solos to Giro stage 19 win in mountains as Isaac del Toro extends overall lead

Isaac del Toro wins stage 17 of Giro d’Italia to tighten grip on pink jersey

Simon Yates closes in on Isaac del Toro as Primoz Roglic abandons Giro d’Italia on day of thrills and spills

Primoz Roglic abandons Giro d'Italia after suffering his third crash of the race while Isaac del Toro clings on to lead

Daire Feeley’s Rás Tailteann diary: ‘I was quite sickened by how some Irish riders rode, they just handed the win to George’

George Kimber survives Daire Feeley’s final-day fireworks to win Rás Tailteann crown

Daire Feeley’s Rás Tailteann diary: I’m sure some riders don’t like me. It’s not a charity cycle

George Kimber outsprints Team Ireland duo to take yellow jersey on penultimate Rás stage

Daire Feeley’s Rás Tailteann diary: A slow puncture hasn’t deflated my optimism – there’s still a lot of racing left with two days to go

Tim Shoreman doubles up on stage wins at the Rás while Odhran Doogan stays in yellow

Mads Pedersen wins Giro d’Italia stage 13 as Isaac del Toro retains pink jersey

Daire Feeley’s Rás Tailteann diary: There was a touch of wheels as we were doing 40kph, so it could’ve been race over for me

Donegal’s Odhran Doogan ‘over the moon’ after clinching Rás yellow jersey as Will Perrett wins stage two

Daire Feeley’s Rás Tailteann diary: I was sure his bike was going to bounce back up and take me down but I avoided it

Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz takes solo victory on stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia

‘I couldn’t be happier’ – British rider Tim Shoreman in Rás Tailteann yellow jersey after frantic stage 1 sprint finish

‘We all grew up riding bikes together as kids so it’ll be pretty cool’ – Banbridge boys back out of retirement for Rás Tailteann

Daire Feeley’s Rás Tailteann diary: Winning the race didn’t earn me a big-time pro contract, but it changed my life

‘The last week is going to be crazy. It’ll be full fireworks’ – Darren Rafferty finding his form as Giro d’Italia heats up

‘Finishing the Rás will be like winning an Ulster football medal – it’ll take blood sweat and tears’

Wout van Aert pips Giro d’Italia leader Isaac Del Toro to victory on stage nine

Kaden Groves cuts through Giro d’Italia chaos to win stage six as Mads Pedersen stays in pink

Mads Pedersen keeps Giro d’Italia pink jersey after sprinting to victory on stage five

WIN: An exclusive Rás Tailteann King of the Mountains jersey

Former Olympic cyclist and world champion receives suspended sentence over wife’s death

Chris Hoy ‘able to enjoy the little things’ as he enters stability stage of cancer treatment

Lance Armstrong helped me overcome cocaine addiction: 2012 Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins

Mads Pedersen seals second sprint victory of Giro d’Italia to move back into race lead

Ronan O’Connor climbs highest to win Shay Elliott Classic

‘I still get a stomach ache when I lose’ – Sam Bennett hungry for Giro success in first return since 2018

Irish Independent once again sponsor the KOM jersey for Rás Tailteann 2025

Ben Healy ‘ecstatic’ with first Monument podium as Tadej Pogacar’s ‘nuclear attack’ leaves rivals trailing

‘I honestly woke up and felt like I had drunk 10 pints’

Double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel ready to race after serious crash in December

Mathieu van der Poel takes advantage of Tadej Pogacar’s crash to win third Paris-Roubaix title in a row

Ben Healy storms to victory with stunning 55km solo ride in Tour of Basque Country

Sam Bennett takes second stage win in three days to increase lead in Region Pays de Loire Tour

Two Irish riders on the podium in France as Sam Bennett takes third win of year and Dillon Corkery impresses

Tadej Pogacar wins Tour of Flanders as crash hampers Mathieu Van der Poel

Mads Pedersen makes it a hat-trick in Gent-Wevelgem as Lara Gillespie impresses again

Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar to take on the Hell of the North for first time

Lara Gillespie just misses out on first win of season with impressive second in Belgium

Irish superager rowing champions reveals ‘remarkable’ insight into long-term health

Great Britain set to host Tour de France Grand Depart in 2027 – reports

Olympic champion and Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas to retire from cycling

Sam Bennett hails second Tour de la Provence stage win in three days after ‘tough’ finale

Sam Bennett outsprints rivals to take his first win of the year at Tour de la Provence

‘I’ve been dreaming of this moment for a long time’ – Lara Gillespie wins European gold on track

Rás Tailteann heading west as route for 70th edition of famous race is revealed

Lara Gillespie makes her mark at WorldTour level with classification win in UAE

Former world champion cyclist pleads guilty over wife’s death in Australia

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