Matthew Teggart will ride into the deep end in Marseille tomorrow when he lines up for his first race in his green and white An Post-ChainReaction colours, but the 21-year-old from Banbridge has never shied away from taking the plunge.
Sir Bradley Wiggins has announced his retirement from cycling with immediate effect, ending a 14-year professional career as Britain's most successful ever Olympian.
Sir Bradley Wiggins has announced his retirement from cycling, ending a career that saw him win a British record eight Olympic medals as well as the country's first Tour de France title.
The 2017 Gran Fondo Giro d'Italia NI will be the biggest and best one yet, claim organisers. As registration for the third edition of the popular event opens, plans are afoot to take the cycling race in Northern Ireland to a new level to coincide with the 100th Giro d'Italia.
Martyn Irvine is savouring his six-hour bike rides around Ireland at the moment. One day he will find himself in the Wicklow mountains. Another it will be Newry before heading home to wife Grace in Lusk in north Dublin.
Ulster's former World Track Champion Martyn Irvine believes that a shadow now hangs over 2012 Tour de France winner and Olympic gold medallist Sir Bradley Wiggins for his use of a banned steroid before races.
Former World Track champion Martyn Irvine has spoken about his delight at joining Aqua Blue Sport - Ireland's first professional Continental cycling team.
Sir Bradley Wiggins has denied he was trying to gain an "unfair advantage" when he obtained permission to use a banned drug before some of his biggest races, including his victory in the 2012 Tour de France.
Galway cyclist Eoghan Clifford has secured his second medal at the Rio Paralympics and this time it was magical gold.
Ireland has secured a fourth medal of the Paralympics after Colin Lynch won silver in the C2 Time Trail.
One of the most influential figures in Italian cycling has praised the success of the Gran Fondo in Northern Ireland.
Alexandre Geniez won stage three of the Vuelta a Espana as Team Sky handed over the race leader's red jersey to Spaniard Ruben Fernandez of Movistar.
Martyn Irvine's World Championship cycling victory in 2013 was one of the gutsiest triumphs ever by a Northern Ireland sportsman.
Laura Trott is a four-time Olympic champion after winning her second gold of the 2016 Games in Rio.
Mark Cavendish reportedly threatened to sue journalists in the mixed zone minutes after he clinched Olympic silver in the men’s omnium, with the Manx cyclist questioned about whether he deliberately caused a crash that involved leader and eventual gold medallist Elia Viviani.
Mark Cavendish claimed the Olympic medal which long proved so elusive with silver in the men's omnium - but it was not without drama.
The hugely popular Red Bull Foxhunt mountain bike event will return to the famous Kilbroney track at Rostrevor, Co Down in October.
Chris Froome crossed the line arm-in-arm with his Team Sky team-mates as he joined the elite club of three-time Tour de France winners while Andre Greipel won the final stage in Paris yesterday.
Chris Froome crashed but saw his lead grow at the top of the overall standings as Romain Bardet won a damp, treacherous stage 19 of the Tour de France to Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc.
Chris Froome underlined his dominance in the Tour de France as victory in the stage 18 time trial put him almost four minutes clear in the yellow jersey.
Chris Froome has won the stage 18 time trial from Sallanches to Megeve to extend his overall lead in the Tour de France.
Chris Froome is closing in on a third Tour de France title after extending his lead in the yellow jersey while Russian Ilnur Zakarin won stage 17 to Finhaut-Emosson.
Adam Yates insisted he would not be afraid to attack Chris Froome as he bids for a podium spot in the final week of the Tour de France.
Peter Sagan won stage 16 of the Tour de France in a photo finish ahead of Alexander Kristoff while Chris Froome stayed safe in the yellow jersey.
Chris Froome waited in vain for his rivals to make a move as Jarlinson Pantano won stage 15 of the Tour de France.
Chris Froome strengthened his grip on the yellow jersey with a second place finish in yesterday's stage 13 time trial which was won by Tom Dumoulin.
Banbridge rider Mark Downey will look to build on one of the best results of his career after he took silver in the Men's U23 Points Race at the UEC Track Junior and U23 European Championships in Italy.
The Tour de France was plunged into chaos of an utterly unknown order yesterday when Chris Froome, the race leader, was entangled in a late crash and forced to run up part of the Mont Ventoux climb without a bike.
Chris Froome was seen running up Mont Ventoux in a desperate bid for the line as stage 12 of the Tour de France ended in farce.
Chris Froome extended his overall lead in the Tour de France with an opportunistic attack before organisers confirmed today's stage to the famed Mont Ventoux has been shortened on safety grounds.
Chris Froome says he is in the perfect position after holding off repeated attacks on his Tour de France lead yesterday.
An "ecstatic" Steve Cummings made a late bid for an Olympic place by storming to the second Tour de France stage win of his career.
Mark Cavendish moved into second place for all-time Tour de France stage wins as he collected his 29th victory on stage six in Montauban.
Greg van Avermaet soloed to victory and the yellow jersey on stage five of the Tour de France in Le Lioran as Chris Froome saw rivals lose more time in the general classification battle proper.
Marcel Kittel's first Tour de France stage win in two years came by the narrowest of margins on a day when Mark Cavendish found himself completely squeezed out in Limoges.
Mark Cavendish grabbed his second victory of the 2016 Tour de France by a matter of inches in Angers.
As Mark Cavendish handed yellow off to Peter Sagan, Chris Froome boosted his own chances of ending the Tour de France in the maillot jaune for a third time as key rivals lost time on stage two.
Ireland's Olympic-bound triathletes have insisted they are ready for the big challenge of the Rio Games
Chris Froome won his third Criterium du Dauphine title as fellow Briton Steve Cummings sealed his first stage victory in the event on the final day.
A Belfast man is on cloud nine after coming fifth in Sunday's Gran Fondo cycle race - just eight weeks after suffering a stroke which badly affected his balance.
Belfast Telegraph journalist Jonny Bell joined the 1,400 riders who left from Titanic Belfast on Sunday morning at the start of the 58k race in this year's Giro d'Italia Gran Fondo.
The rider who has won Northern Ireland's Giro d'Italia Gran Fondo for the second year in a row has told of his delight after he crossed the line in a nail-biting finish.
Peter Morrison (40), photographer from east Belfast, said: "It was a tough course but well worth it, I'm glad I took part and also to complete it faster than I did last year, I'm feeling good about it."
An injured cyclist said he was “lucky not to have been killed” after he was in collision with a car in east Belfast while competing in the Gran Fondo.
Mark Kane wrote his name into the history books last year by winning the first Giro d'Italia Gran Fondo to be held in Northern Ireland.
The Gran Fondo is back in Northern Ireland.
Thousands of amateur cyclists are expected to attend this Sunday's Gran Fondo.
Gran Fondo. What does it mean?
Those who took part were smiling about the thought of it for months afterwards.
A clergyman has hit out at the Giro d'Italia after he was forced to cancel an annual service for children.
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