Cycling: Irish team announced for World Cycling Championships

Cycling Ireland has announced its six member team for next the World Cycling Championships which will be held in Stuttgart from 26 -30 September 2007.

Performance Director Frank Campbell said he was very hopeful that this select group could perform at what is said to be the most difficult Worlds course for many years. Ireland has done well to qualify 6 riders as the qualification standards were very high.

Ireland’s under 23 team has had good success in recent years and Mark Cassidy and Daniel Martin have a string of top class results behind them. Campbell hoped that Siobhan Dervan and David McCann had recovered after recent illness and said that Philip Deignan’s performance in the Tour of Spain is spectacular and hopes the super talented young Donegal cyclist finally gets the luck his talent deserves.

Men’s Elite Road Race
Philip Deignan (24), Letterkenny, Co Donegal, AG2 Protour Team

Men’s Elite TT
David McCann (33), Belfast, Colavita Sutter Team USA

Women’s Elite Road Race
Siobhan Dervan (27), Cork, Lotto Belisol, Belgium

Men’s Under 23 Road Race
Mark Cassidy (22), Dunboyne, Co Meath

Daniel Martin (22), Bermingham, VC La Pomme Marseilles

Isaac Spiers (19), Navan, Co Meath,  Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn/M Donnelly Sean Kelly team, Belgium

Schedule
Thursday 27th - Men’s Elite TT
Friday 28th - Men’s Under 23 Road Race
Saturday 29th - Women’s Elite Road Race
Sunday 30th - Men’s Elite Road Race

For further information, contact Cycling Ireland on 01 8551522 or visit www.cyclingireland.ie