Paris-Roubaix 2015: Meeting le pavé

NORTHERN France's wind and cobbles called for a select troupe of five St. Tiernan's soldiers. Two weakly signed up for 30km of the infamous pavé, but a trio took ... more

'Mud-caked cogs caused shifters to be manipulated with fists'

NORTH wind, rain, cobbles, hills - welcome to Ronde van Vlaanderen's cyclosportive. Here's former chair and seasoned Classicist Brian Kilbride's story. Two years ... more

Coast to coast challenge raises more than €1,200 for cancer unit

September 5, 2014 - Seven St. Tiernan's rider took on a coast-to-coast challenge last weekend that has raised in excess of €1,200 for the Denis Burkitt Cancer ... more

Rush raids the Alps

August 11, 2014 - Peter Rush has featured here before; as a rebel of fashion. But he is also an unwavering rider keen to push himself, quietly, wherever possible.... more

Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2014 Part 2

Continued from LBL 2014 Part 1 By the turn in Bastogne we had only one categorized climb ticked off. . However we were pacing ourselves, we were eating and ... more

Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2014 Part 1

Eight St.Tiernan's riders took part in this years edition of the toughest sportive on the spring classics calendar replicating the course of the race the professi... more

Liege Bastogne Liege 2013 Report Part 3

By Brian Kilbride ... continued from part 2 Temptation number two and the road to Trois Ponts and it's train station. I stopped to gather my thoughts - there ... more

Liege Bastogne Liege 2013 Report Part 2

By Brian Kilbride ... continued from part 1 It was getting too cold to hang around so we departed in dribs and drabs and slowly assembled on the road. The turn ... more

Tour of Flanders 2013 - Part 5

An account of our adventures in Flanders 2013 by Mick Dempsey On a long descent I passed Dean and was on my own for a while. Soon after Siobhán joined me. Dean ... more

Tour of Flanders 2013 - Part 4

An account of our adventures in Flanders 2013 by Mick Dempsey Ahead of us lay the Koppenberg. I had heard so much about this hill, I actually couldn’t wait to ... more

Tour of Flanders 2013 - Part 2

An account of our adventures in Flanders 2013 by Mick Dempsey SSo, the next morning we met up in the main square in Bruges at 6.50am. With Brian’s advice ... more

Tour of Flanders 2013 - Part 1

An account of our adventures in Flanders 2013 by Mick Dempsey Having been inspired by our Chairman’s accounts of battles in Flanders in previous years, I ... more

Night Ride report

"From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with ... more

La Marmotte 2012 Report

La Marmotte 2012 Report by Joe Flynn Like the amphetamined fuelled, white knuckled ride of Dean Morriarty’s and Sal Paradise’s boot to the floor exit from ... more

l'Étape du Tour Daily Blog - The Event

by Barry Doyle Sean O'Leary has been out genial host for the five intensive days we have spent here. He is a character of a specific nature, buzzing from one ... more

l'Étape du Tour Daily Blog - Friday

by Barry Doyle Sit Rep It's the rest day here in Argeles Gazost. As all of you know this does not an sitting around but getting an easy spin done, some maintena... more

l'Étape du Tour Daily Blog - Tuesday

by Barry Doyle An Education What have we gotten ourselves into. Only Kevin and Dave knew what was in store and even then we sensed some unease. Today was a ... more

l'Étape du Tour Daily Blog - Monday

by Barry Doyle Prologue Intimidating isn't the word, frightening, awesome, inspiring. Crammed into a minibus we looked on, as two hours into our journey south, ... more

Tour de Burren 2012 Report

What a brutal day. The weather decided to turn its nasty face westwards today as six Tiernans riders signed on for the tour de burren. Strong southerlies, persist... more

Wicklow Peaks this Sunday

The Sunday Naas Cycling Club host their annual Wicklow Peaks Challenge. There are two routes, a 50km and a 120km circuit that starts and finishes in Naas, Co. ... more