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24 Irish athletes will contest the 2024 UCI Road and Para-cycling World Championships in Zurich. The championships will run from Saturday 21st to Sunday 29th of September.
All athletes are listed alphabetically.
Ireland has a strong cohort of riders competing across various age categories.
Eddie Dunbar and Darren Rafferty are both coming to the World Championships off the back of a very successful outings at the Vuelta a Espana. The three-week race saw Rafferty make his Grand Tour debut and Dunbar get his first Grand Tour stage win on Stage 11.
Ben Healy will be hoping to continue his very strong year in these World Championships. He had an incredibly strong showing in the Tour de France, followed by narrowly missing out on an Olympic medal in the Road Race in Paris.
Megan Armitage heads to the championships following a strong performance in Paris when she made her Olympic debut in the Women’s Road Race. She put in an excellent performance at the Games where she was hampered by a crash, she’ll be looking leave her mark on the world stage at these championships.
In the Para-cycling Katie-George Dunlevy will be looking to add to her recent success. She claimed her third consecutive Women’s B Individual Time Trial Paralympic title at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. She will be looking to retain her World title with pilot Linda Kelly. Josephine Healion will be looking to build on what was an incredible Paralympic debut with a strong performance at the championships. Pilot Eve McCrystal has already dubbed Healion as a rising star within the sport.
Further details and a full preview will be issued closer to the championships.
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