Good luck to Caoimhe May in the European Youth Olympics!

Scott Orwell Wheeler Caoimhe May set off to Baku to compete in the European Youth Olympics this morning! Caoimhe is part of a 6 person Irish Team and will compete in the Time Trial on Tues 23rd and the Road Race on Thurs 25th of July. We wish Caoimhe and all her team mates the best of luck next week

Earlier this summer the Cycling Ireland Youth Commission announced the under 16 teams for the European Youth Olympic Road race and time trial events. Congratulations to Caoimhe who was selected to travel as part of the 3 person girls team and to Ronan O’Connor who is the reserve on the boys team.

Girls Caoimhe May Scott Orwell Wheelers Aoife O Brien Lakeside Wheelers Erin Creighton Mc Convey Cycles (Reserve Rider Katie Neill Carn Wheelers)

Boys Darren Rafferty Island Wheelers Adam Gilsenan Bohermeen CC Mark Mc Garry Dungarvan (Reserve Rider Ronan O Connor Scott Orwell Wheelers)

The 2019 Summer EYOF take place in the city of Baku, Azerbaijan between the 21st and 27th of July.

From the EYO Website: “

“ More information: www.eyof.org/2019-summer-baku/

What to expect this week…. The cycling in the EYOF takes place in the Velopark BMX cycling complex located on the Caspian seaside, a venue surrounded with beautiful scenery and plenty of cycling lanes!

The Individual Time Trials are timed events, and they take place near Shikhov beach, with the Girl’s event starting at 10 am (local time) or 7 am Irish time on the 23 July, and the Boy’s event starts at 5 pm local time, or 2 pm Irish time. Both races are 10km long – on one looped circuit. The start and finish are in the Velopark, and the race profile is relatively flat, with a slight 1.7km hill about 1.5km from the finish.

The Road Races are a bunch of events which take place on the 25th of July. The Girl’s event at 10 am local time (7 am Irish time) is a 50km race, two laps of a 25km circuit. The Boy’s event starts at 5 pm local time (2 pm Irish time) and is a 75km race, three laps of the 25km circuit.

The circuit itself starts and finishes in the Velopark, and includes a short and sharp tough hilly section in the city centre. It also includes the same 1.7km drag that the cyclists will have raced on in the Time Trial earlier in the week.

At the last edition of the EYOF Team Ireland enjoyed success in the Girl’s Time Trial, with Lara Gillespie winning a silver medal.

Caoimhe:

From:  Dublin

Event:  Time Trial and Road Race

Club: Scott Orwell Wheelers

Coach: Orla Hendron

Competing: Time Trial on Tues 23 July, Road Race on Thurs 25 July