This Is Guernsey » Cycling

Mapley comes out on top

Thisisguernsey — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:29:44 +0000

ONE bad event and it was all over for Ben Walden in the 2008 Tour of Guernsey. (more…)

Local youngsters can follow Cavendish lead

Thisisguernsey — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:30:30 +0000

THERE is a chance of a Guernsey cyclist one day competing in the Tour de France, according to the man who once beat the sprint stage winner Mark Cavendish. (more…)

McLaughlin shows he can last the distance

Thisisguernsey — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:29:11 +0000

JAMES MCLAUGHLIN has chalked up another impressive win in one of the longest events in the Guernsey Velo Club’s calendar, the 100km road race around eight laps of the L’Eree circuit. (more…)

Mapley brothers fly down the hills

Thisisguernsey — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:29:17 +0000

JOHN MAPLEY proved he is the man to beat this season after he shone in round three of the Guernsey Velo Club’s Holeshot-sponsored downhill series in Fauxquet Valley woods. (more…)

McLaughlin claims ‘10’ record

Thisisguernsey — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:29:59 +0000

JAMES MCLAUGHLIN has been in more record-breaking form. (more…)

McLaughlin ahead of rest by a mile

Thisisguernsey — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:30:19 +0000

JAMES MCLAUGHLIN underlined his status as one of the most promising young sport stars in the island as he won by a mile the weekend’s inter-insular time trial in Jersey. (more…)

Guernsey dominate with four victories from five

Thisisguernsey — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:29:53 +0000

GUERNSEY cyclists showed their dominance over the weekend, taking four out of the five categories in the inter-insular road race. (more…)

Chalmers on the road to becoming top race rider

Thisisguernsey — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:29:28 +0000

FORMER professional footballer and Muratti star Grant Chalmers has proved he can compete just as well on two wheels as he did with two feet. (more…)

Burtenshaw grabs his opportunity

Thisisguernsey — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:29:43 +0000

JAMIE BURTENSHAW grabbed his opportunity to step into the limelight in round five of the Ian Brown’s and Arrowsmith Marlowe Mountain Bike Cross-country Series. (more…)

James goes for it

Thisisguernsey — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:29:31 +0000

THE sun may have been shining and there was only a little breeze in their faces, but with the inter-insular road race less than 72 hours away many top riders took their foot off the pedal for the latest 10-mile time trial. (more…)

Le Tissier proves to be the king of the criterium

Thisisguernsey — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:29:06 +0000

IN A week where Great Britain rider Mark Cavendish had been dominating the sprint stages of the Giro d’Italia, Stuart Le Tissier showed similar dominance in the Guernsey Velo Club’s criterium at Delancey Park strengthening his position as the island’s top crit rider. (more…)

Under-12 riders live up to their new name

Thisisguernsey — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:29:46 +0000

FIRST indications are that it will be an exciting season’s racing in the Guernsey Flyers. (more…)

Danny’s the boy with national ‘10’ title

Thisisguernsey — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:30:50 +0000

DAN ARBLASTER averaged 30.176mph along a stretch of the A3 in Hampshire yesterday morning to become national junior 10-mile champion. (more…)

The truth is: ‘We’re very good’

Thisisguernsey — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:29:33 +0000

THEY refer to time trialing as ‘the race of truth’. (more…)

Le Tissier sprints to Delancey win

Thisisguernsey — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:29:48 +0000

A TRADEMARK sprint finish saw Stuart Le Tissier take the win in Thursday’s Delancey criterium. (more…)