- May 3 2018
- Ostend, Belgium
The Belgium city of Ostend will host the first stage of the 2018 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup Chronicle from May 03-06. Over 400 athletes from 38 countries will compete in one of the most important competitions after the World Championship & the Paralympic Games. Points for the overall nations’ rankings are distributed and count towards the Paralympic Games to be held in Tokyo 2020.
The Irish Para-cycling Team will be competing with 11 athletes across 6 events. Best of luck to the athletes competing; Chris Burns, Colin Lynch, Ronan Grimes, Declan Slevin and Seamus Wall in the solo competition, Katie-George Dunlevy & Eve McCrystal, Martin Gordon & Eamonn Byrne, Damien Vereker & Dermot Radford and Peter Ryan & Séan Hahessy in the tandem competition. With 53 medal events over 4 days of competition, it’s sure to be an exciting sporting weekend!