2024 Cycling Ireland Gravel National Championships

2024 Cycling Ireland Gravel National Championships, will be held on Sunday 22nd September in Co. Galway, hosted by Galway Bay CC.

As this is the inagural gravel national championship, it will hold demonstration status as per Cycling Ireland Technical Regulations. Only the Women and Open race will hold this status. M40/M50 + M60 races are non-championship.

Womens and Open categories will be combined Junior, Senior and Masters.

ENTRY LIMITED TO 60 RIDERS PER RACE

Event HQ
Ryehill Demense, Co. Galway
LOCATION HERE

Course Details
Distance - 11.2km
Strava Link - https://www.strava.com/routes/3192827306171750668 

Provisional Distances
- M40/50 2 hours (6 laps, 70.8km)
- M60 1.5 hours (5 laps, 59km)
- Women (6 laps, 70.8km)
- Open (9 laps, 106.2km)

Schedule
11.00am M40/M50/M60 (non-champ)
1.15pm Womens National Championship
3.15pm Open National Championship

Foreign Riders (Inc. British Cycling Licence Holders)
All Foreign Riders (holding licence from another National Federation) must be registered on the Cycling Ireland database, where they will be assigned an FR Licence Number.
Application Form - https://membership.cyclingireland.ie/foreign-rider-form.html 

Documents Required - Please complete the above application form and upload the following documents:
- Copy of 2024 National Federation Licence
- Copy of 'Letter of Authority' from home federation to compete in Ireland

If you have already been assigned an FR Licence, you will need to re-submit your 2024 documents - All Foreign Rider queries should be sent to Aaron Johnson - aaron.johnson@cyclingireland.ie

National Championship Eligibility
Cycling Ireland Technical Regulation - T10.A1.29
The following riders may compete in a National Championship:
(a) Members of Cycling Ireland with the relevant Competition Licence and an IRL Nationality
(b) Members of a UCI affiliated federation with an IRL Nationality on their licence.