North West 3 Day This Weekend

This weekend sees Foyle CC promote the North West 3 Day Cycling Race supported by Derry & Strabane District Council. This event will see 100 riders compete on the challenging roads of Derry and Donegal. The event is the biggest cycling race to come to Derry in many years and only weeks before Ireland's toughest professional race "An Post Ras" will race in many of the same roads.

The race starts on Friday evening 12th May with a Road race, continues on Saturday Morning with a Time Trial and later that afternoon another road race.The final stage road race takes place on Sunday morning. with riders competing for a number competitions including the overall Male winner, Overall Female Winner, best Sprinter and Best Climber to name a few. This should be an exciting wkend in Derry.

Marian Lamb UCN : marianlamb@ulstercyclingnews.com