Welcome to Ready, Set, Cycle 2026 Competitions Page
Competitions
As part of the TFI Ready, Set, Cycle Challenge, we ran various interesting cycling competitions each week to keep participants motivated to keep riding and logging their journeys. We ran photo competition, three-day continuous cycling and a competition that overlapped with National Bike Week.
There were also opportunities for cyclists on the Leaderboard irrespective of their positions to win prizes through the Cyclist Lottery and a separate cycling competition aimed at beginner cyclists called the Couch to 15km Challenge!
This was to keep the momentum going so participants had umpteen chances to grab prizes!
Prizes Available
A variety of Smarter Travel Goodie Bags are up for grabs for our weekly competitions, top 20, 50 and lottery prize draws. Depending on the competition goodie bags will contain a combination of some of the items listed below or similar.
Weekly Prize Winners Potential Prizes : Sling bags, Repair Kit, Bells, Insulated leak proof Water Bottles, Headtorches, Ponchos, Travel Cups and more.
We also have some fantastic prizes for the Overall Leaderboard Winners for the teams that are placed in the Top 3 positions.
Top 3 Ready, Set, Cycle 2026 Finishers Potential Prizes : A variety of Stylish Travel Backpacks, Insulated leak-proof Food Flasks, Insulated leak-proof Travel Mugs, Power-banks and more.
Early-Bird Registration Prize Draws
Participants who signed up on the Active Travel Logger before the Early Bird deadline on 24th April as well as Coordinators who registered more than three teams before the deadline were in with a chance to win a VIP Ready, Set, Cycle Goodie Bag respectively. We have now announced the Early Bird Prize Draw winners and they are listed below:
Congratulations to the winning Coordinators from the below organisations!
| Organisation – Coordinator Prize Draw |
| daa |
| Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment |
| Health Products Regulatory Authority |
| IADT |
| Roughan & O’Donovan |
Congratulations to all the winning participants as well!
| Participant | Organisation |
| Roisin Coogan | Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment |
| Rosemary Keogh | Department of Foreign Affairs |
| Sheetal Gupta | daa |
| Patrick Ryan | Roughan & O’Donovan |
| Anne Tobin | Health Products Regulatory Authority |
Week 1
Well done to everyone who participated in Week 1 of Ready, Set, Cycle. It has been a fantastic week as we have nearly 100 teams taking part across 67 organisations.
Congratulations to all the Week 1 winners listed below and your goodie bags with be with you shortly. Keep pedalling and stay active!
The winners are:
Bike to Work Day Competition (13th May)
| Participant’s Name | Organisation |
| Louis Bourke | Arthur Cox LLP |
| Karsten Hokamp | Trinity College Dublin |
| Mick Connell | Coimisiún na Meán |
| Odhran O Callaghan | Eirgrid |
| John Darcy | Department of Transport |
Top 20: Cyclepaths – daa
Top 50: DSP Rothair – Department of Social Protection
RSC Lottery:
| Participant name | Team name | Organisation |
| Roy Bowden | Bray Biker | Wicklow County Council |
| Deirdre Forrest | Cleared to Pedal | AirNav Ireland |
| Paul Donnelly TD | First Floorers | Houses of the Oireachtas |
| Brian Walsh | IarnRothar Éireann | Systra |
| Ciara Gilroy | Watts the Craic | Jacobs |
Week 2
We saw tremendous cycling efforts by participants this week as you got on the bike for three days consistently as part of the Rain, Hail and Shine Challenge.
Congratulations to all the Week 2 winners listed below and your goodie bags with be with you shortly. Keep pedalling and stay active!
The winners are:
Rain, Hail and Shine Competition (18th – 22nd May)
| Participant’s Name | Organisation |
| Mary Kennedy | Dundalk institute of Technology |
| Michael Hanley | Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration |
| Shane Timmons | Economic Social Research Institute |
| Nóra Farrell | Cork City Council |
| Valerie Williams | Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment |
Top 20: Shear Stress and Lycra – DBFL Consulting Engineers
Top 50: Bacty Biker – Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
RSC Lottery:
| Participant name | Team name | Organisation |
| Deborah Dalton | Vinne’s Wheeler Dealers | St. Vincent’s University Hospital |
| Helen Ryan | Full Cycle | Irish Blood Transfusion Service |
| John O’Sullivan | Ornua’s Green Team | Ornua Co-operative Limited |
| Tiarnán Warson Murphy | Pedal Slowly, I’m Really Dying Already | Eirgrid |
| Tony Greene | The Jockey Backs | IADT |
Week 3
And just like that, Ready, Set, Cycle comes to a close! Congratulations to all the Week 3 and overall winners listed below and your goodie bags with be with you shortly. Although the competition is for three weeks, cycling is something you can do all year round so keep it up and pedal your way into summer!
Sunset Cycle Photo Competition (25th– 29th May)
| Participant name | Team name | Organisation |
| Valerie Williams | Hot Wheelies | Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment |
| Costanza Mariotti | Built to Cycle | Roughan and O’Donovan |
| Victoria Drauch | Bacty Biker | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine |
| Rob McCullagh | The Jockey Backs | IADT |
| Grainne O’Callaghan | Drafting Geniuses | Arthur Cox |
Top 20: Built to Cycle – Roughan & Donovan
Top 50: Spin Doctors – Coimisiún na Meán
RSC Lottery:
| Participant name | Team name | Organisation |
| Gwen Connolly | LABADABBADO | The National Maternity Hospital |
| Michelle Ryan | Dear Property Management… | Department of Foreign Affairs |
| Averil Power | Cranks, Cogs and Clever Clogs | Clúid Housing |
| Donal Steele | Metro Pedalars | Transport Infrastructure Ireland |
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Ruanne Cowley
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Ornua’s Green Team | Ornua Co-operative Limited |
Overall Winners
Beginner Couch to 15k Competition
Huge congratulations to all of our beginner cyclists that completed the couch to 15k competition. We know that getting started can be the hardest part so you’re all winners for that!
| Participant Name | Team Name | Organisation |
| Sarah Symes | Cycle Affairs | AirNav Ireland |
| Sinead McNulty | MU Whizzers | Maynooth University |
| Valerie Lyons | The Cyclones | Wicklow County Council |
Top 3 on the Leaderboard
And here we go! The winners of Ready, Set, Cycle 2026! Huge congratulations to our top three:
| Final Position | Team Name | Organisation |
| 1st Place | The Radlers | Trinity College Dublin |
| 2nd Place | Giro d’interconnection | Eirgrid |
| 3rd Place | Whacky Wheelers | Department of Social Protection |