919:, he got into the winning break with Stablinski. Stablinski was a team-mate in the professional peloton and a friend but a rival in the championship, where riders rode in national teams. However, Elliott and Stablinski worked to wear down the other break members. When Stablinski attacked, Elliott refused to chase and the Frenchman won alone. Elliott eventually broke away to take the silver medal. Elliott admitted he had sacrificed his chance for Stablinski's benefit. "Team loyalty was a theme that ran throughout Elliott's career," noted the editor of
350:
1087:
fittings friends had warned him. The coroner recorded an "open verdict" and three competing theories circulated about the cause of death: that it was indeed a gun accident, that he committed suicide, and that he was killed by a Breton crime syndicate to whom he owed money from his failed hotel business (he had worried about people "hanging round" near the premises in previous weeks). He was laid to rest alongside his father at St
Mochonog's Church,
31:
1037:, telling of drug-taking and bribery. The article went into few details but was enough for him to be snubbed by other professionals. The same had happened to Simpson when he sold his story to the same paper but while Simpson recovered despite reprimands from his agent, criticism in the cycling press and a threat of dismissal by his team, Elliott's career never regained momentum. British cycling journalist
1354:
806:
1684:
1594:
320:
496:
716:
1639:
1489:
1061:
1468:
1418:
1384:
1256:
1205:
1175:
1160:
1145:
1086:
On 21 April 1971, his father died. Two weeks after his father's death, on 4 May 1971, Shay
Elliott was found dead in the living quarters above the family business premises, at the age of just 36. The cause of death was a shotgun wound, rupturing his heart and liver, from a gun about whose unreliable
638:
It would be wrong to say that the company laughed when Shay stood there in his underpants, but there were certainly some smiles because in contrast to his lithe, clean-limbed predecessors at the examination, Shay looked a short, fat boy. Le Bert, however, did not smile. Immediately he exclaimed: 'Ah
621:
I can not remember all the items in Shay's luggage, of course. But I can hardly forget that one whole compartment in the chest of drawers was devoted to provisions which Shay had brought from
Ireland, the chief stock being 2lb of tea and 2lb of chocolate creams. I was invited to eat as many of the
892:
Both finished outside the day's race elimination time limit, and expected to be sent home. However, the team's manager, Sauveur
Ducazeaux, insisted the judges apply a rule that no rider in the first ten could be eliminated. Robinson had started the day ninth: it was Elliott who was sent home. "The
651:
Elliott did not return permanently to
Ireland at the end of the training camp in early 1955. He had just finished six years as an apprentice sheet-metal worker and he and his family in Old County Road in Crumlin, had decided that he had mastered panel-beating and would have a trade to return to if
996:
a big tall lanky guy called Peter Gordon. He pushed off and caused all sorts of consternation and the only people who could get across to him were
Simpson and the guys he'd brought across with him, and Hitchen... so presumably they sorted it out between them afterwards, but that was the fix: that
560:, when he was 16 and took part in races of about 20 miles that the church organised around the city streets. He came second in his first race, riding a "scrap" bike with a single fixed wheel that led his pedals to bang the road on corners. The winner had a specialised racing bike.
991:
to win. Barry was touch and go whether he'd get another contract because he'd done sweet FA all season. And it all went wrong because he didn't have the form anyway and it's a bloody long way if you don't have the legs. And the thing that messed it up was that going across
1025:. He had no prior experience in the hospitality trade and that project took so much of his time that he could ride only local races. After promising Mercier-BP that he would make amends in the world championship, the chain came off his bicycle and he finished 15th.
1001:
Elliott, braking to stop
Hitchen behind him, so Simpson could win, was riding in Simpson's pay. Simpson offered Elliott ÂŁ1,000 to help him win the world championship in 1963. Elliott refused, speculation being that he had been offered more by someone else.
409:
After a strong amateur period, primarily with the Dublin
Wheelers, Elliott was the first Irish cyclist to make a mark as a professional rider in continental Europe. A late-starting but naturally talented rider, he spent most of his pro career riding as a
1049:
Elliott returned to Dublin in 1967 and set up a metal-working business in Prince's Street in the city centre, with his father. Marguerite remained in France, with his only son, Pascal. Friends helped him to build a small apartment above the business.
978:
printed a picture of the sprint. Elliott had his hands tugging his brakes before the line. The magazine suggested he was braking to avoid the crowd further down the road, but many thought it a fix. Another rider in the race, Pete Ryalls, said in
687:, organised. Leulliot asked in his paper for someone to accommodate Elliott in the capital and added "The Irishman is soaked with class and has a great future before him." The appeal was answered by Paul Wiegant of the
1073:
Despite problems, he continued to ride – he was active with the Bray
Wheelers club based south of Dublin, training juniors and formulating plans for Irish cycling. He once ran for vice-president of the
871:
In hot weather, these are some of the toughest roads in France, constantly rising and falling. Elliott remained with
Robinson, chivvying him, pacing him, pouring water on his head as the Tour's doctor,
925:, Martin Ayres. Elliott said: "I'm not supposed to say that I helped Jean, but he's the best friend I've got in cycling and godfather to my son, Pascal. So I couldn't very well go after him, could I?"
656:, for advice. Pélissier told Elliott to compete in as many races as possible, at least three or four a week – possibly in France, but not in Ireland, a cycling backwater. Elliott planned to move to
1013:
Elliott's career started to fade from the mid-1960s. He moved in 1966 from Anquetil's team to the rival Mercier-BP, sponsored by a bicycle company and an oil company and led by Anquetil's rival,
1057:
team and came 21st in his first race, London-Holyhead. Domestic professional racing was not as attractive or rewarding as continental. Combining cycling with a full-time job meant he struggled.
1357:
362:
893:
mother hen was cooked; the chick avoided the pot", Fotheringham said. Robinson always regretted the outcome, and when he won the next stage, told journalists that he did it for Elliott.
908:
423:
1985:
1129:, about Shay Elliott, was shown in Ireland (first on Setanta Ireland) and the UK. A book, a section of a book, and many articles, have also been written about Elliott.
668:, win money denied to him in Ireland. At the training camp, however, he met the journalist and race organiser Jean Leulliot, who told him he would burn himself out in
1597:
1642:
1990:
1041:, who had shared a room with Elliott at the Simplex training camp, said: "I knew times were hard for him but nobody knew just how hard until he had to do that.
947:, a rider who sacrifices his chances for his leader, but with the right to sprint for wins. He made a career from appearance contracts and start money, riding
433:
Aside from being the first English-speaker to lead the Tour de France, wearing the yellow jersey for three days, Elliott was first English-speaker to lead the
1687:
1970:
1110:
A monument to Elliott, erected by friends and Bray Wheelers Cycling Club, stands at the top of the climb from Drumgoff Bridge, Glenmalure heading towards
813:
Elliott signed as a professional for the Helyett-FĂ©lix Potin team (Helyett was a bicycle manufacturerer). He won his first race, the GP d'Echo Alger in
726:
1811:
Hood, Ed (cycling manager and historian), Velo Veritas – The Shay Elliott Memorial, 2005, section "Shay Elliott was a hero", checked 2018-09-02
940:, led the Tour. This achievement also made him the first English-speaker to lead the three great European tours, of Italy, Spain and France.
1965:
1950:
1178:
1163:
1148:
276:
1103:, organised by Bray Wheelers Cycling Club, is run every year in Ireland in his honour. The race was previously (since 1959) known as the
688:
591:
1107:(Circuit of Wicklow). It became the Shay Elliott Trophy in the late sixties, then the Shay Elliott Memorial after his death in 1971.
1960:
1361:
543:
356:
695:, France's top amateur team. Elliott won five one-day amateur classics in 1955 and set the world 10 km amateur record on the
970:
Elliott was contracted to ride London-Holyhead in 1965, at 275 miles the longest single-day race in the world not to use pacers.
829:. The break was caught near the finish but Elliott's form was noted. He won the Circuit de la Vienne. He became a team-mate of
1504:
1221:
951:
in Belgium – the races that Leulliot said would burn him out – and races in Britain, including a meeting at the velodrome at
741:
521:
784:
1901:
575:, one of the most active clubs at that time, in March 1952. That summer he won the Mannin Veg, a race over one lap of the
517:
756:
1975:
1955:
855:
That season Elliott rode the Tour de France, then run for national teams, in a mixed team that included the Englishman,
341:
506:
763:
1393:
1100:
525:
510:
1322:
1188:
622:
chocolates as I liked, because his aunt who worked in the place where they were made would soon be sending more.
1399:
1242:
1005:
Elliott later wrote a newspaper article suggesting that he made more money by selling races than winning them.
856:
826:
576:
1903:
McKay Feargal, Podium Cafe – "The Irish Flahute", 24 February 2017 (republished from 2011), visited 2018-09-02
1028:
Things grew worse. His marriage to Marguerite, failed. The hotel, too, failed and Elliott lost all his money.
841:
822:
770:
442:
1627:
1620:
1427:
1373:
901:
696:
438:
259:
255:
1537:
1522:
1457:
1268:
904:, coming second in the points classification, and winning the fourth stage; he led the race for nine days.
1510:
1472:
1445:
1310:
1111:
752:
1870:
Healy, Graham (2011) Shay Elliott – The Life and Death of Ireland's First Yellow Jersey, Mousehold Press
1797:
O'Riordan Ian, The Irish Times, Sat 25 July 2009, Sport, "No second act, just tragedy, for Shay Elliott"
1301:
1227:
282:
184:
1666:
1661:
1656:
1543:
1528:
1516:
1316:
239:
974:
won, beating Elliott and a domestic professional, Albert Hitchen. Controversy started the moment that
1980:
1945:
1558:
1343:
1334:
1289:
1283:
1248:
1233:
937:
864:
845:
653:
403:
387:
286:
209:
1439:
1367:
1274:
1209:
470:, the eldest son of James Elliott, a motorbike mechanic, and Ellen, always known as Nell. He played
1726:
1721:
1713:
1705:
1700:
1692:
1407:
929:
334:
325:
269:
223:
89:
1809:
583:. He also won the Dublin-Galway-Dublin two-day race, winning the race back to Dublin in a sprint.
1926:
1916:
1117:
Delegates from the Tour de France visited Elliott's grave when the Tour came to Ireland in 1998.
669:
587:
383:
1215:
818:
652:
his efforts to become a professional cyclist failed. He contacted a former French professional,
434:
248:
594:, shortly before the finish, but came fourth. He won the 1953 Irish amateur road championship.
567:
when he was 17 and, on a racing bike, won the Grand Prix of Ireland run over 50 km in the
1033:
640:
590:, over three laps of the TT circuit, for the Ireland "B" team. He fell on the tricky turn at
1493:
1451:
1433:
1014:
897:
876:
administered glucose tablets. It was the kind of heroic spectacle the Tour reporters loved.
830:
613:
415:
232:
936:
of leadership. He held it for three days. Another 20 years passed before another Irishman,
1194:
1075:
834:
777:
572:
471:
463:
419:
125:
1328:
601:
placing in the Tour of Ireland in 1954 earned him a trip to the Simplex training camp in
896:
In 1960, Elliott became the first English-speaking rider to take the pink jersey in the
556:
He joined a small cycling club, St Brendan's, attached to St Brendan's Catholic Church,
1748:
921:
881:
860:
849:
395:
216:
962:
Elliott also rode and won the professional race on the Isle of Man, the Manx Premier.
821:. He also won the GP Catox and the GP Isbergues. In his first major race of 1957, the
478:
and didn't learn to ride a bicycle until he was 14. He used it to ride to the town of
1939:
1829:
1054:
933:
631:
626:
He said that Elliott was one of several riders asked to strip for examination by the
399:
391:
852:, the Belgian hope. The pair raced together to the finish where Elliott won easily.
30:
1088:
1031:
To try to restore his situation, he sold a story to the British tabloid newspaper,
956:
873:
805:
568:
446:
1353:
1478:
1295:
1038:
988:
971:
715:
608:
602:
580:
495:
1060:
980:
952:
944:
386:, Ireland's first major international rider, with a record comparable only to
1488:
1174:
1159:
1144:
948:
680:
647:
is a favourite French way of describing the old-type tough Flemish roadman.)
1467:
1417:
1383:
1255:
1204:
1022:
993:
837:, staying with the team under different sponsors for much of his career.
699:
in Paris. He was the first foreigner to be ranked top amateur in France.
627:
1018:
912:
814:
665:
661:
557:
475:
427:
380:
467:
1842:
1059:
916:
804:
733:
692:
673:
657:
449:
won the race. He died in unclear circumstances at the age of 36.
1841:
Bordeaux–Paris was longer but the second half was ridden behind
1820:
Fotheringham, William (2005), Roule Britannia, Yellow Jersey, UK
479:
863:
and next day paid the price; he trailed far behind the field.
709:
489:
1053:
Elliott tried a racing comeback in Britain in 1970 with the
683:
stage of the 1954 Route de France, which Leulliot's paper,
571:. The club broke up soon afterwards and Elliott joined the
1892:"The Sporting Cyclist" Edited by Jock Wadley, January 1967
848:
with 30 km to ride and dropped all his rivals except
1017:. Elliott planned for retirement by opening a hotel in
737:
1854:
Simpson, Tom, "World champ but they call me a crook",
825:
in Belgium, he made a race-long break with Englishman
664:, where he could race several times a week and, as an
955:
in London where the star attraction was the Italian,
402:, and first English speaker to win stages in all the
1866:
1864:
1114:, where the race's KOH mountain prime is situated.
844:, the first foreigner to do so. He attacked on the
349:
299:
202:
190:
180:
172:
164:
156:
148:
143:
131:
121:
116:
108:
100:
95:
78:
61:
53:
45:
40:
1551:Grand Tour general classification results timeline
997:Hoban should win. I know for certain that it was.
702:Elliott turned professional for the 1956 season.
1805:
1803:
932:. He won by 33 seconds, enough to give him the
1832:, CyclingRevealed.com; accessed 19 April 2015.
398:, first to win a stage, and first to wear the
8:
1986:Deaths by firearm in the Republic of Ireland
742:introducing citations to additional sources
679:Leulliot remembered how Elliott had won the
441:and was the only English-speaker to win the
394:. He was the first Irish person to ride the
21:
1793:
1791:
1789:
859:. Robinson rode above his level across the
524:. Unsourced material may be challenged and
462:Elliott was from the working class area of
422:. He came 2nd (to Stablinski) in the 1962
1787:
1785:
1783:
1781:
1779:
1777:
1775:
1773:
1771:
1769:
1554:
639:ha, now this is really rock. He is a real
307:
29:
20:
630:Raymond Le Bert, who normally worked for
544:Learn how and when to remove this message
314:
1733:
884:, which described Elliott's efforts as "
732:Relevant discussion may be found on the
1830:An article about Seamus Elliott profile
1765:
888:" – the solicitousness of a mother hen.
1151:, National Amateur Road Championships
7:
1458:Rund um den Henninger Turm Frankfurt
522:adding citations to reliable sources
1971:Irish Tour de France stage winners
689:Athletic Club Boulogne-Billancourt
379:(4 June 1934 – 4 May 1971) was an
14:
1991:Irish Giro d'Italia stage winners
1682:
1637:
1592:
1487:
1466:
1416:
1382:
1352:
1254:
1203:
1173:
1158:
1143:
900:. In 1962, he came third in the
725:relies largely or entirely on a
714:
494:
348:
318:
277:National Road Race Championships
1101:Shay Elliott Memorial Road Race
880:ran the next day's headline in
1879:Fotheringham, William (2002),
943:Elliott spent his career as a
1:
1195:Tour des Provinces du Sud-Est
1181:, National Road Championships
1166:, National Road Championships
1078:, but lost to Paddy McQuaid.
445:semi-classic until 2014 when
1362:UCI Road World Championships
1125:In 2009 a documentary film,
1089:Kilmacanogue, County Wicklow
437:, in which he came third in
1966:Irish expatriates in France
1951:People from Crumlin, Dublin
1858:, London, 19 September 1965
1387:after Stages 4–6 & 9–14
928:His best result was in the
2007:
1919:, memoire-du-cyclisme.net
1394:Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
270:One-day races and Classics
1917:Seamus Elliott's palmares
1747:
1739:
1681:
1636:
1591:
1586:
1583:
1580:
1577:
1574:
1571:
1568:
1565:
1562:
1557:
672:and urged him to move to
414:for team leaders such as
340:
332:
310:
295:
207:
198:
139:
28:
1961:Dublin Wheelers cyclists
1400:Grand Prix du Midi Libre
1243:Grand Prix du Midi Libre
1076:Irish Cycling Federation
886:attentions de mère poule
418:, and Anquetil's deputy
74:Dublin, Irish Free State
1208:Points classification,
1105:Route de Chill Mhantain
909:world road championship
670:round-the-houses racing
577:TT motorcycling circuit
424:World Road Championship
168:Saint Raphael-Geminiani
1881:Put Me Back on my Bike
1446:Grand Prix du Parisien
1311:Grand Prix Stan Ockers
1189:Grand Prix d'Isbergues
1112:Laragh, County Wicklow
1065:
999:
890:
810:
649:
624:
605:the following spring.
35:Seamus Elliott in 1963
1259:Points classification
1063:
985:
878:Robinson en perdition
869:
808:
636:
619:
599:King of the Mountains
377:Seamus "Shay" Elliott
363:Elite Men's Road Race
254:2 individual stages (
185:Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
1505:Grand Prix de Monaco
1344:Four Days of Dunkirk
1335:Four Days of Dunkirk
1290:Grand Prix de Denain
1262:1st Stages 2 & 3
1249:Four Days of Dunkirk
1222:Grand Prix de Monaco
902:1962 Vuelta a España
865:William Fotheringham
738:improve this article
586:In 1953 he rode the
518:improve this section
238:1 individual stage (
222:1 individual stage (
41:Personal information
1976:Sheet metal workers
1956:Irish male cyclists
1883:, Yellow Jersey, UK
1736:
1511:Circuit du Morbihan
1473:Circuit du Morbihan
930:1963 Tour de France
706:Professional career
563:Elliott joined the
342:World Championships
335:road bicycle racing
25:
1734:
1529:Circuit de l'Aulne
1069:Cycling in Ireland
1066:
811:
588:Manx International
565:Southern Road Club
384:road bicycle racer
176:Ford France-Gitane
144:Professional teams
1757:
1756:
1732:
1731:
1421:after Stages 3–6a
1127:Cycle of Betrayal
842:Omloop "Het Volk"
823:Omloop "Het Volk"
803:
802:
788:
697:VĂ©lodrome d'Hiver
654:Francis PĂ©lissier
592:Governor's Bridge
554:
553:
546:
443:Omloop "Het Volk"
374:
373:
368:
367:
1998:
1931:Cycling Archives
1922:
1904:
1899:
1893:
1890:
1884:
1877:
1871:
1868:
1859:
1852:
1846:
1839:
1833:
1827:
1821:
1818:
1812:
1807:
1798:
1795:
1743:Did not compete
1737:
1686:
1685:
1641:
1640:
1596:
1595:
1555:
1544:Paris–Luxembourg
1517:Paris–Luxembourg
1491:
1470:
1452:Euskal Bizikleta
1420:
1386:
1356:
1323:Roma–Napoli–Roma
1302:Tour of Flanders
1258:
1228:Tour of Flanders
1207:
1177:
1162:
1147:
1015:Raymond Poulidor
987:The fix was for
831:Jacques Anquetil
798:
795:
789:
787:
746:
718:
710:
614:Sporting Cyclist
549:
542:
538:
535:
529:
498:
490:
416:Jacques Anquetil
359:
352:
351:
328:
324:
322:
321:
308:
96:Team information
85:
71:
69:
33:
26:
24:
2006:
2005:
2001:
2000:
1999:
1997:
1996:
1995:
1936:
1935:
1920:
1913:
1908:
1907:
1900:
1896:
1891:
1887:
1878:
1874:
1869:
1862:
1853:
1849:
1840:
1836:
1828:
1824:
1819:
1815:
1808:
1801:
1796:
1767:
1762:
1753:Did not finish
1683:
1638:
1598:Vuelta a España
1593:
1553:
1548:
1440:Paris–Camembert
1428:Vuelta a España
1374:Vuelta a España
1368:Paris–Camembert
1284:Omloop Het Volk
1234:Omloop Het Volk
1135:
1123:
1097:
1084:
1071:
1047:
1011:
968:
846:Mur de Grammont
840:In 1959 he won
835:Jean Stablinski
819:André Darrigade
817:, outsprinting
809:Elliott in 1963
799:
793:
790:
747:
745:
731:
719:
708:
634:. Wadley wrote:
611:said of him in
573:Dublin Wheelers
550:
539:
533:
530:
515:
499:
488:
472:Gaelic football
460:
455:
435:Vuelta a España
420:Jean Stablinski
370:
369:
355:
319:
317:
316:
305:
304:
283:Omloop Het Volk
249:Vuelta a España
126:Dublin Wheelers
87:
83:
73:
67:
65:
36:
22:
17:
12:
11:
5:
2004:
2002:
1994:
1993:
1988:
1983:
1978:
1973:
1968:
1963:
1958:
1953:
1948:
1938:
1937:
1934:
1933:
1924:
1912:
1911:External links
1909:
1906:
1905:
1894:
1885:
1872:
1860:
1847:
1834:
1822:
1813:
1799:
1764:
1763:
1761:
1758:
1755:
1754:
1751:
1745:
1744:
1741:
1730:
1729:
1724:
1719:
1716:
1711:
1708:
1703:
1698:
1695:
1690:
1688:Tour de France
1679:
1678:
1675:
1672:
1669:
1664:
1659:
1654:
1651:
1648:
1645:
1634:
1633:
1630:
1625:
1618:
1615:
1612:
1609:
1606:
1603:
1600:
1589:
1588:
1585:
1582:
1579:
1576:
1573:
1570:
1567:
1564:
1561:
1552:
1549:
1547:
1546:
1540:
1534:
1531:
1525:
1519:
1513:
1507:
1501:
1500:
1499:
1494:Tour de l'Oise
1484:
1481:
1475:
1463:
1460:
1454:
1448:
1442:
1436:
1434:Tour de l'Oise
1430:
1424:
1423:
1422:
1413:
1408:Tour de France
1405:
1402:
1396:
1390:
1389:
1388:
1379:
1370:
1364:
1349:
1346:
1340:
1337:
1331:
1325:
1319:
1313:
1307:
1304:
1298:
1292:
1286:
1280:
1277:
1271:
1265:
1264:
1263:
1260:
1245:
1239:
1236:
1230:
1224:
1218:
1212:
1200:
1197:
1191:
1185:
1182:
1170:
1167:
1155:
1152:
1140:
1136:
1134:
1131:
1122:
1119:
1096:
1093:
1083:
1080:
1070:
1067:
1046:
1043:
1010:
1007:
967:
964:
861:Massif Central
857:Brian Robinson
850:Fred De Bruyne
827:Brian Robinson
801:
800:
753:"Shay Elliott"
736:. Please help
722:
720:
713:
707:
704:
685:Route et Piste
552:
551:
502:
500:
493:
487:
486:Amateur career
484:
459:
456:
454:
451:
396:Tour de France
372:
371:
366:
365:
360:
353:
345:
344:
338:
337:
330:
329:
312:
311:
306:
302:
301:
300:
297:
296:
293:
292:
291:
290:
280:
266:
265:
264:
263:
245:
244:
243:
229:
228:
227:
217:Tour de France
205:
204:
200:
199:
196:
195:
192:
188:
187:
182:
178:
177:
174:
170:
169:
166:
162:
161:
160:Helyett-Fynsec
158:
154:
153:
150:
146:
145:
141:
140:
137:
136:
133:
129:
128:
123:
119:
118:
114:
113:
110:
106:
105:
102:
98:
97:
93:
92:
86:(aged 36)
80:
76:
75:
63:
59:
58:
55:
51:
50:
49:Seamus Elliott
47:
46:Full name
43:
42:
38:
37:
34:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
2003:
1992:
1989:
1987:
1984:
1982:
1979:
1977:
1974:
1972:
1969:
1967:
1964:
1962:
1959:
1957:
1954:
1952:
1949:
1947:
1944:
1943:
1941:
1932:
1928:
1925:
1918:
1915:
1914:
1910:
1902:
1898:
1895:
1889:
1886:
1882:
1876:
1873:
1867:
1865:
1861:
1857:
1851:
1848:
1844:
1838:
1835:
1831:
1826:
1823:
1817:
1814:
1810:
1806:
1804:
1800:
1794:
1792:
1790:
1788:
1786:
1784:
1782:
1780:
1778:
1776:
1774:
1772:
1770:
1766:
1759:
1752:
1750:
1746:
1742:
1738:
1728:
1725:
1723:
1720:
1717:
1715:
1712:
1709:
1707:
1704:
1702:
1699:
1696:
1694:
1691:
1689:
1680:
1676:
1673:
1670:
1668:
1665:
1663:
1660:
1658:
1655:
1652:
1649:
1646:
1644:
1643:Giro d'Italia
1635:
1631:
1629:
1626:
1624:
1623:
1619:
1616:
1613:
1610:
1607:
1604:
1601:
1599:
1590:
1560:
1556:
1550:
1545:
1541:
1539:
1538:Gent–Wevelgem
1535:
1532:
1530:
1526:
1524:
1523:Gent–Wevelgem
1520:
1518:
1514:
1512:
1508:
1506:
1502:
1497:
1496:
1495:
1490:
1485:
1482:
1480:
1476:
1474:
1469:
1464:
1461:
1459:
1455:
1453:
1449:
1447:
1443:
1441:
1437:
1435:
1431:
1429:
1426:1st Stage 13
1425:
1419:
1414:
1411:
1410:
1409:
1406:
1403:
1401:
1398:10th Overall
1397:
1395:
1391:
1385:
1380:
1377:
1376:
1375:
1371:
1369:
1365:
1363:
1359:
1355:
1350:
1347:
1345:
1341:
1338:
1336:
1332:
1330:
1326:
1324:
1321:1st Stage 3a
1320:
1318:
1317:Giro d'Italia
1315:1st Stage 18
1314:
1312:
1308:
1305:
1303:
1299:
1297:
1293:
1291:
1287:
1285:
1281:
1278:
1276:
1272:
1270:
1269:Gent–Wevelgem
1266:
1261:
1257:
1252:
1251:
1250:
1246:
1244:
1240:
1237:
1235:
1231:
1229:
1225:
1223:
1219:
1217:
1216:Paris–Bourges
1213:
1211:
1206:
1201:
1198:
1196:
1192:
1190:
1186:
1183:
1180:
1176:
1171:
1168:
1165:
1161:
1156:
1153:
1150:
1146:
1141:
1138:
1137:
1133:Major results
1132:
1130:
1128:
1120:
1118:
1115:
1113:
1108:
1106:
1102:
1094:
1092:
1090:
1081:
1079:
1077:
1068:
1062:
1058:
1056:
1055:Falcon Cycles
1051:
1044:
1042:
1040:
1036:
1035:
1029:
1026:
1024:
1020:
1016:
1008:
1006:
1003:
998:
995:
990:
984:
982:
977:
973:
966:Controversies
965:
963:
960:
958:
954:
950:
946:
941:
939:
935:
934:yellow jersey
931:
926:
924:
923:
918:
914:
910:
905:
903:
899:
898:Giro d'Italia
894:
889:
887:
883:
879:
875:
868:
866:
862:
858:
853:
851:
847:
843:
838:
836:
832:
828:
824:
820:
816:
807:
797:
786:
783:
779:
776:
772:
769:
765:
762:
758:
755: –
754:
750:
749:Find sources:
743:
739:
735:
729:
728:
727:single source
723:This section
721:
717:
712:
711:
705:
703:
700:
698:
694:
690:
686:
682:
677:
675:
671:
667:
663:
659:
655:
648:
646:
642:
635:
633:
632:Louison Bobet
629:
623:
618:
616:
615:
610:
606:
604:
600:
595:
593:
589:
584:
582:
578:
574:
570:
566:
561:
559:
548:
545:
537:
527:
523:
519:
513:
512:
508:
503:This section
501:
497:
492:
491:
485:
483:
481:
477:
473:
469:
465:
457:
452:
450:
448:
444:
440:
436:
431:
429:
425:
421:
417:
413:
407:
405:
401:
400:yellow jersey
397:
393:
392:Stephen Roche
389:
385:
382:
378:
364:
361:
358:
354:
347:
346:
343:
339:
336:
331:
327:
315:Representing
313:
309:
298:
294:
288:
284:
281:
278:
275:
274:
273:
272:
271:
261:
257:
253:
252:
251:
250:
246:
241:
237:
236:
235:
234:
233:Giro d'Italia
230:
225:
221:
220:
219:
218:
214:
213:
212:
211:
206:
201:
197:
193:
189:
186:
183:
179:
175:
171:
167:
163:
159:
155:
152:Helyett-Potin
151:
147:
142:
138:
135:Bray Wheelers
134:
130:
127:
124:
120:
117:Amateur teams
115:
111:
107:
103:
99:
94:
91:
81:
77:
64:
60:
56:
52:
48:
44:
39:
32:
27:
19:
16:Irish cyclist
1930:
1927:Shay Elliott
1897:
1888:
1880:
1875:
1855:
1850:
1845:motorcycles.
1837:
1825:
1816:
1621:
1542:6th Overall
1515:4th Overall
1509:3rd Overall
1450:6th Overall
1432:2nd Overall
1372:3rd Overall
1342:1st Stage 2
1333:5th Overall
1273:9th Overall
1247:6th Overall
1241:5th Overall
1193:1st Stage 3
1126:
1124:
1116:
1109:
1104:
1098:
1085:
1072:
1052:
1048:
1032:
1030:
1027:
1012:
1004:
1000:
986:
975:
969:
961:
957:Fausto Coppi
942:
927:
920:
907:In the 1962
906:
895:
891:
885:
877:
874:Pierre Dumas
870:
854:
839:
812:
791:
781:
774:
767:
760:
748:
724:
701:
684:
678:
650:
644:
637:
625:
620:
612:
607:
598:
596:
585:
569:Phoenix Park
564:
562:
555:
540:
531:
516:Please help
504:
461:
447:Ian Stannard
432:
411:
408:
376:
375:
303:Medal record
279:(1954, 1955)
268:
267:
247:
231:
215:
208:
84:(1971-05-04)
23:Shay Elliott
18:
1981:1971 deaths
1946:1934 births
1921:(in French)
1498:1st Stage 1
1479:Manx Trophy
1412:1st Stage 3
1378:1st Stage 4
1296:Manx Trophy
1045:Later years
1039:Jock Wadley
989:Barry Hoban
972:Tom Simpson
609:Jock Wadley
603:Monte Carlo
581:Isle of Man
428:Salò, Italy
404:Grand Tours
210:Grand Tours
72:4 June 1934
1940:Categories
1856:The People
1760:References
1559:Grand Tour
1329:Genoa–Nice
1275:Paris–Nice
1210:Paris–Nice
1034:The People
981:Procycling
953:Herne Hill
949:criteriums
945:domestique
938:Sean Kelly
794:April 2015
764:newspapers
691:(ACBB) in
534:April 2015
458:Early life
412:domestique
388:Sean Kelly
203:Major wins
101:Discipline
82:4 May 1971
68:1934-06-04
1358:Road race
1179:Road race
1164:Road race
1149:Road race
983:in 2008:
734:talk page
681:Tourmalet
505:does not
357:1962 Salò
181:1966–1967
165:1962–1964
157:1959–1961
149:1956–1958
1492:Overall
1471:Overall
1121:Coverage
1064:Memorial
1023:Brittany
994:Anglesey
882:L'Équipe
628:soigneur
88:Dublin,
54:Nickname
1735:Legend
1019:Loctudy
1009:Decline
976:Cycling
922:Cycling
815:Algeria
778:scholar
666:amateur
662:Belgium
645:Flahute
641:flahute
579:on the
558:Coolock
526:removed
511:sources
476:hurling
464:Crumlin
326:Ireland
90:Ireland
1095:Legacy
867:wrote:
780:
773:
766:
759:
751:
468:Dublin
333:Men's
323:
194:Falcon
1843:derny
1587:1964
1584:1963
1581:1962
1578:1961
1575:1960
1572:1959
1569:1958
1566:1957
1563:1956
1527:10th
1415:Held
1381:Held
1082:Death
917:Italy
785:JSTOR
771:books
693:Paris
674:Paris
658:Ghent
381:Irish
132:1970–
122:-1955
112:Rider
1536:5th
1533:1966
1521:4th
1503:2nd
1486:1st
1483:1965
1477:1st
1465:1st
1462:1964
1456:7th
1444:3rd
1438:2nd
1404:1963
1392:3rd
1366:2nd
1351:2nd
1348:1962
1339:1961
1327:2nd
1309:1st
1306:1960
1300:9th
1294:1st
1288:1st
1282:1st
1279:1959
1267:7th
1253:1st
1238:1958
1232:7th
1226:7th
1220:3rd
1214:3rd
1202:1st
1199:1957
1187:1st
1184:1956
1172:1st
1169:1955
1157:1st
1154:1954
1142:1st
1139:1953
1099:The
913:Salò
833:and
757:news
597:His
509:any
507:cite
480:Naas
474:and
453:Life
439:1962
390:and
287:1959
260:1963
256:1962
240:1960
224:1963
191:1970
173:1965
109:Role
104:Road
79:Died
62:Born
57:Shay
1929:at
1749:DNF
1727:DNF
1706:DNF
1693:DNF
1667:DNF
1021:in
915:in
911:at
740:by
660:in
643:. (
520:by
466:in
426:at
1942::
1863:^
1802:^
1768:^
1740:—
1722:61
1718:—
1714:47
1710:—
1701:48
1697:—
1677:—
1674:—
1671:—
1662:68
1657:40
1653:—
1650:—
1647:—
1632:—
1628:41
1617:—
1614:—
1611:—
1608:—
1605:—
1602:—
1360:,
1091:.
959:.
676:.
482:.
430:.
406:.
258:,
1923:]
1622:3
796:)
792:(
782:·
775:·
768:·
761:·
744:.
730:.
617::
547:)
541:(
536:)
532:(
528:.
514:.
289:)
285:(
262:)
242:)
226:)
70:)
66:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
