Paul Kimmage
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Kimmage |
| Born |
7 May 1962 Dublin, Ireland |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Retired |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 1980–1986 | Tara Road CC |
| ? | ACBB (France) |
| ? | CC Wasquehal (Belgium) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1986–1988 | RMO |
| 1988–1989 | Fagor-MBK |
| Major wins | |
 National Road Race Champion (1981) |
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Paul Kimmage (born 7 May 1962 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish sports journalist who, until his departure in early 2012, wrote for The Sunday Times newspaper in the United Kingdom. He is a former professional road bicycle racer.
Kimmage was born into a cycling family. His father, Christy, cycled with the Dublin Wheelers and his brothers Raphael and Kevin were also successful. Paul was road race champion of Ireland in 1981.
Paul Kimmage had a prominent career as an amateur, notably his 6th place at the amateur world road race championship. His brothers also enjoyed the spotlight: Raphael finished second in the 1984 Ras Tailteann while Kevin won the race in 1991.
Kimmage replicated his reputation as a successful amateur in Ireland, for the French ACBB team and the Belgian CC Wasquehal amateur team. He also represented his country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Notable performances as an amateur included 5 July 1981 where he became the national road race champion ahead of the old but still competitive Paddy Flanagan. He was sixth in the 1985 amateur world road championship. He also finished ninth in a professional race, Bordeaux–Paris behind Belgian René Martens in 1985.
In 1986 Kimmage joined the RMO team under Bernard Thévenet. During his time in the peloton he wrote pieces in Irish newspapers interested in the sport because of the success of countrymen Stephen Roche and Sean Kelly.
His career includes ninth on stage 7 of the 1986 Tour de France before completing the Tour in 131st place (his only finish in three participations of the Tour). He was in the Irish team with Stephen Roche, Sean Kelly and Martin Earley that prepared together and competed at the UCI Road World Championships in 1987 that ended with a win by Stephen Roche. Several weeks later during the 1987 Nissan Classic in which Kimmage finished eighth, Kelly thanked Roche, Earley and Kimmage for closing the gap to a break and ensuring his yellow jersey.
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