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Sean Kelly (cyclist)

Sean Kelly
Sean Kelly, Tour de France 2009.jpg
Kelly in 2009
Personal information
Full name John James Kelly
Nickname Sean, King Kelly
Born (1956-05-24) 24 May 1956 (age 60)
Waterford City, County Waterford, Ireland
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Started as a sprinter
Became an all-rounder
Professional team(s)
1977–1978 Flandria
1979–1981 Splendor
1982–1983 Sem-France Loire
1984–1985 Skil-Sem
1986–1988 KAS
1989–1991 PDM-Concorde-Ultima
1992–1993 Festina-Lotus
1994 Catavana
Major wins

Grand Tours

Tour de France:
Points classification (1982, 1983, 1985, 1989)
Intermediate sprints classification (1982, 1983, 1989)
5 individual stages
Vuelta a España
General Classification (1988)
Points classification (1980, 1985, 1986, 1988)
16 individual stages

Stage races

Paris–Nice: (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
Tour de Suisse: (1983, 1990)
Tour of the Basque Country: (1984, 1986, 1987)
Volta a Catalunya: (1984, 1986)
Critérium International: (1983, 1984, 1987)

One-day races and Classics

UCI Road World Cup: (1989)
Milan–San Remo: (1986, 1992)
Paris–Roubaix: (1984, 1986)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège: (1984, 1989)
Giro di Lombardia: (1983, 1985, 1991)
Gent–Wevelgem: 1988

Other

Super Prestige Pernod International (1984–1986)

Grand Tours

Stage races

One-day races and Classics

Other

John James 'Sean' Kelly (born 24 May 1956) is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the most successful road cyclists of the 1980s, and one of the finest classics riders of all time. From turning professional in 1977 until his retirement in 1994, he won nine monument classics, and 193 professional races in total. He won Paris–Nice seven years in a row and the first UCI Road World Cup in 1989. He won the 1988 Vuelta a España and had multiple wins in the Giro di Lombardia, Milan–San Remo, Paris–Roubaix and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Other victories include the Critérium International, Grand Prix des Nations and smaller tours including the Tour de Suisse, Tour of the Basque Country and Volta a Catalunya.

Kelly twice won bronze medals (1982, 1989) in the World Road Race Championships and finished 5th in 1987, the year compatriot Stephen Roche won gold. Kelly was first to be ranked No.1 when the FICP rankings were introduced in March 1984, a position he held for a record five years. In the 1984 season, Kelly achieved 33 victories.


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