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Sean Kelly

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Sean Kelly is an Irish former road cyclist born May 24, 1956, in Waterford, who raced professionally from 1977 to 1994. He won nine Monument classics, including Paris-Roubaix in 1984 and 1986 and Milan-San Remo in 1986 and 1992, the 1988 Vuelta a Espana, four Tour de France green jerseys, and Paris-Nice a record seven consecutive years. He was ranked the world's number one cyclist for five consecutive years beginning in March 1984, when the FICP rankings were established.

Facts
Birth Year
1956 1
Birth Date
1956-05-21 1
Nationality
Irish 1
Career Highlight
Won 193 professional races including nine cycling Monuments, and was the first rider ranked world number one under the FICP rankings, holding that position for a record five consecutive years. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
FAQs

Which of cycling's Monument classics did Sean Kelly never win?

The Tour of Flanders. He was runner-up there three times.

Sean Kelly won nine Monument classics but never won the Tour of Flanders, the only Monument he failed to win. He finished runner-up there three times. He did win several of the others more than once, including the Giro di Lombardia, Milan-San Remo, Paris-Roubaix and Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
Connections

Competed In

Tour de France, Competitions
Source Wikipedia: Sean Kelly (cyclist)

Plays

Cycling, Sports
Source Wikipedia: Sean Kelly (cyclist)
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Nationality

Ireland

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Source Wikipedia: Sean Kelly (cyclist)Lead sentence 1tier 2
Quote, Lead sentence 1
John James 'Sean' Kelly (born 21 May 1956) is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer, one of the most successful road cyclists of the 1980s, and one of the finest Classics riders of all time.
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1. Wikipedia: Sean Kelly (cyclist)
Wikipedia
  • opening sentence, parenthetical date of birth
    John James 'Sean' Kelly (born 21 May 1956) is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer, one of the most successful road cyclists of the 1980s, and one of the finest Classics riders of all time.
  • opening sentence, year within parenthetical date of birth
    John James 'Sean' Kelly (born 21 May 1956) is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer, one of the most successful road cyclists of the 1980s, and one of the finest Classics riders of all time.
  • opening sentence, nationality descriptor
    John James 'Sean' Kelly (born 21 May 1956) is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer, one of the most successful road cyclists of the 1980s, and one of the finest Classics riders of all time.
  • second paragraph, career win total and Monument Classics
    From becoming a professional in 1977 until his retirement in 1994, he won 193 professional races, including nine Monument Classics, Paris-Nice a record seven years consecutively and the first UCI Road World Cup in 1989.
  • Plays: Cycling, lead paragraph, plays
    John James 'Sean' Kelly (born 21 May 1956) is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer, one of the most successful road cyclists of the 1980s, and one of the finest Classics riders of all time.
  • Competed In: Tour de France, lead paragraph, competed-in
    Kelly won one Grand Tour, the 1988 Vuelta a España, and four green jerseys in the Tour de France.
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