Paídi O'Brien

Páidí O'Brien (born February 13, 1984 in Cork, Ireland^[1]) is an Irish professional cyclist riding for the SportActive Engraveit.ie domestic Irish team. He won the national U-23 championship twice and twice came second and twice third the élite championship

Páidí O'Brien was a member of the team time trial squad that won the opening stage of Vuelta a Extremadura in April 2008. As first of the team across the line^[2]), he wore the leader's jersey for the second stage. He lost nine seconds and the jersey went to team-mate Benny De Schrooder^[3]

Major results

2012 – Dan Morrissey Speed-spokes

• 1st, Irish Intervarsity Road Race Championship
• 2nd, Irish Intervarsity Time Trial Championship

2011 – SportActive Engraveit

2009 – An Post–Sean Kelly Team

• 3rd, Irish National Road Race Championship (CN)
• 17th overall, Vuelta Ciclista Internacional an Extremadura (2.2) Spa.
  • 26th, Stage 1
• 24th overall, FBD Insurance Rás (2.2) Ire.
  • 22nd, Stage 7
  • 25th, Stage 6
• 70th overall, Ronde de L'Oise (2.2) Fr.
• 77th, Nokere Koerse (1.1) Bel.
• 147th overall, Tour of the Algarve (2.1) Spa

2008 – An Post–M Donnelly–Grant Thornton–Sean Kelly Team

• 2nd, Irish National Road Race Championship (CN)
• Cinturón Ciclista a Mallorca Sp.
  • 3rd, Stage 2
  • 10th, Stage 3
• 10th, Ronde van Overijssel (1.2) Bel.
• 10th overall, FBD Insurance Rás (2.2) Ire.
  • 7th, Stage 7
  • 18th, Stage 5
  • 11th, Stage 3
  • 20th, Stage 1
• 22nd, Nokere Koerse (1.1), Bel.
• 46th overall, Vuelta an Extremadura (2.2), Spa.
  • 1st, Stage 1 (Team Time Trial)
  • Race leader after Stage 1
• 52nd, Tour of Ireland (2.1) Ire.
• 115th, Tour of Belgium (2.1) Bel.

2007 – Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn–M Donnelly–Sean Kelly

• 2nd, Irish National Road Race Championship (CN)
• 2nd overall, FBD Insurance Rás (2.2) Ireland
  • 3rd overall, Points class
  • 2nd, Stage 1
  • 2nd, Stage 3
  • 2nd, Stage 5
• 64th overall, Tour of Ireland (2.1)
  • 12th, Stage 5
  • 13th, Stage 3
  • 20th, Stage 1

2006 – Sean Kelly Racing Team-ACLVB-M.Donnelly

• 3rd, Irish National Road Race Championship (CN)

2005 – Team Lochness

• 1st, Irish National U23 Road Race Championship (CN)
• 5th, Irish National Road Race Championship (CN)

2004 – VC La Pomme Marseille

• 3rd, Irish National U23 Road Race Championship (CN)
• 5th, Irish National Road Race Championship (CN)

2002

• 1st, Irish National Junior Road Race Championship (CN)

References

1. "First yellow jersey delivered for An Post, Irishcycling". An Post PR. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
2. "O'Brien in race lead after An Post TTT victory, Irishcycling". Irish cycling.com. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
3. "O'Brien third overall, Irishcycling". Irish cycling.com. Retrieved 2008-04-26.

External links

• Paídi O'Brien profile at Cycling Archives
• Paídi O'Brien profile at Cycling Quotient
• Paídi O'Brien profile at ProCyclingStats