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born 4 June 1934 raised on the Old County Road, Crumlin, Dublin. The second of three sons of Jim, garage owner of Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, and his wife Nell.
He attended the Christian Brothers School in Crumlin, where he played Gaelic football and hurling and didn't learn to ride a bicycle until he was fourteen. He used it to ride to the town of Naas, County Kildare.
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It's been a long time, but good things come to those who wait.
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He joined a small cycling club, St Brendan's, attached to St Brendan's Catholic Church, Coolock, 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.
He joined the Southern Road Club when he was 17 and, on a racing bike, won the Grand Prix of Ireland run over 50 km in the Phoenix Park. The club broke up soon afterwards and he joined the Dublin Wheelers, 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 TT motorcycling circuit on the Isle of Man. He also won the Dublin-Galway-Dublin two-day race, winning the race back to Dublin in a sprint.
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After a strong amateur period, he 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 domestique for team leaders such as Jacques Anquetil, and Anquetil's deputy Jean Stablinski. He came 2nd (to Stablinski) in the 1962 World Road Championship at Salò, Italy.
he admitted after the race he had sacrificed his chance for Stablinski. The Irishman 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?"
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during his pro career, he was one of several riders asked to strip for examination by the soigneur Raymond Le Bert, who normally worked for Louison Bobet. Wadley wrote:
It would be wrong to say that the company laughed when he stood there in his underpants, but there were certainly some smiles because in contrast to his lithe, clean-limbed predecessors at the examination, he looked a short, fat boy.
Le Bert, however, did not smile. Immediately he exclaimed: 'Ah ha, now this is really a rock. He is a real flahute. (French term for old-type tough Flemish roadman.)
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The first (and only) Irishman to win Omloop Het Volk, 1959
The first English speaker to win a Giro d’Italia stage, 1960 taking victory on the 18th race day from Trieste to Belluno
The first English speaker to win a stage in the Vuelta and wear the race leader jersey, finishing an eventual third overall, 1962
The first English speaker to stand on the podium of the World Professional Road Race Championship, 1962
The first Irishman to hold the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, 1963
Seamus ‘Shay’ Elliott, trailblazer for Irish Professional Cycling
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Running order for Saturday
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Rendezvous from 1pm
The Toucan
19 Carlisle St,
W1D 3BY
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Rendezvous from 2.30pm
Flowers of the Forest
14 Westminster Bridge Rd,
SE1 7QX
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Rendezvous from 4pm
The Sugar Loaf
65 Cannon Street,
EC4N 5AA
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Rendezvous from 5.30pm
Philomena’s
40 Great Queen St
WC2B 5AA
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on 4 May 1971 aged just 36 years old, Shay passed away. His body rests in the quiet church yard at Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow
an annual cycling event known as Route de Chill Mhantain was established in 1958. became the Shay Elliott Memorial Race in the 1970s, in fact he won that race under its original title.
There is a memorial stone at the finish dedicated to Ireland’s first professional cyclist
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To late to make a guiness cake, but will try to be there subject to fixing a bike.
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Work is putting the kybosh on this for me, perhaps I can rendezvous avec you plus tard.
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almac68
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JAH-tim
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I’ve purchased the rights to this much missed and much celebrated event
Who am I kidding?? this social gathering belongs to the forum. More details nearer the time.
Please note that we will need to drink and ride responsibly on the day. I also encourage that forum members drink Guinness 0.0 when available
Also a recent conversation with work colleagues in Dublin around cycling heroes, has led me to post extracts periodically on this thread dedicated to one rider.
No marmots we’re harmed during this transmission.
Almac xx
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