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Sean Kelly

1956 - Today

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John James 'Sean' Kelly (born 24 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. 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. Kelly won one Grand Tour, the 1988 Vuelta a España, and four green jerseys in the Tour de France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sean Kelly has received more than 61,947 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Sean Kelly is the 94th most popular cyclist (down from 90th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 142nd in 2019) and the most popular Irish Cyclist.

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  • 29

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  • 3.06

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Sean Kelly ranks 94 out of 1,214Before him are Carlo Galetti, Mino De Rossi, Robert Charpentier, Giovanni Brunero, Jean-Pierre Monseré, and Miguel Poblet. After him are Marino Basso, Edward Van Dijck, Heinz Müller, Adri van der Poel, Vittorio Adorni, and Alejandro Valverde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Sean Kelly ranks 202Before him are Andy Goldsworthy, Lilli Carati, Al Corley, Yiannis Kouros, Sinan Sakić, and Gary Cole. After him are Meena Keshwar Kamal, Chieko Hase, Antonio Muñoz Molina, Mae Jemison, Franz Tost, and Roberto Malone.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Sean Kelly ranks 165 out of 501Before him are Tom Moore (1883), Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), Alan Cunningham (1887), Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913), Alicia Boole Stott (1860), and Peter Woulfe (1727). After him are Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880), Sinéad Cusack (1948), Edna O'Brien (1930), Ronnie Drew (1934), Moya Brennan (1952), and Jason O'Mara (1972).

Among CYCLISTS In Ireland

Among cyclists born in Ireland, Sean Kelly ranks 1After him are Stephen Roche (1959), Philip Deignan (1983), and Christopher Juul-Jensen (1989).