David McCann (cyclist)

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David McCann
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Personal information
Full nameDavid McCann
Born (1973-03-17) 17 March 1973 (age 50)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
Track
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist
Amateur team
2000Phoenix CC
Professional teams
2001 Ceresit–CCC–Mat
2002 Volksbank–Ideal
2003Team Endurasport.com–Principia
2004–2006 Giant Asia Racing Team
2007 Colavita–Sutter Home
2008 Giant Asia Racing Team
2009Ride Sport Racing
2010–2012 Giant Asia Racing Team
2013 Synergy Baku Cycling Project
Major wins
Irish National Road Race Championships (2000, 2001, 2006)
Irish National Time Trial Championships (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Delhi Team pursuit

David McCann (born 17 March 1973 in Belfast) is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode in the 1996, 2000 and 2012 Olympic Games. He was the Irish national road race champion in 2000, 2001 and 2006, and won the Irish national time trial championships a record 6 times (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009 & 2010). He last rode for the Synergy Baku Cycling Project, an Azerbaijan-registered UCI Continental team. [1]

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Biography

In 2005, McCann captured the overall title at the Tour de Korea. In 2006 he won the Tour of Indonesia; 2 stages in the Tour of Thailand; 1 stage at the Tour of Qinghai Lake and 1 stage in the Tour of Azerbaijan. He represented Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games time trial, finishing 5th.

On 20 September 2009, McCann broke Chris Boardman's long-standing British 25 mile time trial record in Port Talbot. Later that week, he finished in 11th in the World Championships Elite Time Trial in Mendrisio, Switzerland. His time of 1:01:36.35 was 3 minutes 40 seconds behind the gold medallist Fabian Cancellara. This was McCann's best ever performance at the World Championships. He was UCI ranked 31st on the 2009 Asian Tour, and ranked 4th for the 2010 season with 298.66 points after 11 wins.

He was UCI ranked 42nd on the 2011 UCI Asia Tour (75 pts), thanks mainly to 2nd place GC finishes in the Jelajah Malaysia and in the Tour de Taiwan.

He rode on the Irish three man team for the 2010 World Championships alongside Nicolas Roche and Matt Brammeier, finishing 68th. [2] He won a team pursuit bronze with Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, and followed this up with 5th in the Commonwealth Road Race.

In 2002, McCann received a six-month suspension following a positive test for Norandrosterone. He claimed a contaminated glutamine supplement led to the finding. Like several other athletes suspended around this time, McCann was sponsored by sport nutrition company Maximmuscle. After testing 3 nanograms above the permitted level, Laboratory tests showed a legal glutamine supplement he was using contained a minute amount of norandrosterone not listed on the label. This led to him being given the minimum allowed six-month suspension. [3]

Major results

1996
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Ulster
1st Shay Elliott Memorial Race
1st Manx Trophy
2nd Overall FBD Insurance Rás
1997
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
1998
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
2000
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stage 8 Tour de Guadeloupe
2nd Manx Trophy
2nd Archer Grand Prix
6th Overall FBD Insurance Rás
1st Stage 6
2001
National Road Championships
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Road race
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Time trial
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall FBD Insurance Rás
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 1
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Hokkaido
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1, 3 & 5
2002
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Manx Trophy
8th Time trial, Commonwealth Games
2003
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Road race, UCI B World Championships
3rd Manx Trophy
7th Tour de Okinawa
2004
National Road Championships
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall FBD Insurance Rás
1st Stages 4 & 7
5th Overall Tour de Korea
1st Stages 1 & 2
5th Havant International GP
6th Lincoln Grand Prix
7th Archer Grand Prix
9th GP Stad Vilvoorde
2005
National Road Championships
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Time trial
3rd Road race
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Korea
1st Stage 2
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Milad du Nour
1st Stage 1
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Ulster
1st Stage 3
1st Stage 2 Tour of Indonesia
1st Stages 3 & 4 Rás Mumhan  [ fr ]
2nd Overall Tour of Siam
3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
1st Stage 6 (ITT)
3rd Shay Elliott Memorial Race
4th Overall Kerman Tour
5th Overall Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran)
1st Stage 3
6th Overall Tour de Taiwan
7th Tour de Okinawa
2006
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Indonesia
1st Stage 6 Tour of Qinghai Lake
1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 4 Tour of Thailand
3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
5th Time trial, Commonwealth Games
5th Overall Tour de Taiwan
2007
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
9th Overall FBD Insurance Rás
2008
1st Stage 5 Tour de Korea-Japan
1st Stage 4 FBD Insurance Rás
2nd Overall Tour of Hainan
4th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
6th Chrono Champenois
10th Overall Jelajah Malaysia
2009
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall Suir Valley Three Day  [ fr ]
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
3rd Chrono Champenois
5th Overall Jelajah Malaysia
8th Overall FBD Insurance Rás
10th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2010
National Road Championships
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Time trial
4th Road race
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Taiwan
1st Stage 1
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Jelajah Malaysia
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Filipinas
1st Stages 1 & 4
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Melaka Governor Cup
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 2 Tour of Thailand
Commonwealth Games
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit
5th Road race
5th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
8th Overall Tour of Singkarak
9th Overall Tour of China
2011
1st Stage 8 An Post Rás
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
3rd Road race
2nd Overall Tour de Taiwan
2nd Overall Jelajah Malaysia
8th Overall Tour of Ulster
1st Stage 1
2012
2nd Overall Tour of Fuzhou
3rd Taiwan KOM Challenge
5th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
2013
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

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References

  1. "Synergy Baku Cycling Project". UCI Continental Circuits . Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  2. ROCHE, BRAMMEIER AND MCCANN CONFIRMED FOR WORLDS Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. McCann's heartbreak at ban