Louise Moriarty

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Louise Moriarty
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Full nameLouise Moriarty
Born (1978-01-17) 17 January 1978 (age 46)
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RoleRider
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2008Swift Racing

Louise Moriarty (born 22 December 1978) [1] is an Irish racing cyclist from Dublin. She was the Irish National Time Trial Champion in 2006 and 2007.

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In 2008, Moriarty broke the national pursuit record at Newport Velodrome, Wales, setting a new time of 3:55.853, beating the old record of 3:59.194 by over three seconds. The new record took her within two seconds of qualifying for the world championships. [2] She also became the Irish 500m TT, points race, scratch race and pursuit champion.

Palmarès

2002
3rd Irish National Road Race Championships
2nd Irish National Time Trial Championships
2005
3rd Irish National Road Race Championships
2006
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Irish National Time Trial Championships
2nd Irish National Road Race Championships
2007
1st Tielt-Winge (BEL)
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Irish National Time Trial Championships
3rd Irish National Road Race Championships
2008
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG 500m TT, Irish National Track Championships
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Points race, Irish National Track Championships
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Scratch race, Irish National Track Championships
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Pursuit, Irish National Track Championships
3rd Irish National Time Trial Championships
2nd Irish National Road Race Championships
2nd Brasschaat/Maria-ter-Heide (BEL)
1st General Classification Ras na mBan (IRL)
1st Stage 1 Ras na mBan, Sneem (IRL)
1st Stage 2 Ras na mBan, Sneem (IRL)
2011
2nd Irish National Road Race Championships

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References

  1. Louise Moriarty at Cycling Archives
  2. Shane Stokes (18 October 2008). "NEW PURSUIT RECORD RATIFIED FOR MORIARTY". Irish Cycling/post. Archived from the original on 23 October 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2009.