Paul McQuaid is an Irish

Ireland

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 cyclist

Cycling

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 who has represented Ireland in several global competitions.

The McQuaid family and cycling

McQuaid comes from a road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...

 family, his father Jim and uncles being top cyclists. His brothers Kieron and Pat

Pat McQuaid

Patrick "Pat" McQuaid is a former Irish professional road racing cyclist and current president of the Union Cycliste Internationale .-Background:...

 as well as his cousin John McQuaid

John McQuaid

John McQuaid is the name of:*John McQuaid , past president of Saint Peter's College, New Jersey*John McQuaid , a bicyclist who competed in the Men's Individual Road Race at the 1988 Summer Olympics...

 represented Ireland in the world road championship and the Olympic road race. Paul's brother Pat

Pat McQuaid

Patrick "Pat" McQuaid is a former Irish professional road racing cyclist and current president of the Union Cycliste Internationale .-Background:...

 is president of the Union Cycliste Internationale

Union Cycliste Internationale

Union Cycliste Internationale is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland....

.

Cycling career

McQuaid represented Ireland in the 1989 world championships in Chambery, France. In 1991 he represented Ireland in the Hapoel Games in Israel

Israel

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. 1992 saw him represent Ireland in the Franco-Belge, Tour of Normandie, Tour of Europe and Giro del Region in Italy

Italy

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. An injury knocked him out for 1993 but he came back in 1994 with rides in the Grand Prix de Liberatzione and Giro del Regioni in Italy and fourth in Ireland's National Tour, the Rás Tailteann. He then made the national team for the world championship in Bogotá

Bogotá

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, Colombia

Colombia

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 in 1995. In 1995 he won the FBD Rás Tailteann. He also won race the Shay Elliott Memorial Race

Shay Elliott Memorial Race

The Shay Elliot Memorial race is a one day race held in Spring in Ireland. It is run in honour of former Irish professional cyclist Seamus Shay Elliot. The race was previously known as the Route de Chill Mhantain. It became the Shay Elliott Trophy in the late sixties, then the Shay Elliott Memorial...

in 1988.

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