Ciarán Power (born May 8, 1976 in Waterford, Ireland) is a professional cyclist. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Waterford ( or Windy fjord;) is a city in Ireland. It is the primary city of the South East region and the fifth largest in the country Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Cycling is the use of Bicycles or - less commonly - Unicycles Tricycles Quadricycles and other similar wheeled Human powered vehicles He is currently a member of the Irish Pezula Racing Team. Pezula Racing ( UCI Team Code: PZR) is a UCI Continental Cycling team registered in Ireland that participates predominantly in Power turned professional in 2000 with the (now defunct) Linda McCartney Racing Team and rode in the 2000 Giro d'Italia, placing in the top ten in two stages. The Linda McCartney Racing Team was a British professional Road bicycle racing team The Giro d'Italia ( Tour of Italy) also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance Road bicycle racing Stage race for professional He was the first Irish cyclist to compete in a major tour since Stephen Roche in 1993. Stephen Roche (born 28 November 1959 in Dundrum near Dublin Ireland) is a retired professional Road racing cyclist. When Linda McCartney team folded in 2001, Power joined the French St. Quentin team before moving to the US the following season and joining Navigators and since then has concentrated mainly on the US cicuit.
After placing 3rd in the 1999 World 'B' Road Race championship, Power earned Ireland one place at the 2000 Summer Olympics and he was selected to ride. "I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever In the 2004 Summer Olympics Power was part of the leading break away and eventually finished in thirteenth place. The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated
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This biographical article relating to European cycling is a stub. A biography (from the Greek words bíos (βίος meaning "life" and gráphein (γράφειν meaning "to write" is an account Cycling is the use of Bicycles or - less commonly - Unicycles Tricycles Quadricycles and other similar wheeled Human powered vehicles You can help by expanding it. |