Human Interest |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Belgium |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
An Post Sean Kelly Team: Belgium |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
He loves watching sports and reading (belfasttelegraph.co.uk, 21 Aug 2010). |
Injuries |
He had a break due to illness early in 2010. (belfasttelegraph.co.uk, 21 Aug 2010) |
Other sports |
He was a mountain biker prior to concentrating his efforts on road-racing (seankellycyclingacademy.com, 27 Sep 2010). He's a self-confessed sports freak and was competitive in five or six sports before focusing on cycling (belfasttelegraph.co.uk, 21 Aug 2010). |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
His dad owns a bike shop in Belfast. He originally was a mountain biker but made the switch to road-racing because it's the hardest discipline to make it to the top and he wants to be in an environment where he is competing with the best and racing with the best teams. |
General Interest |
Hero / Idol |
Roy Keane (anpost.ie, 27 Sep 2010) Miguel Martinez (seankellycyclingacademy.com, 27 Sep 2010) |
Ambitions |
His biggest ambition is to ride in a Pro Tour Team one day and dreams of success in the Flemish races (seankellycyclingacademy.com, 27 Sep 2010). He will like to make the 2012 London Olympics Games. (belfasttelegraph.co.uk, 21 Aug 2010) |
Sport Specific Information |
Training Regime |
He trains two to three hours maximum while he is racing and when he's not racing he's up at 7am to do a spin session and four to five hours of training. |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete |