John James 'Sean' Kelly is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer, one of the most successful road cyclists of the 1980s, and one of the finest Classics riders of all time.
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The man who discovered Sean Kelly, Jean de Gribaldy.
Sean Kelly, second from right, showing his sprinting prowess at the 1981 Züri-Metzgete.
Kelly (right) with Etienne De Wilde in 1988.
Sean Kelly with PDM-Ultima-Concorde at the 1989 Tour de France.
Kelly (left) with the Festina-Lotus team at the 1993 Paris-Nice.
Plaque on the cobbled section, Espace Charles Crupelandt of the Paris-Roubaix, honouring Kelly's victories in 1984 and 1986.Teams 7
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John James 'Sean' Kelly is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer, one of the most successful road cyclists of the 1980s, and one of the finest Classics riders of all time. From becoming a professional in 1977 until his retirement in 1994, he won 193 professional races, including nine Monument Classics, Paris-Nice a record seven years consecutively and the first UCI Road World Cup in 1989. Kelly won one Grand Tour, the 1988 Vuelta a España, and four green jerseys in the Tour de France. He achieved multiple victories in the Giro di Lombardia, Milan-San Remo, Paris-Roubaix and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, as well as three runners-up placings in the only Monument he failed to win, the Tour of Flanders. Other victories include the Grand Prix des Nations and stage races, the Critérium International, Tour de Suisse, Tour of the Basque Country and Volta a Catalunya.
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