Paul Kimmage

Paul Kimmage ( born May 7, 1962 in Dublin) is an Irish author, journalist and former professional cyclist.

Family

Kimmage grew up in a cycling family. His father Christy was 1962 Irish champion in the road race. His brothers Raphael and Kevin were also successful as a cyclist: Raphael was second in the 1984 race Rás Tailteann, which Kevin won in 1991.

Cycling career

As an amateur Kimmage in 1981 and 1984 Irish road champion and represented his country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In the road world championships 1985 he finished the amateur race in sixth place.

After the professional race Bordeaux - Paris in 1985, he finished in ninth place, he was a member of the 1986 led by two -time Tour de France winner Bernard Thévenet cycling teams RMO. During this time he wrote short articles for Irish newspapers, which requires increasingly viewed by the success of his compatriots Stephen Roche and Sean Kelly for cycling.

Kimmage finished the Tour de France in 1986 to 131 place, after he placed ninth in the seventh stage. He also took part in the Tour de France in 1987 and 1989, but could not finish this tour still achieve important stage placements.

After the 1988 season Kimmage left the RMO team and joined for half a season Fagor MBK, which also drove Stephen Roche, whom he supported, among others, in its ninth rank in the Giro d' Italia in 1989. He planned his career with the Nissan Classic to finish at the end of the season after Roche but had to abandon the Tour de France in 1989, was also Kimmage on and ended his professional career.

Author and journalist

After his cycling career Kimmage wrote the book Rough Ride: An Insight into Pro Cycling, which was issued in May 1990. He described his experience as Domestik and gave instructions on doping in professional cycling. Kimmage admitted occasional use of amphetamines and caffeine on criteria where there were no doping controls. He denied the use of more effective and dangerous agents which have been used systematically by his descriptions of other drivers. Kimmage received in 1990 for the book award William Hill Sports Book of the Year.

Kimmage claimed several times that used large parts of the U.S. Postal Pro Cycling Team, including George Hincapie and Lance Armstrong, doping agents. He referred to Armstrong as a "cancer " of cycling. The confrontation in 2009 reached a peak of public attention, as Kimmage Armstrong interviewed before the Tour of California on doping. After Armstrong learned of the identity of the questioner, Armstrong replied extremely aggressive, which took place on YouTube worldwide distribution.

In January 2011, published nyvelocity.com copy of a seven-hour interview, which resulted in Kimmage in autumn 2010 with Floyd Landis. Landis admitted to having participated on a team doping of the U.S. Postal team, where he was considered a " lieutenant " of the " Captain " Armstrong.

In the context of this interview, Kimmage said in The Sunday Times and opposite the L' Équipe alleges that the International Cycling Union Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI ) was corrupt and has been on this end of 2012 by the UCI, the UCI President Pat McQuaid and his predecessor Hein Verbruggen sued in a Swiss court. While the UCI announced in the wake of the doping case Armstrong to set up a Commission of Inquiry to examine the role of the UCI in this process, and the action against Kimmage presented dormant, Kimmage announced its turn to sue McQuaid and Verbruggen for defamation. His complaint, however, was rejected in 2013 by a Swiss court. Once in September 2013 Brian Cookson Pat McQuaid replaced as UCI President, UCI withdrew its action against Kimmage while Verbruggen - and, temporarily, McQuaid - took up the proceedings in January 2014 again.

List of Works

  • A Rough Ride: Insight into Professional Cycling
  • The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson
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