David McCann (born 17 March 1973 in

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) is an Irish former professional

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, who rode in the 1996, 2000 and 2012 Olympic Games. He was the Irish national road race champion in 2000, 2001 and 2006, and won the Irish national time trial championships a record 6 times (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009 & 2010). He last rode for the Synergy Baku Cycling Project, an Azerbaijan-registered

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team.

Biography

In 2005, McCann captured the overall title at the

Tour de Korea The Tour de Korea is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in South Korea since 2000 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It was rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race between 2005 and 2013, then promot ...

. In 2006 he won the

Tour of Indonesia The Tour de Indonesia is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Java, Indonesia since 2004. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour. History Several ...

; 2 stages in the

Tour of Thailand The Tour of Thailand, officially the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhon's Cup Tour of Thailand is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Thailand. It was classified by the International Cycling Union as a 2.2 category race as ...

; 1 stage at the

Tour of Qinghai Lake The Tour of Qinghai Lake is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in the Qinghai province of China since 2002, named after Qinghai Lake. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC race as part of ...

and 1 stage in the

Tour of Azerbaijan Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran), also known as the Tour of Iranian Azerbaijan or Azerbaijan Tour is an annual multiple stage road bicycle racing held in Iran since 1986, named after Iranian Azerbaijan. It is a UCI 2.1 category race and is part of ...

. He represented Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games time trial, finishing 5th. On 20 September 2009, McCann broke Chris Boardman's long-standing British 25 mile time trial record in Port Talbot. Later that week, he finished in 11th in the World Championships Elite Time Trial in Mendrisio, Switzerland. His time of 1:01:36.35 was 3 minutes 40 seconds behind the gold medallist Fabian Cancellara. This was McCann's best ever performance at the World Championships. He was UCI ranked 31st on the 2009 Asian Tour, and ranked 4th for the 2010 season with 298.66 points after 11 wins. He was UCI ranked 42nd on the 2011 UCI Asia Tour (75 pts), thanks mainly to 2nd place GC finishes in the Jelajah Malaysia and in the

Tour de Taiwan The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It has been classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012. History The Tour de Taiw ...

. He rode on the Irish three man team for the 2010 World Championships alongside

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and Matt Brammeier, finishing 68th. He won a team pursuit bronze with Northern Ireland at the

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in Delhi, and followed this up with 5th in the Commonwealth Road Race. In 2002, McCann received a six-month suspension following a positive test for Norandrosterone. He claimed a contaminated glutamine supplement led to the finding. Like several other athletes suspended around this time, McCann was sponsored by sport nutrition company Maximmuscle. After testing 3 nanograms above the permitted level, Laboratory tests showed a legal glutamine supplement he was using contained a minute amount of norandrosterone not listed on the label. This led to him being given the minimum allowed six-month suspension. McCann's heartbreak at ban
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Major results

;1996 : 1st Overall

Tour of Ulster The Tour of Ulster is a road bicycle racing stage race held around the Irish province of Ulster, divided between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It was first run in 1956. It is rated as a National Event on the Union Cycliste Inte ...

: 1st

Shay Elliott Memorial Race The Shay Elliott Memorial race is a one-day road cycling race held in spring in Ireland. It is run in honour of Ireland's first professional cyclist, Seamus Shay Elliott. The race was previously known as the ''Route de Chill Mhantain'' ("Wickl ...

: 1st

Manx Trophy The Manx Trophy or Isle of Man International Road Race is a bicycle road race run annually on the Isle of Man. In the 1960s the race attracted the world's top professional cyclists including Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx. Th ...

: 2nd Overall FBD Insurance Rás ;1997 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;1998 : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd Time trial ;2000 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 8

Tour de Guadeloupe The Tour de Guadeloupe (; en, Tour of Guadeloupe) is an annual men's multiple stage road bicycle race held each August in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Founded in 1948 under the name Tour Cycliste de la Guadeloupe, this elite me ...

: 2nd

Archer Grand Prix The Archer Grand Prix was part of the British Cycling Premier Calendar. History The Archer Grand Prix was run annually for over fifty years, organised by Stuart Benstead of the Archer Road Club (although Stuart Cook organised the last two even ...

: 6th Overall FBD Insurance Rás ::1st Stage 6 ;2001 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Time trial : 1st Overall FBD Insurance Rás ::1st Points classification ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Overall

Tour de Hokkaido The Tour de Hokkaido is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hokkaido, Japan since 1987 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race. The event for 2018 was ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 3 & 5 ;2002 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st

: 8th Time trial,

;2003 : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Road race, UCI B World Championships : 3rd

: 7th Tour de Okinawa ;2004 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Time trial ::2nd Road race : 1st Overall FBD Insurance Rás ::1st Stages 4 & 7 : 5th Overall

::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 5th Havant International GP : 6th

Lincoln Grand Prix The Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix (formerly the Witham-Valley Grand Prix) is a road bicycle race that starts and finishes in Lincoln, England, Lincoln. The 2021 version was 166 km long. The race is characterised by its ascent of Michaelgate, an ico ...

: 7th

: 9th

GP Stad Vilvoorde The GP Stad Vilvoorde is a single-day cycle race held each year in and around the Belgian city of Vilvoorde. The race was first organized in 1931. The race was Eddy Merckx Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (, ; born 17 June 1945), better ...

;2005 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Time trial ::3rd Road race : 1st Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 1st Overall Tour of Milad du Nour ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 1st Stage 2

: 1st Stages 3 & 4 : 2nd Overall

Tour of Siam The Tour of Siam was an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Thailand from 2005 to 2007 as part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 ...

: 3rd Overall

Herald Sun Tour The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annually ...

::1st Stage 6 (

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) : 3rd

: 4th Overall

Kerman Tour The Kerman Tour was a professional cycling race held annually in Iran. It was part of UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale ( ...

: 5th Overall

Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran) Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran), also known as the Tour of Iranian Azerbaijan or Azerbaijan Tour is an annual multiple stage road bicycle racing held in Iran since 1986, named after Iranian Azerbaijan. It is a UCI 2.1 category race and is part of th ...

::1st Stage 3 : 6th Overall

: 7th Tour de Okinawa ;2006 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall

: 1st Stage 6

: 1st Stages 1 (

) & 4

: 3rd Overall

: 5th Time trial,

: 5th Overall

;2007 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : 9th Overall FBD Insurance Rás ;2008 : 1st Stage 5 Tour de Korea-Japan : 1st Stage 4 FBD Insurance Rás : 2nd Overall

Tour of Hainan The Tour of Hainan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hainan Province, China. The race consists of nine stages and is part of the UCI Asia Tour. The event was first held in 2006. It was made a UCI 2.1 race from 2007 a ...

: 4th Overall

: 6th

Chrono Champenois The Chrono Champenois is a European individual time trial bicycle race held around Bétheny in France, in the Champagne region. The race has been organised as a 1.2 event since 1989 for women's and since 1998 there is also a men's race which is ...

: 10th Overall Jelajah Malaysia ;2009 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Overall ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd

: 5th Overall Jelajah Malaysia : 8th Overall FBD Insurance Rás : 10th Time trial,

UCI Road World Championships The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay. Events ...

;2010 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Time trial ::4th Road race : 1st Overall

::1st Stage 1 : 1st Overall Jelajah Malaysia : 1st Overall

Tour de Filipinas The Le Tour de Filipinas is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Luzon, Philippines since 1955 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is held in April every year. While the course changes every year, the tour traditionally end ...

::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 1st Overall

Melaka Governor Cup The Melaka Governor Cup was an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal ter ...

::1st Stage 1 : 1st Stage 2

::3rd

Team pursuit ::5th Road race : 5th Overall

: 8th Overall

Tour of Singkarak Tour de Singkarak (abbreviated TdS) is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in West Sumatra, Indonesia, and named after the Lake Singkarak. First staged in 2009, Tour de Singkarak is classified by the Union Cycling Inter ...

: 9th Overall

Tour of China The Tour of China is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in China since 1995. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits ...

;2011 : 1st Stage 8 An Post Rás : National Road Championships ::2nd Time trial ::3rd Road race : 2nd Overall

: 2nd Overall Jelajah Malaysia : 8th Overall

::1st Stage 1 ;2012 : 2nd Overall Tour of Fuzhou : 3rd

Taiwan KOM Challenge The Taiwan KOM Challenge is a one-day road cycling race held annually in Taiwan. Created in 2012, the event is recognized as one of the most difficult cycling races in the world due having nearly 3500m of climbing over a 105 kilometer course. Vinc ...

: 5th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake ;2013 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

References

External links

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Irish Times Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCann, David Irish male cyclists Living people 1973 births Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Ireland Sportspeople from Belfast Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Northern Ireland Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Rás Tailteann winners Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games