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David O'Loughlin Personal information Full name David O'Loughlin Born 29 April 1978
Mayo, IrelandTeam information Current team Giant Kenda Discipline Road, Track (4k Ind.Pursuit, Team Pursuit) Role Rider Amateur team(s) 1998
1999
2000-2001
DCM-Belgium
Zalf FiorProfessional team(s) 2002-03
2004
2005-07
2008
2009-10
2011Ofoto-Lombardi Sports
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Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
Pezula Cycling Team
An Post-Sean Kelly
Giant KendaMajor wins 
Irish National Road Champion (2004, 2005, 2007)
Irish National Time Trial Champion (2003, 2006)
Irish National Criterium Champion (2006)Infobox last updated on
4 Feb 2011David O'Loughlin (born 29 April 1978 in Mayo, Ireland) is a professional cyclist with the Asian based Giant Kenda team for 2011. O'Loughlin rode for Ireland at World Championships (both Road & Track disciplines) and has won the national road championship three times. He turned professional in 2002 with Ofoto-Lombardi Sports for two seasons.
O’Loughlin won the Shay Elliot Memorial race[1] and then stage 6 of the FBD Insurance Rás.[2] O’Loughlin finished third in the Ras stage race as teammate to David McCann. O’Loughlin. Then in June, O'Loughlin became road champion of Ireland.[3]
In 2005 he joined fellow Irish professional Ciaran Power in the Navigators Insurance Cycling Team. He came second in the mountains classification in the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under. Later that year, he defended his Irish road title.
In 2006, he won the Irish time trial and broke the 4 km pursuit record. In 2007, he won back the Irish road champion's jersey, his 6th National Elite title. On 19 October 2007, O'Loughlin signed with a new Irish cycling team called Pezula cycling team.[4]
He set his first Irish 4k ind. pursuit national record of 4:25.31 seconds at the Dec 2007 Beijing World Cup meet. In February 2008, he became the first Irish pursuit rider to make a UCI Track World Cup medal race when he posted fourth fastest time in the 4k individual pursuit qualifying session in Copenhagen. In the bronze medal ride-off, he lost to Luke Roberts.[5]
On 12 June 2008, O'Loughlin qualified in the 4 km pursuit at the Beijing Olympics.[6] In Beijing, O'Loughlin finished 11th with a poor heat time of 4:26.102. This meant that he did not qualify for the quarter-finals.
After signing for the An Post Sean Kelly professional team for the 2009 season, O'Loughlin won his & Irelands first ever UCI Track World Cup medal when taking the 4 km Individual Pursuit bronze at the Beijing World Cup meet in January, defeating Volodomyr Diudia of the Ukraine in the bronze medal race-off. He followed this with a silver medal at the Copenhagen World Cup meet in Denmark, losing out to Taylor Phinney of the USA in the final. He was also a member of the Irish team pursuit squad which set national records when finishing 7th and 5th respectively at these events.[7]
In October 2010, he announced his retirement from track racing to concentrate on road racing and his business interests.[8] However, according to the "Mayo News" newspaper, dissatisfaction with the Irish track management and set up influenced his decision to retire from track racing. O'Loughlin also denied that his business interest was part of his reason to retire from track racing.[9]
Palmarès
- 2010 – An Post-Sean Kelly
Road:
- 1st, Halfords Tour Series Belfast
- 4th, Irish National Time-Trial Championship (CN)
- 5th, Irish National Elite Road Race Championships (CN)
- 5th, Halfords Tour Series Dublin
- 43rd overall, FBD Insurance Ras (2.2)
- 1st, Stage 3
- 10th, Stage 7
- Mountain class: 2nd (Held the KoM jersey for Stages 4 & 5)
Track:
- 12th, Track World Championship (Ballerup, Copenhagen) 4km individual pursuit
- time of 4:25.203 in heat, DNQ for finals
- 13th, Track World Championships - Team Pursuit
- time of 4:12.136 in heat with Irish team (Stephen Barrett, Matthew Brammeier, & Martyn Irvine), DNQ
- 17th overall, 2009-10 UCI Track World Cup: Team Pursuit standings[10]
- 6th, Track World Cup Rd 3 (Cali) qualifying
- time of 4:16.348 with Irish team (Matthew Brammeier, Marcus Christie & Martyn Irvine), DNQ
- 13th, Track World Cup Rd 1 (Manchester) qualifying
- time of 4:20.589 with Irish team (Stephen Barrett, Matthew Brammeier & David McCann), DNQ
- 6th, Track World Cup Rd 3 (Cali) qualifying
- 20th overall, 2009-10 UCI Track World Cup: Points Race standings[11]: 4 pts
- 7th, Track World Cup Rd 3 (Cali) qualifying
- 16th, Track World Cup Rd 1 (Manchester) qualifying
- 2009 – An Post-M.Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team
Road:
- 2nd, Irish National Road Race Championship (CN)
- 10th overall, FBD Insurance Rás (2.2)
- 1st, Mountains class
- 11th, Stage 2
- 25th, Stage 7
- 26th, Stage 3
- 12th overall, Boucles de la Mayenne (2.2)
- 9th, Mountains class
- 12th, Stage 1
- 33rd, Stage 3
- 40th, Stage 2
- 40th, Halle - Ingooigem (1.1)
- 52nd overall, Vuelta Ciclista Internacional a Extremadura (2.2)
- 19th, Stage 5
Track:
- 4th overall, 2008-09 UCI Track World Cup: 4km individual pursuit standings 18 pts
- 2nd, Track World Cup Rd 5 (Copenhagen)
- lapped by Taylor Phinney in Gold medal race
- time of 4:24.891 in heat to qualify in 2nd place
- 3rd, Track World Cup Rd 4 (Beijing)
- time of 4:28.294 to beat Volodymyr Diudia in Bronze medal race
- time of 4:27.563 in heat to qualify in 3rd place
- 2nd, Track World Cup Rd 5 (Copenhagen)
- 12th overall, 2008-09 UCI Track World Cup: Team Pursuit standings 10 pts
- 5th, Track World Cup Rd 5 (Copenhagen)
- time of 4:11.587 with Irish team (Paul Healion, Martyn Irvine, & David McCann)
- 7th, Track World Cup Rd 4 (Beijing)
- time of 4:13.947 with Irish team (Paul Healion, Martyn Irvine, & David McCann)
- 5th, Track World Cup Rd 5 (Copenhagen)
- 15th, Track World Championship (Pruskow, Poland) 4km individual pursuit
- time of 4:32.480 in heat, DNQ for finals
- 2008 – Pezula Cycling Team
Road:
- 1st, Shay Elliott Memorial Race
- 2nd, Stage 2, Giro Del Capo
- 59th overall, FBD Insurance Rás (2.2)
- 1st, Stage 8
- 3rd, Mountains class
Track:
- 4th, Track World Cup Rd 4 (Copenhagen) 4k individual pursuit
- lost to Luke Roberts in Bronze medal race
- 6th, Track World Championship (Manchester) 4km individual pursuit
- time of 4:20.9 in heat (Irish National Record), failed to qualify for finals
- 8th, Track World Cup Rd 3 (Los Angeles) 4k individual pursuit
- time of 4:31.014 in heat, failed to qualify for finals
- 11th, Beijing Olympics 4km individual pursuit
- time of 4:26.102 in heat, failed to qualify for Quarter Finals
Road:
- 1st, Irish National Road Race Championship (CN)
- 3rd, Irish National Time-trial Championship (CN)
- 5th overall, Tour de Beauce (2.2)
- 4th, Stage 4a
- 4th, Stage 4b
- 5th, Stage 1
- 8th, Stage 3
- 29th overall, Tour of Ireland (2.1)
- 3rd, Stage 5
Track:
- 5th, Track World Cup Rd 3 (Los Angeles) 4k individual pursuit
- 7th, Track World Cup Rd 2 (Beijing) 4k individual pursuit
- time of 4:25.310 in heat, failed to qualify for finals
- 8th Overall, 2006–2007 UCI Track World Cup standings 12 pts
- 8th, Track World Cup Rd 4 (Manchester) 4k individual pursuit
- 17th, Track World Championship (Palma de Mallorca) 4km individual pursuit
- time of 4:30.595 in heat, failed to qualify for Semi Finals
Road:
- 1st Irish National Time Trial Championship (CN)
- 1st Irish National Criterium Championship (CN)
- 1st overall, GC – McGrath Concrete Ras Connachta, (IRL)
- 1st, Stage 2
- 1st, Stage 4
- 4th overall, FBD Insurance Rás (2.2)
- 3rd, Stage 4
- 11th, Stage 3
- 11th, Stage 9
- 2nd, Mt Holly - Smithville Invitational GP (USA)
- 6th, Irish National Road Race Championship (CN)
- 10th, Bank of America Criterium
- 30th, World Elite Time Trial Championship
Track:
- 1st Irish National Road Race Championship (CN)
- 1st, Mengoni G.P. (USA)
- 1st, Stage 3, G.P. Cyclist de Beauce (CAN)
- 1st, Points Competition, G.P. Cyclist de Beauce (CAN)
- 1st, Stage 1 - Ballinrobe-Statoil Two-Day (IRL)
- 1st, Carraig Hotel Challenge Cup (IRL)
- 38th, World Elite Time Trial Championship
- 2004 – Totalcycling.com-Litespeed
- 1st Irish National Road Race Championship (CN)
- 1st, Shay Elliott Memorial Race
- 1st, Lincoln International GP (GBR)
- 3rd overall, FBD Milk Rás (2.5)
- 1st, Stage 6
- 38th, World Elite Time Trial Championship
- 2003 – Ofoto-Lombardi Sports
- 1st Irish National Time-trial championship (CN)
- 1st, Archer International GP (GBR)
- 3rd, Irish National Road Race Championship (CN)
- 25th, World B Championship Road Race
- 2002 – Ofoto-Lombardi Sports
- 2nd, Stage 5 - Tour of Hokkaido (JPN)
- 2000 – Zalf Fior
- 4th, Irish National Road Race Championship (CN)
- 5th overall, FBD Milk Rás
- KOM class: 8th
- 10th, World U23 Time Trial Championship
- 1999 – DCM-Belgium
- 7th, Irish National Road Race Championship (CN)
- 1998
- 8th, Irish National Road Race Championship (CN)
References
- ^ "O'Loughlin best in Shay Elliot Memorial". Cyclingnews.com. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/?id=2004/apr04/shayelliot04. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ^ "O'Loughlin takes first ever stage, just misses yellow". Cyclingnews.com. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/may04/milkras04/?id=milkras046. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ^ "Wins for O'Loughlin and Hagan". Cyclingnews.com. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2004/jun04/ireland04. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ^ "Pezula racing team launched in Mayo". Irishcycling.com. http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/news/art_2697.shtml. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ^ "Escobar on top of the world again". Cyclingnews.com. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/track/2007/worldcup0708/copenhagen08/?id=results/copenhagen082. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
- ^ "Pezula Racing is proud to announce that ... David O’Loughlin has just qualified for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China". pezularacing.ie. http://www.pezularacing.ie/PezulaRacing/Welcome/Entries/2008/6/12_David_goes_to_the_Olympics.html. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
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- ^ UCI Track 09/10 Team Pursuit final standings
- ^ UCI Track 09/10 Points Race standings
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External links
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- People from County Mayo
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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