Robin Seymour

Robin Seymour

Robin Seymour (born April 6, 1971 in Wicklow, Ireland) is a professional Mountain bike racer and cyclo cross racer that rides for the WORC (Wicklow Off Road Club) team. Seymour is a former Motorbike racer that turned to cycling. [cite web|url= http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2000/09/22/current/spage_15.htm|title=Cool couple aim to pedal their way to mountain glory|publisher=Irish Examiner|accessdate=2007-10-23] Seymour has dominated Mountain biking and cyclo-cross in Ireland and has been Irish Mountain bike champion 14 times consecutively between 1993 and 2007 [cite web|url= http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb/?id=2007/jul07/irishnats07|title=Fourteen for Seymour in Co.Down|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-10-23] and 15 times the Irish cyclo-cross champion. [cite web|url= http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross.php?id=cross/2007/jan07/irlchamp07|title=Fifteenth cross title for Seymour|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-10-23] Between 1991 and 2008, Seymour was beaten only twice in the Irish cyclo-cross championships and that was by Roger Aiken in the 2004/05 season and then the 2007/08 season.

Seymour has been the principle rider for earning UCI points so that the Irish National Mountain cycling team could get a place at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympic Games in the Mountain Bike competition. Seymour has been an Olympian at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics as well as representing Ireland at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. In the cyclo cross and mountain bike disciplines, Seymour dominates the Irish calendar and also competes World Cup mountain bike and cyclo cross races. Robin’s father Geoff is involved in cycling in Ireland and has organized the National Mountain Bike championships in 2004 [cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com.au/news.php?id=news/2004/jul04/jul16news|title=Irish XC Championship preview|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-10-23] as well as being the Irish National team manager for the International Mountain bike events. [cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=news/2007/aug07/aug28mtbnews|title=Ireland selects worlds team|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-10-23] In 2005, Seymour together with fellow Irish Olympian Tarja Owens competed in and won the mixed category event of the seven day 2005 TransRockies Challenge. [cite web|url=http://www.bikemag.com/features/onlineexclusive/081905_transrockies/|title=Inside the TransRockies Challenge|publisher=Bike mag.com|accessdate=2007-10-23] The two person team that Seymour and Owens rode under was called Podge and Rodge [cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=mtb/2005/aug05/transrockie05/transrockie057|title=No GC changes as Rocky Mountain takes final stage|publisher=cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-10-23] whether this team name was due to possible sponsorship by the famous Irish television puppets Podge and Rodge or whether it was just due to the humorous name is unknown.

Palmares

*1st Buyukada Cup, Turkey 2007
*2nd Portugal Cup XCO Porto des Mos, Portugal 2007
*IRL MTB Champion 14 times; 1993-2007
*IRL National Cyclo-cross Champion 15 times;1991-2003, 2005-2006
*1st "Olympic" Circuit, Greece 2004

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