David O'Loughlin

This article is about the Irish cyclist. For the Australian mayor, see David O'Loughlin (Australian politician).
David O'Loughlin
Personal information
Full name David O'Loughlin
Born (1978-04-29) 29 April 1978
Mayo, Ireland
Team information
Current team Giant Kenda
Discipline Road, Track (4k Ind.Pursuit, Team Pursuit)
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
1998 –
1999 DCM-Belgium
2000–2001 Zalf Fior
Professional team(s)
2002–03 Ofoto-Lombardi Sports
2004 Total cycling.com
2005–07 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
2008 Pezula Cycling Team
2009–10 An Post–Sean Kelly
2011 Giant Kenda
Major 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 February 2011

David 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. These results helped to a final UCI World Ranking of 8th for the 2008/09 4 km Individual Pursuit season on 590 pts. He was also a member of the Irish team pursuit squad which set national records when finishing 7th and 5th at the Beijing & Ballerup events respectively.[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]

He returned to the competitive track action in 2011, when placing 14th in the European Points Race Championship, and then finishing 12th in the 4k IP at the 2011 Astana World Cup event.

Palmarès

2011

Track:

2010 – An Post–Sean Kelly

Road:

Track:

2009 – An Post–M.Donnelly–Grant Thornton–Sean Kelly

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 an Extremadura (2.2)
    • 19th, Stage 5

Track:

2008 – Pezula Cycling Team

Road:

Track:

2007 – Navigators Insurance Cycling Team

Road:

Track:

2006 – Navigators Insurance Cycling Team

Road:

Track:

2005 – Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
2004 – Totalcycling.com-Litespeed
2003 – Ofoto-Lombardi Sports
2002 – Ofoto-Lombardi Sports
  • 2nd, Stage 5 – Tour of Hokkaido (JPN)
2000 – Zalf Fior
1999 – DCM-Belgium
1998

References

  1. ↑ "O'Loughlin best in Shay Elliot Memorial". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  2. ↑ "O'Loughlin takes first ever stage, just misses yellow". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  3. ↑ "Wins for O'Loughlin and Hagan". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  4. ↑ "Pezula racing team launched in Mayo". Irishcycling.com. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  5. ↑ "Escobar on top of the world again". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
  6. ↑ "Pezula Racing is proud to announce that ... David O'Loughlin has just qualified for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China". pezularacing.ie. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ "O'Loughlin at the end of the track". The Irish Times. 10 October 2010.
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ UCI Track 09/10 Team Pursuit final standings
  11. ↑ UCI Track 09/10 Points Race standings

7) http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/transfers.asp

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