O’Brien riding the Tour of Ireland in his An Post days; he’s moving between domestic teams for 2013
By Brian Canty
Former An Post-Sean Kelly rider Paidí O’Brien has announced that he is leaving the Dan Morrissey-Speedy Spokes team. He is set to join 2011 club of the year, Cycle 4 Sick Children in Limerick.
O’Brien, who claimed a string of wins throughout last season, is set to team up with departing Blarney CC riders Eddie Barry, Aidan Gallery and Alan Loftus at the new team.
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Barry was a member of the Blarney club for years, while Gallery and Loftus both rode with Limerick CC before moving to the Cork-based club.
But now it seems they will form part of a strong line-up in 2013 in one of the newest clubs on the domestic circuit. With the new signings, it will set about rivalling the well-drilled Dan Morrissey-Speedy Spokes team, which enjoyed considerable success with rider-manager Tim Barry at the helm this year.
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O’Brien’s wins for the Barry-led outfit in 2012 included the opening stage of Rás Mumhan, the second stage of the Suir Valley Three-Day, the Dan O’Donovan Memorial in Fermoy, Rás Luimni, the Youghal Criterium and the Osborne Butchers Blarney Criterium, while also placing seventh in the National Road Race Championships.
O’Brien is still perhaps the fastest finisher in the domestic bunch, having returned home to Ireland to live and go to college after his final season in Belgium with An Post-Sean Kelly in 2010.
