David McCann

David McCann

McCann during the time trial at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships
Personal information
Full name David McCann
Born 17 March 1973 (1973-03-17) (age 38)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Team information
Current team Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team
Discipline Road, Track
Role Rider
Rider type Time Trialist
Professional team(s)
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2004-2006
2003
2002
2001		 Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team
Giant Asia Racing Team
Ride Sport Racing
Giant Asia Racing Team
Colavita Sutter Home Cycling Team
Giant Asia Racing Team
Team Endurasport.com-Principia
Volksbank-Ideal
CCC-Mat
Major wins
Irish National Road Race Champion (2000, 2001, 2006)
Irish National Time Trial Champion (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010)
Infobox last updated on
23 January 2011

David McCann (born 17 March 1973 in Belfast) is an Irish professional road bicycle racer. He used to cycle for the Taiwan-based UCI Continental team Giant Asia Racing.

McCann was the Irish national road race champion in 2000, 2001 and 2006. He has also won the Irish national time trial championships a record 6 times (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009 & 2010).

In 2005, McCann captured the overall title at the Tour de Korea. In 2006 he won the Tour of Indonesia; 2 stages in the Tour of Thailand; 1 stage at the Tour of Qinghai Lake and 1 stage in the Tour of Azerbaijan. He represented Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games time trial, finishing 5th.

On 20th Sept 2009, McCann broke Chris Boardman’s long-standing British 25 mile time trial record in Port Talbot. Later that week, he finished an excellent 11th in the World Championships Elite Time Trial in Mendrisio, Switzerland. His time of 1:01:36.35 was 3 mins 40 secs behind the gold medallist Fabian Cancellara. This was McCanns best ever performance at the World Champs.

He was UCI ranked 31st on the 2009 Asian Tour, and ranked 4th for the 2010 season with 298.66 pts after 11 wins. He rode on the Irish three man team for the 2010 World Championships alongside Nicolas Roche & Matt Brammeier, finishing 68th.[1] He won a team pursuit bronze with Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, and followed this up with 5th in the Commonwealth Road Race.

In 2002, a contaminated glutamine supplement led to a finding of 'unintentional doping' and a six-month suspension following a positive test for Norandrosterone. Like several other athletes suspended around this time, McCann was sponsored by sport nutrition company Maximmuscle. After testing 3nanograms 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.

Achievements

2011 – Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team
2010 – Giant Asia Racing Team

Road:

Track:

2009 – Ride Sport Continental / Prime Estate (RSR)

Road:

  • 1st, Irish National Time Trial Championships (CN)
  • 1st overall, Suir Valley 3 Day
    • 1st, Stage 1
    • Points class: 1st
  • 1st, Port Talbot Wheelers 25 TT
    • Time of 45 mins 54 secs is a British 25 mile time trial record beating Chris Boardman who had the title for nearly 20 years.
  • 5th overall, Jelajah Malaysia (2.2)
    • 5th, Stage 4
    • 6th, Stage 8
    • 6th, Stage 7
    • 6th, Stage 2
    • 11th, Stage 3
    • KOM class: 6th
  • 8th overall, FBD Insurance Rás (2.2) (riding as part of Irish National team)
    • 3rd, Stage 2
    • 10th, Stage 3
    • Mountains class: 3rd
  • 11th, World Championships Elite Time Trial part of Irish National team
  • 13th overall, Herald Sun Tour (2.1)
    • 8th, Stage 3
    • 13th, Stage 5 (ITT)
    • 15th, Stage 5
    • KOM: 2nd overall

Track (representing Irish Naional team):

2008 – Giant Asia Racing Team
  • 1st, Stage 5 - Tour de Korea-Japan
  • 2nd overall, Tour of Hainan (2.1)
    • 3rd, Stage 7
  • 4th overall, Tour of Qinghai Lake (2.HC)
    • 2nd, Prologue
    • 7th, Stage 6
    • 10th, Stage 8
  • 10th overall, Jelajah Malaysia (2.2)
    • 2nd, Stage 6
    • KOM class: 3rd
  • 14th overall, Tour of Thailand (2.2)
    • 4th, Stage 1
    • 5th, Stage 3
  • 18th overall, FBD Insurance Rás (2.2)
    • 1st, Stage 3
    • 2nd, Stage 4
  • 45th, Presidential Cycling Tour (2.1) part of Irish National Team
2007 – Colavita Sutter Home Cycling Team
2006 – Giant Asia Racing Team
2005 – Giant Asia Racing Team
  • 1st, Irish National Time Trial Championships (CN)
  • 1st overall, Tour de Korea (2.2)
    • 1st, Stage 2
    • held race lead after stages 2–5
  • 1st overall, Tour of Milad du Nour (2.2)
    • 1st, Stage 1
    • held race lead after stages 1 and 4-6
  • 1st overall, Tour of Ulster
    • 1st, Stage 3
  • 2nd overall, Tour of Siam (2.2)
    • 2nd, Prologue (ITT)
    • 5th, Stage 3
    • 10th, Stage 4
  • 3rd, Irish National Road Race Championships (CN)
  • 3rd overall, Herald Sun Tour (2.1)
    • 1st, Stage 1
  • 5th overall, Azerbaïjan Tour (2.2)
    • 1st, Stage 3
    • 2nd, Stage 7
  • 6th overall, Tour de Taiwan (2.2)
    • 5th, Stage 4
  • 7th, Tour de Okinawa (1.2)
  • ?? overall, Tour of Indonesia (2.2)
    • 1st, Stage 2,
  • 17th, Stage 4 (ITT), Tour de Langkawi (2.HC)
2004 – Team Endurasport.com-Principia / Giant Asia Racing Team (from June 8)
2003 – Team Endurasport.com-Principia
2002 – Volksbank-Ideal
2001 – CCC-Mat
2000 – Phoenix CC
1998
1997
1996

References

  1. ^ ROCHE, BRAMMEIER AND MCCANN CONFIRMED FOR WORLDS

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