Irish racing cyclist and executive, twice president of the world governing body
Pat (Patrick) McQuaid
Pat McQuaid in 2011
Personal information
Full name
Patrick McQuaid
Born
(1949-09-05) 5 September 1949 (age 74) Dublin, Ireland
Team information
Discipline
Road
Role
President of UCI, 2005-2013
Amateur teams
1966–1978
Emerald Cycling Club
late 1960s
Clifton Cycling Club (Leeds)
Professional team
1978–1979
Viking–Campagnolo
Major wins
Road Race Champion 1974 Tour of Ireland 1975 & 1976 Tour of the Pennines 1978
Patrick "Pat" McQuaid (born 5 September 1949 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish former road racing cyclist who served as the president of the Union Cycliste Internationale from 2005 to 2013.
He had a strong amateur career and a brief professional period before moving into race promotion and administration in Ireland and globally, serving four years as head of Irish cycling's governing body, and later two four-year terms as president of the world governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). He also served three years as a member of the International Olympic Committee.[1] McQuaid is also a qualified secondary school teacher.[2]
^"Pat McQuaid loses presidency of world cycling union". Irish Times Online. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
^Wilcockson, John (25 December 2005). "UCI president McQuaid: Globalizing the sport (part 2)". Velonews. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
Patrick "Pat" McQuaid (born 5 September 1949 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish former road racing cyclist who served as the president of the Union Cycliste...
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Australia. The announcement followed negotiations between UCI President PatMcQuaid and South Australian Premier Mike Rann. In 2013 Tracey Gaudry became...
Federation of Irish Cyclists in 1989, succeeding future UCI President PatMcQuaid. He led Irish cycling teams to Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, and...
for two years. LeMond has criticized the UCI and its former president, PatMcQuaid. In December 2012, LeMond claimed that a change needed to be made in...
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McQuaid Memorial road race in his memory, from at least 1996 to at least 2001. Pickering, Edward, (Interviewer: Birnie, Lionel). "Who is PatMcQuaid and...
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1, 1998, including his seven Tour de France victories. UCI president PatMcQuaid remarked that he was "sickened" by the USADA report, particularly how...
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that details of a positive test on Armstrong remained confidential. PatMcQuaid, the president of UCI, who had received copies of Landis' emails, said...
internationally." The UCI President PatMcQuaid stated later that it would seek to extend Valverde's ban worldwide. On 27 March, McQuaid said that the UCI would wait...
called the accusations "ridiculous". He also stated that UCI President PatMcQuaid was "vehemently anti doping."[citation needed] In 2012 after the United...
cleared Mayo after a second test proved negative. The UCI president PatMcQuaid stopped short of clearing the rider, pending further tests. On 19 December...
SportAccord President (since 2013) Verbruggen (sometimes along with PatMcQuaid) has been involved in several defamation suits against people who accused...
the team could continue with merely a license transfer. UCI President PatMcQuaid was planning a visit to Astana during the Giro to discuss the team's...
supporting his claims. However, in July 2010 the president of the UCI, PatMcQuaid, confirmed that Armstrong made two donations to cycling's governing body:...
Lally (1974), a 1980 Olympian and the youngest ever winner at age 20, PatMcQuaid (1975, 1976; later UCI President), Ángel Arroyo (1977), runner up in...
October 2011). "Philippe Gilbert presented with 2011 WorldTour trophy by PatMcQuaid". VeloNation. Archived from the original on 29 October 2011. Retrieved...
"second in command". In 2012 Union Cycliste Internationale president PatMcQuaid and former president Hein Verbruggen, as well as UCI itself, sued Kimmage...
Global Information
Road Race Champion 1974