For the Irish footballer, see Stephen Roche (footballer). For the Irish hurler, see Stephen Roche (hurler).
Stephen Roche
Roche at the 1993 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name
Stephen Roche
Born
(1959-11-28) 28 November 1959 (age 64) Dundrum, County Dublin, Ireland
Height
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight
74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb)
Team information
Current team
Retired
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider
Rider type
All-rounder
Amateur teams
1974–1979
Orwell Wheelers
1980
A.C.B.B.
Professional teams
1981–1983
Peugeot–Esso–Michelin
1984–1985
La Redoute
1986–1987
Carrera–Inoxpran
1988–1989
Fagor–MBK
1990
Histor–Sigma
1991
Tonton Tapis–GB
1992–1993
Carrera Jeans–Vagabond
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
General classification (1987)
3 individual stages (1985, 1987, 1992)
1 TTT stage (1987)
Giro d'Italia
General classification (1987)
Combination classification (1987)
2 individual stages (1987)
1 TTT stage (1987)
Stage races
Paris–Nice (1981)
Tour de Romandie (1983, 1984, 1987)
Tour of the Basque Country (1989)
Critérium International (1985, 1991)
One-day races and Classics
World Road Race Championships (1987)
Other
Super Prestige Pernod International (1987)
Medal record
Representing Ireland
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
1987 Villach
Elite Men's Road Race
1983 Altenrhein
Elite Men's Road Race
Stephen Roche (/ˈroʊtʃ/; born 28 November 1959) is an Irish former professional road racing cyclist. In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987, becoming the second of only two cyclists to win the Triple Crown of victories in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia general classification, plus the World road race championship, the first being Eddy Merckx. Roche's rise coincided with that of fellow Irishman Sean Kelly.
Although one of the finest cyclists of his generation and admired for his pedalling style, he struggled with knee injuries and never contended in the Grand Tours post-1987. He had 58 professional career wins. All of these wins still stand, despite Roche having been accused by an Italian judge of taking EPO in the later part of his career.
StephenRoche (/ˈroʊtʃ/; born 28 November 1959) is an Irish former professional road racing cyclist. In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987...
de Romandie had gone on to win the Tour de France in the same year; StephenRoche in 1987, then Cadel Evans, Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome in 2011...
Rated TV Series" for its Metacritic rating of 99. Young played lawyer StephenRoche in the well received Don't Tell, the true story of a young Queensland...
wore the Yellow jersey at some point during the race. It was won by StephenRoche, the first and so far only Irishman to do so. The winner of the 1986...
and his brothers rode with the Orwell Wheelers, at the same time as StephenRoche. Kimmage had a prominent career as an amateur, notably his 6th place...
competitive, and the lead changed hands eight times before StephenRoche won. When Roche won the World Championship Road Race later in the season, he...
sandwiched in between two riders who would figure prominently in her career, StephenRoche in thirteenth and Delgado in fifteenth. York's debut grand tour gave...
Peter Roche (/roʊʃ/ ROHSH; born 14 October 1999) is an English actor, known for playing Ben Brockman in the BBC One sitcom Outnumbered. Roche was born...
the race lead, winning the stage by more than two minutes ahead of StephenRoche. While the race travelled through the Alps and in a second time trial...
Anthony McCrossan. Roche, who was born in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, in suburban Paris, is the son of former cycling champion StephenRoche and his former...
During that Tour, he raced on the same team as his famous brother, StephenRoche. Stephen was disqualified on the second stage of the race after failing to...
overall victories. Second was Hinault's teammate Greg LeMond, ahead of StephenRoche (La Redoute). Hinault won the race leader's yellow jersey on the first...
cycling's Triple Crown which has only been accomplished one other time, by StephenRoche in 1987. He is the only rider to win the general, points and mountains...
basis (all Irish racing was amateur at the time) with Sean Kelly and StephenRoche. The idea did not immediately develop, but in 1984, McQuaid persuaded...
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