Páidí O'Brien (born 13 February 1984 in

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professional

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. He won the National Under-23 Road Race Championships twice, and in the senior National Road Race Championships, O'Brien has twice came second and third three times. O'Brien was a member of the team time trial squad that won the opening stage of

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in April 2008. As first of the team across the line, he wore the leader's jersey for the second stage. He lost nine seconds and the jersey went to team-mate Benny Deschrooder.

Major results

;2002 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

National Junior Road Race Championships ;2003 : 2nd National Under-23 Road Race Championships ;2004 : 3rd National Under-23 Road Race Championships ;2005 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

National Under-23 Road Race Championships ;2006 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

National Under-23 Road Race Championships : 3rd National Road Race Championships : 7th

Druivenkoers Overijse Druivenkoers Overijse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Overijse, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road ...

;2007 : 2nd National Road Race Championships : 2nd Overall Rás Tailteann ;2008 : 1st Stage 1 (TTT)

: 2nd National Road Race Championships : 10th Overall Rás Tailteann : 10th

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;2009 : 3rd National Road Race Championships ;2012 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

National Intervarsity Road Race Championships : 2nd National Intervarsity Time Trial Championships : 3rd National Criterium Championships ;2013 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

National Criterium Championships ;2014 : 3rd National Road Race Championships ;2015 : 2nd National Criterium Championships

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