Colm Christle

Colm Christle

To person
date of death	October 28, 2018
nation	Ireland
discipline	Road cycling
Societies)
	Gate Cycling Club
Most important successes
Irish road championships 1952 : - road racing Road racing 1953 : Rás Tailteann

Colm Christle (* in Dublin ; † October 28, 2018 ) was an Irish cyclist .

In 1952, Colm Christle, who had learned to ride a bicycle at the age of 17, became the Irish road racing champion . The following year he won the first stage race An Post Rás , which is considered to be the "hour of birth" of Irish cycling. The idea for this race, the first stage race in Ireland, came from Colm's brother Joe Christle, a lawyer and Irish nationalist. He had sworn Colm and their common brother to have to win the race so that it would not be noticed that there was no prize money. In the second year of the event, Christle's brother Andy was killed in a car accident during the race.

After finishing his cycling career, Christle studied law and became a lawyer.

Web links

• Colm Christle in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Tommy Campbell: Interview with the inaugural Ras Winner Colm Christle. In: irishcycling.com. May 23, 2012, accessed February 12, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ First Rás Tailteann winner Colm Christle has died in Dublin. In: stickybottle.com. October 29, 2018, accessed February 12, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Death Notice of Colm CHRISTLE BABL In: ie / death-notice / colm-christle-ba-bl-drimnagh-dublin. October 29, 2018, accessed February 12, 2019 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} First Rás Tailteann winner Colm Christle has died in Dublin. In: stickybottle.com. October 29, 2018, accessed February 12, 2019 . 
4. ↑ The Men Of The Rås. rastailteann.com, July 12, 2012, accessed February 17, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Great stories from a Rás of Giants. In: The Irish Times. November 24, 2003, accessed February 12, 2019 .