Paul Kimmage

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Paul Kimmage (born May 7, 1962 in Dublin ) is an Irish author, journalist and former professional cyclist .

family

Kimmage grew up in a cycling family. His father Christy was Irish road racing champion in 1962 . His brothers Raphael and Kevin were also successful as racing cyclists: Raphael came second in the 1984 Rás Tailteann race , which Kevin won in 1991.

Cycling career

As an amateur , Kimmage was Irish road champion in 1981 and 1984 and represented his country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles . At the 1985 road world championships , he finished the amateur race in sixth place.

After finishing the professional race Bordeaux – Paris in ninth place in 1985 , he became a member of the RMO cycling team led by two-time Tour de France winner Bernard Thévenet in 1986 . During this time he wrote short articles for Irish daily newspapers, which, due to the success of his compatriots Stephen Roche and Sean Kelly, became increasingly interested in cycling .

Kimmage finished the Tour de France in 1986 in 131st place after placing ninth in the seventh stage. He also took part in the Tour de France in 1987 and 1989 , but could neither finish these tours nor achieve important stage placements.

After the 1988 season, Kimmage left the RMO team and joined Fagor-MBK for half a season , where Stephen Roche also drove, whom he supported in his ninth place in the 1989 Giro d'Italia . He planned to end his career at the Nissan Classic at the end of the season, but after Roche had to give up the Tour de France in 1989 , Kimmage also gave up and ended his professional career.

Author and journalist

After his cycling career, Kimmage wrote the book Rough Ride: An Insight into Pro Cycling , which was published in May 1990. He described his experiences as domestics and gave advice on doping in professional cycling. Kimmage admitted the occasional use of amphetamines and caffeine on criteria that did not include doping controls . However, he denied the use of more effective and dangerous means which, according to his descriptions, were systematically used by other drivers. Kimmage received the 1990 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award for the book .

Kimmage claimed on several occasions that large sections of the US Postal Pro Cycling Team , including George Hincapie and Lance Armstrong , used doping agents. He described Armstrong as the "cancerous growth" of cycling. The confrontation reached a peak of public attention in 2009 when Kimmage asked Armstrong about doping prior to the California Tour . After Armstrong learned of the questioner's identity, Armstrong responded extremely aggressively, which was distributed worldwide via YouTube .

In January 2011, nyvelocity.com published the transcript of a seven-hour interview that Kimmage conducted with Floyd Landis in the fall of 2010 . Landis admitted his participation in the team doping of the US Postal Team, where he was considered the "Lieutenant" of the "Captain" Armstrong.

In connection with this interview, Kimmage expressed in The Sunday Times and to L'Équipe the accusation that the World Cycling Federation Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) was corrupt, and was subsequently informed at the end of 2012 by the UCI, the President of the UCI Pat McQuaid and his predecessor Hein Verbruggen sued in a Swiss court. While the UCI announced in the wake of the Armstrong doping case that it would set up a Cycling Independent Reform Commission , which u. a. Having reviewed the role of the UCI in this regard and suspended the lawsuit against Kimmage, Kimmage announced that it would sue McQuaid and Verbruggen for defamation . However, his lawsuit was dismissed by a Swiss court in 2013. After Brian Cookson replaced Pat McQuaid as UCI President in September 2013 , the UCI withdrew its lawsuit against Kimmage, while Verbruggen - and, temporarily, McQuaid - reopened the case in January 2014. In 2016, Kimmage was sentenced to pay compensation of 12,000 Swiss francs .

List of works

  • A Rough Ride: Insight into Professional Cycling.
  • Engage. The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson. Simon & Schuster, UK 2011, ISBN 978-1847372703 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jim McArdle: Kimmage wins Irish championships . In: Irish Times . July 6, 1981.
  2. ↑ Paul Kimmage on cyclebase.nl . Cyclebase.nl. Retrieved September 11, 2007.
  3. ^ Paul Kimmage: Rough Ride . Yellow Jersey Press, 1990, ISBN 0-09-174926-3 .
  4. ↑ Lance Armstrong & Paul Kimmage on youtube.com
  5. ↑ Owen Slot: World in motion: cycling divided by Paul Kimmage and Lance Armstrong's 'cancer' row - Times Online , www.timesonline.co.uk. February 17, 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2009. 
  6. ^ YouTube - Cycling Legend Rails Against British Reporter . www.youtube.com. Retrieved July 6, 2009.
  7. ↑ Landis / Kimmage . nyvelocity.com. January 31, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  8. ↑ cyclingnews of October 2, 2012: UCI provides clarification regarding its case against Kimmage
  9. ↑ cyclingnews.com of November 1, 2012: Kimmage counter-sues Verbruggen, McQuaid
  10. ↑ cyclingnews.com of August 30, 2013: Kimmage action against McQuaid and Verbruggen dismissed by Swiss court
  11. ↑ radsport-news.com of October 10, 2013: UCI wants to withdraw lawsuit against Kimmage
  12. ↑ radsport-news.com from February 16, 2014: McQuaid withdraws lawsuit against Kimmage
  13. ↑ velonation.com of February 1, 2014: Verbruggen and McQuaid reactivate legal case against Kimmage
  14. ↑ Voormalig UCI baas Hein Verbruggen krijgt schadevergoeding. In: nieuwsblad.be. May 28, 2016, accessed March 2, 2020 (Dutch).


personal data
SURNAME Kimmage, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish journalist, author and cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin