David McCann

David McCann (born 17 March 1973 in Belfast) is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode in the 1996, 2000 and 2012 Olympic Games. He was the Irish national road race champion in 2000, 2001 and 2006, and won the Irish national time trial championships a record 6 times (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009 & 2010). He last rode for the Synergy Baku Cycling Project, an Azerbaijan-registered UCI Continental team.

Biography In 2005, McCann captured the overall title at the Tour de Korea. In 2006 he won the Tour of Indonesia; 2 stages in the Tour of Thailand; 1 stage at the Tour of Qinghai Lake and 1 stage in the Tour of Azerbaijan. He represented Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games time trial, finishing 5th.

On 20 September 2009, McCann broke Chris Boardman's long-standing British 25 mile time trial record in Port Talbot. Later that week, he finished in 11th in the World Championships Elite Time Trial in Mendrisio, Switzerland. His time of 1:01:36.35 was 3 minutes 40 seconds behind the gold medallist Fabian Cancellara. This was McCann's best ever performance at the World Championships. He was UCI ranked 31st on the 2009 Asian Tour, and ranked 4th for the 2010 season with 298.66 points after 11 wins.

He was UCI ranked 42nd on the 2011 UCI Asia Tour (75 pts), thanks mainly to 2nd place GC finishes in the Jelajah Malaysia and in the Tour de Taiwan.

He rode on the Irish three man team for the 2010 World Championships alongside Nicolas Roche and Matt Brammeier, finishing 68th. He won a team pursuit bronze with Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, and followed this up with 5th in the Commonwealth Road Race.

In 2002, McCann received a six-month suspension following a positive test for Norandrosterone. He claimed a contaminated glutamine supplement led to the finding. Like several other athletes suspended around this time, McCann was sponsored by sport nutrition company Maximmuscle. After testing 3 nanograms above the permitted level, Laboratory tests showed a legal glutamine supplement he was using contained a minute amount of norandrosterone not listed on the label. This led to him being given the minimum allowed six-month suspension.

Major results

1996 1st Overall Tour of Ulster 1st Shay Elliott Memorial Race 1st Manx Trophy 2nd Overall FBD Insurance Rás 1997 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 1998 National Road Championships 2nd Road race 2nd Time trial 2000

1st Stage 8 Tour de Guadeloupe 2nd Manx Trophy 2nd Archer Grand Prix 6th Overall FBD Insurance Rás 1st Stage 6 2001 National Road Championships

1st Overall FBD Insurance Rás 1st Points classification 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 1 1st Overall Tour de Hokkaido 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1, 3 & 5 2002

1st Manx Trophy 8th Time trial, Commonwealth Games 2003

3rd Manx Trophy 7th Tour de Okinawa 2004 National Road Championships

2nd Road race 1st Overall FBD Insurance Rás 1st Stages 4 & 7 5th Overall Tour de Korea 1st Stages 1 & 2 5th Havant International GP 6th Lincoln Grand Prix 7th Archer Grand Prix 9th GP Stad Vilvoorde 2005 National Road Championships

3rd Road race 1st Overall Tour de Korea 1st Stage 2 1st Overall Tour of Milad du Nour 1st Stage 1 1st Overall Tour of Ulster 1st Stage 3 1st Stage 2 Tour of Indonesia 1st Stages 3 & 4 2nd Overall Tour of Siam 3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour 1st Stage 6 (ITT) 3rd Shay Elliott Memorial Race 4th Overall Kerman Tour 5th Overall Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran) 1st Stage 3 6th Overall Tour de Taiwan 7th Tour de Okinawa 2006

1st Overall Tour of Indonesia 1st Stage 6 Tour of Qinghai Lake 1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 4 Tour of Thailand 3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour 5th Time trial, Commonwealth Games 5th Overall Tour de Taiwan 2007 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 9th Overall FBD Insurance Rás 2008 1st Stage 5 Tour de Korea-Japan 1st Stage 4 FBD Insurance Rás 2nd Overall Tour of Hainan 4th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake 6th Chrono Champenois 10th Overall Jelajah Malaysia 2009

1st Overall 1st Points classification 1st Stage 1 3rd Chrono Champenois 5th Overall Jelajah Malaysia 8th Overall FBD Insurance Rás 10th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships 2010 National Road Championships

4th Road race 1st Overall Tour de Taiwan 1st Stage 1 1st Overall Jelajah Malaysia 1st Overall Tour de Filipinas 1st Stages 1 & 4 1st Overall Melaka Governor Cup 1st Stage 1 1st Stage 2 Tour of Thailand Commonwealth Games

5th Road race 5th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake 8th Overall Tour of Singkarak 9th Overall Tour of China 2011 1st Stage 8 An Post Rás National Road Championships 2nd Time trial 3rd Road race 2nd Overall Tour de Taiwan 2nd Overall Jelajah Malaysia 8th Overall Tour of Ulster 1st Stage 1 2012 2nd Overall Tour of Fuzhou 3rd Taiwan KOM Challenge 5th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake 2013 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships