Frank Quinn – Manager to Roche and Kelly Talks Wheeling and Dealing
Frank Quinn (3rd left) with Paul Kimmage, Sean Kelly and Martin Earley celebrate Stephen Roche ’ s World Road Championship victory. Ex-Ràs Race Director Tony Campbell 2nd right. https://www.veloveritas.co.uk/2020/05/09/frank-quinn-may20/ By Ed Hood Veloveritas - May 9, 2020 The late 1970’s through to the early 1990’s was a great period for Irish cycling. In 1978, Sean Kelly won Stage Six of the Tour de France whilst Stephen Roche opened his account in 1981 by winning the Tour of Corsica. It was 1992 when Sean Kelly closed the book with his stunning second victory in Milan-Sanremo. In between those two victories of Kelly’s the Irish duo won virtually every major race on the calendar: The Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, Vuelta a Espana, Tour of Romandie, Tour de Suisse, Paris-Nice – Kelly an impossible seven consecutive times – Pais Vasco, Catalunya, Criterium International, World Road Race Championship, Tour of Lombardy, Milan-Sanremo , Liege-Bast...