Irish sprinter Sean Kelly, four-time winner of the green jersey at the Tour de France and the first rider to win a major stage race seven times in arrow (Paris-Nice, 1982-88) is to be awarded Ireland's Mick Doyle Golden Memory Award at the Canon Hayes National Sports Awards in Aherlow this weekend.
According to Ireland Online, Martin Quinn, a spokesman for the 10th annual awards, said, "The Mick Doyle Golden Memory Award will go to cyclist Sean Kelly in tribute to a career in which he was rated number one in the world as well as being regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time."
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