# David McCann (cyclist)

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 Road race, National Road Championships
    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 Road race
       1st Time trial
    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 Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Manx Trophy
    8th Time trial, Commonwealth Games

### 2003

    3rd Road race, UCI B World Championships
    3rd Manx Trophy
    7th Tour de Okinawa

### 2004

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       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
       1st Time trial
       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 Rás Mumhan [fr]
    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 Road race, National Road Championships
    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 Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Suir Valley Three Day [fr]
       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
       1st Time trial
       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
       3rd Team pursuit
       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