caption fullname updated amateurteam death_date death_place proteam birth_place majorwins discipline birth_date nickname proyears role image article_title name amateuryears
seamus elliott in 1963 seamus elliott 14 march 2007 dublin wheelers 4 may 1971 dublin , republic of ireland helyett-potin ride falcon helyett-fynsec saint raphael-geminiani ford france-gitane mercier-bp-hutchinson did not dublin , irish free state 20px 1955 -rrb- tour de france 1 stage -lrb- 1963 -rrb- irish giro d'italia 1 stage -lrb- 1960 -rrb- vuelta a españa national 2 stages -lrb- 1962 , 1963 -rrb- omloop het volk road -lrb- 1959 -rrb- race championship -lrb- 1954 , road 4 june 1934 shay 1956 1965 1966 -- 1967 1968 -- 1969 1970 -- 1958 1959 -- 1961 1962 -- 1964 rider seamus elliott 1963b.jpg seamus elliott
 seamus elliott -1955
seamus elliott

seamus ` shay ' elliott -lrb- 4 june 1934 -- 4 may 1971 -rrb- was an irish road bicycle racer .
shay elliott was the first irish cyclist to make a mark as a professional rider in continental europe .
a talented rider , he spent most of his career riding as a domestique for stars such as jacques anquetil and jean stablinski .
he won stages in all the grand tours and was 2nd -lrb- to stablinski -rrb- in the 1962 world road championship at salò , italy .
he was the first irishman to wear the yellow jersey in the tour de france -lrb- 1963 -rrb- and he came third in the 1962 vuelta a españa .
he won the omloop `` het volk '' semi-classic in 1959 .
