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==Life==
==Life==
Lally comes from [[Cabra, Dublin|Cabra]], an inner suburb west of central Dublin.<ref name="StickyBottle"/>
Lally comes from [[Cabra, Dublin|Cabra]], an inner suburb west of central Dublin.<ref name="StickyBottle"/>

Living in Sydney he recently entered into a road rage incident in which inter alia he shouted at and struck out at a female motorist. The press were given a death stare by him when they knocked on his door seeking a statement about the matter. A video of the incident has gone viral and international press are publishing the story.
===Cycling career===
===Cycling career===
Lally raced nationally and internationally from 1971 to 1983.<ref name="Tony Lally archv">{{cite web |title=Tony Lally |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=19534#memo |website=Cycling Archives |access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>
Lally raced nationally and internationally from 1971 to 1983.<ref name="Tony Lally archv">{{cite web |title=Tony Lally |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=19534#memo |website=Cycling Archives |access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>

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Tony Lally
Personal information
Full nameAnthony Lally
Born (1953-10-26) 26 October 1953 (age 70)
Dublin, Ireland

Anthony Lally (born 26 October 1953)[1] is an Irish former road-racing cyclist, who competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[2]

Life

Lally comes from Cabra, an inner suburb west of central Dublin.[3]

Cycling career

Lally raced nationally and internationally from 1971 to 1983.[1]

Lally's father was Mick Lally, honoured by an annual memorial race, or sometimes series of races, by the Dublin Wheelers cycling club, and his elder brothers, Sean and Jimmy, also raced,[4] as did a grandson, Connor.[5]

Later life

Lally retired from competitive cycling and moved to Australia shortly after his Olympic appearance, living in Sydney and working in insurance and pensions, and in 2015 applied for and secured a post on the board of Cycling New South Wales[3] for six months.

References

  1. ^ a b "Tony Lally". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Tony Lally Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Irish Olympian Lally lands new post in Australian cycling". StickyBottle.com. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. ^ "MicK Lally Race - more details..." Dublin Wheelers. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Mick Lally road race a big success". The Fingal Independent. 14 March 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2019.