Páidí O'Brien (born 13 February 1984 in Cork, Ireland) is an Irish professional cyclist. He won the National Under-23 Road Race Championships twice, and in the senior National Road Race Championships, O'Brien has twice came second and third three times. O'Brien was a member of the team time trial squad that won the opening stage of Vuelta a Extremadura in April 2008. As first of the team across the line, he wore the leader's jersey for the second stage. He lost nine seconds and the jersey went to team-mate Benny Deschrooder. Major results 2002 1st National Junior Road Race Championships 2003 2nd National Under-23 Road Race Championships 2004 3rd National Under-23 Road Race Championships 2005 1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships 2006 1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships 3rd National Road Race Championships 7th Druivenkoers Overijse 2007 2nd National Road Race Championships 2nd Overall Rás Tailteann 2008 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a Extremadura 2nd National Road Race Championships 10th Overall Rás Tailteann 10th Ronde van Overijssel 2009 3rd National Road Race Championships 2012 1st National Intervarsity Road Race Championships 2nd National Intervarsity Time Trial Championships 3rd National Criterium Championships 2013 1st National Criterium Championships 2014 3rd National Road Race Championships 2015 2nd National Criterium Championships References External links 1984 births Living people Irish male cyclists Sportspeople from Cork (city)