Tipperary. In November 2013, at Dublin City University, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy in recognition of his contribution to Irish sport. In November 2019, he received a lifetime achievement award at the Cycling Weekly Awards in London. Career achievements Major results Sources: Amateur 1972 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships 1973 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships 1974 1st Shay Elliott Memorial Race 1975 Tour of Ireland 1st Mountains classification 1st Stages 5, 6 & 7 1st Stage 7 Milk Race 1st Shay Elliott Memorial Race 8th Manx Trophy 1976 1st Overall Cinturón a Mallorca 1st Overall The Tour of the North 1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia 1st Stage 6 Tour of Ireland 1st Stage 6 Milk Race Professional 1977 1st GP Lugano 1st Circuit de l'Indre Étoile des Espoirs 1st Stage 4 2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges 3rd Omloop van het Houtland 4th Circuit des Frontières 10th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre 9th Ronde van Midden-Zeeland 10th Overall Tour de Romandie 1st Stage 1 1978 1st Stage 6 Tour de France 1st Stages 1a (TTT) & 1b Setmana Catalana de Ciclismo 1st Stage 3 Tour Méditerranéen 1st Stage 5a Étoile des Espoirs 1979 Vuelta a España 1st Stages 1 & 8a 1st Grand Prix de Cannes 9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 10th Omloop Het Volk 1980 1st Overall Three Days of De Panne 1st Stage 2 Tour de France 1st Stages 19 & 21 1st Stage 3a Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1st Stage 4 Ronde van Nederland 2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 2nd De Brabantse Pijl 2nd Tour du Haut Var 3rd Amstel Gold Race 3rd Omloop Het Volk 3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 4th Overall Vuelta a España 1st Points classification 1st Sprints classification 1st Stages 1, 2, 14, 17 & 19 4th Milan–San Remo 1981 1st Stage 15 Tour de France 1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1st Stage 5a Ronde van Nederland 1st Stage 3 Tour of Belgium 1st Stage 1 Tour of Luxembourg 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 1st Stage 2 4th La Flèche Wallonne 5th Rund um den Henninger Turm 6th Amstel Gold Race 7th De Brabantse Pijl 8th Tour of Flanders 9th Züri–Metzgete 1982 1st Overall Paris–Nice 1st Stages 3, 5, 7a & 7b (ITT) Étoile des Espoirs 1st Stages 1 & 3 1st Tour du Haut Var 1st Stage 2 Grand