Giro is just the start for McQuaid

One of the key figures in bringing the Giro d’Italia to Ireland is hopeful the race can leave a lasting and positive legacy.

Darach McQuaid, brother of former UCI president Pat McQuaid, is charged with marketing the race’s brief stint on the island next week through his Dublin-based company Shadetree Sports.

The last cycling event of this magnitude in Ireland was the 1998 Tour de France, an event marred by the competitors’ rampant use of performance-enhancing drugs.