Star Rider Interview: Sean Kelly was the ‘King of the Classics’ for many years, but the man from Carrick-on-Suir also won the Vuelta a Espaa and many shorter stage races. His record at Lige-Bastogne-Lige is only beaten by Argentin and Merckx. Ed Hood caught up with the Irishman for his thoughts on the ‘Old Lady’ of the road.*** Read the ‘PEZ 2025 Lige-Bastogne-Lige Preview’ HERE. ***In January we lost our friend and colleague Ed Hood, two years after his devastating stroke. We will never forget Ed and his knowledge, connections in the cycling world, his writing style and love for the sport. Ed wrote thousands of stunning articles for PEZ, so we will pay homage the ‘King of the Blackberry’ with re-runs of his great work.And a big thank you to everyone who contributed to Ed’s ‘Go Fund Me’. It made a difference to his last two years.You can read the PEZ-Crew’s memories of Ed Hood HERESean Kelly on the wheel of Phil Anderson on the road to LigeSean Kelly’s stats for Lige read like this: 1979, 20th: 1981, 11th: 1982, 10th: 1984, 1st: 1985, 4th: 1986, 12th: 1987, 20th; 1988, 5th: 1989, 1st With palmars like that, Kelly is the man to talk to about the oldest, and many would say the hardest of the monuments.PEZ: What makes Lige-Bastogne-Lige so special, Sean?Sean Kelly: Its a clean race and it goes through nice countryside, there are no cobbles and dirt; not like Flanders and Roubaix where some of the parcours…
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