Career
Power turned professional in 2000 with Linda McCartney Racing Team and rode the 2000 Giro d"Italia, gaining 2 top ten stage finishes. He was the first Irish cyclist in a major tour since Stephen Roche in 1993. When Linda McCartney folded in 2001, Power joined the French Street Quentin team before moving to the United States the following season and joining Navigators.
After placing 3rd in the 1999 World "B" road championship, Power came 74th in the 2000 Summer Olympics road race.
In the 2004 Summer Olympics road race, he finished 13th, the highest placing by an Irish cyclist. He retired from prefessional racing at the end of the 2008 season.
