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Sat 04 Apr 2007Contented Kelly still enjoys view from saddleCYCLING: Ian O'Riordanjoins the great cyclist for a jaunt near his Carrick-on-Suir home and finds him in untypically chatty form - and still competitive.On the first turn south west out of Carrick-on-Suir, a steep climb known locally as the Seskin, Seán Kelly shifts into a lower gear and straight away opens a gap. There's an advantage to knowing this hill, which Kelly would have ridden countless times en route to becoming the best cyclist in the world.