Pro cyclist in the 1960s? No
Pro cyclist in the 1980s? Yes
Pro cyclist in the 2000s (decade)? No
(Thanks for asking straight-forward questions! Not... whatever the heck Samu was doing!)
Has an Irish name? No
Or a name that isn't uncommon in Ireland? Not sure
Has a name that could be stretched to sort of rhyme with negative if pronounced a bit weird, like Niamh/Neve or Steve? No
Riding for a UCI-team when signing his last contract before retiring? Yes*
Female? No
Not active? Yes (statement is correct)
Not European? No (statement is wrong)
Friday!
Some work in the morning, picking up 10kg of prime organic beef in the afternoon and meeting up with some old friends for dinner and a then talk with the ex World cycling champ Mads Pedersen.
Could be worse.
It's not Mads Pedersen. He's still active.