Martyn Irvine
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Full name | Martyn Irvine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland | 6 June 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rider type | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2006 | Sean Kelly ACLVB–M.Donnelly (stagiaire) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Pezula Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Planet X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Giant Kenda Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | UnitedHealthcare[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Madison Genesis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Aqua Blue Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 | Aqua Blue Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martyn Irvine (born 6 June 1985) is a Northern Ireland-born[2] former cyclist, who competed professionally between 2008 and 2017 for the Pezula Racing, Planet X, RTS Racing Team, UnitedHealthcare, Madison Genesis and Aqua Blue Sport teams, and rode at the 2012 Olympic Games. He was also a directeur sportif for the Aqua Blue Sport team.[3]
Irvine is a 7-time Irish national track and road cycling champion cyclist, who represented the Irish National track team in the Omnium event at the World Cup Classics, and was world champion in the scratch race in 2013. He was UCI World Ranked 17th at the end of the inaugural 2010/11 Omnium season, with 315 ranking points.
Career
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He signed with the UCI Asia based Giant Kenda Cycling Team for the 2011 season.
After the 2012 London World Cup event, he had 470 ranking points. He qualified for the Omnium event at the London Olympics where he finished 13th.[4]
UnitedHealthcare (2013–2014)
[edit]In November 2012, Irvine signed a contract to ride with the UnitedHealthcare team for the 2013 season.[5]
In February 2013 he won gold at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the Scratch Race, only an hour after winning a silver medal in the Individual Pursuit. Prior to Irvine, no Irish male rider had won a World Championship medal in 116 years.[6][7][8][9] As a result, he was named as BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year for 2013.[10]
In February 2014, Irvine won a silver medal in the scratch race at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[11][12]
Madison Genesis (2015)
[edit]In November 2014 Madison Genesis announced that Irvine would join them for the 2015 season.[13]
Retirement
[edit]After failing to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in January 2016 Irvine announced his retirement from competition.[10]
Return with Aqua Blue Sport (2017)
[edit]In October 2016, he announced his comeback to professional cycling, signing with newly created Irish UCI Professional Continental team Aqua Blue Sport for the 2017 season.[14] He retired for the second time at the end of the season, joining the team's backroom staff.[15]
Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]- 2005
- 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
- 2007
- National Under-23 Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 2009
- 1st
Overall Tour of the North
- National Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 3rd National Criterium Championships
- 5th East Midlands International CiCLE Classic
- 2010
- 1st
National Criterium Championships
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
- 2011
- 1st
National Criterium Championships
- 1st Stage 7 An Post Rás
- 5th Time trial, National Championships
- 8th Lincoln Grand Prix
- 9th Overall Tour of Ulster
- 2012
- National Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 2013
- 2nd National Criterium Championships
- 2014
- 3rd Time trial, National Championships
- 2015
- 3rd Time trial, National Championships
- 7th Overall An Post Rás
Track
[edit]- 2010
- National Championships
- 3rd
Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
- 2011
- National Championships
- 2012
- UCI World Cup, Glasgow
- 2nd Scratch
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 2013
- UCI Track World Championships
- 1st
Scratch
- 2nd
Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 1st
Individual pursuit, National Championships
- 1st Points race, UCI World Cup, Manchester
- 3rd
Omnium, UEC European Championships
- 2014
- 2nd
Scratch, UCI World Championships
Major championship results
[edit]Event | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
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Omnium | Not Held | 13 | Not Held | |||
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Individual pursuit | — | — | — | 2 | 12 | — |
Omnium | — | 10 | 7 | — | — | 17 | |
Points race | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | |
Scratch race | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
Team pursuit | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | |
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Individual pursuit | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
Omnium | 9 | 5 | — | 3 | 10 | — | |
Points race | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | |
Scratch race | — | — | — | — | 28 | 11 | |
Team pursuit | — | — | — | — | DNF | 14 | |
Commonwealth Games | Individual pursuit | 6 | Not Held | — | NH | ||
Points race | 7 | DNF | |||||
Scratch race | DNF | 14 | |||||
Team pursuit | 3 | — | |||||
UCI Track Cycling World Cup | Individual pursuit | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
Omnium | — | 23 | 7 | — | — | — | |
Scratch race | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | |
UCI Track Cycling World Ranking | Individual pursuit | — | — | — | 2 | 14 | 79 |
Omnium | — | 17 | 7 | 74 | 34 | 41 | |
Scratch race | — | — | — | 1 | — | 16 |
References
[edit]- ^ "UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team (UHC) - USA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ "Profile". Martyn Irvine. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ "2018 rider roster and first races confirmed". Aqua Blue Sport. Aqua Blue Sport Limited. 1 January 2018. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
Former rider Martyn Irvine will also join the backroom staff as a Directeur Sportif with Aqua Blue Sport in 2018.
- ^ "Martyn Irvine bio, stats and results". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "Martyn Irvine joins UnitedHealthcare". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Martyn Irvine makes history by winning gold and silver at the World Championships". Irish Independent. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ^ "Double joy: Martyn Irvine secures gold and silver at Track World Championships". thescore.ie. 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ^ "UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2013: Martyn Irvine ends 117-year wait for Ireland with gold in scratch". The Daily Telegraph. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ^ "Martyn Irvine wins gold and silver double at world track championships". Guardian UK. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Martyn Irvine: Ireland's 2013 world champion retires". bbc.co.uk. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Martyn Irvine wins silver medal". BBC Sport. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ "Silver medal for Martyn Irvine at Track Cycling World Championships". BBC Sport. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ Clarke, Stuart (13 November 2014). "Martyn Irvine and Mark McNally headline new arrivals for Madison Genesis". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "New Irish pro team Aqua Blue Sport unveils its first four riders". Sticky Bottle. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Martyn Irvine quits racing for new role with Aqua Blue Sport team". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
External links
[edit]- Martyn Irvine on X
- Official page on Blogger
- Martyn Irvine at UCI
- Martyn Irvine at Cycling Archives
- Martyn Irvine at ProCyclingStats
- Martyn Irvine at Cycling Quotient
- Martyn Irvine at CycleBase
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Male cyclists from Northern Ireland
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists for Ireland
- Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from County Down
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Northern Ireland
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
- Irish track cyclists
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games