Mark Scanlon
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Mark Scanlon |
| Date of birth | October 10, 1980 |
| Country | Ireland |
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| Current team | AG2R Prévoyance |
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| 2003- | AG2R Prévoyance |
| Major wins | |
| World Junior Champion 2x Irish National Champion Tour of Denmark, 1 stage |
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Mark Scanlon (born October 10, 1980 in Cranmore, Sligo, Ireland) is an Irish professional cyclist. Scanlon first came to prominence when he won the Junior race at the 1998 World Cycling Championship, on his 18th birthday.
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[edit] Amateur career
After winning the Rainbow jersey Scanlon signed for the Rabobank cycling team's development squad. He failed to make the breakthrough expected though, as injuries blighted his early career and he was released in 2000. He signed with French team CC Etupes and rode strongly is some of the lesser French races. He was offered contract by the Linda McCartney team in 2001 but the team folded before he joined them. Scanlon continued to ride in France with first VC Nantes 44 and then VC La Pomme Marseille. In 2002 he won the Irish Road Race championship for the first time.
[edit] Professional career
Scanlon signed for AG2R Prévoyance team for the 2003 season. The highlight of his first season was winning a stage in the Tour of Denmark and wearing the leader's jersey for 3 days. He also retained his Irish national championship. In 2004 Scanlon became the first Irish cyclist to ride in the Tour de France since the great Stephen Roche in 1993. He was also represented Ireland in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the road race on the opening day of competition of the games. Scanlon was once again plagued by injuries for much of the 2005 and 2006 season but he did ride in the 2006 Giro d'Italia. He will leave the AG2R Prévoyance team at the end of 2006. He has expressed some disillusionment with the amount of racing required in the ProTour. It is not certain where he will ride in 2007 but the US seems the most likely destination[1].
[edit] Major wins
- 1998 World Junior Road Race Championship
- 2002 Irish national road race championship
- 2003 Irish national road race championship
- 2003 Tour of Denmark, 1 stage
- 2004 Ühispanga Tartu GP
- 2004 E.O.S Tallinn GP
- 2005 Circuit des Ardennes, 1 stage
[edit] External links
- Mark Scanlon Fans Unnoffical fansite
- AG2R Official profile
