Martyn Irvine
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| Full name | Martyn Irvine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
6 June 1985 Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Aqua Blue Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road and track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All round | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Martyn Irvine (born 6 June 1985) is a Northern Ireland-born [2] Irish professional cyclist, a former world champion in the scratch race. 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. He was UCI World Ranked 17th at the end of the inaugural 2010/11 Omnium season, with 315 ranking points.
Career
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.[3]
UnitedHealthcare (2013–2014)
In November 2012, Irvine signed a contract to ride with the UnitedHealthcare team for the 2013 season.[4]
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.[5][6][7][8] As a result he was named as BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year for 2013.[9]
In February 2014, Irvine won a silver medal in the scratch race at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[10][11]
Madison Genesis (2015)
In November 2014 Madison Genesis announced that Irvine would join them for the 2015 season.[12]
Retirement
After failing to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in January 2016 Irvine announced his retirement from competition.[9]
Return with Aqua Blue Sport
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.[13]
Career achievements
Major results
Road
- 2005
- 3rd Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
- 2007
- National Under–23 Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 2009
- 1st
Overall Tour of the North - National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 3rd Senior crit, National Criterium Championships
- 5th East Midlands International CiCLE Classic
- 2010
- 1st
Senior crit, National Criterium Championships - 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2011
- 1st Senior crit, National Criterium Championships
- 1st Stage 7 An Post Rás
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 8th Lincoln Grand Prix
- 9th Overall Tour of Ulster
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 1st
- 2012
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 2013
- 2nd Senior crit, National Criterium Championships
- 2014
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2015
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 7th Overall An Post Rás
Track
- 2010
- National Championships
- 1st 1km time trial
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 2011
- National Championships
- 1st 1 km time trial
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Scratch race
- 1st
- 2012
- UCI Track World Cup
- 2013
- UCI Track World Championships
- 1st
Scratch race - 2nd
Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 1st Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
- 3rd
Omnium, UEC European Track Championships - 2014
- 2nd Scratch race, UCI Track World Championships
Major championship results
| Event | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
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 Olympic Games |
Omnium | Not Held | 13 | Not Held | |||
| World Championships |
Individual pursuit | — | — | — | 2 | 12 | — |
| Omnium | — | 10 | 7 | — | — | 17 | |
| Scratch race | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
 European Championships |
Individual pursuit | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| Omnium | 9 | 5 | — | 3 | 10 | — | |
| Scratch race | — | — | — | — | 28 | 11 | |
| Commonwealth Games | Individual pursuit | 6 | Not Held | — | Not Held | ||
| Scratch race | DNF | 14 | |||||
| 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
- ↑ "UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team (UHC) - USA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ↑ "Profile". Martyn Irvine. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ↑ "Martyn Irvine bio, stats and results". Sports-Reference.com. 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". 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.
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ Sticky Bottle. 3 October 2016 http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/new-irish-pro-team-aqua-blue-sport-unveils-its-first-four-riders/. Retrieved 6 October 2016. Missing or empty
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External links
- Martyn Irvine at Cycling Archives
- Martyn Irvine on Twitter
- His blog
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