Mark Scanlon (cyclist)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Scanlon |
| Born |
10 October 1980 Sligo, Republic of Ireland |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Retired |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 1992–1995 | Éire Óg CC |
| 1996–1998 | Sligo CC |
| 1999 | Rabobank Development |
| 2000 | CC Etupes |
| 2001 | VC Nantes 44 |
| 2001–2002 | Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille |
| 2002 | AG2R Prévoyance (stagiaire) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2003–2006 | AG2R Prévoyance |
| 2007 | Toyota-United |
| Major wins | |
 National Elite Road Race Champion (2002, 2003) World Junior Road Race Champion (1998)National Junior Road Race Champion (1998) | |
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Infobox last updated on 9 February 2013 | |
Mark Scanlon (born 10 October 1980 in Cranmore, Sligo) is an Irish former professional road racing cyclist. Scanlon came to prominence when he won the junior race at the 1998 world road race championship, on his 18th birthday.
Amateur career
After winning the world championships, Scanlon signed for the Rabobank cycling team's development squad. He failed to break through because of injuries and he left in 2000. He joined CC Etupes in France and rode lesser French races. Linda McCartney Racing Team offered him a contract in 2001 but folded before he joined them. Scanlon continued to ride in France with VC Nantes 44 and then VC La Pomme Marseille. In 2002 he won the Irish road championship.
Professional career
Scanlon signed for AG2R Prévoyance for 2003. He won a stage of that year's Tour of Denmark, leading the race for three days. He won the Irish championship again. In 2004 Scanlon became the first Irishman in the Tour de France since Stephen Roche in 1993. He also represented Ireland in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the road race on the opening day of the Games. Scanlon was injured for much of 2005 and 2006 but rode the 2006 Giro d'Italia.
He left the AG2R Prévoyance team at the end of 2006, disillusioned with the amount of racing required in the ProTour. At the start of 2007, he rode for the Toyota-United team in the USA. In 2007 there were reports he had retired.[1][2] Scanlon denied them, saying he would like to captain a third division Irish continental team[3] but for the time being, he had taken a "step back from professional cycling."[2]
Scanlon is now a Prison officer in Castlerea Prison.
Major results
- 1998
- 2000 – CC Etupes
- 1st overall, Belfast-Dublin-Belfast (part of Ireland team)
- 2 stage wins
- Tour of Hokkaido
- 1st, Stage 6
- 1st, Stage 1
- Points class winner
- 3rd, Irish Elite Road Race Championship (CN)
- 2001
- 2nd, Irish Elite Road Race Championship (CN)
- 23rd, World Championships - U23 Time Trial
- 36th, World Championships - U23 Road Race
- 37th overall, FBD Milk Ras (2.5) part of Team Ireland-Shannon Oaks Hotel
- 1st, Stage 4
- 6th, Stage 1
- 2002 – VC La Pomme
- 2003 – AG2R Prévoyance
- 1st, Irish Elite Road Race Championship (CN)
- 5th overall, Tour of Denmark
- Stage win
- Points: 4th
- Young rider: 3rd
- held yellow & points jersey
- 12th overall, Tour de Picardie (2.2)
- 13th, Stage 4
- 57th, Tour of Germany
- 5th, Stage 1
- 67th, World Championships - Elite Road Race
- 2004 – AG2R Prévoyance
- 89th overall, Tour de France
- First Grand Tour completed
- Young rider: 14th
- 1st, Ühispanga Tartu GP
- 1st, E.O.S GP de Tallinn
- 4th, Trophy de Grimpers
- 18th overall, Tour of Denmark
- Represented Ireland at Athens Olympics Road Race
- 2005 – AG2R Prévoyance
- Circuit des Ardennes (2.2): 1st, Stage 4
- 2nd, Irish Elite Road Race Championship (CN)
- 3rd, Tour du Doubs
- 3rd, Tour de la Somme
- 2006 – AG2R Prévoyance
- 5th, Memorial Samy
- 19th, Omloop Het Volk
References
- ↑ "Scanlon retires from cycling". rte.ie. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
- 1 2 "Former world champion gets ready for the next stage - with no regret". Sligo weekender. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
- ↑ "You can't compete with drug cheats". Sunday tribune. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2007-09-06.