Ryan Mullen

Ryan Mullen

Ryan Mullen in 2016
Personal information
Born (1994-08-07) 7 August 1994
Birkenhead, England
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Team information
Current team Cannondale–Drapac
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Rider type Time Trialist
Amateur team(s)
2008–2010 Rhos on Sea CC
2011–2012 Planet X
Professional team(s)
2013 Team IG–Sigma Sport[1]
2014–2015 An Post–Chain Reaction[1]
2016– Cannondale
Major wins

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2014)
National Time Trial Championships (2015)
Infobox last updated on
10 October 2016

Ryan Mullen (born 7 August 1994) is an Irish professional racing cyclist. He joined the UCI World Tour team Cannondale–Drapac for the 2016 season.

Career

Mullen attended Ysgol Eirias in Colwyn Bay, North Wales and was a member of Rhos on Sea Cycling Club, the same club as Team Sky general manager and former head of the British cycling team Dave Brailsford. In February 2014, Mullen finished 4th in the Elite Men's Individual Pursuit at the UCI track world championships in Cali, Colombia. At the 2014 Irish National championships in Multyfarnham, West Meath, Mullen became the youngest ever Irish Elite Road Race champion. On the same weekend he also won the U23 Individual Time Trial and Road Race titles.

He took the silver in the under-23 time trial at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in Ponferrada, finishing half a second behind winner Campbell Flakemore of Australia.[2] He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, where he came seventh in the individual pursuit.[3][4] Mullen won the Irish national time trial championship in 2015, becoming the youngest ever rider to take the title.[5] In August 2015, it was announced that he had signed to ride in the UCI WorldTour for Cannondale from 2016.[6] Mullen rode with Cannondale-Garmin as a stagiaire in the 2015 Tour of Britain, then competed in under-23 time trial at the 2015 world championships. He was at a disadvantage because he did his ride in wet conditions and finished eleventh, 49 seconds behind the winner, Mads Schmidt.[7]

Major results

References

  1. 1 2 Ryan Mullen profile at Cycling Archives
  2. ↑ Hughes, Tomos (13 November 2014). "CYCLING: Brailsford tips Rhos on Sea's Mullen for big things". North Wales Pioneer. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Entry List: Men" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Men's Individual Pursuit: Qualifying". tissottiming.com. UCI. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Clarke, Stuart (19 August 2015). "Ryan Mullen signs for Cannondale-Garmin". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Cannondale-Garmin sign Bevin, Mullen". Cyclingnews.com. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Benson, Daniel (22 September 2015). "Irishman Ryan Mullen dejected after time trial finish". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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