Ryan Mullen

Ryan Mullen
Mullen in 2022
Personal information
Full nameRyan William Mullen
Born (1994-08-07) 7 August 1994
Birkenhead, England
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Team information
Current teamBora–Hansgrohe
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist
Amateur teams
2008–2010Rhos on Sea CC
2011–2012Planet X
Professional teams
2013Team IG–Sigma Sport
2014–2015An Post–Chain Reaction
→ 2015Cannondale–Garmin (stagiaire)
2016–2017Cannondale
2018–2021Trek–Segafredo
2022–Bora–Hansgrohe
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2014, 2017, 2021) National Time Trial Championships
(2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Medal record
Representing  Ireland
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Ponferranda Men's under-23 time trial
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Herning Time trial

Ryan William Mullen (born 7 August 1994) is an Irish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe.

Career

Born in Birkenhead, England, Mullen attended Ysgol Eirias in Colwyn Bay, Wales. While he was attending Ysgol Eirias, Mullen was a member of Rhos on Sea Cycling Club, the same club as Ineos Grenadiers general manager and former head of British Cycling 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, Westmeath, 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. He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, where he came seventh in the individual pursuit. Mullen won the Irish national time trial championship in 2015, becoming the youngest ever rider to take the title. In August 2015, it was announced that he had signed to ride in the UCI World Tour for Cannondale from 2016. 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 Würtz Schmidt.

Trek–Segafredo (2018–2021)

In September 2017 it was confirmed that he would join Trek–Segafredo for the 2018 season. Mullen's first race for the team was the Vuelta a San Juan, he went on to win the Time-Trial on stage 3. In an interview with Cyclingnews.com Mullen confirmed he was likely to make his Grand Tour debut at the Giro d'Italia, where he was targeting the Time-Trial on stage 1 in Jerusalem. He did make his Grand Tour début in the race, finishing 138th overall.

Bora–Hansgrohe

After four seasons with Trek–Segafredo, Mullen moved to the Bora–Hansgrohe team for the 2022 season along with his compatriot Sam Bennett, who had moved from Deceuninck–Quick-Step.

Major results

2010 3rd Time trial, British National Junior Road Championships 2011 Irish National Junior Road Championships 1st Time trial 1st Road race 2012 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 1st Chrono des Nations Juniors 2nd Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships 6th Overall Niedersachsen Rundfahrt Juniors 9th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships 2013 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships 1st Chrono des Nations U23 UEC European Under-23 Track Championships 3rd Individual pursuit 3rd Scratch 7th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships 2014 National Road Championships 1st Road race 1st Under-23 road race 1st Under-23 time trial 2nd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships 6th ZLM Tour 2015 National Road Championships 1st Time trial 1st Under-23 time trial 3rd Overall An Post Rás 1st Young rider classification 4th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 8th Time trial, European Games 2016 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour National Road Championships 2nd Under-23 time trial 3rd Time trial 9th Road race 4th Chrono des Nations 5th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships 2017 National Road Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial 3rd Time trial, UEC European Road Championships 8th Chrono des Nations 10th Overall Tour of Britain 2018 1st Time trial, National Road Championships 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Vuelta a San Juan 6th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships 2019 National Road Championships 1st Time trial 3rd Road race 4th Time trial, European Games 2020 8th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships 2021 National Road Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial 2022 10th Scheldeprijs 10th Rund um Köln 2023 National Road Championships 1st Time trial 4th Road race

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 138 — — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — — — 128
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ a b Ryan Mullen at Cycling Archives
  2. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce complete 2020 men's roster". Cyclingnews.com. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Trek – Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ^ "BORA – HANSGROHE". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  6. ^ Hughes, Tomos (13 November 2014). "CYCLING: Brailsford tips Rhos on Sea's Mullen for big things". North Wales Pioneer. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Entry List: Men" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Men's Individual Pursuit: Qualifying". tissottiming.com. UCI. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  9. ^ Clarke, Stuart (19 August 2015). "Ryan Mullen signs for Cannondale-Garmin". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Cannondale-Garmin sign Bevin, Mullen". Cyclingnews.com. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  11. ^ Benson, Daniel (22 September 2015). "Irishman Ryan Mullen dejected after time trial finish". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Ryan Mullen snapped up by Trek-Segafredo on two-year deal".
  13. ^ "Mullen gets off to quick start with Trek-Segafredo".
  14. ^ "Mullen on Giro d'Italia path with Jerusalem TT in focus".
  15. ^ Benson, Daniel (12 November 2021). "Ryan Mullen: I want to repay Sam Bennett for the faith he's shown me". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

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