Adam Rafferty (cyclist)
Cyclist from Northern Ireland (born 2005)
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Adam Rafferty (born 4 October 2005) is an Irish cyclist who rides for UCI Continental team Hagens Berman Jayco.[2]
Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
- Road
Rafferty at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 October 2005[1] Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Hagens Berman Jayco | ||||||||||||||
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| Rider type | Time trialist | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur team | |||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Team 31 Jolly Cycles | ||||||||||||||
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| 2024– | Hagens Berman Jayco | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
In 2022, at the age of 16 years-old he rode in France for the Team 31 Jolly Cycles.[3] He raced for the team again in 2023.[4] In April 2023, he won the Lakeland Grand Prix after a 100 km solo breakaway.[5] He finished in eighth place in the UCI Road World Championships – Junior men's time trial in Glasgow in August 2023.[6]
He signed for Hagens Berman Axeon ahead of the 2024 season.[7] Riding for Ireland, he finished in tenth place at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich in the men's under-23 time trial.[8]
Personal life
From Dungannon in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland,[9] his younger sister Aliyah and older brother Darren are also professional cyclists.[10]
Major results
- 2022
- 3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 6th Chrono des Nations Juniors
- 2023
- 1st
Time trial, National Junior Road Championships - 1st
Overall Tour Junior Causses-Aigoual-Cévennes
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Tour du Carmausin Ségala
- 1st Stage 2 Tour du Pays d'Olliergues
- 3rd Chrono des Nations Juniors
- 8th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 9th Overall Tour de Gironde
- 10th Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships
- 2024
- 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 9th Overall International Tour of Rhodes
- 10th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
- 2025
- 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Stage 5 Giro Next Gen
- 3rd
Time trial, European Under-23 Road Championships - 5th Overall International Tour of Rhodes
- 2026
- 7th Overall Giro Next Gen
