Martyn Irvine
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Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland
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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 | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rider type | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | Aqua Blue Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martyn Irvine (born 6 June 1985) is a Northern Ireland-born[2] former cyclist, who competed professionally between 2008 and 2017 for the Pezula Racing, Planet X, RTS Racing Team, UnitedHealthcare, Madison Genesis and Aqua Blue Sport teams, and rode at the 2012 Olympic Games. He was also a directeur sportif for the Aqua Blue Sport team.[3]
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, and was world champion in the scratch race in 2013. He was UCI World Ranked 17th at the end of the inaugural 2010/11 Omnium season, with 315 ranking points.
UnitedHealthcare (2013–2014)
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.[4]
In November 2012, Irvine signed a contract to ride with the UnitedHealthcare team for the 2013 season.[5]
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.[6][7][8][9] As a result, he was named as BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year for 2013.[10]
In February 2014, Irvine won a silver medal in the scratch race at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[11][12]
Madison Genesis (2015)
In November 2014 Madison Genesis announced that Irvine would join them for the 2015 season.[13]
Retirement
After failing to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in January 2016 Irvine announced his retirement from competition.[10]
Return with Aqua Blue Sport (2017)
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.[14] He retired for the second time at the end of the season, joining the team's backroom staff.[15]
