Matthew Brennan (cyclist)

Brennan comes from Darlington, County Durham. He attended Mowden Junior School, Hummersknott Academy and then Teesdale School and Sixth Form in Barnard Castle.^[7] He started cycling on family days out^[8] and with local club Stockton Wheelers.^[9]

In 2023, Brennan rode for British-based Fensham Howes-MAS Design team.^[10] He won the Guido Reybrouck Classic, a two-day race in Belgium, in 2023.^[11]

In August 2023, competing at the Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Cali, Colombia, he became the junior world champion in the Madison, alongside Ben Wiggins,^[12] and the Individual Pursuit, in which he set a Junior World Record time.^[13] He was also a silver medalist in the Scratch Race.^[14]

In September 2023, he became the British national champion in the Derny with ex professional cyclist and Commonwealth Champion Paul Curran.^[15]

He signed for the Jumbo–Visma Development Team prior to the 2024 season.^[16] He made his debut at the Down Under Classic and finished in third place. He made his stage race debut at the 2025 Tour Down Under finishing runner-up on the opening stage.^[17] He won his first World Tour level stage on stage one of the 2025 Volta a Catalunya, followed by another victory on stage five.^[18][19] On 30 April 2025, he claimed his fourth win of the season with a sprint victory on the opening stage of the 2025 Tour de Romandie in Fribourg, also claiming the leaders yellow jersey from his compatriot Samuel Watson.^[20] At the 2025 Tour of Norway, he took two stages en route to winning the overall, points, and young rider classifications.

On 1 March 2026, he won the Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne one day race in Belgium, the first Briton to win the race since Mark Cavendish in 2015.^[21]

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