Brandon McNulty

Brandon McNulty
Personal information
Full name Brandon Alexander McNulty
Nickname BAM, McNutty
Born (1998-04-02) 2 April 1998
Phoenix, Arizona
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 150 lb (68 kg)
Team information
Current team Rally Cycling
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Time trialist
Amateur team(s)
2012 Fly Racing
2013–2014 Landis–Trek
2015–2016 LUX Cycling Development
Professional team(s)
2017– Rally Cycling

Brandon McNulty (born 2 April 1998) is an American cyclist, currently riding for UCI Professional Continental team Rally Cycling.[1] In the 2016 UCI Junior World Championships McNulty became the fourth American to ever become a junior world champion after Taylor Phinney, Jeff Evanshine, and Greg LeMond, winning the time trial by 35 seconds.[2]

Early Life

McNulty grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and enjoyed riding mountain bikes in his free time with his father and his best friends, David, Ken, and Lance. McNulty excelled from early on, winning almost every mountain bike race he entered while racing in the 11-12 junior categories. McNulty gradually transitioned to road racing. After several wins in local races in Belgium in 2014, McNulty caught the eye of Bo Knickman, manager of LUX cycling. Knickman, realizing McNulty's talent, referred McNulty to coach Barney King. 2015 was a breakout year for McNulty, in which he won the Valley of the Sun Stage Race TT, averaging 30mph on a standard road bike. McNulty won the junior national time trial championships that year and went on to compete at the UCI world championships in Richmond.

In 2016, McNulty had even more success, winning the Tour de l'Abitibi and Trofeo Karlsberg, stage races, and the junior national time trial championships for the second year in a row. He also again competed at the UCI Road World Championships, and became the fourth American to ever become a junior world champion after Taylor Phinney, Jeff Evanshine, and Greg LeMond, winning the time trial by 35 seconds.[3]

Professional career

McNulty turned professional in 2017, and despite being offered numerous contracts with UCI WorldTeams, he chose to ride with the American UCI Continental team Rally Cycling.[4] He won the under-23 national time trial championships and finished second in the World Championships that year.

In 2018, McNulty continued to ride with Rally Cycling, who upgraded to UCI Professional Continental status that year. McNulty made his UCI World Tour debut in the Tour of California, where he finished fourth on stage 6, the queen stage, and ultimately seventh overall, about 3.5 minutes behind winner Egan Bernal. He would head to Europe for the second part of the season, after finishing an impressive 3rd overall at Tour Alsace, McNulty would have a string of good results at his first Tour de l'Avenir where he would finish 2nd on a mountain stage to Colombian rider Ivan Sosa, demonstrating his ability on the climbs. At the 2018 UCI Road World Championships, McNulty would go on to finish 7th in the individual time trial event.

Major results

2015
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
1st Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
1st Stage 2a (ITT)
2nd Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
1st Stages 1 & 3 (ITT)
3rd Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
4th Overall Driedaagse van Axel
1st Stage 2 (ITT)
2016
1st Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
1st Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
1st Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
1st Stage 2b (ITT)
7th Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
1st Stage 2b (ITT)
2017
1st Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
3rd Overall Tour Alsace
1st Prologue (TTT)
2018
3rd Overall Tour Alsace
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
7th Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
5th Overall Volta Internacional Cova da Beira
7th Overall Tour of California

References

  1. ↑ "A mix of old and new for Rally Cycling in 2018". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "World Championships: McNulty wins junior men time trial". Cycling News. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "World Championships: McNulty wins junior men time trial". Cycling News. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Dreier, Fred (19 June 2017). "Why Brandon McNulty chose to race in the U.S., not Europe". VeloNews.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

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