Ryan Mullen

Ryan Mullen (born 7 August 1994) is an Irish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo.[3]

Ryan Mullen
Ryan Mullen in 2014
Personal information
Born (1994-08-07) 7 August 1994
Birkenhead, England
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Team information
Current teamTrek–Segafredo
DisciplineRoad and track
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist
Amateur teams
2008–2010Rhos on Sea CC
2011–2012Planet X
Professional teams
2013Team IG–Sigma Sport[1]
2014–2015An Post–Chain Reaction[1]
→ 2015Cannondale–Garmin (stagiaire)
2016–2017Cannondale
2018–Trek–Segafredo[2]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2014, 2017)
National Time Trial Championships
(2015, 2017, 2018, 2019)

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 Team Ineos 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, West Meath, 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.[4] He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, where he came seventh in the individual pursuit.[5][6] Mullen won the Irish national time trial championship in 2015, becoming the youngest ever rider to take the title.[7] In August 2015, it was announced that he had signed to ride in the UCI World Tour for Cannondale from 2016.[8] 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.[9]

Trek–Segafredo (2018–present)

In September 2017 it was confirmed that he would join Trek–Segafredo for the 2018 season.[10] Mullen's first race for the team was the Vuelta a San Juan, he went on to win the Time-Trial on stage 3.[11] 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.[12] He did make his Grand Tour début in the race, finishing 138th overall.

Major results
2011
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
9th Time trial, UCI Road World Junior Championships
2013
1st Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
1st Chrono des Nations Under–23
UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
3rd Individual pursuit
3rd Scratch race
7th Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
2014
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Under–23 Road race
1st Under–23 Time trial
2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 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
2019
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race
4th Time trial, European Games

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2018
Giro d'Italia 138
Tour de France —
Vuelta a España —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. 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. Future plc. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. Hughes, Tomos (13 November 2014). "CYCLING: Brailsford tips Rhos on Sea's Mullen for big things". North Wales Pioneer. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  5. "Entry List: Men" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  6. "Men's Individual Pursuit: Qualifying". tissottiming.com. UCI. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  7. Clarke, Stuart (19 August 2015). "Ryan Mullen signs for Cannondale-Garmin". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  8. "Cannondale-Garmin sign Bevin, Mullen". Cyclingnews.com. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  9. Benson, Daniel (22 September 2015). "Irishman Ryan Mullen dejected after time trial finish". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  10. "Ryan Mullen snapped up by Trek-Segafredo on two-year deal".
  11. "Mullen gets off to quick start with Trek-Segafredo".
  12. "Mullen on Giro d'Italia path with Jerusalem TT in focus".
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