Martyn Irvine (born 6 June 1985) is a Northern Ireland-born former cyclist, who competed professionally between 2008 and 2017 for the Pezula Racing, Planet X, , , and teams, and rode at the 2012 Olympic Games. He was also a directeur sportif for the team.
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.
Career
He signed with the UCI Asia based 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.
UnitedHealthcare (2013–2014) In November 2012, Irvine signed a contract to ride with the team for the 2013 season.
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. As a result, he was named as BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year for 2013.
In February 2014, Irvine won a silver medal in the scratch race at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Madison Genesis (2015) In November 2014 announced that Irvine would join them for the 2015 season.
Retirement After failing to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in January 2016 Irvine announced his retirement from competition.
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 for the 2017 season. He retired for the second time at the end of the season, joining the team's backroom staff.
Major results Road
2005 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships 2007 National Under-23 Championships 2nd Road race 3rd Time trial 2009 1st Overall Tour of the North National Championships 2nd Time trial 4th Road race 3rd National Criterium Championships 5th East Midlands International CiCLE Classic 2010 1st National Criterium Championships 2nd Time trial, National Championships 2011 1st National Criterium Championships 1st Stage 7 An Post Rás 5th Time trial, National Championships 8th Lincoln Grand Prix 9th Overall Tour of Ulster 1st Mountains classification 2012 National Championships 2nd Time trial 4th Road race 2013 2nd National Criterium Championships 2014 3rd Time trial, National Championships 2015 3rd Time trial, National Championships 7th Overall An Post Rás
Track
2010 National Championships 1st Kilo 1st Individual pursuit 3rd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games 2011 National Championships 1st Kilo 1st Individual pursuit 1st Scratch 2012 UCI World Cup, Glasgow 2nd Scratch 2nd Individual pursuit 2013 UCI Track World Championships 1st Scratch 2nd Individual pursuit 1st Individual pursuit, National Championships 1st Points race, UCI World Cup, Manchester 3rd Omnium, UEC European Championships 2014 2nd Scratch, UCI World Championships
Major championship results Event 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Olympic Games Omnium colspan="2" 13 colspan="3" World Championships Individual pursuit — — — 2 12 — Omnium — 10 7 — — 17 Points race — — — — 6 — Scratch race — — — 1 2 10 Team pursuit 13 — — — — — European Championships Individual pursuit — — — — — 10 Omnium 9 5 — 3 10 — Points race — — — DNF — — Scratch race — — — — 28 11 Team pursuit — — — — DNF 14 Commonwealth Games Individual pursuit 6 colspan="3" rowspan="4" — rowspan="4" Points race 7 DNF Scratch race DNF 14 Team pursuit 3 — UCI Track Cycling World Cup Individual pursuit — — — 2 — — Omnium — 23 7 — — — Scratch race — — — 2 — — UCI Track Cycling World Ranking Individual pursuit — — — 2 14 79 Omnium — 17 7 74 34 41 Scratch race — — — 1 — 16
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