Matthew Martin Brammeier (born 7 June 1985) is a former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2006 and 2018 for nine different professional teams. Upon retiring, Brammeier became a coach for British Cycling. He won five titles at the Irish National Cycling Championships, winning the road race four times and the time trial once.
Career Born in Liverpool, Brammeier was selected to ride the 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and represented Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Brammeier rode for DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed in 2006 and signed for Profel Ziegler Continental Team for the 2007 season.
Brammeier was involved in an accident in November 2007, when he was struck by a cement mixing lorry whilst training. He broke both his legs but returned to cycling retaining his contract with Profel in Belgium.
He declared Irish nationality in advance of the 2009–10 track season and made a successful debut when finishing 4th in the scratch race at the Manchester World Cup meeting in October '09. He became road race champion at the Irish National Cycling Championships in June 2010 by beating breakaway partner and defending champion Nicolas Roche.
In 2011, he defended his Irish Elite Road Race title, and also won the National Elite Time Trial title. He joined for the 2012 season, before joining for 2013.
After the collapse of Champion System, Brammeier signed a contract with the team, the Azerbaijan-backed Continental team.
On 9 August 2015, he collided with a team car during Stage 6 of the Tour of Utah. He was immediately taken to hospital following the incident and was diagnosed with injuries to his pelvis, ribs and lung.Brammeier hospitalised after colliding with car during Tour of Utah
In June 2018 Brammeier announced his retirement from competition and his appointment to the position of lead academy coach to British Cycling's men's endurance programme from August of that year, with additional responsibility for the men's elite road team in international competition, taking over the latter from Rod Ellingworth.
Major results
2002 1st Points classification Junior Tour of Wales 2003 British National Junior Road Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial 1st Chase Classic Under-23 1st Rod Ellis Memorial 1st Alan Jewl Memorial 1st Weaver Valley 2nd Overall Darley Moor Stage Race 1st Stage 3 (ITT) 2nd Bath Road Race (National Series) 2nd Junior Tour of the Peaks 4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir 2004 1st Frank Morgan Road race 2nd Horwich National Criterium 3rd Seacroft Road Race 2005 1st John Parkinson Memorial Road race 5th Overall Flèche du Sud 2007 1st Time trial, British National Under-23 Road Championships 2010 1st Road race, Irish National Cycling Championships 3rd Grote Prijs Stad Geel 3rd Halfords Tour Series Belfast 4th Halfords Tour Series Dublin 8th Overall Mi-Août en Bretagne 2011 Irish National Cycling Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial 2012 1st Road race, Irish National Cycling Championships 2013 1st Road race, Irish National Cycling Championships 2nd GP Briek Schotte 2014 1st Mountains classification Tour de Langkawi 6th Overall Tour of China I 2015 1st Stage 4 Ster ZLM Toer 2016 2nd Road race, Irish National Cycling Championships
References
External links
Brammeier 2008 diary and x-rays