# Matt Brammeier

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 Omega Pharma–Quick-Step for the 2012 season, before joining Champion System for 2013.
After the collapse of Champion System, Brammeier signed a contract with the Synergy Baku 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.
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