# Martyn Irvine

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, RTS Racing Team, UnitedHealthcare, Madison Genesis and Aqua Blue Sport teams, and rode at the 2012 Olympic Games. He was also a directeur sportif for the Aqua Blue Sport 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 Giant Kenda Cycling Team 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 UnitedHealthcare 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 Madison Genesis 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 Aqua Blue Sport 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 | Event | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Olympic Games | Omnium | Not Held | Not Held | 13 | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held |
| World Championships | Individual pursuit | — | — | — | 2 | 12 | — |
| World Championships | Omnium | — | 10 | 7 | — | — | 17 |
| World Championships | Points race | — | — | — | — | 6 | — |
| World Championships | Scratch race | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| World Championships | Team pursuit | 13 | — | — | — | — | — |
| European Championships | Individual pursuit | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| European Championships | Omnium | 9 | 5 | — | 3 | 10 | — |
| European Championships | Points race | — | — | — | DNF | — | — |
| European Championships | Scratch race | — | — | — | — | 28 | 11 |
| European Championships | Team pursuit | — | — | — | — | DNF | 14 |
| Commonwealth Games | Individual pursuit | 6 | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | — | NH |
| Commonwealth Games | Points race | 7 | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | DNF | NH |
| Commonwealth Games | Scratch race | DNF | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 14 | NH |
| Commonwealth Games | Team pursuit | 3 | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | — | NH |
| UCI Track Cycling World Cup | Individual pursuit | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| UCI Track Cycling World Cup | Omnium | — | 23 | 7 | — | — | — |
| UCI Track Cycling World Cup | Scratch race | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| UCI Track Cycling World Ranking | Individual pursuit | — | — | — | 2 | 14 | 79 |
| UCI Track Cycling World Ranking | Omnium | — | 17 | 7 | 74 | 34 | 41 |
| UCI Track Cycling World Ranking | Scratch race | — | — | — | 1 | — | 16 |