# Ryan Mullen

Ryan William Mullen (born 7 August 1994) is an Irish professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe. Born in England and representing Ireland, he is a six-time Irish National Time Trial Champion and three-time Irish National Road Race Champion.

## 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 Ineos Grenadiers general manager and former head of British Cycling Dave Brailsford. Mullen turned professional with Team IG–Sigma Sport in 2013 before joining An Post–Chain Reaction for the 2014 season. 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, Westmeath, 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. He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, where he came seventh in the individual pursuit. Mullen won the Irish national time trial championship in 2015, becoming the youngest ever rider to take the title. In August 2015, it was announced that he had signed to ride in the UCI World Tour for Cannondale from 2016. 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.

### Trek–Segafredo (2018–2021)

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

### Bora–Hansgrohe

After four seasons with Trek–Segafredo, Mullen moved to the Bora–Hansgrohe team for the 2022 season along with his compatriot Sam Bennett, who had moved from Deceuninck–Quick-Step.

## Major results
### 2010

    3rd Time trial, British National Junior Road Championships

### 2011

    Irish 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 Juniors
    9th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships

### 2013

    1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
    1st Chrono des Nations U23
    UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
       3rd Individual pursuit
       3rd Scratch
    7th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships

### 2014

    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Under-23 road race
       1st Under-23 time trial
    2nd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World 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
    6th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships

### 2019

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       3rd Road race
    4th Time trial, European Games

### 2020

    8th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships

### 2021

    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial

### 2022

    10th Scheldeprijs
    10th Rund um Köln

### 2023

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       4th Road race

### 2024

    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | 138 | — | — | — | — | — | 131 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | 128 | — | |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |