Ryan Mullen

Ryan Mullen
Ryan William Mullen (born 7 August 1994) is an Irish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
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 general manager and former head of British Cycling Dave Brailsford. 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 from 2016. Mullen rode with 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 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 , Mullen moved to the team for the 2022 season along with his compatriot Sam Bennett, who had moved from .
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
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
1994 births
Living people
Irish male cyclists
Sportspeople from Birkenhead
European Games competitors for Ireland
Cyclists at the 2015 European Games
Cyclists at the 2019 European Games