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 , and teams, and rode at the 2012 Olympic Games. He was also a directeur sportif for the 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 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 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 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 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
References
External links
1985 births
Living people
Male cyclists from Northern Ireland
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Ireland
Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Sportspeople from County Down
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
Irish track cyclists
Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games