Adam Rafferty (born 4 October 2005) is an Irish cyclist who rides for

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Career

In 2022, at the age of 16 years-old he rode in France for the Team 31 Jolly Cycles. He raced for the team again in 2023. In April 2023, he won the Lakeland Grand Prix after a 100 km solo breakaway. He finished in eighth place in the

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in August 2023. He signed for Hagens Berman Axeon ahead of the 2024 season. Riding for Ireland, he finished in tenth place at the

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in the men's under-23 time trial.

Personal life

From

Dungannon Dungannon (, ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the second-largest town in the county (after Omagh) and had a population of 16,282 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2021 Census. The Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Counci ...

County Tyrone County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. Its county town is Omagh. Adjoined to the south-west shore of Lough Neagh, the cou ...

, Northern Ireland, his younger sister Aliyah and older brother

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are also professional cyclists.

Major results

;2022 : 3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 6th

Chrono des Nations Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée is a single-day individual time trial road bicycle race held annually in October in Les Herbiers, Vendée, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was origi ...

Juniors ;2023 : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 1st Overall Tour Junior Causses-Aigoual-Cévennes ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Tour du Carmausin Ségala : 1st Stage 2 Tour du Pays d'Olliergues : 3rd

Juniors : 8th

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, UCI Junior Road World Championships : 9th Overall

Tour de Gironde The Tour de Gironde is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It was organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cy ...

: 10th Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships ;2024 : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 9th Overall

International Tour of Rhodes The International Tour of Rhodes is an annual professional cycling stage race held in Rhodes, Greece. It was first held in 1987, but the second edition only took place in 1995. Between 2001 and 2003 it became a professional race. Fabian Cancellar ...

: 10th

, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships ;2025 : 1st Stage 5

Giro Next Gen Giro Next Gen, also known as Baby Giro, Girobio, Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23 or Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, is an Italian road bicycle racing amateur stage race created in 1970. The race is considered to be the most important race on Italy's U23 ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rafferty, Adam 2005 births Living people Irish male cyclists Sportspeople from Dungannon Male cyclists from Northern Ireland British male cyclists 21st-century Irish sportsmen 21st-century British sportsmen