Mark Jamie Donovan (born 3 April 1999) is a British cyclist, who currently rides for

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Personal life

Donovan was educated at

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Career

Early years

Donovan started racing Cyclo-Cross as an under 16 rider and then a junior after having to quit running due to injury. It wasn't until he moved to

Girona Girona (; ) is the capital city of the Province of Girona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 106,476 in 2024, but the p ...

in 2017 that he focused more on road cycling by joining the Zapi cycling team. In 2018 he finished fourth behind João Almeida and Aleksandr Vlasov in the

Giro Ciclistico d'Italia 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 ...

, the Under-23 version of the

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. After a successful first year at Wiggins, in 2019 Donovan was made co-leader of the team.

Team Sunweb (2020 to 2022)

After two years with Donovan joined on a three-year contract. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the

2020 Vuelta a España The 2020 Vuelta a España was the 75th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's three grand tours. It was won for the second consecutive year by Primož Roglič of . The race was originally scheduled to be held from 14 August to 6 Se ...

. At the Vuelta he finished in the top 5 in two stages.

Q36.5 Pro Cycling (2023 to present)

Donovan joined the newly formed

for the 2023 season. He took the overall victory at the 2023

Sibiu Cycling Tour The Sibiu Cycling Tour (Cycling Tour of Sibiu until 2015) is a 2.1 category professional bicycle road race held in Sibiu, Romania. Its first edition took place in July 2011, as part of the UCI Europe Tour. The race is organised with the support o ...

, the first general classification win for both him and the team. He also finished fifth overall at the 2023 Tour of Britain.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

;2015–2016 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

National Junior Championships ;2016–2017 : Junior National Trophy Series ::3rd Derby

Road

Sources: ;2017 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Giro di Basilicata ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Aubel–Thimister–La Gleize ::1st Stage 2a ( TTT) : 1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification,

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: 5th Overall Ronde des Vallées ;2018 : 1st Stage 2

Giro della Valle d'Aosta Tour of Valle d'Aosta / Mont-Blanc (; ) is a stage race road bicycle race held annually in August in Aosta Valley, Italy. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Since 2012, the race takes place in July. The conc ...

: 4th Overall

: 6th Overall

Volta ao Alentejo The Volta ao Alentejo ( Portuguese; ) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Alentejo, Portugal. Since 2010, it has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ...

: 7th Overall

Tour Alsace The Tour Alsace (or Tour d'Alsace) is a five-day road bicycle race held annually in Alsace, France. It was first held in 2004 and it is a 2.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing co ...

;2021 : 9th Overall

Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after th ...

;2023 (1 pro win) : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

: 5th Overall

: 5th Overall Giro di Sicilia ;2024 : 4th Overall

: 8th Overall

Czech Tour The Czech Tour is an annual men's professional race stage, multiple stage bicycle race held in the Czech Republic. It is the largest race of its kind in the country. Since 2015, the Czech Tour has been included in the Union Cycliste Internationale ...

: 10th Overall

;2025 : 2nd Overall

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. History Between 1999 and 2000 it was cal ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Donovan, Mark 1999 births Living people English male cyclists British male cyclists Sportspeople from Penrith, Cumbria Sportspeople from Cumbria 21st-century English sportsmen