Martyn Irvine (born 6 June 1985) is a

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-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

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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

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. 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 The 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships took place in Minsk, Belarus from 20 to 24 February 2013 in the Minsk-Arena. The Championships featured 19 events, the same as 2012. Great Britain, with five gold medals (four in Olympic events), an ...

in the

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, only an hour after winning a silver medal in the

Individual Pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the rac ...

. 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

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, 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

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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 Jersey yellow

Overall Tour of the North :

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::2nd Time trial ::4th Road race : 3rd National Criterium Championships : 5th East Midlands International CiCLE Classic ;2010 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

National Criterium Championships : 2nd Time trial,

;2011 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

National Criterium Championships : 1st Stage 7 An Post Rás : 5th Time trial,

: 8th Lincoln Grand Prix : 9th Overall Tour of Ulster ::1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification ;2012 :

::2nd Time trial ::4th Road race ;2013 : 2nd National Criterium Championships ;2014 : 3rd Time trial,

;2015 : 3rd Time trial,

: 7th Overall An Post Rás

Track

;2010 : National Championships ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Kilo ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Individual pursuit : 3rd Bronze medal blank

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;2011 : National Championships ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Kilo ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Individual pursuit ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Scratch ;2012 : UCI World Cup, Glasgow ::2nd Scratch ::2nd Individual pursuit ;2013 :

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::1st

Scratch ::2nd Silver medal uci

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: 1st

Individual pursuit, National Championships : 1st Points race, UCI World Cup, Manchester : 3rd Bronze medal europe

Omnium An omnium (from Latin ''omnium'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that f ...

, UEC European Championships ;2014 : 2nd Silver medal uci

Scratch,

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Major championship results

References

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* * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Irvine, Martyn 1985 births Living people Male cyclists from Northern Ireland British male cyclists Irish male cyclists 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 Irish track cyclists Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Irish sportsmen 21st-century British sportsmen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in cycling