Matthew Martin Brammeier (born 7 June 1985) is a former professional

cyclist Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...

, who competed professionally between 2006 and 2018 for nine different professional teams. Upon retiring, Brammeier became a coach for

British Cycling British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation) is the main national sport governing body, governing body for cycle sport in United Kingdom, Great Britain. It administers most competitive cycling in Great Britain, the Channel Islands a ...

. He won five titles at the

Irish National Cycling Championships The Irish National Cycling Championships are annual cycle sport, cycling races to decide the Irish National Cycling Championships, cycling champion for several disciplines, across several categories of rider. The men's road championship is usual ...

, winning the road race four times and the time trial once.

Career

Born in

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

, Brammeier was selected to ride the

2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany from July 30 to August 3, 2003. The championships were due to be held in Shenzh ...

and represented

Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...

at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, were an International sport, international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Melbourne ...

. Brammeier rode for DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed in 2006 and signed for Profel Ziegler Continental Team for the 2007 season. Brammeier was involved in an accident in November 2007, when he was struck by a cement mixing lorry whilst training. He broke both his legs but returned to cycling retaining his contract with Profel in Belgium. He declared Irish nationality in advance of the 2009–10 track season and made a successful debut when finishing 4th in the scratch race at the Manchester World Cup meeting in October '09. He became road race champion at the

in June 2010 by beating breakaway partner and defending champion

Nicolas Roche Nicolas Roche (; born 3 July 1984) is an Ireland, Irish cyclist, who competes in gravel cycling for his own NR GRVL team. He is also a former professional Road bicycle racing, road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2021 for ...

. In 2011, he defended his Irish Elite Road Race title, and also won the National Elite Time Trial title. He joined for the 2012 season, before joining for 2013. After the collapse of Champion System, Brammeier signed a contract with the team, the Azerbaijan-backed Continental team. On 9 August 2015, he collided with a team car during Stage 6 of the

Tour of Utah The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, was an annual multi-day road cycling race; traversing the states of Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming.Stage 5, in the 2014 edition, started in Evanston, Wyoming. Stage 1, in the 2015 edition, looped through Bear Lake C ...

. He was immediately taken to hospital following the incident and was diagnosed with injuries to his pelvis, ribs and lung. In June 2018 Brammeier announced his retirement from competition and his appointment to the position of lead academy coach to

's men's endurance programme from August of that year, with additional responsibility for the men's elite road team in international competition, taking over the latter from Rod Ellingworth.

Major results

;2002 : 1st Jersey green

Points classification

Junior Tour of Wales The Junior Tour of Wales is an annual cycle race for junior male riders, held around Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. First held in 1981, the race is the final round of the British Cycling Junior Road Series – and as such attracts the best junio ...

;2003 : British National Junior Road Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Road race ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Time trial : 1st Chase Classic Under-23 : 1st Rod Ellis Memorial : 1st Alan Jewl Memorial : 1st Weaver Valley : 2nd Overall Darley Moor Stage Race ::1st Stage 3 (

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) : 2nd Bath Road Race (National Series) : 2nd Junior Tour of the Peaks : 4th Overall

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir () is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents. Felice Gimondi, Joo ...

;2004 : 1st Frank Morgan Road race : 2nd Horwich National Criterium : 3rd Seacroft Road Race ;2005 : 1st John Parkinson Memorial Road race : 5th Overall

Flèche du Sud The Flèche du Sud, is a road bicycle race held annually in Luxembourg. It is currently 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 b ...

;2007 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

, British National Under-23 Road Championships ;2010 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race,

: 3rd

Grote Prijs Stad Geel The Grote Prijs Stad Geel was a one-day road cycling race held annually in the province of Antwerp, Belgium. It was organized by the municipality of Geel. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycl ...

: 3rd Halfords Tour Series Belfast : 4th Halfords Tour Series Dublin : 8th Overall Mi-Août en Bretagne ;2011 :

::1st

Road race ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Time trial ;2012 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race,

;2013 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race,

: 2nd GP Briek Schotte ;2014 : 1st Jersey red

Mountains classification

Tour de Langkawi The Tour de Langkawi is a stage race, multiple stage bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Malaysia. It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily ...

: 6th Overall

Tour of China The Tour of China is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in China since 1995. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits ...

I ;2015 : 1st Stage 4

Ster ZLM Toer The ZLM Tour is a cycling race held over five stages, held in the southern Netherlands and Belgium as a 2.Pro race on the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road bicycle racer, road cycling tour. It was inaugurat ...

;2016 : 2nd Road race,

References

External links

Brammeier 2008 diary and x-rays
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