Martyn Irvine
Irvine at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships
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| Full name | Martyn Irvine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 June 1985 Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland |
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| Current team | Aqua Blue Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road and track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All round | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006 | Sean Kelly ACLVB–M.Donnelly (stagiaire) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Pezula Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Planet X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Giant Kenda Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | UnitedHealthcare | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Madison Genesis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Aqua Blue Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martyn Irvine (born 6 June 1985) is a Northern Ireland-born Irish professional cyclist, a former world champion in the scratch race. 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. He was UCI World Ranked 17th at the end of the inaugural 2010/11 Omnium season, with 315 ranking points.
He signed with the UCI Asia based Giant Kenda Cycling Team 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.
In November 2012, Irvine signed a contract to ride with the UnitedHealthcare 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.
In November 2014 Madison Genesis announced that Irvine would join them for the 2015 season.
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