Martyn Irvine

Who is Martyn Irvine?

Martyn Irvine is a professional cyclist, who competes for the UnitedHealthcare team. He is the reigning UCI World Champion in the Scratch discipline, having won the world title representing Ireland at the 2013 UCI World Track Cycling Championships in Minsk, Belarus, only an hour after winning a silver medal in the individual pursuit discipline. Prior to Irvine, no Irish male rider had won a World Championship medal in 116 years.

A 7-time Irish national track and road cycling champion cyclist, who currently represents 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 Pro 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 2013, Irvine signed a contract to ride with the UnitedHealthcare team.

In February 2013 he won gold at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the Scratch Race and silver in the Individual Pursuit.