Ryan Mullen
Cycling
BIOGRAPHY
Ryan Mullen represented Ireland in the road cycling events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
A specialist time trialist, Mullen is one of the most decorated Irish road cyclists of his generation – a seven-time Irish national time trial champion and three-time national road race champion, becoming the youngest ever Irish elite road race champion when he won the title aged 19 in 2014.
Born in Birkenhead, England, he grew up in Colwyn Bay, Wales, and qualifies for Ireland through his grandparents, who are from Duleek, Co. Meath. He attended Ysgol Eirias school in Colwyn Bay – the same school as British Cycling’s legendary performance director Dave Brailsford – and raced with Rhos on Sea Cycling Club as a youth. He won silver at the Under-23 World Championships time trial in 2014, finishing half a second from gold, and finished 5th in the senior World Championships time trial in 2016 and bronze at the European Championships time trial in 2017.
He won a stage at the Vuelta a San Juan in 2018 and spent four seasons on the WorldTour with Trek-Segafredo before joining Bora-Hansgrohe.
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CYCLING NEWS
In The News – 13th July 2026
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In The News – July 6th 2026
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Performance Round Up – June 2026
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Events Coming Up in July
Athletics Eugene Diamond League - July 4th Cork City Sports - July 8th Morton Games - July 10th Monaco Diamond League - July 10th Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix - July 14th London Diamond League - July 18th National Senior Track and Field Championships - July 25th & 26th Badminton Japan Open World Tour 750 [...]
PERFORMANCE ROUND UP – May 2026
A Month of Milestones, Momentum and Major Performances Team Ireland athletes delivered a powerful run of results across May and early June, producing historic wins, breakthrough performances and consistent podium finishes on the world stage. From Diamond League history in Shanghai to Nations Cup victory in Italy, and from European medals on the water to [...]
In The News – June 8th 2026
Strong Irish Performances in Rome as English and Healy Impress, Gillespie Makes Cycling History Irish athletes produced a series of standout performances across athletics and cycling this week, with Mark English and Sarah Healy delivering impressive runs at the Rome Diamond League, while Lara Gillespie achieved a historic milestone on the roads of Italy. Mark [...]