Mark Downey

Mark Downey (born 3 July 1996) is an Irish road and track cyclist, who currently rides for French amateur team Côtes d'Armor–Marie Morin–Véranda Rideau.[1]

Mark Downey
Downey in 2017
Personal information
Full nameMark Downey
Born (1996-07-03) 3 July 1996
Dromore, County Down, Northern Ireland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current teamCôtes d'Armor–Marie Morin–Véranda Rideau
Discipline
RoleRider
Rider typePuncheur
Amateur teams
2015Banbridge CC
2016VC Toucy
2017CC Etupes
2020–Côtes d'Armor–Marie Morin–Véranda Rideau
Professional teams
2018WIGGINS
2019EvoPro Racing
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 PruszkówPoints race

As a junior he competed at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in the Men's junior time trial and also at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships in the Men's junior time trial.

On the track he competed at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships in the points race and team pursuit. He won the gold medal at the 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Round 2 in Apeldoorn in the points race. He also won the third round of the World Cup points race held in Cali, Colombia following that event he picked up a silver in the madison with his teammate Felix English. Concluding his 2017 World Cup campaign Downey won the madison in LA round 4 and was overall series winner in the points race.[2][3]

Major results

Road
2015
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
2016
1st Stage 6 Tour Nivernais Morvan
2017
9th Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships
2018
3rd Road race, National Championships
3rd Overall Volta ao Alentejo
1st Young rider classification
4th Road race, Commonwealth Games
4th Clássica da Arrábida

Track
2016
1st Points race – Apeldoorn, UCI World Cup
2nd Points race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2017
UCI World Cup
1st Points race, Cali
1st Madison (with Felix English), Los Angeles
2nd Madison (with Felix English), Cali
3rd Points race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2019
3rd Points race, UCI World Championships

References
  1. Gachet, Nicolas (31 October 2019). "Trois derniers renforts pour Côtes d'Armor-Marie Morin-Véranda Rideau" [Last three reinforcements for Côtes d'Armor-Marie Morin-Véranda Rideau]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  2. "Results 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup". Tissot Timing. November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  3. "2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Entry List Men". Tissot Timing. November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.


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