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Mark Jamie Donovan (born 3 April 1999) is a British cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .


Personal life

Donovan was educated at
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in
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.


Career


Early years

Donovan started racing Cyclo-Cross as an under 16 rider and then a junior after having to quit running due to injury. It wasn't until he moved to
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in 2017 that he focused more on road cycling by joining the Zapi cycling team. In 2018 he finished fourth behind João Almeida and Aleksandr Vlasov in the Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, the Under-23 version of the Giro d'Italia. After a successful first year at Wiggins, in 2019 Donovan was made co-leader of the team.


Team Sunweb (2020 to 2022)

After two years with Donovan joined on a three-year contract. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the
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. At the Vuelta he finished in the top 5 in two stages.


Q36.5 Pro Cycling (2023 to present)

Donovan joined the newly formed UCI ProTeam for the 2023 season. He finished fifth overall at the
2023 Tour of Britain The 2023 Tour of Britain was a men's professional road cycling stage race. It was the nineteenth running of the modern version of the Tour of Britain and the 82nd British tour in total. The race is part of the 2023 UCI ProSeries. The Tour of Br ...
.


Major results


Cyclo-cross

;2015–2016 : 1st National Junior Championships ;2016–2017 : Junior National Trophy Series ::3rd Derby


Road

Sources: ;2017 : 1st Overall Giro di Basilicata ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Overall Aubel–Thimister–La Gleize ::1st Stage 2a ( TTT) : 1st Mountains classification, Driedaagse van Axel : 5th Overall Ronde des Vallées ;2018 : 1st Stage 2 Giro della Valle d'Aosta : 4th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia : 6th Overall
Volta ao Alentejo The Volta ao Alentejo (Portuguese; en, Tour of Alentejo) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Alentejo, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a seri ...
: 7th Overall Tour Alsace ;2021 : 9th Overall
Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...
;2023 (1 pro win) : 1st Overall
Sibiu Cycling Tour The Sibiu Cycling Tour (Cycling Tour of Sibiu until 2015) is a 2.1 category professional Road bicycle racing, bicycle road race held in Sibiu, Romania. Its first edition took place in July 2011, as part of the UCI Europe Tour. The race is organise ...
: 5th Overall
Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...
: 5th Overall
Giro di Sicilia Giro di Sicilia (English: Tour of Sicily) is a men's multi-stage bicycle race held on Sicily, Italy. The race was first held in 1907 and was won by Carlo Galetti. The race disappeared from the calendar after the 1977 edition won by Giuseppe Saron ...
;2024 : 8th Overall Czech Tour : 10th Overall
Sibiu Cycling Tour The Sibiu Cycling Tour (Cycling Tour of Sibiu until 2015) is a 2.1 category professional Road bicycle racing, bicycle road race held in Sibiu, Romania. Its first edition took place in July 2011, as part of the UCI Europe Tour. The race is organise ...


Grand Tour general classification results timeline


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Donovan, Mark 1999 births Living people British male cyclists English male cyclists Sportspeople from Penrith, Cumbria Sportspeople from Cumbria 21st-century British sportspeople