Marc Ryan (born 14 October 1982) is a New Zealand

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s ...

. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Ryan won the bronze medal as part of the New Zealand team in

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, together with Sam Bewley, Hayden Roulston, and

Jesse Sergent Jesse Sergent (born 8 July 1988) is a retired New Zealand racing cyclist who rode professionally between 2011 and 2016 for , and . Career Born in Feilding, Sergent won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, as part of the New ...

. At the 2009–2010 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics in Melbourne, Ryan and Thomas Scully won the Men's Madison in a time of 44 minutes, 33 seconds, at an average speed of 53.9 km per hour. Second place went to the German riders, Robert Bengsch and Marcel Kalz, and third place to

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. At the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

Ryan again won a bronze medal in the team pursuit, together with

, Sam Bewley, Westley Gough and Aaron Gate.

Major results

;2008 :4th Prologue Tour of Southland ;2009 :4th Tour of Southland ::1st Stage 1 TTT ::2nd Stage 7 ;2010 :3rd National Time Trial Championships ;2012 :2nd Prologue Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc

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