Matthew Martin Brammeier (born 7 June 1985) is a former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2006 and 2018 for nine different professional teams. Upon retiring, Brammeier became a coach for

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. He won five titles at the

Irish National Cycling Championships The Irish National Cycling Championships are annual cycling races to decide the Irish cycling champion for several disciplines, across several categories of rider. The men's road championship is usually held on a Sunday at end of June; the wome ...

, winning the road race four times and the time trial once.

Career

Born in

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, Brammeier was selected to ride the

2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany from July 30 to August 3, 2003. The championships were due to be held in Shenz ...

and represented

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at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

. Brammeier rode for DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed in 2006 and signed for Profel Ziegler Continental Team for the 2007 season. Brammeier was involved in an accident in November 2007, when he was struck by a cement mixing lorry whilst training. He broke both his legs but returned to cycling retaining his contract with Profel in Belgium. He declared Irish nationality in advance of the 2009–10 track season and made a successful debut when finishing 4th in the scratch race at the Manchester World Cup meeting in October '09. He became road race champion at the

in June 2010 by beating breakaway partner and defending champion

Nicolas Roche Nicolas Roche (; born 3 July 1984) is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . He has twice been national champion and has twice finished in the top ten of the Vuelta a España, and won stages in 2013 and ...

In 2011, he defended his Irish Elite Road Race title, and also won the National Elite Time Trial title. He joined for the 2012 season, before joining for 2013. After the collapse of Champion System, Brammeier signed a contract with the team, the Azerbaijan-backed Continental team. On 9 August 2015, he collided with a team car during Stage 6 of the

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. He was immediately taken to hospital following the incident and was diagnosed with injuries to his pelvis, ribs and lung. In June 2018 Brammeier announced his retirement from competition and his appointment to the position of lead academy coach to

's men's endurance programme from August of that year, with additional responsibility for the men's elite road team in international competition, taking over the latter from

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Major results

;2002 : 1st Jersey green

Points classification

Junior Tour of Wales The Junior Tour of Wales is an annual cycle race for junior male riders, held around Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. First held in 1981, the race is the final round of the British Cycling Junior Road Series – and as such attracts the best junio ...

;2003 : British National Junior Road Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Road race ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Time trial : 1st Chase Classic Under-23 : 1st Rod Ellis Memorial : 1st Alan Jewl Memorial : 1st Weaver Valley : 2nd Overall Darley Moor Stage Race ::1st Stage 3 (

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) : 2nd Bath Road Race (National Series) : 2nd Junior Tour of the Peaks : 4th Overall

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;2004 : 1st Frank Morgan Road race : 2nd Horwich National Criterium : 3rd Seacroft Road Race ;2005 : 1st John Parkinson Memorial Road race : 5th Overall Flèche du Sud ;2007 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

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, British National Under-23 Road Championships ;2010 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race,

: 3rd

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: 3rd Halfords Tour Series Belfast : 4th Halfords Tour Series Dublin : 8th Overall Mi-Août en Bretagne ;2011 :

::1st

Road race ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Time trial ;2012 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race,

;2013 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race,

: 2nd GP Briek Schotte ;2014 : 1st Jersey red

Mountains classification

Tour de Langkawi The Tour de Langkawi is a multiple stage bicycle race held in Malaysia. It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily in February. It usually con ...

: 6th Overall

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I ;2015 : 1st Stage 4 Ster ZLM Toer ;2016 : 2nd Road race,

References

External links

Brammeier 2008 diary and x-rays
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