Brandon McNulty

Brandon Alexander McNulty (born April 2, 1998) is an American cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.[3]

Brandon McNulty
Personal information
Full nameBrandon Alexander McNulty
NicknameBAM, McNutty
Born (1998-04-02) April 2, 1998
Phoenix, Arizona
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight153 lb (69 kg)
Team information
Current teamUAE Team Emirates
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist
Amateur teams
2012Fly Racing
2013–2014Landis–Trek
2015–2016LUX Cycling Development
Professional teams
2017–2019Rally Cycling[1][2]
2020–UAE Team Emirates

In the 2016 UCI Junior World Time Trial Championships McNulty became the fourth American to ever become a junior world champion after Taylor Phinney, Jeff Evanshine, and Greg LeMond, winning the time trial by 35 seconds.[4]

Career

Early career

McNulty grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and enjoyed riding mountain bikes in his free time with his father and his best friends, David, Ken, and Lance. McNulty excelled from early on, winning almost every mountain bike race he entered while racing in the 11-12 junior categories. McNulty gradually transitioned to road racing. After several wins in local races in Belgium in 2014, McNulty caught the eye of Bo Knickman, manager of LUX cycling. Knickman, realizing McNulty's talent, referred McNulty to coach Barney King. 2015 was a breakout year for McNulty, in which he won the Valley of the Sun Stage Race TT, averaging 30 mph on a standard road bike. McNulty won the junior national time trial championships that year and went on to compete at the UCI world championships in Richmond.

In 2016, McNulty had even more success, winning the Tour de l'Abitibi and Trofeo Karlsberg, stage races, and the junior national time trial championships for the second year in a row. He also again competed at the UCI Road World Championships, and became the fourth American to ever become a junior world champion after Taylor Phinney, Jeff Evanshine, and Greg LeMond, winning the time trial by 35 seconds.[4]

Professional career

McNulty turned professional in 2017, and despite being offered numerous contracts with UCI WorldTeams, he chose to ride with the American UCI Continental team Rally Cycling.[5] He won the under-23 national time trial championships and finished second in the World Championships that year.

In 2018, McNulty continued to ride with Rally Cycling, who upgraded to UCI Professional Continental status that year. McNulty made his UCI World Tour debut in the Tour of California, where he finished fourth on stage 6, the queen stage, and ultimately seventh overall, about three-and-a-half minutes behind winner Egan Bernal. He would head to Europe for the second part of the season, after finishing 3rd overall at Tour Alsace, McNulty would have a string of good results at his first Tour de l'Avenir where he would finish 2nd on a mountain stage to Colombian rider Iván Sosa, demonstrating his ability on the climbs. At the UCI Road World Championships, McNulty would go on to finish 7th in the individual time trial event.

In 2019, McNulty scored his first win as a professional at the newly revived Giro di Sicilia by winning the penultimate stage to Ragusa, and simultaneously taking the lead in the general classification. On the following day's fourth and final stage with a finish on Mount Etna, he managed to defend his leadership finishing 4th, thereby winning the general classification.

Major results
2015
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
1st Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
1st Stage 2a (ITT)
2nd Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
1st Stages 1 & 3 (ITT)
3rd Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
4th Overall Driedaagse van Axel
1st Stage 2 (ITT)
2016
1st Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
1st Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
1st Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
1st Stage 2b (ITT)
7th Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
1st Stage 2b (ITT)
2017
1st Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
3rd Overall Tour Alsace
1st Prologue (TTT)
2018
3rd Overall Tour Alsace
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
5th Overall Volta Internacional Cova da Beira
7th Overall Tour of California
7th Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
2019
1st Overall Giro di Sicilia
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
7th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
9th Overall Tour of Oman
2020
4th Overall Vuelta a San Juan
7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

References
  1. "A mix of old and new for Rally Cycling in 2018". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. December 18, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  2. Soladay, Tom. "2019 men's and women's rosters". Rally UHC Cycling. Circuit Sport. Archived from the original on January 22, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  3. "UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. October 8, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  4. "World Championships: McNulty wins junior men time trial". Cycling News. October 12, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  5. Dreier, Fred (June 19, 2017). "Why Brandon McNulty chose to race in the U.S., not Europe". VeloNews.com. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
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