Matt Brammeier

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 British Cycling.^[5] He won five titles at the Irish National Cycling Championships, winning the road race four times and the time trial once.

Matt Brammeier

Brammeier at the 2015 Scheldeprijs.
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Martin Brammeier
Born	(1985-06-07) 7 June 1985 (age 39) Liverpool, England
Team information
Current team	Retired
Disciplines	Road Track
Role	Rider (retired) Coach
Professional teams
2006	DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
2007–2008	Profel Ziegler Continental Team
2009–2010	An Post–Sean Kelly
2011	HTC–Highroad
2012	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[1]
2013	Champion System
2014	Synergy Baku[2]
2015–2016	MTN–Qhubeka[3]
2017–2018	Aqua Blue Sport[4]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships (2011) National Road Race Championships (2010–2013)

Career

Born in Liverpool, Brammeier was selected to ride the 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and represented Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. 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.^[6]

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 Irish National Cycling Championships in June 2010 by beating breakaway partner and defending champion Nicolas Roche.

Brammeier, wearing the Irish national champion's jersey, in 2012.

In 2011, he defended his Irish Elite Road Race title, and also won the National Elite Time Trial title. He joined Omega Pharma–Quick-Step for the 2012 season,^[1] before joining Champion System for 2013.

After the collapse of Champion System, Brammeier signed a contract with the Synergy Baku team, the Azerbaijan-backed Continental team.^[2]

On 9 August 2015, he collided with a team car during Stage 6 of the Tour of Utah. He was immediately taken to hospital following the incident and was diagnosed with injuries to his pelvis, ribs and lung.^[7][8]

In June 2018 Brammeier announced his retirement from competition and his appointment to the position of lead academy coach to British Cycling'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 Rod Ellingworth.^[9]

Major results

2002

1st Points classification Junior Tour of Wales

2003

British National Junior Road Championships

1st Road race

1st 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 (ITT)

2nd Bath Road Race (National Series)

2nd Junior Tour of the Peaks

4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir

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 Time trial, British National Under-23 Road Championships

2010

1st Road race, Irish National Cycling Championships

3rd Grote Prijs Stad Geel

3rd Halfords Tour Series Belfast

4th Halfords Tour Series Dublin

8th Overall Mi-Août en Bretagne

2011

Irish National Cycling Championships

1st Road race

1st Time trial

2012

1st Road race, Irish National Cycling Championships

2013

1st Road race, Irish National Cycling Championships

2nd GP Briek Schotte^[10]

2014

1st Mountains classification Tour de Langkawi

6th Overall Tour of China I

2015

1st Stage 4 Ster ZLM Toer

2016

2nd Road race, Irish National Cycling Championships