Adam Rafferty (cyclist)

Adam Rafferty

Rafferty at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships
Personal information
Born	(2005-10-04) 4 October 2005 (age 19) [1] Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Team information
Current team	Hagens Berman Jayco
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time trialist
Amateur team
2022–2023	Team 31 Jolly Cycles
Professional team
2024–	Hagens Berman Jayco

Adam Rafferty (born 4 October 2005) is an Irish cyclist who rides for UCI Continental team Hagens Berman Jayco. ^[2]

Career

In 2022, at the age of 16 years-old he rode in France for the Team 31 Jolly Cycles. ^[3] He raced for the team again in 2023. ^[4] In April 2023, he won the Lakeland Grand Prix after a 100 km solo breakaway. ^[5] He finished in eighth place in the UCI Road World Championships – Junior men's time trial in Glasgow in August 2023. ^[6]

He signed for Hagens Berman Axeon ahead of the 2024 season. ^[7] Riding for Ireland, he finished in tenth place at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich in the men's under-23 time trial. ^[8]

Personal life

From Dungannon in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, ^[9] his younger sister Aliyah and older brother Darren are also professional cyclists. ^[10]

Major results

2022

3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

6th Chrono des Nations Juniors

2023

1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

1st Overall Tour Junior Causses-Aigoual-Cévennes

1st Stage 2

1st Tour du Carmausin Ségala

1st Stage 2 Tour du Pays d'Olliergues

3rd Chrono des Nations Juniors

8th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships

9th Overall Tour de Gironde

10th Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships

2024

1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

9th Overall International Tour of Rhodes

10th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships

2025

1st Stage 5 Giro Next Gen

References

1. "Adam Rafferty". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
2. "Adam Rafferty". First Cycling. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
3. Fullerton, Gareth (21 June 2022). "Co Tyrone cyclist following in brother's slipstream with French debut". Belfast Live. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
4. "ANOTHER RAFFERTY GRABS THE HEADLINES THIS SUMMER, THIS TIME ADAM, WITH A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR AS A JUNIOR, MOSTLY RACING ABROAD, THIS WITH "TEAM 31 JOLLY CYCLES U19"" . Retrieved 24 September 2024.
5. "Rafferty (17) wins after 100km solo move - "I said to myself, 'I'm just going for it'"". Sticky Bottle. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
6. "Solid Day For Ireland As Mullen And Rafferty Impress At UCI Cycling World Championships". Cyclingireland.ie. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
7. Tyson, Jackie (1 November 2023). "Ben Wiggins, Adam Rafferty among five fresh faces at Hagens Berman-Jayco". Cycling News. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
8. "Adam Rafferty (18) says performance in Worlds U23 TT was "a shock"". Sticky Bottle. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
9. "Bursary sets wheels in motion for teen Dungannon cyclist Adam Rafferty". Tyrone Courier. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
10. "Rafferty brothers Adam and Darren both finish inside top 10 in U-23 time trial World Championships". Independent.ie. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.

External links

• Adam Rafferty at UCI
• Adam Rafferty at ProCyclingStats