Fiona Mangan

Fiona Mangan

Mangan during the presentation of the TCFIA 2024 teams, in Saint-Alban-Auriolles, France.
Personal information
Born	(1996-05-16) 16 May 1996 (age 29) County Limerick, Ireland
Team information
Current team	Winspace Orange Seal
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
2021	Costa Brava Mediterranean Foods–Top Conserge
Professional teams
2022	IBCT
2023	Soltec Team
2023–2024	Cynisca Cycling
2025–	Winspace Orange Seal
Major wins
One-day races National Road Race Championships (2024) National Time Trial Championships (2024)

Fiona Mangan (born 16 May 1996) ^[1] is an Irish professional road cyclist, from County Limerick. She has held multiple national titles. ^{[2] [3] [4]} She has competed for teams such as Soltec Team, Cynisca Cycling and Winspace Orange Seal.

Background

Mangan is a qualified biomedical engineer, ^[5] having been published for the University of Galway. ^{[6] [7]} She played gaelic football before specialising in cycling. ^[6]

Cycling career

In 2021, Mangan won the Irish National Road Series representing Costa Brava Mediterranean Foods-Top Conserge. ^[8] In 2023, became the first Irish woman to finish a Grand Tour, ^[9] finishing in 99th position in the La Vuelta for Soltec Team. ^[10] Racing for Cynisca Cycling, ^[11] she claimed both the time trial and road race national titles in 2024, ^[2] having won bronze in the road race in 2022. ^[12]

Mangan finished in 70th position at the 2023 European Road Championships road race, ^[13] and 65th at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships road race. ^[14]

She joined Winspace Orange Seal in 2025. ^[15] She needed a double-surgery after a crash in early 2025. ^{[3] [16]}

In July 2025, Mangan achieved her first international stage win at the Volta a Portugal. ^[17]

Major results

2022

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

2023

10th Egmont Cycling Race

2024

National Road Championships

1st Road race

1st Time trial

8th Clásica de Almería

10th GP Lucien Van Impe

References

1. "Fiona Mangan". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
2. ciarabreen (25 October 2024). "From Limerick to National Champion: Inside Fiona Mangan's road racing success". Škoda We Love Cycling - Ireland. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
3. "Major set-back for Fiona Mangan after broken bones in nasty crash". Sticky Bottle. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
4. Shaughnessy, Paul (24 June 2024). "Limerick cyclist Fiona Mangan wins National Championship". LimerickLeader.ie . Retrieved 1 July 2025.
5. Mc Gowran, Leigh (8 June 2022). "NUI Galway-based Loci Orthopaedics secures €8m in EIC funding". Siliconrepublic.com .
6. Murphy, Joanne (31 July 2024). "Fiona Mangan Professional Cyclist, From Gaelic Football to Cycling Glory". TriTalkingSport.com. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
7. "Fiona Mangan". ResearchGate .
8. "Mangan and Feeley Win National Road Series 2021". IrishCyclingNews.com. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
9. "Fiona Mangan Happy To Gain Invaluable Experience As She Becomes First Irish Woman To Finish Grand Tour". CyclingIreland.ie . Retrieved 1 July 2025.
10. "Fiona Mangan". ProCyclingStats BV. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
11. Ryan, Barry (22 June 2024). "Fiona Mangan makes late surge to win Irish road race title". Cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 1 July 2025.
12. "Sharpe leads home IBCT one-two-three and claims second Road Race Title". CyclingIreland.ie . Retrieved 1 July 2025.
13. "2023 European Road Championships – Women's road race Results" (PDF). UEC.ch . Retrieved 25 September 2023.
14. "2024 - 64th World Championships WE - Road Race - Results V3". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
15. "Winspace 2025". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
16. "Fiona Mangan has double surgery after left in "disbelief" after classics crash". StickyBottle.com. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
17. "Ireland's Fiona Mangan scores first international pro victory - Video". Sticky Bottle. 4 July 2025.

External links

• Fiona Mangan at UCI
• Fiona Mangan at ProCyclingStats