Mark Donovan (cyclist)

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Mark Donovan
Mark Donovan at the rider presentation of Itzulia Basque Country stage 3.jpg
Donovan in Espelette, 2024 Itzulia.
Personal information
Full nameMark Jamie Donovan
Born (1999-04-03) 3 April 1999 (age 25)
Penrith, England
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current team Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2017Zappi's
2018 Team Sky (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2018–2019 WIGGINS
2020–2022 Team Sunweb [1] [2]
2023– Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team

Mark Jamie Donovan (born 3 April 1999) is a British cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. [3]

Contents

Personal life

Donovan was educated at Keswick School in Cumbria. [4]

Career

Early years

Donovan started racing Cyclo-Cross as an under 16 rider and then a junior after having to quit running due to injury. [5] It wasn't until he moved to Girona in 2017 that he focused more on road cycling by joining the Zapi cycling team. [6] In 2018 he finished fourth behind João Almeida and Aleksandr Vlasov in the Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, the Under-23 version of the Giro d'Italia. [7] After a successful first year at Wiggins, in 2019 Donovan was made co-leader of the team. [8]

Team Sunweb (2020 to 2022)

After two years with Team Wiggins Le Col Donovan joined Team Sunweb on a three-year contract. [9] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España. [10] At the Vuelta he finished in the top 5 in two stages. [11]

Q36.5 Pro Cycling (2023 to present)

Donovan joined the newly formed UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team for the 2023 season. [12] He took the overall victory at the 2023 Sibiu Cycling Tour, the first general classification win for both him and the team. He also finished fifth overall at the 2023 Tour of Britain. [4]

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2015–2016
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National Junior Championships
2016–2017
Junior National Trophy Series
3rd Derby

Road

Sources: [13] [14]

2017
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Giro di Basilicata
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 3
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Aubel–Thimister–La Gleize
1st Stage 2a (TTT)
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, Driedaagse van Axel
5th Overall Ronde des Vallées
2018
1st Stage 2 Giro della Valle d'Aosta
4th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
6th Overall Volta ao Alentejo
7th Overall Tour Alsace
2021
9th Overall Tour of Britain
2023 (1 pro win)
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
5th Overall Tour of Britain
5th Overall Giro di Sicilia
2024
4th Overall Tour of Britain
8th Overall Czech Tour
10th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 202020212022
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia ———
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France — 45 —
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 48 — DNF
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Long, Jonny (4 November 2022). "Doug Ryder's new Q36.5 team has announced its 23-man squad". CyclingTips. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Mark's great year continues with fifth place in the Tour of Britain - Cumberland and Westmorland Herald". cwherald.com/. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "U23 rider to watch: Mark Donovan Q&A". The British Continental. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  6. ↑ Bater, Oliver (4 February 2021). "Life on the World Tour: An Interview with Mark Donovan". The Oxford Blue. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  7. ↑ Torre, Giorgio (16 June 2018). "Aleksandr Vlasov vince il Giro d'Italia Under 23. Covi 8° è il migliore degli italiani". BICITV (in Italian). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  8. ↑ Robinson, Joe (15 January 2019). "Pidcock and Donovan to lead Team Wiggins in 2019". Cyclist. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  9. ↑ Ballinger, Alex (8 August 2019). "British climber Mark Donovan signs with Sunweb for 2020". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  11. ↑ Benson, Daniel (18 July 2021). "Mark Donovan completes first Tour de France weeks after family tragedy". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  12. ↑ Benson, Daniel (13 October 2022). "Mark Donovan another name on Doug Ryder's roster for 2023". Velo. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  13. ↑ "Mark Donovan". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "Mark Donovan". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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