Omega Pharma - Quick Step Cycling Team rider Matt Brammeier was victorious for a third time at the Irish National Road Championship on Sunday.
Matthew
Brammeier
Birthday
07.07.1985
07.07.1985
Birthplace
Liverpool
Liverpool
Height
181 cm
181 cm
Weight
74 kg
74 kg
Matthew's biography
Prof. since: 2010
Victories: 3
Style of rider: attacker
Hobbies: football
Favourite race: Paris-Roubaix
In 2009 Matt chose to take the citizenship of the country of one of his heroes, Sean Kelly. Now he is the current Irish champion, both on the road and in the time trial. In the recent past he has also stood out on the track, participating in the 2003 track world championships, representing Wales in the 2006 Commonwealth Games and finishing in 4th place in the scratch race at the Manchester World Cup in 2009. In 2007 Matt was involved in a car accident and broke both legs. With grit and determination he returned to cycling and now he’s one of the promising young up-and-comers on the international cycling scene. He’s a Liverpool football fan and loves music by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and…the Beatles, of course, are always on his iPod.
Matthew's victories
2010 (1)
National road championships
2011 (2)
National road championships, national time trial championships
Matthew's previous teams
2007: Profel Ziegler Continental Team
2008: Profel Prorace Continental Team
2009: AN Post - Sean Kelly Team
2010: An Post - Sean Kelly
2011: HTC - Highroad
2012: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team
Matthew's news
Tom Boonen won his fourth career Tour of Qatar on Friday, playing it safe on a scrappy bunch sprint where world champion Mark Cavendish (Team Sky) crashed after touching wheels with another rider just meters before the finish. All Boonen had to do was cross the line with the group to take home the gold leader's jersey for Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team.
Arnaud Demare (FDJ-BigMat) won Stage 6, while Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha Team) and Mark Renshaw (Rabobank) finished second and third, respectively. Boonen was the team's top finisher at 15th, while Gert Steegmans placed 18th.
Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team worked hard early on in the race to try and bring a seven rider break back. Speeds reached upwards of 55km per hour at one point. Matt Brammeier was spotted at the front of the peloton for the final 14 km as a seven man breakaway was brought back together. He took several hard pulls at the front of a very fast paced peloton.
Tom Boonen may have been boxed in within the final 1.3 km of Tour of Qatar Stage 5, but he easily defended his gold leader's jersey in a bunch sprint finish on Thursday. He finished close enough to the front where he considered going for the stage victory.
Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team worked hard for the entire 160km race, in which two riders escaped but were pulled back within the final 15-20km. However, as the final kilometers approached, chaos erupted in the peloton. Riders were spread out across the road, leadout trains fought for position, and Boonen and his leadout Gert Steegmans calmly held their ground.
Unfortunately, the narrow roundabout prevented Boonen from moving up close enough to contest an eventual winning sprint by world champion Mark Cavendish (Team Sky).
