Mark Donovan (cyclist)

Mark Donovan
Personal information
Donovan in Espelette, 2024 Itzulia.
Full name	Mark Jamie Donovan
Born	(1999-04-03) 3 April 1999 (age 25) Penrith, England
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current team	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
2017	Zappi'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]

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 finished fifth overall at the 2023 Tour of Britain.^[4]

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2015–2016

1st

National Junior Championships

2016–2017

Junior National Trophy Series

3rd Derby

Road

Sources:^[13]^[14]

2017

1st

Overall Giro di Basilicata

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 3

1st

Overall Aubel–Thimister–La Gleize

1st Stage 2a (TTT)

1st

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

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	2020	2021	2022
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	45	—
Vuelta a España	48	—	DNF

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
^ "Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^ Long, Jonny (4 November 2022). "Doug Ryder's new Q36.5 team has announced its 23-man squad". CyclingTips. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "U23 rider to watch: Mark Donovan Q&A". The British Continental. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ Bater, Oliver (4 February 2021). "Life on the World Tour: An Interview with Mark Donovan". The Oxford Blue. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ 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.
^ Robinson, Joe (15 January 2019). "Pidcock and Donovan to lead Team Wiggins in 2019". Cyclist. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ Ballinger, Alex (8 August 2019). "British climber Mark Donovan signs with Sunweb for 2020". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ "75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
^ Benson, Daniel (18 July 2021). "Mark Donovan completes first Tour de France weeks after family tragedy". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ Benson, Daniel (13 October 2022). "Mark Donovan another name on Doug Ryder's roster for 2023". Velo. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ "Mark Donovan". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ "Mark Donovan". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 18 June 2024.

External links

Mark Donovan at UCI
Mark Donovan at Cycling Archives (archived)
Mark Donovan at ProCyclingStats
Mark Donovan at Cycling Quotient
Mark Donovan at CycleBase

Riders on Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team

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