 Donovan in Espelette, 2024 Itzulia. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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.
Personal life
Donovan was educated at Keswick School in Cumbria.
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. It wasn't until he moved to Girona in 2017 that he focused more on road cycling by joining the Zapi cycling team. 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. After a successful first year at Wiggins, in 2019 Donovan was made co-leader of the team.
Team Sunweb (2020 to 2022)
After two years with Team Wiggins Le Col Donovan joined Team Sunweb on a three-year contract. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España. At the Vuelta he finished in the top 5 in two stages.
Q36.5 Pro Cycling (2023 to present)
Donovan joined the newly formed UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team for the 2023 season. He finished fifth overall at the 2023 Tour of Britain.
Major results
Cyclo-cross
- 2015–2016
- 1st
National Junior Championships - 2016–2017
- Junior National Trophy Series
- 3rd Derby
Road
Sources:
- 2017
- 1st
Overall Giro di Basilicata
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 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 |
| — | 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.
- ^ "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