Mark Downey (born 3 July 1996) is an Irish road and track cyclist, who currently rides for French amateur team Côtes d'Armor–Marie Morin–Véranda Rideau.
As a junior he competed at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in the Men's junior time trial and also at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships in the Men's junior time trial.
On the track he competed at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships in the points race and team pursuit. He won the gold medal at the 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Round 2 in Apeldoorn in the points race. He also won the third round of the World Cup points race held in Cali, Colombia following that event he picked up a silver in the madison with his teammate Felix English. Concluding his 2017 World Cup campaign Downey won the madison in LA round 4 and was overall series winner in the points race.
Major results Road
2015 5th Time trial, National Road Championships 2016 1st Stage 6 Tour Nivernais Morvan 2017 9th Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships 2018 3rd Road race, National Championships 3rd Overall Volta ao Alentejo 1st Young rider classification 4th Road race, Commonwealth Games 4th Clássica da Arrábida
Track
2016 1st Points race – Apeldoorn, UCI World Cup 2nd Points race, UEC European Under-23 Championships 2017 UCI World Cup 1st Points race, Cali 1st Madison (with Felix English), Los Angeles 2nd Madison (with Felix English), Cali 3rd Points race, UEC European Under-23 Championships 2019 3rd Points race, UCI World Championships
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