RYAN
BRANNEN
1st Year World Cup Elite Racer
Team: 555 Gravity Racing
Age: 18
Recent Results 2021
National Ranking at the end of 2021: 3rd
IXS European Downhill Cup Round 3 Maribor, Slovenia: 7th
Scottish Downhill Championships 2021 Fort William, UK: 3rd
Scottish Downhill Association round 3 Glenshee, UK: 3rd
HSBC UK National Dh Series Round 4 Antur Stiniog, UK: 5th
2020:
Selected for the GBCT as a first year Junior at World Cup round 1 in Lousā - race cancelled.
Selected for the GBCT for the UCI MTB World Championships in Leogang - unable to take up place due to finance and logistics challenges with COVID-19.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
● 3rd at the 2021 British National Downhill Championships (Junior)
● 14th at the UCI MTB World Championships in Val di Sole, Italy (Junior)
● 17th at Mercedes-Benz UCI MTB World Cup round 2 in Les Gets, (Junior)
● 3rd British National DH ranking for 2021
● 3rd overall Youth Category in the 2019 HSBC UK National Downhill Series. (3 out of 5 podiums)
● 3rd in my first IXS 2019 European Downhill Cup in Pila, Italy, Pro U17 category.
● 2nd 2019 Scottish DH Series and 2 nd Scottish Champs. (3 out of 4 podiums)
● 1st 2018 Scottish DH Youth Champion and overall Series winner. (3 out of 5 podiums)
● 2018 and 2019 selected for Scottish Cycling R.A.C.E Downhill Development Programme coached by Ben Cathro and several other Scottish Cycling national performance coaches.
SOCIAL MEDIA
I have built and continue to grow a good following and understand the importance of partnerships with companies ensuring I represent them and their products well and any successes achieved are shared widely. Over the last 5 years I have been very proactive in promoting the brands that have supported me on my racing journey and marketing them to a new audience. Some images from my instagram account can be found opposite.
@ryan_brannen
Ryan Brannen
GOALS
1
Qualify at all of the World Cup rounds.
2
Top 10 at the British National DH Championships.
3
Top 5 in the British National Downhill Series Overall.
4
Top 3 in the Scottish DH Championships .
ABOUT RYAN
I am an 18 year old living in Scotland who loves mountain biking. Having raced since I was 9 moving my way up through the ranks on the national circuit, 2022 will see me transferring into the Elite category. For the 2021 season I joined the newly formed UCI MTB Team 555 Gravity Racing and took on my first year racing on the World Cup Circuit as a 2nd Year Junior rider. My goal is to become a professional elite athlete racing at the highest level in the World Cups. I understand what it takes to achieve this dream and have worked extremely hard over the last few years to move closer to the top. I finished the 2021 season as one of the top Junior riders in Scotland and the UK whilst gaining top 15 at the DH World Championships - the goals I had set myself at the beginning of the year.
Outwith racing I have successfully achieved the UKCC level 1 Cycle Coaching qualification and was one of the youngest in the UK to do so at age 15. I am currently working towards my level 2 qualification where my aim is to progress into an mtb specific award. I coach at Falkirk Junior Bike Club, age groups 4-12, which has over 150 riders competing in various disciplines including DH. In addition I was successful in being chosen as one of nine young people to be on the first ever Scottish Cycling Young People's Panel where I used my DH racing experience and achievements to encourage more young riders to enter the sport.