24 Facts About Brandon McNulty

Brandon Alexander McNulty was born on April 2,1998 and is an American cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates XRG.

Brandon McNulty grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and enjoyed riding mountain bikes in his free time.

Knickman, realizing Brandon McNulty's talent, referred Brandon McNulty to coach Barney King.

Brandon McNulty won the junior national time trial championships that year and went on to compete at the UCI world championships in Richmond.

In 2016, Brandon McNulty had even more success, winning the Tour de l'Abitibi and Trofeo Karlsberg, stage races, and the junior national time trial championships for the second year in a row.

Brandon McNulty turned professional in 2017, and despite being offered numerous contracts with UCI WorldTeams, he chose to ride with the American UCI Continental team Rally Cycling.

Brandon McNulty won the under-23 national time trial championships and finished second in the World Championships that year.

In 2018, Brandon McNulty continued to ride with Rally Cycling, who upgraded to UCI Professional Continental status that year.

Brandon McNulty made his UCI World Tour debut in the Tour of California, where he finished fourth on stage 6, the queen stage, and ultimately seventh overall, about three-and-a-half minutes behind winner Egan Bernal.

At the UCI Road World Championships, Brandon McNulty would go on to finish 7th in the individual time trial event.

In 2019, Brandon McNulty took his first win as a professional at the newly revived Giro di Sicilia in the penultimate stage to Ragusa, thus taking the lead in the general classification.

Brandon McNulty rode in the 2021 Tour de France where he supported teammate Tadej Pogacar, who won the race.

Brandon McNulty rode in the 2020 Summer Olympics road race in late 2021 and put himself in position to win.

For more than 10 miles they stayed ahead of the elite group, but with under 5 miles to go Carapaz got away and rode solo for the gold as Brandon McNulty fell back into the elite group where he finished.

Brandon McNulty started 2022 off strongly winning a few races and went into Paris-Nice with intentions of a high place in the general classification.

Brandon McNulty's hopes were dashed early in the race as he got caught out in crosswinds, and for all intents and purposes lost any hope of even a top 10 finish.

Brandon McNulty considered quitting the race, but eventually decided to continue and ended up involved in a breakaway on stage 5.

Brandon McNulty continuously built his lead over the breakaway group and won the stage by nearly two minutes.

Brandon McNulty entered the 2022 Tour de France as one of the primary Lieutenants for Pogacar, along with Majka, Soler and Bennett; however all of them were out of the race by the critical final two high mountain stages.

On stage 17, which included Col de Val Louron-Azet to Peyragudes, Brandon McNulty drove a pace that broke the entire elite GC group with the exception of his team leader Pogacar, and Jonas Vingegaard.

Brandon McNulty crossed the line 3rd and became the first American to be awarded Most Combative Rider since David Zabriskie, who won the award on a flat stage in 2012.

Brandon McNulty ended the year with a second place finish to teammate Marc Hirschi at the Tour de Luxembourg.

Brandon McNulty had a strong start to 2024, winning the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in February, after taking the race lead with his victory on stage four.

Brandon McNulty next won the stage two time trial in the UAE Tour, but fell out of contention for the overall win on the final day.