Fiona Mangan
 Mangan during the presentation of the TCFIA 2024 teams, in Saint-Alban-Auriolles, France. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 May 1996 County Limerick, Ireland |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Winspace Orange Seal |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2021 | Costa Brava Mediterranean Foods–Top Conserge |
| Professional teams | |
| 2022 | IBCT |
| 2023 | Soltec Team |
| 2023–2024 | Cynisca Cycling |
| 2025– | Winspace Orange Seal |
| Major wins | |
| One-day races | |
Fiona Mangan (born 16 May 1996)[1] is an Irish professional road cyclist, from County Limerick. She has held multiple national titles.[2][3][4] She has competed for teams such as Soltec Team, Cynisca Cycling and Winspace Orange Seal.
Background
[edit]Mangan is a qualified biomedical engineer,[5] having been published for the University of Galway.[6][7] She played gaelic football before specialising in cycling.[6]
Cycling career
[edit]In 2021, Mangan won the Irish National Road Series representing Costa Brava Mediterranean Foods-Top Conserge.[8] In 2023, became the first Irish woman to finish a Grand Tour,[9] finishing in 99th position in the La Vuelta for Soltec Team.[10] Racing for Cynisca Cycling,[11] she claimed both the time trial and road race national titles in 2024,[2] having won bronze in the road race in 2022.[12]
Mangan finished in 70th position at the 2023 European Road Championships road race,[13] and 65th at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships road race.[14]
She joined Winspace Orange Seal in 2025.[15] She needed a double-surgery after a crash in early 2025.[3][16]
In July 2025, Mangan achieved her first international stage win at the Volta a Portugal.[17]
Major results
[edit]- 2022
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2023
- 10th Egmont Cycling Race
- 2024
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 8th Clásica de Almería
- 10th GP Lucien Van Impe
References
[edit]- ^ "Fiona Mangan". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ a b ciarabreen (25 October 2024). "From Limerick to National Champion: Inside Fiona Mangan's road racing success". Škoda We Love Cycling - Ireland. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Major set-back for Fiona Mangan after broken bones in nasty crash". Sticky Bottle. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ Shaughnessy, Paul (24 June 2024). "Limerick cyclist Fiona Mangan wins National Championship". LimerickLeader.ie. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ Mc Gowran, Leigh (8 June 2022). "NUI Galway-based Loci Orthopaedics secures €8m in EIC funding". Siliconrepublic.com.
- ^ a b Murphy, Joanne (31 July 2024). "Fiona Mangan Professional Cyclist, From Gaelic Football to Cycling Glory". TriTalkingSport.com. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Fiona Mangan". ResearchGate.
- ^ "Mangan and Feeley Win National Road Series 2021". IrishCyclingNews.com. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Fiona Mangan Happy To Gain Invaluable Experience As She Becomes First Irish Woman To Finish Grand Tour". CyclingIreland.ie. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Fiona Mangan". ProCyclingStats BV. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (22 June 2024). "Fiona Mangan makes late surge to win Irish road race title". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Sharpe leads home IBCT one-two-three and claims second Road Race Title". CyclingIreland.ie. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "2023 European Road Championships – Women's road race Results" (PDF). UEC.ch. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "2024 - 64th World Championships WE - Road Race - Results V3". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Winspace 2025". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ "Fiona Mangan has double surgery after left in "disbelief" after classics crash". StickyBottle.com. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Ireland's Fiona Mangan scores first international pro victory - Video". Sticky Bottle. 4 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Fiona Mangan at UCI
- Fiona Mangan at ProCyclingStats
