{{short description|Irish-Welsh cyclist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use British English|date=May 2012}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Matt Brammeier | image = Antwerpen - Scheldeprijs, 8 april 2015, vertrek (B033).JPG | caption = Brammeier at the [[2015 Scheldeprijs]]. | fullname = Matthew Martin Brammeier | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|6|7|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Liverpool]], [[England]] | height = | weight = | currentteam = Retired | disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}} | role = {{ubl|Rider (retired)|Coach}} | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = 2006 | proteam1 = [[DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed]] | proyears2 = 2007–2008 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|PZC|2007}} | proyears3 = 2009–2010 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|SKT|2009}} | proyears4 = 2011 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|THR|2011}} | proyears5 = 2012 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|OPQ|2012}}<ref name=OPQ>{{cite news|ref=OPQ|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/brammeier-joins-omega-pharma-quickstep-for-2012-seeldraeyers-to-astana|title=Brammeier joins Omega Pharma-Quickstep for 2012, Seeldraeyers to Astana|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=19 September 2011|accessdate=5 January 2012}}</ref> | proyears6 = 2013 | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|Champion System|2013}} | proyears7 = 2014 | proteam7 = {{UCI team code|BCP|2014}}<ref name=Baku>{{cite news|ref=Baku|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/brammeier-signs-with-synergy-baku-for-2014|title=Brammeier signs with Synergy Baku for 2014|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=26 November 2013|accessdate=9 December 2013}}</ref> | proyears8 = 2015–2016 | proteam8 = {{UCI team code|DDD|2015}}<ref name=MTN-Q2015>{{cite news|ref=MTN-Q2015|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/brammeier-signs-with-mtn-qhubeka|title=Brammeier signs with MTN-Qhubeka|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=15 January 2015|accessdate=16 January 2015}}</ref> | proyears9 = 2017–2018 | proteam9 = {{UCI team code|ABS|2017}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aquabluesport.com/blog/2018-team-first-races.html|title=2018 rider roster and first races confirmed|date=1 January 2018|accessdate=5 January 2018|work={{UCI team code|ABS|2018}}|publisher=Aqua Blue Sport Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716053932/https://www.aquabluesport.com/blog/2018-team-first-races.html|archive-date=16 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> | majorwins = '''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]''' :[[Irish National Cycling Championships|National Time Trial Championships]] (2011) :[[Irish National Cycling Championships|National Road Race Championships]] (2010–2013) }} '''Matthew Martin Brammeier''' (born 7 June 1985) is a former professional [[cycle sport|cyclist]], who competed professionally between 2006 and 2018 for nine different professional teams. Upon retiring, Brammeier became a coach for [[British Cycling]].<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-09-13|title=Matt Brammeier retires from professional cycling to join British Cycling as academy coach|first=Richard |last=Windsor |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/matt-brammeier-retires-professional-cycling-join-british-cycling-academy-coach-384165|newspaper=Cycling Weekly|date=26 June 2018}}</ref> He won five titles at the [[Irish National Cycling Championships]], winning the road race four times and the time trial once.
==Career== Born in [[Liverpool]], Brammeier was selected to ride the [[2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships]] and represented [[Wales]] at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]]. Brammeier rode for [[DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed]] in 2006 and signed for [[Profel Ziegler Continental Team]] for the 2007 season.
Brammeier was involved in an accident in November 2007, when he was struck by a cement mixing lorry whilst training. He broke both his legs but returned to cycling retaining his contract with Profel in Belgium.<ref name=cementlorry>{{cite news|ref=cementlorry|url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/News2007/20071126_Brammeier_Crash.asp|title=Matt Brammeier Knocked off by Cement Mixer|publisher=British Cycling|date=26 November 2007|access-date=19 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230035954/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/News2007/20071126_Brammeier_Crash.asp|archive-date=30 December 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He declared Irish nationality in advance of the 2009–10 track season and made a successful debut when finishing 4th in the scratch race at the Manchester World Cup meeting in October '09. He became road race champion at the [[Irish National Cycling Championships]] in June 2010 by beating breakaway partner and defending champion [[Nicolas Roche]].
[[File:Matthew Brammeier (6792973626).jpg|thumbnail|left|Brammeier, wearing the [[Irish National Cycling Championships|Irish national champion's jersey]], in 2012.]] In 2011, he defended his Irish Elite Road Race title, and also won the National Elite Time Trial title. He joined {{UCI team code|OPQ|2012}} for the 2012 season,<ref name=OPQ/> before joining {{UCI team code|Champion System|2013}} for 2013.
After the collapse of Champion System, Brammeier signed a contract with the {{UCI team code|BCP|2014}} team, the Azerbaijan-backed Continental team.<ref name=Baku/>
On 9 August 2015, he collided with a team car during Stage 6 of the [[2015 Tour of Utah|Tour of Utah]]. He was immediately taken to hospital following the incident and was diagnosed with injuries to his pelvis, ribs and lung.<ref>[http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/brammeier-hospitalised-after-colliding-with-car-during-tour-of-utah/ Brammeier hospitalised after colliding with car during Tour of Utah]</ref><ref>{{youTube|hRM3bFXlyNk|Guardsman's Pass Tour of Utah 2015 Crash}}</ref>
In June 2018 Brammeier announced his retirement from competition and his appointment to the position of lead academy coach to [[British Cycling]]'s men's endurance programme from August of that year, with additional responsibility for the men's elite road team in international competition, taking over the latter from [[Rod Ellingworth]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/brammeier-to-retire-from-cycling-and-take-role-at-british-cycling/ |title=Brammeier to retire from cycling and take role at British Cycling|date=26 June 2018 |website=[[cyclingnews.com]]|access-date=26 December 2018}}</ref>
==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;2002 : 1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification [[Junior Tour of Wales]] ;2003 : British National Junior Road Championships ::1st [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] Road race ::1st [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] Time trial : 1st Chase Classic Under-23 : 1st Rod Ellis Memorial : 1st Alan Jewl Memorial : 1st Weaver Valley : 2nd Overall Darley Moor Stage Race ::1st Stage 3 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) : 2nd Bath Road Race (National Series) : 2nd Junior Tour of the Peaks : 4th Overall [[Tour de l'Avenir]] ;2004 : 1st Frank Morgan Road race : 2nd Horwich National Criterium : 3rd Seacroft Road Race ;2005 : 1st John Parkinson Memorial Road race : 5th Overall [[Flèche du Sud]] ;2007 : 1st [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] [[British National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], British National Under-23 Road Championships ;2010 : 1st [[File:MaillotIrlanda.PNG|20px]] Road race, [[Irish National Cycling Championships]] : 3rd [[Grote Prijs Stad Geel]] : 3rd Halfords Tour Series Belfast : 4th Halfords Tour Series Dublin : 8th Overall [[Mi-Août en Bretagne]] ;2011 : [[Irish National Cycling Championships]] ::1st [[File:MaillotIrlanda.PNG|20px]] Road race ::1st [[File:MaillotIrlanda.PNG|20px]] Time trial ;2012 : 1st [[File:MaillotIrlanda.PNG|20px]] Road race, [[Irish National Cycling Championships]] ;2013 : 1st [[File:MaillotIrlanda.PNG|20px]] Road race, [[Irish National Cycling Championships]] : 2nd GP Briek Schotte<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rtbf.be/sport/cyclisme/detail_julien-vermote-remporte-le-gp-briek-schotte-a-desselgem?id=8086471 |title=Julien Vermote remporte le GP Briek Schotte à Desselgem|date=10 September 2013 |website=[[rtbf.be]]|language=French |trans-title=Julien Vermote wins the GP Briek Schotte in Desselgem |access-date=11 March 2019}}</ref> ;2014 : 1st [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px]] Mountains classification [[2014 Tour de Langkawi|Tour de Langkawi]] : 6th Overall [[Tour of China]] I ;2015 : 1st Stage 4 [[ZLM Tour (UCI ProSeries)|Ster ZLM Toer]] ;2016 : 2nd Road race, [[Irish National Cycling Championships]] {{div col end}}
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==External links== {{commons category}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080330091940/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/News2008/20080225_mattbrammierdiary.asp Brammeier 2008 diary and x-rays] *{{sports links}} *{{UCI rider|29289}}
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