Irish starlet Ryan Mullen eyes gold standard at cycling world championship

One of the country’s brightest young talents, Ryan Mullen, has set himself some lofty goals this year with a gold medal in the World Championships in September top of his priority list.

The National road and time trial champion came within half a second of winning gold at the U23 Worlds last year but with a couple of more years in the category, he feels he can improve enough to go one better than the silver he picked up last September.

He also plans to target the U23 Nations Cup series of international road races which start in two weeks while retaining his national title are also big ambitions.