Caroline Ryan left rowing for cycling, hasn't looked back since and now her and Martyn Irvine are the World No 1 riders in their events; pretty incredible.
Martyn Irvine blasted Ireland centre stage in the world of elite men's track racing earlier this year when he won the gold medal in the scratch race and the silver in the individual pursuit at the World Track Championships in Minsk.
Irvine has been hit with very bad fortune since then, with a crash and broken femur keeping him out of competition in recent months, although he did return to racing with a win at Sorrento CC's Danny O'Shea Memorial TT in Co Wicklow at the weekend.
Despite his extended lay-off, the Team Ireland rider and Unitedhealthcare road pro has shot to the stop of the UCI's rankings in both the scratch and pursuit disciplines; a fantastic achievement to go with his World title and the UCI World Cup silvers he won in Scotland late last year as part of a really consistent run since riding the 0mnium at the Olympics last year.
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Similarly, Ireland's golden woman of the track Caroline Ryan has also shot to the top of the UCI rankings in the individual pursuit. The former international rower's most recent success came at home the weekend before last when she won the National Omnium Championships at Sundrive Rd track, Dublin.
But it is on the international stage that Ryan has really proven her worth in recent years, taking a bronze medal in the points race at the World Championships last year and since then been consistently in the mix at the international races she has ridden, including the highly competitive UCI World Cups.
From all at stickybottle, a big congratulations to Irvine and Ryan. It's not every day you are (literally) on top of the world, and it's not easy to get there.
UCI rankings for Elite Men, 4km Individual Pursuit
| Rank | Name | Nation |
Age* |
Points |
| 1 (1) | Martyn IRVINE | Ireland |
29 |
315 |
| 2 (6) | Stefan KUENG | Switzerland |
21 |
302 |
| 3 (2) | Alexander MORGAN | Australia |
20 |
297 |
| 4 (3) | Dias OMIRZAKOV | Kazakhstan |
22 |
269 |
| 5 (4) | Michael HEPBURN | Australia |
23 |
230 |
| 6 (5) | Alexander SEROV | Russia |
32 |
210 |
| 7 (9) | Ondrej VENDOLSY | Czech Republic |
23 |
200 |
| 8 (7) | Vladimir TUYCHIEV | Uzbekistan |
31 |
180 |
| 9 (8) | Dylan KENNETT | New Zealand |
20 |
180 |
| 10 (57) | Alexander EVTUSHENKO | Russia |
21 |
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177 |
| 11 (10) | Jenning HUIZENGA | Netherlands |
30 |
170 |
| 12 (11) | Xu YULONG | China |
24 |
160 |
| 13 (12) | Alireza HAGHI | Iran |
35 |
157 |
| 14 (29) | Andrew TENNANT | Great Britain |
27 |
153 |
| 15 (14) | Lasse Norman HANSEN | Denmark |
22 |
150 |
| 16 (15) | David MUNTANER JUANEDA | Spain |
31 |
150 |
| 17 (-) | Ryan MULLEN | Ireland |
20 |
150 |
| 18 (23) | Maximilian BEYER | Germany |
21 |
141 |
| 19 (17) | Sebastian MORA VEDRI | Spain |
26 |
137 |
| 20 (45) | Roy EEFTING | Netherlands |
25 |
129 |
(There are 343 men in the individual pursuit rankings)
UCI rankings for Elite Men, Scratch Race
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 (1) | Martyn IRVINE | Ireland | 335 |
| 2 (2) | Andreas MUELLER | Austria | 334 |
| 3 (3) | Theo REINHARDT | Germany | 305 |
| 4 (14) | ANTON MUZYCHKIN | Belarus | 282 |
| 5 (4) | Tim VELDT | Netherlands | 262 |
| 6 (18) | Owain DOULL | Great Britain | 213 |
| 7 (6) | Manuel CAZZARO | Italy | 212 |
| 8 (7) | Tristan MARGUET | Switzerland | 206 |
| 9 (20) | Moreno DE PAUW | Belgium | 195 |
| 10 (8) | Luke DAVISON | Australia | 190 |
| 11 (9) | Ho Ting KWOK | Hong Kong, China | 185 |
| 12 (10) | Morgan KNEISKY | France | 181 |
| 13 (11) | Jiri HOCHMANN | Czech Republic | 174 |
| 14 (24) | Roy EEFTING | Netherlands | 171 |
| 15 (12) | Martin BLAHA | Czech Republic | 167 |
| 16 (15) | Olivier BEER | Switzerland | 158 |
| 17 (5) | Théry SCHIR | Switzerland | 156 |
| 18 (16) | Dylan KENNETT | New Zealand | 153 |
| 19 (17) | Cyrille THIERY | Switzerland | 150 |
| 20 (19) | Pavel GATSKIY | Kazakhstan | 140 |
(There are 461 men with points in the rankings)
UCI rankings for Elite Women, Individual Pursuit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Age* | Points |
| 1 (2) | Caroline RYA | Ireland | 35 | 305 |
| 2 (1) | Yudelmis DOMINGUEZ MASAGUE | Cuba | 29 | 305 |
| 3 (3) | Laura BROWN | Canada | 28 | 263 |
| 4 (4) | Rebecca WISIAK | Australia | 30 | 245 |
| 5 (6) | Maria Luisa CALLE WILLIAMS | Colombia | 46 | 220 |
| 6 (7) | Anna NAHIRNA | Ukraine | 26 | 218 |
| 7 (5) | Lucie ZALESKA | Czech Republic | 23 | 210 |
| 8 (8) | Amy CURE | Australia | 22 | 207 |
| 9 (10) | Sarah HAMMER | United States | 31 | 200 |
| 10 (11) | Annette EDMONDSON | Australia | 23 | 190 |
| 11 (12) | Beatrice BARTELLONI | Italy | 21 | 169 |
| 12 (13) | Gloria RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ | Spain | 22 | 159 |
| 13 (14) | Katarzyna PAWLOWSKA | Poland | 25 | 150 |
| 14 (15) | Ashlee ANKUDINOFF | Australia | 24 | 144 |
| 15 (16) | Sakura TSUKAGOSHI | Japan | 23 | 132 |
| 16 (17) | Lisa BRENNAUER | Germany | 26 | 130 |
| 17 (18) | Danielys GARCIA | Venezuela | 28 | 121 |
| 18 (-) | Laura TROTT | Great Britain | 22 | 120 |
| 19 (19) | Kim YOU-RI | Korea | 27 | 120 |
| 20 (20) | Marlies MEJIAS GARCIA | Cuba | 22 | 120 |
(There are a total of 178 riders with points in the rankings)
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