Mullen finishing 9th in the World Junior TT Champs last month; he put in a great ride in France today
Ryan Mullen has greatly enhanced his growing reputation with a fantastic win on the international stage today, Sunday. He romped home for victory in the junior Chrono des Nations time trial in France.
The European season-closer was held over 20.87km around the streets of Herbiers in the Vendee region.
The junior event was on the undercard of the main event elite race today, won by World TT Champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma–Quick Step).
Mullen, a silver medallist in the European TT Championships this year and 9th in the World TT Championships last month, whipped around the course today in an average speed of 46.637 km/h to record a time of 26:51.54.
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Riding in the colours of USC Crabbe, the Irishman was a comfortable 24 seconds ahead of French rider David Michaud (VS Vallet).
Mullen has been in talks with a number of teams with a view to finding a berth with a squad for next year to continue his development. An announcement about his destination for 2013 is believed to be imminent.
Junior Chrono des Nations – 20.87km
1 Ryan MULLEN USC Crabbe 26:51.54 (46.637 km/h)
2 David MICHAUD VS Vallet @ 24
3 Maxime PIVETEAU VC Les Essarts @ 31
4 Emil WANG ABC/DCR Ballerup @ 56
5 Thomas BOUVET La Motte-Servolex @ 1:16
6 Louis PIJOURLET La Motte-Servolex @ 1:23
7 Antoine JAN Comité du Morbihan @ 1:27
8 Thibaut NUNS UV Limousine @ 1:28
9 Milos BORISAVLEVIC Equipe de Serbie @ 1:34
10 Thomas DERUETTE VC Marchovelette @ 1:35
11 Martin RAPIN VC Les Herbiers @ 1:50
12 Joey WASTIAUX St-Denis-de-L'hôtel @ 1:56
13 Florian ESQUER VC Spiripontain @ 2:00
14 Thomas BOURREAU Sablé Sarthe Cyclisme @ 2:02
15 Thomas BACON VCAB @ 2:06
16 Jérémy LECROQ Argenteuil @ 2:07
17 Thomas DEMESY UC Messina Amnéville @ 2:09
18 Antoine BESSON VC Conlie @ 2:16
19 Alex DENIS VC St-Sébastien @ 2:26
20 Kilian GUILLO Comité du Morbihan @ 2:27
21 Laurent TURGOT US St-Herblain @ 2:32
22 Antoine LEPLINGARD EC Château-d'Olonne @ 2:34
23 Clément ORCEAU VC Aizenay @ 2:44
24 Quentin MONTAGNE VC St-Lô-Pont-Hébert @ 2:52
25 Aymerick DUGAST VC Ste-Livrade @ 2:52
26 Adrien LEHOUX Angers Cyclisme @ 2:58
27 Valentin HUE VC Lucéen @ 2:58
28 Marius BERNARD EC Château-d'Olonne @ 3:00
29 Benjamin VAN NIEUWENHOVE CA Bègles @ 3:07
30 Pierrick TONDO US Métro @ 3:26
31 Guillaume DAFFNIET POC Côte de Lumière @ 3:44
32 Joffrey LAUDE VC Les Herbiers @ 3:48
33 Grégoire BELLAIZE VC St-Lô-Pont-Hébert @ 3:54
34 Simon HENRY VC St-Lô-Pont-Hébert @ 4:11
35 Kévin BERTRAND US Métro @ 4:13
36 Anthony BERANGER Team Cycliste Choletais @ 5:04
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