Darragh O’Mahony is the latest emerging young Irish rider to sign for a UCI team, having agreed terms with Team Swift Carbon UK.
He will ride the biggest races on the UK pro scene and
will also compete in Europe during the 2020 campaign.
He joins the UK team after two seasons in France and
having ridden as a stagiaire with EvoPro Racing towards the end of this year.
News that he has signed for Team Swift Carbon comes just 24 hours after it was confirmed Darnell Moore had joined fellow Irish cyclist Chris McGlinchey at Vitus Pro Cycling.
O’Mahony was crowned Irish U23 road race champion at the
Nationals in Derry during the summer and has been an international rider since
his junior days.
In August he was part of the national team that rode the
U23 road race at the European Championships in Alkmaar, the Netherlands.
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He was held up by crashes and was among the non finishers. However, he has performed well in recent seasons, including going on the attack repeatedly at the Tour de l’Avenir two years ago.
O’Mahony rode for the O’Leary Stone Kanturk team in
Ireland, winning a series of races as a first-year elite in 2017 including the
Des Hanlon Memorial.
For the past two seasons he has been part of CC Nogent-sur-Oise in France, where he has taken a number of victories.
Back in March he won Grand Prix Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët and he also rode very well in the Tour de Normandie, holding the climbers' jersey for a period back in March before placing 12th overall.
He claimed the U23 Irish crown in July, his first ever national title, despite a bad crash on the final lap in Derry forcing him into a long chase.
Despite that mishap he was still 5th over the
line in the combined elite-U23 race behind Sam Bennett (Bora-hansgrohe), Eddie
Dunbar (Team Ineos), Ryan Mullen (Trek-Segafredo) and Rory Townsend (Canyon
dhb).
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