Matthew Brennan

James Matthew Brennan is a British cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . In 2023, he became Junior World Track Cycling Champion in the Madison and the individual pursuit, in which he set a new junior world record.

Early life Brennan comes from Darlington, County Durham. He attended Mowden Junior School, Hummersknott Academy and then Teesdale School and Sixth Form in Barnard Castle. He started cycling on family days out and with local club Stockton Wheelers.

Career

In 2023, Brennan rode for British-based Fensham Howes-MAS Design team. He won the Guido Reybrouck Classic, a two-day race in Belgium, in 2023.

In August 2023, competing at the Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Cali, Colombia, he became the junior world champion in the Madison, alongside Ben Wiggins, and the Individual Pursuit, in which he set a Junior World Record time. He was also a silver medalist in the Scratch Race.

In September 2023, he became the British national champion in the Derny with ex professional cyclist and Commonwealth Champion Paul Curran.

He signed for the Jumbo–Visma Development Team prior to the 2024 season. He made his debut at the Down Under Classic and finished in third place. He made his stage race debut at the 2025 Tour Down Under finishing runner-up on the opening stage. He won his first World Tour level stage on stage one of the 2025 Volta a Catalunya, followed by another victory on stage five. On 30 April 2025, he claimed his fourth win of the season with a sprint victory on the opening stage of the 2025 Tour de Romandie in Fribourg, also claiming the leaders yellow jersey from his compatriot Samuel Watson. At the 2025 Tour of Norway, he took two stages en route to winning the overall, points, and young rider classifications.

On 1 March 2026, he won the Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne one day race in Belgium, the first Briton to win the race since Mark Cavendish in 2015.

Major results Sources: Road

2022 4th Nokere Koerse Juniors 4th Trofee van Vlaanderen Juniors 7th Overall Guido Reybrouck Juniors 8th E3 Saxo Bank Classic Juniors 2023 1st Overall Keizer der Juniores 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 1 1st Overall Guido Reybrouck Juniors National Junior Championships 3rd Time trial 5th Road race 7th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland 10th E3 Saxo Bank Classic Juniors 10th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Juniors 2024 1st Trofej Umag 1st Poreč Trophy 1st Stage 8 Giro Next Gen 3rd Circuit de Wallonie 4th Overall Orlen Nations Grand Prix 6th Rund um Köln 8th Overall Olympia's Tour 2025 (12 pro wins) 1st Road race, National Under-23 Championships 1st Overall Tour of Norway 1st Points classification 1st Young rider classification 1st Stages 2 & 4 1st Grand Prix de Denain 1st Rund um Köln 1st Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers 1st Tour des 100 Communes Volta a Catalunya 1st Stages 1 & 5 1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie 1st Stage 5 Tour de Pologne 1st Stage 3 Tour of Britain 2nd Road race, National Championships 2nd Super 8 Classic 2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues 4th Overall Deutschland Tour 1st Stages 1 & 4 2026 (10) 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Vuelta a España 1st Stages 2, 5 & 11 Held after Stages 2–3 Flèche du Sud 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1, 2 & 5 Vuelta a Burgos 1st Stages 1 & 4 1st Stage 5 Tour Down Under 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

Track

2023 UCI World Junior Championships 1st Madison (with Ben Wiggins) 1st Individual pursuit

National Championships 1st Derny 2nd Scratch 3rd Team pursuit UEC European Junior Championships

2024 3rd Individual pursuit, National Championships