Adam Rafferty (cyclist)
Irish cyclist
Adam Rafferty (born 4 October 2005) is an Irish cyclist who rides for UCI Continental team Hagens Berman Jayco.
Career
In 2022, at the age of 16 years-old he rode in France for the Team 31 Jolly Cycles. He raced for the team again in 2023. In April 2023, he won the Lakeland Grand Prix after a 100 km solo breakaway. He finished in eighth place in the UCI Road World Championships – Junior men's time trial in Glasgow in August 2023.
He signed for Hagens Berman Axeon ahead of the 2024 season. Riding for Ireland, he finished in tenth place at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich in the men's under-23 time trial.
Rafferty won the bronze medal riding for Ireland in the U23 time trial at the 2025 European Road Championships. The following year, he placed second in the time trial at the Giro Next Gen, behind only overall race winner Lorenzo Finn, and had a top-ten finish in the U23 time trial at the 2026 World Championships in Montreal.
Personal life
From Dungannon in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, his younger sister Aliyah and older brother Darren are also professional cyclists.
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