Connor McConvey

Age: 20

Sport: Cycling

Up until November 2009 Connor McConvey was a full time professional mountain bikers signed with Dutch based side Focus De-Brink Ten Tusscher and was ranked inside the top five U23 riders at World Level.

In December 2009 Connor made the switch from International Mountain biking to International Road Racing and is now part of the An Post Grant Thornton Sean Kelly team.McConvey will now split his time between Belgium where the team will be based and Northern Ireland where the young rider is from and currently trains out of the Sports Institute Northern Ireland at Jordanstown.

McConvey, who is only 21, has been a Sports Institute Northern Ireland athlete for three years is looking forward the move and had this to say,

“I am really excited about going to the road; it was always part of my plan. My coach and I talked about it over the summer and decided that we should make the move now rather than leave it too long.

It is fair to say that I enjoy both disciplines but the road is the biggest stage for any cyclist and it is the hardest place to make it to the top, I want to be in the environment where I am competing with the best on the road and racing with the best teams.

This is the start of the journey and joining up with AnPost is a stepping stone to racing with the biggest teams in the world.”

In 2008 Connor narrowly missed out on selection for the Olympic Games due to a car accident and his dream is to compete in London 2012.

Click here to listen to Connor on BBC Radio Ulster..