 Martin at the2016 Tour of Britain | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Daniel John Martin |
| Nickname | The Goblin |
| Born | (1986-08-20)20 August 1986 (age 39) Birmingham, England, United Kingdom[1] |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft9+1⁄2 in)[2] |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)[2] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type |
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| Amateur teams | |
| 2006–2007 | Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille |
| 2007 | Slipstream–Chipotle(stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2008–2015 | Slipstream–Chipotle[3] |
| 2016–2017 | Etixx–Quick-Step |
| 2018–2019 | UAE Team Emirates[4][5] |
| 2020–2021 | Israel Start-Up Nation[6][7] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Daniel John Martin (born 20 August 1986) is a British-Irish (dual national) former professionalroad racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2021 for theCannondale–Garmin,Quick-Step Floors,UAE Team Emirates andIsrael Start-Up Nation teams.
Born and raised in England, Martin represented Ireland in competition through his Irish mother. During his career, Martin participated in two Olympic Games and won stages of the2013 Tour de France and the2018 Tour de France. Martin also won stages at theVuelta a España in2011 and2020 and the 2021 Giro d'Italia.[8][9] He finished in the top 10 of sixGrand Tours, three times in the Tour de France, twice in the Vuelta a España and once in theGiro d’Italia. He also won the overall classification at the2010 Tour de Pologne[10] and the2013 Volta a Catalunya.[11] Inone-day races, he won the 2010Japan Cup, the 2010Tre Valli Varesine, the 2011Giro di Toscana and two Monument classics, the2013 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, and the2014 Giro di Lombardia.[12]
Martin was born on 20 August 1986 inBirmingham, England, United Kingdom.[13] Martin is the son ofNeil Martin, a former British professional cyclist, and Maria Martin (née Roche) from Ireland, the sister of 1987Triple Crown winner,Stephen Roche, father of professional cyclistNicolas Roche.[14][15] He was born five weeks premature and suffered from asthma as a child. Martin grew up inTamworth, Staffordshire, and was educated atSt Francis of Assisi Catholic Technology College.[16] Martin became theBritish under-18 national road race champion in 2004. However, in 2006, Martin decided to ride for Ireland. In 2005, he joined the French amateur teamVélo-Club La Pomme Marseille, and won themountains classification in the Ronde de l'Isard.
Martin turned professional in 2008 withSlipstream–Chipotle. In 2008, he won theRoute du Sud and theIrish National Road Race Championships. In 2009, Martin reached aUCI World Rankings of thirty-fifth (137 points), and rode his firstGrand Tour, the2009 Vuelta a España. In 2010, he won his firstUCI ProTour stage race, theTour of Poland.[10] He finished forty-ninth in the2010 UCI World Rankings (106 points); Ireland placed seventeenth in the national rankings (254 points).
2011 was Martin's break-out season. He won his first Grand Tour stage during theVuelta a España, and became the first Irishman to hold themountains classification; he wore the mountains jersey for stages ten and eleven.[8][17] Martin won Stage 6 and finished second overall, behind SlovakPeter Sagan ofLiquigas–Cannondale, in theTour of Poland. With a second place, behindLeopard Trek'sOliver Zaugg of Switzerland, in the season-endingGiro di Lombardia, Martin finished in ninth in theUCI World Rankings (286 points); Ireland placed thirteenth in the national rankings (319 points).
Whilst achieving no wins in 2012, Martin placed sixteenth inUCI World Ranking (196 points); Ireland finished sixteenth in the national rankings (259 points).
In March 2013, Martin won Stage 4 of theVolta a Catalunya; his fourth World Tour victory.[18] Martin gained the leader's jersey the following day, and won overall classification four days later.[11] In April, Martin finished fourth inLa Flèche Wallonne; the following weekend, he wonLiège–Bastogne–Liège, beatingTeam Katusha'sJoaquim Rodríguez of Spain.[12] It was during the final stages of this race that a spectator in a panda suit chased the riders, leading to a long-lasting connection between Martin and the panda.[19] Martin's form continued at theTour de Suisse where he placed eighth overall.
Martin, along with his teammatesAndrew Talansky andRyder Hesjedal, rode theTour de France as co-captains. OnStage 8, finishing atAx 3 Domaines, Talansky and Martin finished together, twelfth and thirtieth, respectively, to sit twelfth and thirteenth overall.[20] The following day, Martin wonStage 9 inBagnères-de-Bigorre, after escaping from the lead group with DaneJakob Fuglsang (Astana) on the final climb.[21] He out sprinted Fuglsang in the final kilometre to win the stage.[22] Martin moved up to eighth overall in the process.[23] However, Martin fell ill in the final week, and following the final three mountain stages, slipped to thirty-third overall.[24][25]
Martin completed the 2013 season with a fourth-place finish in theGiro di Lombardia,[26] and a second-place finish in theTour of Beijing.[27] Martin finished sixth in theUCI World Rankings (432 points); Ireland placed tenth in the national rankings (568 points).
Martin finished second inLa Flèche Wallonne, behind SpaniardAlejandro Valverde (Movistar Team). Martin looked well positioned inLiège–Bastogne–Liège, sitting in second place, but in the final 200 metres (660 feet) he crashed; AustralianSimon Gerrans (Orica–GreenEDGE) was victorious. Martin's primary focus was theGiro d'Italia, which started inBelfast. However, in the opening team time trial, Martin crashed, breaking his collarbone; he subsequently abandoned the race.[28] He skipped theTour de France to focus on theVuelta a España; he placed seventh overall.[29] In October, Martin won theGiro di Lombardia; he attacked in the final kilometre, and soloed to the finish, winning by one second.[30] Martin won Stage 4, and placed second overall, behindBMC Racing Team'sPhilippe Gilbert of Belgium, at the season-endingTour of Beijing.[31] Martin finished ninth in theUCI World Rankings (316 points); Ireland placed fourteenth in the national rankings (357 points).
In March, Martin came in tenth position at theVolta a Catalunya. He participated inLiège–Bastogne–Liège, but was caught in a pile-up and had to abandon all hopes of winning the race.[32] He participated in theTour de Romandie (finishing 104th) where he complained of chest pain, but only after the race was it found that he had two broken ribs, a result of his crash at Liège–Bastogne–Liège.[33] On Stage 11 of theTour de France, Martin rode across a three-minute gap on theCol d'Aspin to the breakaway, and then led over the top of the climb. HoweverRafał Majka, part of the breakaway, attacked the group on theCol du Tourmalet; Martin went over the climb in third place, and he rode withEmanuel Buchmann for a while before going solo to catch Majka. He passedSerge Pauwels but he could not quite get to Majka, but he did win the Combativity award for the stage.
Martin joinedEtixx–Quick-Step on a two-year contract from 2016, with a focus on strengthening the team's squad for theArdennes classics and competing as a contender in stage races.[34] Martin enjoyed success in his first race with his new team, winning the second stage of theVolta a la Comunitat Valenciana, his first win for over a year.[35] He took another win against a strong field in theVolta a Catalunya,[36] going on to finish third overall.[37] He went on to Belgium to race in the Ardennes classics, where his best result was a third place atLa Flèche Wallonne.[38]
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Martin's first significant result of the season was a stage win at theVolta ao Algarve.[39] In April, he placed second toAlejandro Valverde in bothLa Flèche Wallonne andLiège–Bastogne–Liège.[40][41] In June, his late attack in the final stage lifted him to the podium, in third place, of theCritérium du Dauphiné, overtakingChris Froome by a single second.[42]
In theTour de France, Martin was involved in a crash withRichie Porte in stage 9. In an interview at the end of the stage he said;
I guess the organisers got what they wanted. I don’t think anyone want to takes risks, but it was so slippy out there. Richie just lost it on one corner, locked his back wheel and there was nowhere to go. I was lucky to come away with what I did.[43]
Despite back pain, finding it hard to walk and not being able to get out of his saddle at times, he went on to finish the race sixth in the general classification, only learning afterwards that he had fractured two vertebrae in the crash.[44] The injury forced him to miss theClásica de San Sebastián.
In August 2017, Martin announced that he was joiningUAE Team Emirates, on a two-year contract, for the 2018 season.[4] Martin had turned down an offer to ride forTeam Sky, as he would not be a team leader in Grand Tours. He had also received interest fromBora–Hansgrohe,BMC Racing Team,Team Katusha–Alpecin andTrek–Segafredo.[45] He made his debut for UAE Team Emirates at theVolta ao Algarve.[46] Martin placed fourth on stage 2 of the Volta ao Algarve, by losing out on a sprint finish toMichał Kwiatkowski;[47] he went on to finish 14th overall.
AtParis–Nice, Martin abandoned the race due to bad weather conditions and illness on Stage 7,[48] Martin had lost time on the previous stage due to a mechanical problem with his bike.[49] At theVolta a Catalunya Martin fell behind on Stage 4 toLa Molina, finishing 1 minute 29 seconds behind stage winnerAlejandro Valverde, in 19th place.[50] He took his first win of the season with a stage win at theCritérium du Dauphiné. On 12 July Martin won his secondTour de France stage, winningstage 6 atMûr-de-Bretagne.[51][52] He was named the most combative rider of the Tour de France.[53]
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In 2020 Martin joinedIsrael Start-Up Nation on a two-year contract.[54]
In 2020 Martin took 5th place inLa Flèche Wallonne, and in theVuelta a España he finished third in each of the first two stages, followed by a win onstage three before eventually finishing fourth in the General classification.[9][55]
On 26 May 2021, he wonstage 17 of the2021 Giro d'Italia, thus claiming a stage win in all three ofgrand tours.[56][57] He eventually finished the Giro in 10th Overall.[58]In September 2021, Martin announced that he would retire from competition at the end of the season.[59]
Martin holds both British and Irish citizenship.[13] After turning professional, Martin resided inGirona, Catalonia, Spain,[60] before moving toAndorra in 2014.[61] He is married to British distance runnerJess Martin.[62][63]In September 2018 their twin girls, Daisy and Ella Martin, were born.
Road race, British National Junior Road Championships
OverallJunior Tour of Wales OverallTour des Pays de Savoie
Points classification
Road race Under-23 road race OverallRoute du Sud
Young rider classification OverallTour de Pologne
Mountains classification
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| Grand Tour | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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 Giro d'Italia | — | — | 57 | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | 35 | 33 | — | 39 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 40 |
 / Vuelta a España | — | 53 | — | 13 | — | DNF | 7 | DNF | — | — | DNF | — | 4 | — |
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| Major stage race | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
 Paris–Nice | — | DNF | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | DNF | — | — | — |
 Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 55 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Volta a Catalunya | 24 | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 23 | NH | 25 |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | 14 | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | 2 | — | |
| Tour de Romandie | — | 58 | — | — | 14 | — | — | 104 | — | — | 10 | — | — | |
 Critérium du Dauphiné | — | 32 | — | 33 | 106 | — | — | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | DNF | — |
| Tour de Suisse | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — |
| Monument | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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| Milan–San Remo | Did not contest during his career | |||||||||||||
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| Paris–Roubaix | ||||||||||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | 118 | 99 | 58 | DNF | 5 | 1 | 39 | DNF | 47 | 2 | 18 | DNF | 11 | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | DNF | 8 | DNF | 2 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 48 | 36 | 9 | 18 | — | 38 |
| Classic | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | DNF | — | — | 75 | DNF | DNF | 15 | — | DNF | DNF | — | NH | — |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | 56 | 17 | DNF | 6 | 4 | 2 | DNF | 3 | 2 | 61 | DNF | 5 | — |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | 25 | 7 | 12 | — | 12 | 32 | NH | — |
| GP Ouest–France | — | 5 | 64 | — | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 |
| Tre Valli Varesine | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 61 | — | — |
| Giro del Piemonte | 143 | DNF | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — |
| Giro dell'Emilia | — | — | 2 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | 6 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
Israel Cycling Academy recently signed Dan Martin to a two-year deal that would take the Irish rider through 2021 [...]
Andorra based Olympian Jess Martin (nee Andrews) was the pick of the Brits in action in Spain on Sunday, as she finished fifth in this IAAF Permit Race.[permanent dead link]
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