Daniel Martínez (cyclist)

Daniel Martínez
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
Born (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 (age 27)
Soacha, Colombia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)
Team information
Current teamBora–Hansgrohe
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional teams
2015Colombia
2016–2017Southeast–Venezuela
2018–2020EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale[1][2]
2021–2023Ineos Grenadiers[3]
2024–Bora–Hansgrohe
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2020)

Stage races

Critérium du Dauphiné (2020)
Tour of the Basque Country (2022)
Volta ao Algarve (2023)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2019, 2020, 2022, 2024)
Coppa Sabatini (2022)
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's road cycling
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Time trial

Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda (born 25 April 1996) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe.[4]

Career

Colombia (2015)

Martínez abandoned the Volta a Catalunya, his first World Tour race ever. He finished 84th in the Tour of Turkey.

Southeast–Venezuela (2016–2017)

He rode his first ever Grand Tour in 2016, starting at the Giro d'Italia. He also finished 57th at Il Lombardia. He started in the Giro d'Italia once again in 2017, but abandoned the race. At the end of the season, he finished 4th in the Presidential Tour of Turkey.

EF Education First–Drapac (2018–2020)

Martínez started the 2018 season at the Colombian National Road Championships, where he finished 2nd in the time trial, behind Egan Bernal. He went on to finish 5th in the new Colombian race, Colombia Oro y Paz. His first top 10 finish in Europe, was at the Volta a Catalunya, where he rode himself to 7th place overall. He rode the Belgian classics for the first time in his career, finishing 44th in La Fléche Wallonne and 61st in Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Then he rode the Tour de Romandie, and finished 12th. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France.[5] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España.[6]

At the start of the 2020 season, and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic-enforced suspension of racing, Martínez won his second consecutive title at the Colombian National Time Trial Championships,[7] and was second to teammate Sergio Higuita in the Tour Colombia, winning the final stage.[8] Martínez won the Critérium du Dauphiné in August, moving from fifth to first on the final day with a second-place stage finish to Sepp Kuss.[9] At the Tour de France, he claimed his first Grand Tour stage win from a breakaway on stage 13, which finished at Puy Mary.[10] He finished the race 28th overall,[11] his best Grand Tour overall placing to that point.

Ineos Grenadiers (2021–present)

Martinez at the 2021 Giro d'Italia

Martínez joined the Ineos Grenadiers team on an initial one-year contract for the 2021 season.[12] During the Giro d'Italia, Martínez was a mountain domestique for his compatriot of countryman Egan Bernal, who ultimately won the race.[13] Martínez moved his way up the general classification throughout the race, and moved up from seventh to fifth overall on the final weekend; he finished third on the final mountain stage that finished at the Alpe Motta in the Valle Spluga, driving the pace for Bernal while minimising any potential time loss to Damiano Caruso, who won the stage.[13] He finished third in the young rider classification, behind Bernal and Aleksandr Vlasov.[14]

To begin the 2022 season he won a record-equalling third Colombian National Time Trial Championships, and finished in third place overall at both the Volta ao Algarve and Paris–Nice.[15][16] His next stage race was the Tour of the Basque Country, where he won the fourth stage and ultimately the race overall, after Remco Evenepoel was distanced on the final climb.[17] At both the Tour de Suisse and the Tour de France, Martínez was part of an Ineos Grenadiers team that included Adam Yates, Geraint Thomas and Tom Pidcock.[18] At the latter, Martínez moved into the top-ten overall after the sixth stage,[19] but his general classification hopes were ended after he lost almost half an hour on the two stages either side of the first rest day,[20][21] which was attributed to illness.[22] He grew stronger by the end of the race and was joined with Wout van Aert and Thibaut Pinot as the final breakaway riders on Hautacam. Eventually Pinot fell back,[23] and the pair rode on alone but ultimately finished behind the GC contenders. Martínez continued riding hard because Geraint Thomas was approaching, who finished 4th on the stage to secure the final podium position.

Major results

2013
Pan American Junior Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
2014
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
2015
1st Mountains classification, Route du Sud
8th Overall Tour of Utah
1st Young rider classification
2017
4th Overall Tour of Turkey
1st Young rider classification
7th Milano–Torino
9th Tre Valli Varesine
2018
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour of California
5th Overall Colombia Oro y Paz
6th Overall Colorado Classic
1st Young rider classification
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
2019 (3 pro wins)
1st Time trial, Pan American Games
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice
2nd Overall Tour of Guangxi
3rd Overall Tour Colombia
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
2020 (4)
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race
1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 13 Tour de France
2nd Overall Tour Colombia
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 6
2021
5th Overall Giro d'Italia
2022 (4)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Points classification
1st Stage 4
1st Coppa Sabatini
3rd Overall Paris–Nice
3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve
3rd Giro della Toscana
4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
5th La Flèche Wallonne
8th Overall Tour de Suisse
2023 (1)
1st Overall Volta ao Algarve
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
5th Time trial
2024 (3)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 2 & 5

General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 89 DNF — — — 5 — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — 36 — 28 — 30 DNF
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — — — 41 DNF — — —
Major stage race general classification results
Race 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Paris–Nice — — — — 18 — — 3 25
Tirreno–Adriatico Has not contested during his career
Volta a Catalunya DNF — — 7 — NH — — —
Tour of the Basque Country — — — — 20 — 1 34
Tour de Romandie — — — 12 25 — — —
Critérium du Dauphiné — — — — — 1 — — 23
Tour de Suisse — — — — — NH — 8 —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
NH Not held
IP In progress

References

  1. ^ "EF Education First Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. ^ Bacon, Ellis (1 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: EF Education First". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Bora–Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  5. ^ "2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  6. ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  7. ^ Ballinger, Alex (30 January 2020). "Dani Martínez beats Nairo Quintana and Egan Bernal to Colombian time trial title". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Sergio Higuita wins Tour Colombia 2.1". Cyclingnews.com. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  9. ^ Long, Jonny (16 August 2020). "Dani Martínez wins the Critérium du Dauphiné 2020". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  10. ^ Whittle, Jeremy (11 September 2020). "Dani Martínez wins his first Tour stage as Roglic extends lead on brutal climb". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020.
  11. ^ Fletcher, Patrick (20 September 2020). "Tadej Pogacar wins the 2020 Tour de France". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Tom Pidcock and Richie Porte sign for Ineos Grenadiers for 2021". BBC Sport. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020. Laurens de Plus and Dani Martinez have also been recruited to join fellow new arrival Adam Yates, who was announced for 2021 last month.
  13. ^ a b Ryan, Barry (30 May 2021). "Daniel Martínez steadies Egan Bernal's course towards Giro d'Italia victory". Archived from the original on 30 May 2021.
  14. ^ Puddicombe, Stephen (30 May 2021). "Egan Bernal seals Giro d'Italia victory". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  15. ^ Long, Jonny (20 February 2022). "Remco Evenepoel takes assured overall win at Volta ao Algarve". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Martinez seals Paris-Nice podium". Ineos Grenadiers. Tour Racing Limited. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  17. ^ "Daniel Martínez wins Basque Country Tour". NBC Sports. Associated Press. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  18. ^ "2022 Tour de France lineup announced". Ineos Grenadiers. Tour Racing Limited. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Quartet move up after tough finish". Ineos Grenadiers. Tour Racing Limited. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  20. ^ Benson, Daniel (10 July 2022). "Tour de France: Ineos Grenadiers loses one of its GC leaders as Dani Martínez cracks on stage 9". VeloNews. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  21. ^ Weislo, Laura (12 July 2022). "Cort takes breakaway sprint to win Tour de France stage 10 at Megève". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  22. ^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (12 July 2022). "Ineos ready to take risks to win Tour de France, says Cummings". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  23. ^ Ryan, Barry (21 July 2022). "Van Aert ends Pogacar's Tour de France hopes with decisive turn on Hautacam". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

External links

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