Daniel Martínez (cyclist)
 Martínez in 2019. | |||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda | ||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 1996 Soacha, Colombia | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||
| Current team | Ineos Grenadiers | ||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | ||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||
| 2015 | Colombia | ||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Southeast–Venezuela | ||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale[1][2] | ||||||||||
| 2021– | Ineos Grenadiers | ||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||
Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda (born 25 April 1996) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[3]
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 the 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 season at the Colombian National Road Race 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 Liége-Bastogne-Liége. Then he rode the Tour de Romandie, and finished 12th. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France.[4] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[5] He won the Dauphine in 2020.
During the 2020 Tour de France he claimed his first grand tour stage win from a breakaway on stage 14 to Puy Mary.[6]
Ineos Grenadiers[]
Martínez joined the Ineos Grenadiers team on a one year contract for the 2021 season.[7]
During the 2021 Giro d'Italia Martínez finished fifth on the general classification after riding in support of countryman Egan Bernal, who won the race.[8]
Major results[]
- 2013
- Pan American Junior Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 2nd
Road race
- 1st
- 2014
- 1st
Time trial, National Junior Road Championships - 2015
- 1st
Mountains classification Route du Sud - 8th Overall Tour of Utah
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2017
- 4th Overall Tour of Turkey
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 2019
- 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
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 1st Stage 13 Tour de France
- 2nd Overall Tour Colombia
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 6
- 2021
- 5th Overall Giro d'Italia
General classification results timeline[]
| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||
| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | 89 | DNF | — | — | — | 5 |
 Tour de France
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— | — | — | 36 | — | 28 | — |
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | 41 | DNF | — |
| Major stage race general classification results | |||||||
| Race | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Paris–Nice
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— | — | — | — | 18 | — | — |
 Tirreno–Adriatico
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Volta a Catalunya
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DNF | — | — | 7 | — | NH | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country
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— | — | — | — | 20 | — | |
| Tour de Romandie
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— | — | — | 12 | 25 | — | |
 Critérium du Dauphiné
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— | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Tour de Suisse
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— | — | — | — | — | NH | — |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
References[]
- ^ "EF Education First Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Bacon, Ellis (1 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: EF Education First". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "Dani Martinez Takes First Tour Stage as Roglic Extends Lead On Brutal Climb". The Guardian. 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Tom Pidcock and Richie Porte sign for Ineos Grenadiers for 2021". BBC Sport. BBC. 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.
- ^ "Martinez Steadies Bernal's Course Towards Giro d'Italia Victory". 29 May 2021.
External links[]
- Daniel Martínez at ProCyclingStats
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Colombian male cyclists
- Colombian Tour de France stage winners
- Pan American Games medalists in cycling
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- People from Cundinamarca Department
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games