Hector Martin

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Hector Martin
Personal information
Full nameHector Martin
Born(1898-12-26)26 December 1898
Belgium
Died9 August 1972(1972-08-09) (aged 73)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Major wins
Tour de France
5 stages
4 days yellow jersey

Hector Martin (26 December 1898–9 August 1972) was a Belgian road racing cyclist, professional from 1925 to 1935. In 1924 he won the "Tour of Flanders for Independents" and the Belgian championship cycling for independents . From 1925 to 1935 he was a professional cyclist. In the 1927 Tour de France he won the third stage in Caen and the 22nd stage to Charleville and he wore the yellow jersey for 4 days. In 1928 he won Bordeaux-Paris and in 1929 he came second. In 1930 he won the . He was the brother of Léon Martin.

Camille Thomas fabricated cycling shoes and marketed them under Hector's name in 1939.

Major results[]

1923
Brussel - Luxemburg - Mondorf
Melsele
1924
Binche - Tournai - Binche
Paris - Menin
Ronde van Vlaanderen for amateurs
Blankenberge
 Belgium national road race championship for amateur
1925
Tour de France:
Winner stages 14, 16 and 17
1927
Tour de France:
Winner stages 3 and 22
Wearing yellow jersey for four days
1928
Bordeaux–Paris
1930
Circuit de Béarn
1931
Maldegem

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