Tony Martin (cyclist)

Tony Hans-Joachim Martin (born 23 April 1985) is a German professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jumbo–Visma.[8] Martin is known as a time trial specialist, and is a four-time world champion in the discipline, having won the title in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016. He also won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing runner-up to Bradley Wiggins in the event.

Tony Martin
Martin at the 2018 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Full nameTony Hans-Joachim Martin
NicknamePanzerwagen[1]
Born (1985-04-23) 23 April 1985
Cottbus, East Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)[3]
Team information
Current teamTeam Jumbo–Visma
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist[1]
Domestique[4]
Rouleur
Amateur teams
2004Köstritzer
2005Gerolsteiner (stagiaire)
2006–2007Thüringer Energie Team
Professional teams
2008–2011Team High Road
2012–2016Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[5]
2017–2018Team Katusha–Alpecin
2019–Team Jumbo–Visma[6][7]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
5 individual stages (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)
1 TTT stage (2019)
Vuelta a España
2 individual stages (2011, 2014)

Stage races

Eneco Tour (2010)
Paris–Nice (2011)
Tour of Beijing (2011, 2012)
Tour of Belgium (2012, 2013, 2014)
Volta ao Algarve (2011, 2013)

One-day races and Classics

World Time Trial Championships (2011, 2012, 2013, 2016)
National Time Trial Championships (2010, 2012–2019)

Martin has also been a part of three world championship-winning team time trial squads with Omega Pharma–Quick-Step/Etixx–Quick-Step, in 2012, 2013 and 2016. Martin has also won seven Grand Tour stages, including five individual time trial stages – three at the Tour de France in 2011, 2013 and 2014, and two at the Vuelta a España in 2011 and in 2014. He has also won several stage races, including the Eneco Tour (2010), Paris–Nice (2011) and the first two editions of the Tour of Beijing in 2011 and 2012.

Early life

Born in Cottbus, East Germany, Martin and the rest of his family escaped from East Germany shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communist Eastern Europe. Later, he returned to the Eastern part of Germany to attend sport school in Erfurt.[9]

Career

2009

Martin (left) riding on Mont Ventoux at the 2009 Tour de France

In 2009, Martin won time-trials in the Critérium International and the Bayern–Rundfahrt. He also featured strongly in week-long stage races, winning the mountain classifications at Paris–Nice and the Tour de Suisse, finishing second overall and winning a stage in the latter. Martin also made an impact at the Tour de France, wearing the white jersey as leader of the young rider classification on stages 3 to 14, and winning the combativity award after finishing second on Stage 20 at the top of Mont Ventoux. He took the bronze medal in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships at the end of the season.

2010

Martin enjoyed more success in time trials, winning his first national championship title as well as stages in the Tour of California and the Tour de Suisse. Martin finished second in both the prologue and the Stage 19 individual time trial of the Tour de France, and again wore the white jersey as leader of the young rider classification on stages 1 to 3. Following the Tour de France, Martin finished 1st overall in the Eneco Tour, as well as the seventh stage time trial and the young rider classification. Martin again took the bronze medal at the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships.

2011

Martin in the rainbow jersey after winning the time trial at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships.

2011 saw Martin claim overall victories in the Volta ao Algarve and Paris–Nice,[10] having won time trials in both events. He also finished second overall in the Tour de Romandie, and won the time trial in the Critérium du Dauphiné. Martin won his first Grand Tour stage by taking victory in the Stage 20 individual time trial of the Tour de France.[11] He also won the stage 10 time trial in the Vuelta a España.[12] In September, Martin won the gold medal in the time trial at the UCI ROad World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.[13] He then won the opening time trial of the inaugural Tour of Beijing,[14] and held the race lead for the rest of the event to claim overall victory.[15][16]

Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (2012–16)

Following the announcement that HTC–Highroad would fold at the end of 2011, Martin signed with Omega Pharma–Quick-Step for the 2012 season.[17]

2012

Martin at the 2012 Paris–Nice wearing the rainbow jersey skinsuit.

Martin began 2012 with second overall in the Volta ao Algarve, finishing second to Bradley Wiggins by less than a second in the final time trial. In April, Martin lost consciousness after colliding with a car during training[18] and sustained injuries, wrecking his early season. Martin returned to action at the Tour of Belgium in May, winning the time trial on Stage 4 and taking the overall victory.

At the Tour de France, Martin's hopes of winning the prologue, were dashed by a mechanical problem that forced him to switch bikes on course. Martin then crashed the following day on Stage 1, suffering a broken wrist. After suffering more mechanical problems in the next time trial, Stage 9, he withdrew from the competition so that his wrist would have more time to heal before the time trial at the Olympic Games three weeks later.[19] Martin was deemed fit enough to compete, and he claimed silver at the Olympics behind Wiggins.[20]

In September, Martin was part of the six-man Omega Pharma–Quick-Step team that won the inaugural team time trial for trade teams at the UCI Road World Championships. Three days later, he successfully defended his individual world title, beating Taylor Phinney by five seconds and passing Alberto Contador on course. In October, Martin went back to China to attempt to defend his Tour of Beijing title at the last UCI World Tour race of the season. He placed well in all the stages, but his overall win[21] was attributed in large part to a solo victory on stage 2. Martin attacked the lead group with 25 km (15.5 mi) remaining, on the climb of the Dong Gang Hong Tunnel,[22] and sped away to win by around 45 seconds to record his first road stage win since the 2009 Tour de Suisse.[23]

2013

Martin on his way to victory on Stage 11 of the 2013 Tour de France

In February, Martin won the general classification of the Volta ao Algarve. He earned the leader's jersey on the fourth and last stage, a 34.8-kilometre (21.6-mile) individual time trial, which he won by over a minute from the next closest competitor, team-mate Michał Kwiatkowski. In the overall classification, he bested Kwiatkowski and Lieuwe Westra of Vacansoleil–DCM.[24] In the Tour de France he was involved in a crash on the 1st stage which left him with a concussion and a contusion on his left lung.[25] He recovered enough to win stage 11, an individual time trial.[26] With an average speed of 54.271 kilometres per hour (33.722 miles per hour), Martin rode the third fastest Tour de France individual time trial stage at that time.[27]

Bradley Wiggins, Martin and Fabian Cancellara on the podium after winning the time trial at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships

In the sixth stage of Vuelta a España, Martin managed a 175 km (109 mi) solo breakaway, averaging 27.7 mph (44.6 km/h), which was only caught in the final metres of the stage.[28][29] Martin then went on to help his team Omega Pharma–Quick-Step to narrowly beat Orica–GreenEDGE in the team time trial at the UCI Road World Championships. He then emerged victorious once more in the individual time trial, beating second placed Bradley Wiggins by 46 seconds, who was a further two seconds ahead of four-time winner Fabian Cancellara.[30]

In the off season, Martin had surgery in Hamburg to resolve the scaphoid non-union resulting from his 2012 Tour de France stage 1 crash.[31] The Omega Pharma–Quick-Step team said he would wear a special cast for six weeks which would allow him to resume training before the cast was removed.

2014

On 1 June, he claimed his third consecutive Tour of Belgium and set a new record in doing so, surpassing 9 other riders who had managed to win the race two times. Martin then won the two time trials of the Tour de Suisse, finishing fourth overall after limiting his losses in the mountains.[32] On 13 July, Martin won his first mass start road stage of the Tour de France. He was in a breakaway for 155 km (96 mi), the final 60 km (37 mi) in a solo effort to bring back memories of his famous Vuelta effort in 2013.[33] This time Martin won the stage and was able to begin his celebrations some distance before the line. He topped his Tour off by winning the 20th stage time trial by a margin of 1 minute 39 seconds over his nearest rival.[34] He went on to take another Grand Tour stage win at the Vuelta a España, clinching the individual time trial on stage 10.[35] However he missed out on victory in the time trials at the UCI Road World Championships, taking the bronze medal alongside his Omega Pharma–Quick-Step teammates in the team event and the silver medal in the individual, trailing Bradley Wiggins by 26 seconds.[36]

2015

Martin was awarded the leader's yellow jersey after stage four of the 2015 Tour de France.

Martin had his first victory of the season on the individual time trial of the Volta ao Algarve. The second one came in May, at the Tour de Romandie, where he bettered Simon Špilak by eleven seconds in the rainy streets of Lausanne.[37] At the end of June, he defended his German National Time Trial Championships title successfully.[38]

At the Tour de France, Martin finished second behind Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing Team) in the opening time trial in Utrecht. Martin looked set to take the yellow jersey on Stage 2 when Dennis was dropped when the peloton split in cross winds, but Fabian Cancellara outsprinted Martin's teammate Mark Cavendish to take third on the stage, and jump ahead of Martin into first place due to time bonuses. On Stage 3, Cancellara was involved in a large accident and lost time, but Martin again missed out on taking the yellow jersey, as Chris Froome (Team Sky) came home second at the finish on the Mur de Huy, and took the lead by one second over Martin due to the time bonus. On 7 July, Martin won Stage 4 after a short escape 3 km (1.9 mi) before the finish, taking the yellow jersey for the first time in his career. He was riding on a bike borrowed from teammate Matteo Trentin, having had mechanical problems earlier in the race, which featured 13 km (8.1 mi) of cobbles.[39] On Stage 6, Martin crashed in the final kilometre on an uphill section while he was still in yellow and had to abandon the Tour because of a broken collarbone.[40]

One month later, Martin returned to racing; although he fell short in the individual time trial in stage 4, he gained time over his main competitors and eventually won the overall of the Tour du Poitou-Charentes,[41] his first stage race win of the season. However he missed out on a World Championship gold for the second year running; Etixx–Quick-Step finished second in the team time trial, 11 seconds behind the BMC Racing Team,[42] and he struggled to seventh place in the individual event – his worst performance in the event since 2008, when he also finished seventh.[43]

Career achievements

Major results

2003
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
8th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
2004
1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships
2005
Giro delle Regioni
1st Stages 4 & 6
1st Stage 4 (ITT) Regio-Tour
6th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
2006
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
3rd Overall Mainfranken-Tour
6th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
2007
1st Overall FBD Insurance Rás
1st Young rider classification
1st Coppa Città di Asti
2nd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
1st Stage 1
2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
7th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
2008
1st Hel van het Mergelland
1st Stage 3b (ITT) Tour de l'Ain
1st Stage 8 (ITT) Deutschland Tour
1st Prologue Ster Elektrotoer
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Sachsen Tour
7th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2009
1st Mountains classification Paris–Nice
1st Stage 3 (ITT) Critérium International
1st Stage 4 (ITT) Bayern–Rundfahrt
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 8
3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
7th Overall Volta ao Algarve
7th Clásica de Almería
8th Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 3 (TTT)
Tour de France
Held after Stages 3–14
Combativity award Stage 20
2010
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall Eneco Tour
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 7 (ITT)
1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tour of California
3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
6th Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 9 (ITT)
Tour de France
Held after Stages 1–3
2011
1st Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
1st Overall Volta ao Algarve
1st Stage 5 (ITT)
1st Overall Paris–Nice
1st Stage 6 (ITT)
1st Overall Tour of Beijing
1st Stage 1 (ITT)
1st Chrono des Nations
1st Stage 6 (ITT) Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 20 (ITT) Tour de France
1st Stage 10 (ITT) Vuelta a España
1st Stage 3 (ITT) Critérium du Dauphiné
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
5th UCI World Tour
5th Trofeo Deià
2012
UCI Road World Championships
1st Time trial
1st Team time trial
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
1st Overall Tour of Beijing
1st Stage 2
1st Chrono des Nations
2nd Time trial, Olympic Games
2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve
4th Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz
5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
2013
UCI Road World Championships
1st Time trial
1st Team time trial
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall Volta ao Algarve
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
1st Overall Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
1st Chrono des Nations
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 7 (ITT)
1st Stage 6 (ITT) Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 5 (ITT) Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 4 (ITT) Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Stage 11 (ITT) Tour de France
6th Overall Tour of Beijing
8th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
Combativity award Stage 6 Vuelta a España
2014
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
Tour de France
1st Stages 9 & 20 (ITT)
Held after Stage 9
Combativity award Stages 9 & 10
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 10 (ITT)
Combativity award Stage 10
Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stages 2 & 6 (ITT)
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
UCI Road World Championships
2nd Time trial
3rd Team time trial
4th Overall Dubai Tour
4th Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 7 (ITT)
2015
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
Tour de France
1st Stage 4
Held after Stages 4–6
1st Stage 3 (ITT) Volta ao Algarve
1st Stage 6 (ITT) Tour de Romandie
UCI Road World Championships
2nd Team time trial
7th Time trial
2016
UCI Road World Championships
1st Time trial
1st Team time trial
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 7a (ITT) Tour of Britain
4th Overall Three Days of De Panne
Combativity award Stage 16 Tour de France
2017
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 2 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
8th Overall Tour of Britain
9th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2018
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
7th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2019
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour de France
1st Stage 1 (TTT) UAE Tour
UCI Road World Championships
2nd Mixed team relay
9th Time trial

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Giro d'Italia 128 110 DNF
Tour de France 35 137 44 DNF 106 47 DNF DNF 101 DNF DSQ 118
Vuelta a España DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF
Major stage race general classification results
Race 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Paris–Nice 85 DNF 1 62 38 93
Tirreno–Adriatico 29 75 117 47 135
Volta a Catalunya 92 NH
Tour of the Basque Country 107 5 60 30 32 DNF
Tour de Romandie 94 8 2 11 83 30 80
Critérium du Dauphiné 37 23 DNF DNF 65 90 DNF
Tour de Suisse 2 6 4 NH

Major championships timeline

Event 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Olympic Games Time trial Not Held 2 Not Held 12 Not Held
Road race DNF DNF
World Championships Time trial 7 3 3 1 1 1 2 7 1 9 7 9
Road race DNF DNF 166 DNF 88 DNF 69
Team time trial[lower-alpha 1] Not Held 1 1 3 2 1 9 11 Not Held
Mixed team relay Did not exist 2 NH
National Championships Time trial 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Road race 14 4 68 39 50 124 160
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
DSQ Disqualified
NH Not held

Awards

  • German Male Cyclist of the Year (German: Radsportler des Jahres für Männer): 2009, 2011, 2016
  • Thüringia Sportsperson of the Year (German: Thüringer Sportler des Jahres): 2012

Notes

  1. From 2012 to 2016, Martin was part of the Omega Pharma–Quick-Step/Etixx–Quick-Step team that contested the race. In 2017 and 2018, he contested the event with Team Katusha–Alpecin.

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