Daniel Martin
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Volta a Catalunya: Winners and records
Door Martijn Ophorst The Volta a Catalunya is a stage race dating back to 1911 and held in March, just after Paris-Nice and the Tirreno-Adriatico. Typically, the race takes in a mix of sprint stages and races in the high mountains, while time trials are rare.…
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Tour of Lombardy: Winners and records
Door Martijn Ophorst The Tour of Lombardy is a race for puncheurs and climbers as it is marked by steep ascents. Cyclingstage brings you the recent winners and records in the Race of the Falling Leaves.
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Liège-Bastogne-Liège: Winners and records
Door Martijn Ophorst With the inaugural edition dating back to 1892, Liège-Bastogne-Liège is the oldest of all the cycling Classics. 'La Doyenne' is situated in the heart of the Belgian Ardennes and the riders tackle numerous steep climbs on the way back from…
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Tour de Pologne: Records and winners
Door Martijn Ophorst The Tour de Pologne is on the cycling menu one week after the Tour de France. The hilly route makes it a good preparation for the Vuelta, starting a few weeks later. Until the 1990’s the race was restricted to amateurs, but with the fall of…
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Giro 2021: Martin solos to victory, Bernal struggles but retains maglia rosa
Door Harmen Lustig Dan Martin solos to victory from the breakaway in the 17th stage. João Almeida finishes in second and Simon Yates in third. Egan Bernal cracks in the finish climb, but he limits his losses to retain the pink jersey.
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Vuelta 2020: Dan Martin wins at Laguna Negra, Roglic still leader
Door Harmen Lustig The 3rd stage of La Vuelta comes down to the steep last kilometre of the Laguna Negra climb. Dan Martin outsprints Primoz Roglic and Richard Carapaz, while most other GC contenders lose up to 12 seconds. Roglic stays in the maillot rojo, 5 seconds…
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Tour de France 2018 Stage 6: Dan Martin wins on Mûr-de-Bretagne, Greg Van Avermaet still leader
Door Martijn Ophorst The Tour de France's 6th stage is perfect for puncheurs. The finale takes in two hauls up the steep Mûr-de-Bretagne. Daniel Martin attacks with 1,2 kilometres out and powers to victory, while Romain Bardet and Tom Dumoulin lose time after…
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Critérium du Dauphiné 2018 Stage 5: Daniel Martin wins in Valmorel, Geraint Thomas new leader
Door Martijn Ophorst The Critérium du Dauphiné brings its second mountain top finish in the 5th stage. Following a late attack Daniel Martin solos to victory ahead of Geraint Thomas, who moves into the overall lead. Adam Yates finishes third.
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Volta a Catalunya 2016: Dan Martin powers to victory at stage 3's top finish
Door Martijn Ophorst At 172.1 kilometres, the riders face four category-1 climbs in stage 3 of the Volta a Catalunya. The fireworks detonate in the final 2 kilometres with a plentitude of attacks. Eventually Dan Martin powers to the win, taking both the stage and the…
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Tour of Lombardy 2014: Sweet revenge Daniel Martin
Door Martijn Ophorst With crashes in Liege-Bastogne-Liege and the Giro d'Italia, Daniel Martin's 2014 season was marked by disaster, but all is forgotten after a brilliant attack in the final kilometre of Il Lombardia. Unseen by his fellow attackers he escapes and…