MARTIN Daniel

Ireland
Cycling Road
20 Aug 1986
34
Male
1.76/5'9''
BIRMINGHAM
 
Great Britain
LA MASSANA
 
Andorra

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CRD Cycling Road Men's Road Race 16

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Fuji International Speedway
Men's Road Race
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocationRoad Race
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA13
2012London, GBR90

UCI Road World Championships
YearLocationRoad Race
2019Harrogate, GBRDNF
2018Innsbruck, AUTDNF
2017Bergen, NOR26
2014Ponferrada, ESP84
2013Florence, ITADNF
2012Valkenburg, NED33
2011Copenhagen, DEN90
2009Mendrisio, SUI68

Tour de France
RankEventYearLocation
6Men's Individual2017Paris, FRA
8Men's Individual2018Paris, FRA
9Men's Individual2016Paris, FRA
18Men's Individual2019Paris, FRA
33Men's Individual2013Paris, FRA
35Men's Individual2012Paris, FRA
39Men's Individual2015Paris, FRA
40Men's Individual2021Paris, FRA
41Men's Individual2020Paris, FRA

Giro d'Italia
RankEventYearLocation
10Men's Individual2021Milan, ITA
57Men's Individual2010Verona, ITA

Vuelta a Espanya
RankEventYearLocation
4Men's Individual2020Madrid, ESP
7Men's Individual2014Santiago de Compostela, ESP
13Men's Individual2011Madrid, ESP
53Men's Individual2009Madrid, ESP

Ten best WorldTour performances in career
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
12014Road RaceIl LombardiaBergamo, ITA
12013Road RaceLiege - Bastogne - LiegeAns, BEL
12013Men's IndividualVolta a CatalunyaMontjuic, ESP
12010Men's IndividualTour de PologneKrakow, POL
22019Men's IndividualItzulia Basque CountryEibar, ESP
22017Road RaceLiege - Bastogne - LiegeAns, BEL
22017Road RaceFleche WallonneHuy, BEL
22014Road RaceFleche WallonneHuy, BEL
22011Road RaceIl LombardiaLecco, ITA
22011Men's IndividualTour de PologneKrakow, POL
22011Men's IndividualVolta a CatalunyaBarcelona, ESP
22009Men's IndividualVolta a CatalunyaMontmelo, ESP


Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit
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Dan (Facebook page, 24 Feb 2021)
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Athlete
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Wife Jessica, twin daughters Daisy and Ella [2018]
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Catalan, English, French, German, Spanish
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Israel Start-Up Nation [Israel] since 2020
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His father Neil represented Great Britain in road cycling at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. His uncle Stephen Roche also competed in the sport and won both the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia in 1987. His cousin Nicolas Roche has represented cycling teams on the World Tour, and also competed for Ireland at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. His wife Jessica Martin [nee Andrews] has represented Great Britain in athletics. She was ranked ninth in the 5000m at the 2016 Diamond League meet in Birmingham, England. (irishtimes.com, 22 Oct 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 07 Jul 2016; theguardian.com, 21 May 2016; cyclist.co.uk, 13 May 2016)
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Turned professional in 2008
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He sustained a small fracture to his sacral bone at the base of his spine in a crash at the 2020 Criterium de Dauphine in France. He was still able to compete at the 2020 Tour de France, which took place later in the same month. (procyclingstats.com, 29 Aug 2020; rte.ie, 28 Aug 2020; bbc.co.uk, 14 Aug 2020)

He suffered a separated shoulder after crashing on stage eight of the 2015 Vuelta a Espana. He was forced to abandon the race. (velonews.competitor.com, 15 Sep 2015)

He broke his collarbone after crashing during the opening stage time trial of the 2014 Giro d'Italia, which forced him to withdraw from the event. (eurosport.co.uk, 30 Apr 2021; bbc.co.uk, 05 Oct 2014)
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He began cycling at age 10. (cyclingnews.com, 25 Jun 2007)
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His father and his uncle were both elite cyclists, so he followed them into the sport. (cyclingnews.com, 25 Jun 2007)
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His father. (cyclingnews.com, 25 Jun 2007)
Legend
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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