Miguel Martinez (cyclist) explained
Miguel Martinez |
Fullname: | Miguel Martinez |
Nickname: | Little Mig[1] |
Birth Date: | 17 January 1976 |
Birth Place: | Fourchambault, France |
Height: | 1.64 m |
Weight: | 50 kg |
Role: | Rider |
Ridertype: | Cross-country cycling |
Amateuryears1: | 2013 |
Amateurteam1: | Montrichard Cyclisme 41 |
Amateuryears2: | 2015–2018 |
Amateurteam2: | Montrichard Cyclisme 41 |
Amateuryears3: | 2017–2018 |
Amateurteam3: | Team Tropix Factory Racing (MTB) |
Amateuryears4: | 2019 |
Amateuryears5: | 2020 |
Amateurteam5: | Montrichard Val de Cher Cyclisme |
Proyears1: | 2002 |
Proyears2: | 2003 |
Proyears3: | 2005 |
Proteam3: | Commencal–Oxbow |
Proyears4: | 2006 |
Proteam4: | Maxxis–MSC |
Proyears5: | 2008 |
Proyears6: | 2014 |
Proteam6: | Tropix–FRM |
Proyears7: | 2020 |
Majorwins: |
- Mountain bike
Olympic Games XC (2000)
World XC Championships (2000)
XC World Cup (1997, 2000)
10 individual wins (1996, 1997, 1999–2001) |
Show-Medals: | no |
Miguel Martinez (born 17 January 1976 in Fourchambault, Nièvre) is a French road cyclist and cross-country mountain biker, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team .[2] He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia after having finished in third place in the inaugural event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[3] He also rode in the 2002 Tour de France, finishing 44th. His brother Yannick, father Mariano and uncle Martin were also professional cyclists. He is also the father of racing cyclist Lenny Martinez.
Major results
Mountain bike
- 1994
1st Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships
1st Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships
- 1995
2nd Cross-country, UCI World Championships
- 1996
1st Cross-country, National Championships
2nd Overall UCI XC World Cup
1st Helen
1st Bromont
1st Kristiansand
2nd Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
3rd Cross-country, Olympic Games
- 1997
1st Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
1st Overall UCI XC World Cup
1st Spindleruv Mlyn
1st Mont Sainte-Anne
1st Houffalize
1st Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Roc d'Azur
2nd Cross-country, National Championships
- 1998
1st Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
2nd Overall UCI XC World Cup
2nd Roc d'Azur
- 1999
1st Cross-country, UEC European Championships
2nd Cross-country, UCI World Championships
2nd Overall UCI XC World Cup
1st Napa Valley
2nd Cross-country, National Championships
2nd Roc d'Azur
- 2000
1st Cross-country, Olympic Games
1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships 1st Overall UCI XC World Cup
1st Sarntal-Sarentino
- 2001
2nd Overall UCI XC World Cup
1st Sarntal-Sarentino
1st Leysin
- 2003
2nd Cross-country, National Championships
2nd Roc d'Azur
- 2004
1st Roc d'Azur
- 2008
1st Sea Otter Classic
- 2013
1st Roc d'Azur
1st Sea Otter Classic
2nd Cross-country, National Championships
- 2017
1st Marathon, National ChampionshipsCyclo-cross
- 1993
1st National Junior Championships
3rd UCI World Junior Championships
- 1994
1st National Junior Championships
- 1996
1st UCI World Under-23 Championships
1st National Under-23 Championships
- 1998
1st National Under-23 Championships
1st Overall Challenge la France
- 2000
3rd National Championships
- 2001
3rd National ChampionshipsRoad
- 2002
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Navarra
- 2008
1st Stage 3 Tour de BeauceNotes and References
- Web site: Lenny Martinez, son of mountain biking's 'Little Mig,' signs with Groupama-FDJ . Hood . Andrew . 4 August 2022 . . 9 August 2022.
- News: Miguel Martinez retrouve, à 44 ans, une équipe professionnelle sur route. French. Miguel Martinez finds, at 44, a professional team on the road. L'Équipe. Éditions Philippe Amaury. 13 June 2020. 18 June 2020.
- Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: 2000 XCO Sydney Men . YouTube.