Tony Martin (cyclist) explained

Tony Martin
Fullname:Tony Hans-Joachim Martin
Nickname:Panzerwagen[1]
Birth Date:23 April 1985
Birth Place:Cottbus, East Germany
Height:[2]
Weight:750NaN0[3]
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Time trialist
Domestique[4]
Rouleur
Majorwins: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, 2021)

Amateuryears1:2004
Amateurteam1:Köstritzer
Amateuryears2:2005
Amateurteam2: (stagiaire)
Amateuryears3:2006–2007
Proyears1:2008–2011
Proyears2:2012–2016
Proteam2:[5]
Proyears3:2017–2018
Proyears4:2019–2021
Proteam4:[6] [7]

Tony Hans-Joachim Martin (born 23 April 1985) is a German former professional road bicycle racer.[8] Martin was 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 – which is joint-most with Fabian Cancellara.[9] He also won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing runner-up to Bradley Wiggins in the event. Martin was also part of four world championship-winning team time trial squads, with /, in 2012, 2013 and 2016, and with Germany in the mixed relay time-trial in 2021.

Martin 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. In the mid-part of his career Martin was a successful stage racer, winning the Eneco Tour (2010), Paris–Nice (2011) and the first two editions of the Tour of Beijing in 2011 and 2012. In the latter part of his career he became a super-domestique and road captain at .[10]

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.[11]

Career

Team High Road (2008–11)

2008

Having turned professional for the 2008 season, Martin took four victories during the year – he won the Hel van het Mergelland one-day race,[12] as well as time trial stages at the Ster Elektrotoer,[13] the Tour de l'Ain,[14] and the Deutschland Tour. He also placed second to his teammate Marco Pinotti on the final time trial stage of the Giro d'Italia – his first start in a Grand Tour – and finished seventh in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships.[15] [16]

2009

In 2009, Martin won time trials in the Critérium International,[17] and the Bayern Rundfahrt.[18] He also featured strongly in week-long stage races, winning the mountain classifications at Paris–Nice,[19] and the Tour de Suisse, finishing second overall and winning a stage in the latter.[20] [21] Martin also made an impact at the Tour de France, wearing the white jersey as leader of the young rider classification for twelve days (between stages 3 and 14),[22] and winning the combativity award after finishing second on Stage 20 at the top of Mont Ventoux.[23] He took the bronze medal in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships at the end of the season.[23]

2010

Martin enjoyed more success in time trials in 2010, winning his first national championship title as well as stages in the Tour of California,[24] and the Tour de Suisse. Martin finished second in the prologue and the Stage 19 individual time trial – behind Fabian Cancellara on both occasions – of the Tour de France,[25] [26] 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 first overall in the Eneco Tour, as well as the seventh stage time trial and the young rider classification.[27] Martin again took the bronze medal at the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships.[28]

2011

2011 saw Martin claim overall victories in the Volta ao Algarve,[29] and Paris–Nice,[30] having won time trials in both events. He also finished second overall in the Tour de Romandie,[31] and won the time trial in the Critérium du Dauphiné.[32] Martin won his first Grand Tour stage by taking victory in the Stage 20 individual time trial of the Tour de France.[33] He also won the stage 10 time trial in the Vuelta a España.[34] In September, Martin won the gold medal in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.[35] He then won the opening time trial of the inaugural Tour of Beijing,[36] and held the race lead for the rest of the event to claim overall victory.[37] [38]

Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (2012–16)

Following the announcement that would fold at the end of 2011, Martin signed with for the 2012 season.[39]

2012

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.[40] In April, Martin lost consciousness after colliding with a car during training[41] 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.[42] [43]

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.[44] 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.[45] Martin was deemed fit enough to compete, and he claimed silver at the Olympics behind Wiggins.[46]

In September, Martin was part of the six-man 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.[47] 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[48] was attributed in large part to a solo victory on stage 2. Martin attacked the lead group with 25km (16miles) remaining, on the climb of the Dong Gang Hong Tunnel,[49] and sped away to win by around 45 seconds to record his first road stage win since the 2009 Tour de Suisse.[50]

2013

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 34.8km (21.6miles) 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 .[51] 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.[52] He recovered enough to win stage 11, an individual time trial.[53] With an average speed of 54.271km/h, Martin rode the third fastest Tour de France individual time trial stage at that time.[54]

In the sixth stage of Vuelta a España, Martin managed a 175km (109miles) solo breakaway, averaging 27.7mph, which was only caught in the final metres of the stage.[55] [56] Martin then went on to help his team to narrowly beat 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.[57]

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.[58] The 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,[59] 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.[60] On 13 July, Martin won his first mass start road stage of the Tour de France. He was in a breakaway for 155km (96miles), the final 60km (40miles) in a solo effort to bring back memories of his Vuelta effort in 2013.[61] 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.[62] He went on to take another Grand Tour stage win at the Vuelta a España, clinching the individual time trial on stage 10.[63] However he missed out on victory in the time trials at the UCI Road World Championships, taking the bronze medal alongside his teammates in the team event and the silver medal in the individual event, trailing Bradley Wiggins by 26 seconds.[64]

2015

Martin had his first victory of the season in the individual time trial of the Volta ao Algarve.[65] 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.[66] At the end of June, he defended his German National Time Trial Championships title successfully.[67]

At the Tour de France, Martin finished second behind Rohan Dennis in the opening time trial in Utrecht.[68] Martin looked set to take the yellow jersey on Stage 2 when Dennis was dropped when the peloton split in crosswinds, 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 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.[69] On 7 July, Martin won Stage 4 after a short escape 3km (02miles) 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 13km (08miles) of cobbles.[70] 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.[71]

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,[72] his first stage race win of the season. However he missed out on a World Championship gold for the second year running; finished second in the team time trial, 11 seconds behind the,[73] and he struggled to seventh place in the individual event – his worst performance in the event since 2008, when he also finished seventh.[74]

2016

Martin spent two days in the leader's jersey at the Volta ao Algarve in February, having finished second on the third stage – an individual time trial – before losing the lead on the final day.[75] [76] He finished fourth overall at March's Three Days of De Panne, again finishing second on an individual time trial stage.[77] He took his first victory of the season, with his fifth consecutive victory (and sixth overall) in the German National Time Trial Championships in June.[78] He won the individual time trial at the Tour of Britain,[79] and finished his season with gold medals in both the team time trial and the individual time trial at the UCI Road World Championships.[80] [81]

Team Katusha–Alpecin (2017–18)

In August 2016, Martin signed a two-year contract with from the 2017 season.[82] In his first start with the team at the 2017 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Martin took victory on the second stage with a 6km (04miles) solo move.[83] He finished on the overall podium at the 2017 Tour of Belgium in third place, before winning the German National Time Trial Championships for the seventh time.[84] He finished eighth overall at the 2017 Tour of Britain, before finishing ninth in the time trial at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships – his worst placing in the event – having criticised the inclusion of an uphill finish on Fløyen.[85] Martin's lone victory of the 2018 season came with a seventh consecutive win in the German National Time Trial Championships.[86]

Team Jumbo–Visma (2019–21)

Martin joined for the 2019 season, following two years at which he described as a "wasteland", and was primarily utilised as a domestique.[87] He formed part of winning team time trial stage efforts at the UAE Tour and the Tour de France,[88] [89] either side of another German National Time Trial Championships victory.[90] He was later disqualified from the Tour de France following an incident with rider Luke Rowe on stage 17, who was also disqualified from the race for his retaliation.[91] At the UCI Road World Championships, Martin formed part of the German team that won a silver medal in the inaugural mixed team relay (consisting of three men and three women), which replaced the trade team time trial.[92]

After Martin failed to record any top-ten finishes during the 2020 season, which was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, he won the German National Time Trial Championships for its ninth consecutive edition in 2021,[93] as the 2020 running was not held. At the Tour de France, Martin was involved in an incident with around 45km (28miles) remaining on the opening stage; leading the peloton, Martin impacted a cardboard sign that was being held by a spectator at the side of the road, and was one of many riders to fall to the ground.[94] Martin later abandoned the race after a further crash on the eleventh stage, which resulted in him ending up in a ditch.[95] [96] The spectator that caused the stage 1 crash was later fined €1200 for her actions, in court in Brest.[97] In September, Martin announced that he would retire following the UCI Road World Championships, as an after effect of his Tour de France crashes and additional safety concerns.[98] [99] In his final race, he helped the German team win the mixed team relay,[100] 13 seconds ahead of the Dutch team.[101]

Personal life

Martin is the father of two daughters.[102] In 2022, Martin auctioned off his Olympic silver medal to raise money for children during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The winning bidder of the medal was a German supplements company, FitLine, who returned the medal to Martin.[103]

Career achievements

Major results

Source:[104]

2003
  • 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
  • 8th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
    2004
  • 1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships
    2005 (1 pro win)
  • 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 (4)
  • 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 (3)
  • 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 (5)
  • 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 (12)
  • 1st Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
  • 1st Overall Paris–Nice
  • 1st Stage 6 (ITT)
  • 1st Overall Volta ao Algarve
  • 1st Stage 5 (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 (7)
  • 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 (12)
  • 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 (10)
  • 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 (5)
  • 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 (3)
  • 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 (2)
  • 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 (1)
  • 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 7th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    2019 (1)
  • 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour de France
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT) UAE Tour
  • UCI Road World Championships
  • 2nd Team relay
  • 9th Time trial
    2021 (1)
  • UCI Road World Championships
  • 1st Team relay
  • 6th Time trial
  • 1st Time trial, National Road Championships

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour general classification results
    Grand Tour20082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021
    Giro d'Italia128—————————110—DNF—
    Tour de France—3513744DNF10647DNFDNF101DNFDSQ118DNF
    Vuelta a España———DNFDNFDNFDNF————DNF——
    Major stage race general classification results
    Race20082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021
    Paris–Nice—85DNF162——38—93———DNF
    Tirreno–Adriatico—————2975—117—47135——
    Volta a Catalunya——92—————————NH—
    Tour of the Basque Country———1075603032———DNF—
    Tour de Romandie948—2—118330———8089
    Critérium du Dauphiné———3723DNF—DNF6590——DNF106
    Tour de Suisse—26———4—————NH—

    Major championships timeline

    Event20082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021
    Olympic GamesTime trial—Not held2Not held12Not held—
    Road race—DNFDNF—
    World ChampionshipsTime trial733111271979—6
    Road race—DNFDNF166——DNF88DNF69————
    Team time trialNot held11321911Not held
    Mixed team relayDid not exist2NH1
    National ChampionshipsTime trial321211111111NH1
    Road race14—468—3950—124—160———
    Legend
    —Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish
    DSQDisqualified
    NHNot held

    Awards

    Notes and References

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    3. Web site: Tony Martin. ProCyclingStats. 11 July 2019.
    4. Web site: Super-domestiques: Five unsung heroes of the Tour de France. Cycling. Weekly. 21 July 2016. Cycling Weekly.
    5. Web site: Omega Pharma–Quick-Step Cycling Team (OPQ) – BEL. 9 January 2013. UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale.
    6. News: Cheery Christmas for ambitious Team Jumbo-Visma. . Team Oranje Road BV. 21 December 2018. 4 January 2019.
    7. News: Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam. Bianchi. 20 December 2019. 2 January 2020.
    8. Web site: Tony Martin retires in style as Germany win mixed relay gold . 22 September 2021 . RTE . 22 September 2021.
    9. Web site: Who is retiring from pro cycling in 2021? . Timms . Joe . 18 October 2021 . Rouleur. 25 October 2021.
    10. Web site: Benson . Daniel . Tony Martin: Jumbo-Visma a second life after two-year wasteland . 26 December 2019 . Cycling News . 22 September 2021.
    11. News: Radsportler Tony Martin – Grenzgänger und "Stehaufmännchen". de. 13 July 2015. 27 December 2016. Thüringische Landeszeitung. Thüringische Landeszeitung Verlag OHG.
    12. News: Martin takes first pro win in High Road dominated race. Cyclingnews.com. 5 April 2008. 10 November 2022.
    13. News: Martin chalks up another win for High Road. Cyclingnews.com. 17 June 2008. 10 November 2022.
    14. News: Martin wins in rain. Cyclingnews.com. 12 August 2008. 10 November 2022.
    15. News: Hola! Contador conquers second Grand Tour. Cyclingnews.com. 4 June 2008. 10 November 2022.
    16. News: Bert Grabsch grabs gold in men's time trial. Cycling Weekly. IPC Media. 25 September 2008. 10 November 2022.
    17. News: Bjorn. Haake. Martin takes stage, Voigt the overall. Cyclingnews.com. 29 March 2009. 10 November 2022.
    18. News: Monika. Prell. Martin wins time trial, Gerdemann assume overall lead. Cyclingnews.com. 30 May 2009. 10 November 2022.
    19. News: Day-1 News. Paris–Nice. Amaury Sport Organisation. 4 March 2017. 10 November 2022. Also of note are former KOM winners Antoine Duchesne (2016), Thomas de Gendt (2015), Amaël Moinard (2010) and Tony Martin (2009)..
    20. News: Gregor. Brown. Martin conquers Crans-Montana. Cyclingnews.com. 20 June 2009. 10 November 2022.
    21. News: Gregor. Brown. Cancellara captures Suisse victory. Cyclingnews.com. 21 June 2009. 10 November 2022.
    22. News: Martin reduces ambitions for season start. Cyclingnews.com. 1 February 2010. 10 November 2022. Martin wore the white jersey as best young rider at the 2009 Tour de France for 12 days, and finished second on the Mont Ventoux stage..
    23. News: Conal. Andrews. Tony Martin already lighter than 2009 Tour weight, Aldag nervous. VeloNation. 14 January 2010. 10 November 2022.
    24. News: Australian Rogers increases California lead. Reuters. 23 May 2010. 10 November 2022.
    25. News: Fabian Cancellara pips Tony Martin to win Tour prologue. Cycling Weekly. 3 July 2010. 10 November 2022.
    26. News: Richard. Williams. Tour de France 2010: Alberto Contador on the verge of third Tour title. The Observer. 24 July 2010. 10 November 2022. The second and third places were settled early, too, in favour of a pair of German riders with the HTC–Columbia team, Tony Martin and Bert Grabsch..
    27. News: Stephen. Farrand. Tony Martin seals overall victory at the Eneco Tour. Cyclingnews.com. 24 August 2010. 10 November 2022.
    28. News: Fabian Cancellara beats David Millar to time trial gold. BBC Sport. 30 September 2010. 10 November 2022. Germany's Tony Martin was third in Australia in a time of 59mins 21secs..
    29. News: Martin wins in Algarve. Eurosport. Reuters. 20 February 2011. 10 November 2022.
    30. News: Paris-Nice 2011: Tony Martin wins 'race to the sun' after Thomas Voeckler claims second stage on Côte d'Azur . The Telegraph. 13 March 2011. 5 January 2012 . London.
    31. News: 2011 Tour de Romandie, stage 5 results and final GC. VeloNews. 1 May 2011. 10 November 2022.
    32. News: Tony Martin wins Stage 3 of Dauphine. ESPN UK. Associated Press. 8 June 2011. 10 November 2022.
    33. Web site: Tony Martin wins stage-20 ITT as Cadel Evans takes lead in 2011 Tour de France . Velonews . 27 July 2011 . 5 January 2012.
    34. Web site: Tony Martin Wins Vuelta Stage 10, Froome in Red . Bicycling.com . 29 August 2011 . 5 January 2012.
    35. News: Williams . Ollie . BBC Sport – World Road Cycling: Bradley Wiggins wins time trial silver . BBC News . 21 September 2011 . 5 January 2012.
    36. Web site: AFP: Time-trial world champ Martin wins Beijing first stage . https://archive.today/20130124161358/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iIoslpeYYj7JJxsVpTHgwlrK40tQ?docId=CNG.62960d81c9574355889ec2e3eeb14bb3.9d1 . dead . 24 January 2013 . 5 October 2011 . 5 January 2012.
    37. Web site: Martin the inaugural Beijing champion. 9 October 2011. Cycling News. 12 October 2011.
    38. News: Martin wins inaugural Tour of Beijing. The Times of India.
    39. News: Fabian Cancellara tips Tony Martin and Bert Grabsch for time trial gold. Ben. Atkins. 19 September 2011. 5 January 2012. VeloNation. Among his challengers, Cancellara himself has picked out two Germans as the main competition, according to Sporza; both of whom currently ride for HTC–Highroad, and both of whom will be transferring to Omega Pharma–Quick-Step in 2012..
    40. News: Daniel. Benson. Wiggins rounds off Sky's dominance in Algarve. Cyclingnews.com. 19 February 2012. 10 November 2022.
    41. News: World time-trial champion Tony Martin loses consciousness after colliding with car during training . London . The Daily Telegraph . 12 April 2012.
    42. News: Martin takes confidence from Tour of Belgium time trial victory. Cyclingnews.com. 27 May 2012. 10 November 2022.
    43. News: Betancur sprints to final stage win in Belgium. Cyclingnews.com. 27 May 2012. 10 November 2022.
    44. News: Nigel. Wynn. Martin to continue in Tour de France despite fractured wrist. Cycling Weekly. IPC Media. 2 July 2012. 10 November 2022.
    45. Web site: Tony Martin quits Tour de France to prepare for London 2012. BBC Sport . 2 August 2012. 10 July 2012.
    46. Web site: Wynn. Nigel. Wiggins wins gold in men's time trial, bronze for Froome. Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. 1 August 2012. 1 August 2012.
    47. News: Larry. Hickmott. Road Worlds: Tony Martin wins Time Trial. VeloUK. LH Publishing. 19 September 2012. 10 November 2022.
    48. News: Cummings takes final Tour of Beijing stage as Martin wins overall. Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. Nigel. Wynn. 13 October 2012. 13 October 2012.
    49. News: Martin takes control at Tour of Beijing. Cycling News. 10 October 2012. 10 October 2012. Barry. Ryan.
    50. News: Tony Martin seizes Tour of Beijing lead with first road race stage win in three years. Shane. Stokes. VeloNation. 10 October 2012. 10 October 2012.
    51. News: Martin repeats 2011 time trial win to scoop Volta ao Algarve victory. VeloNation. 17 February 2013. 17 February 2013. Shane. Stokes.
    52. Web site: Crash in Tour de France opener leaves Martin battered once again. Cyclingnews.com. 30 June 2013.
    53. Web site: Tour de France: Martin wins stage 11 time trial. Susan. Westemeyer. Cyclingnews.com. 10 July 2013. 27 December 2016.
    54. News: Martin third quickest of Tour's time triallists. 10 July 2013. 27 December 2016. SuperSport. South African Press Association–Agence France-Presse.
    55. News: Vuelta a Espana 2013: Tony Martin beaten in final 20m. BBC Sport. 7 September 2013.
    56. Web site: Tony Martin agonisingly close to solo Vuelta stage win. 29 August 2013. 7 September 2013.
    57. News: Tony Martin wins world time trial title as Bradley Wiggins pips Fabian Cancellara to silver. 25 September 2013 . Sky Sports.
    58. Web site: Tony Martin undergoes surgery on scaphoid. Stephen. Farrand. Cyclingnews.com. 29 October 2013.
    59. News: Baloise Belgium Tour Stage 5: Tony Martin makes history, wins overall for third straight year!. . Decolef. 1 June 2014. 10 November 2022.
    60. News: Results: 2014 Tour de Suisse, stage 9. VeloNews. 22 June 2014. 10 September 2014.
    61. News: Tour de France: Tony Martin wins in Mulhouse. Cyclingnews.com. 13 July 2014. 26 July 2014. Barry. Ryan.
    62. News: Tony Martin wins stage 20 time trial at the Tour de France. Cyclingnews.com. 26 July 2014. 26 July 2014. Stephen. Farrand.
    63. Web site: Vuelta a España: Quintana crashes out of race lead in time trial . Benson . Daniel . 4 September 2014 . cyclingnews.com. 2 April 2016.
    64. Web site: Tony Martin's streak as time trial world champion ends . Fotheringham . Alasdair . Alasdair Fotheringham . 24 September 2014. cyclingnews.com. 2 April 2016.
    65. News: Larry. Hickmott. Volta Algarve Stage 3 TT – Martin Fastest. VeloUK. LH Publishing. 20 February 2015. 10 November 2022.
    66. News: Zakarin wins Tour de Romandie. Cyclingnews.com. 3 May 2015. 3 May 2015. Sadhbh. O'Shea.
    67. News: Tony Martin crushes German time trial championships. Cyclingnews.com. 26 June 2015. 27 June 2015. Westemeyer. Susan.
    68. News: Brecht. Decaluwé. Tour de France: Near miss for Martin in Utrecht. Cyclingnews.com. 4 July 2015. 10 November 2022.
    69. News: 2015 Tour Stage 3 reaction: Tony Martin philosophical after another brush with yellow. ITV Sport. 6 July 2015. 10 November 2022.
    70. News: Tour de France Stage 4: Tony Martin attacks to finally get into yellow. RoadCC. Farrelly Atkinson Ltd. 7 July 2015. 7 July 2015. MacMichael. Simon.
    71. News: Martin abandons Tour de France due to fractured collarbone. Cyclingnews.com. 9 July 2015. 9 July 2015.
    72. News: Tour du Poitou-Charentes: Tony Martin wins the overall. Cyclingnews.com. 28 August 2015. 28 August 2015.
    73. Web site: BMC repeat as team time trial World Champions. 20 September 2015 . cyclingnews.com. 2 April 2016.
    74. Web site: Tony Martin left with no answers after Worlds time trial disappointment . Benson . Daniel. 24 September 2015 . cyclingnews.com. 2 April 2016.
    75. News: Volta ao Algarve: Cancellara wins stage 3 time trial in Sagres. Cyclingnews.com. 19 February 2016. 10 November 2022.
    76. News: Volta ao Algarve: Thomas takes overall victory as Contador wins the final stage. Cyclingnews.com. 21 February 2016. 10 November 2022.
    77. News: Close second for Tony Martin in Driedaagse De Panne. . Decolef. 31 March 2016. 10 November 2022.
    78. News: Tony Martin claims sixth German time trial crown. Cyclingnews.com. 24 June 2016. 10 November 2022.
    79. News: Tony Martin wins Alpecin Time Trial during Bristol Stage presented by Ovo Energy. Tour of Britain. SweetSpot Group. 10 September 2016. 10 November 2022.
    80. News: Cycling – Etixx–Quick-Step upset BMC to win team time trial world title. Reuters. 9 October 2016. 10 November 2022.
    81. News: Tony Martin storms to victory in Road World Championships men's time trial. The Guardian. Press Association. 12 October 2016. 10 November 2022.
    82. News: Tony Martin signs for Team Katusha. Cyclingnews.com. 15 August 2016. 10 November 2022.
    83. News: Tony Martin solos to stage 2 win in Valencia. Cyclingnews.com. 2 February 2017. 10 November 2022.
    84. News: Tony Martin claims seventh national TT title. Cyclingnews.com. 23 June 2017. 10 November 2022.
    85. News: Stephen. Farrand. Tony Martin angry about uphill finish to time trial world championships. Cyclingnews.com. 18 September 2017. 10 November 2022.
    86. News: Tony Martin adds seventh consecutive German TT title. Cyclingnews.com. 29 June 2018. 10 November 2022.
    87. News: Daniel. Benson. Tony Martin: Jumbo-Visma a second life after two-year wasteland. Cyclingnews.com. 26 December 2019. 10 November 2022.
    88. News: Aaron S.. Lee. UAE Tour: Roglič awarded lead after Jumbo-Visma's time trial win. Eurosport. 24 February 2019. 11 November 2022.
    89. News: Dane. Cash. Jumbo-Visma takes convincing win in Tour de France TTT: Daily news digest. CyclingTips. 7 July 2019. 11 November 2022.
    90. News: Tony Martin wins German time trial title. Cyclingnews.com. 29 June 2019. 11 November 2022.
    91. News: Jeremy. Whittle. Luke Rowe and Tony Martin disqualified after altercation on stage 17. The Guardian. 24 July 2019. 11 November 2022.
    92. News: 2019 Road World Championships: Yorkshire to host first team time trial mixed relay. BBC Sport. 26 September 2018. 11 November 2022.
    93. News: Tony Martin wins German men's time trial title. Cyclingnews.com. 19 June 2021. 11 November 2022.
    94. News: Daniel. Benson. Tour de France: Alaphilippe goes long to win crash-marred stage 1. Cyclingnews.com. 26 June 2021. 11 November 2022.
    95. News: Ibrahim. Mustapha. Tour de France 2021 - 'He's got a degree in falling off' - Tony Martin abandons following crash on Stage 11. Eurosport. 7 July 2021. 11 November 2022.
    96. News: Alex. Ballinger. Tony Martin abandons the Tour de France after crash. Cycling Weekly. 7 July 2021. 11 November 2022.
    97. News: Alexander. Netherton. Tour de France 2021 - Woman who caused huge Tour crash with sign-waving fined 1200 Euros by French court. Eurosport. 9 December 2021. 11 November 2022.
    98. News: Tony Martin announces retirement from professional cycling. Cyclingnews.com. 19 September 2021. 11 November 2022.
    99. News: Andrew. Hood. Tony Martin cites fear of crashing as top retirement reason. VeloNews. 23 September 2021. 11 November 2022.
    100. News: Road World Championships 2021 - Tony Martin wins mixed relay team time trial gold for Germany in last race of career. Eurosport. 22 September 2021. 11 November 2022.
    101. News: Barry. Ryan. Germany win team time trial mixed relay title at Flanders World Championships. Cyclingnews.com. 22 September 2021. 11 November 2022.
    102. News: Jonny. Long. Tony Martin: 'Twice I was lying in the ambulance, the dad of two daughters, you start questioning if it's really worth it'. Cycling Weekly. 22 September 2021. 10 November 2022.
    103. Web site: Rook . Anne-Marije . 2022-04-12 . Highest bidder of the Tony Martin Olympic medal auction returns medal to Martin . 2022-04-17 . Cycling Weekly.
    104. Web site: Tony Martin. FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. 10 November 2022.

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