Tony Martin (cyclist)

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 (age 39)
Cottbus, East Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)[3]
Team information
Current teamRetired
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
2019–2021Team 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, 2021)

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 Omega Pharma–Quick-Step/Etixx–Quick-Step, in 2012, 2013 and 2016, and with Germany in the mixed relay time-trial in 2021.[8]

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 Team Jumbo–Visma.[10]

  1. ^ a b "Tony Martin". Omega Pharma–Quick-Step. Decolef. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Team Jumbo-Visma – Tony Martin". Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Tony Martin". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  4. ^ Weekly, Cycling (21 July 2016). "Super-domestiques: Five unsung heroes of the Tour de France". Cycling Weekly.
  5. ^ "Omega Pharma–Quick-Step Cycling Team (OPQ) – BEL". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Cheery Christmas for ambitious Team Jumbo-Visma". Team Jumbo–Visma. Team Oranje Road BV. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam". Bianchi. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Tony Martin retires in style as Germany win mixed relay gold". RTE. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  9. ^ Timms, Joe (18 October 2021). "Who is retiring from pro cycling in 2021?". Rouleur. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  10. ^ Benson, Daniel (26 December 2019). "Tony Martin: Jumbo-Visma a second life after two-year wasteland". Cycling News. Retrieved 22 September 2021.