Daniel Martínez (cyclist)

Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda (born 25 April 1996) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[3]

Daniel Martínez
Martínez in 2019.
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
Born (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996
Soacha, Colombia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)
Team information
Current teamIneos Grenadiers
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional teams
2015Colombia
2016–2017Southeast–Venezuela
2018–2020EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale[1][2]
2021–Ineos Grenadiers
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2020)

Stage races

Critérium du Dauphiné (2020)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2019, 2020)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Poveda.

Career

Colombia (2015)

Martínez abandoned the Volta a Catalunya, his first World Tour race ever. He finished 84th in the Tour of Turkey.

Southeast–Venezuela (2016–2017)

He rode his first ever Grand Tour in 2016, starting at the Giro d'Italia. He also finished 57th at the Il Lombardia. He started in the Giro d'Italia once again in 2017, but abandoned the race. At the end of the season, he finished 4th in the Presidential Tour of Turkey.

EF Education First–Drapac (2018–2020)

Martínez started the season at the Colombian National Road Race Championships, where he finished 2nd in the time trial, behind Egan Bernal. He went on to finish 5th in the new Colombian race, Colombia Oro y Paz. His first top 10 finish in Europe, was at the Volta a Catalunya, where he rode himself to 7th place overall. He rode the Belgian classics for the first time in his career, finishing 44th in La Fléche Wallonne and 61st in Liége-Bastogne-Liége. Then he rode the Tour de Romandie, and finished 12th. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France.[4] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[5]

Ineos Grenadiers

In September 2020, Martínez signed a contract to join the Ineos Grenadiers team, for the 2021 season.[6]

Major results
2013
Pan American Junior Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
2014
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
2015
1st Mountains classification Route du Sud
8th Overall Tour of Utah
1st Young rider classification
2017
4th Overall Tour of Turkey
1st Young rider classification
7th Milano–Torino
9th Tre Valli Varesine
2018
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour of California
5th Overall Colombia Oro y Paz
6th Overall Colorado Classic
1st Young rider classification
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
2019
1st Time trial, Pan American Games
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice
2nd Overall Tour of Guangxi
3rd Overall Tour Colombia
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
2020
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race
1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 13 Tour de France
2nd Overall Tour Colombia
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 6

General classification results timeline
Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Giro d'Italia — 89 DNF — — —
Tour de France — — — 36 — 28
Vuelta a España — — — — 41 DNF
Major stage race general classification results
Race 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Paris–Nice — — — — 18 —
Tirreno–Adriatico — — — — — —
Volta a Catalunya DNF — — 7 — NH
Tour of the Basque Country — — — — 20
Tour de Romandie — — — 12 25
Critérium du Dauphiné — — — — — 1
Tour de Suisse — — — — — NH
Legend
DSQDisqualified
DNFDid not finish
IPIn progress

References
  1. "EF Education First Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. Bacon, Ellis (1 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: EF Education First". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. "Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. "2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  5. "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  6. "Tom Pidcock and Richie Porte sign for Ineos Grenadiers for 2021". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020. Laurens de Plus and Dani Martinez have also been recruited to join fellow new arrival Adam Yates, who was announced for 2021 last month.
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