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LIEGE, Belgium, April 21, 2013 (AFP) - Ireland's Daniel Martin, riding for Garmin, won Sunday's Liege-Bastogne-Liege classic race, seeing off Spanish pair Joaquim Rodriguez and Alejandro Valverde after a grueling 261.5 kilometers. Martin, nephew of former Tour de France champion Stephen Roche, attacked just before the final bend to come through and land the 99th edition of the 'doyenne' … [Read more...]
MADRID, March 24, 2013 (AFP) - Daniel Martin claimed victory in the Tour of Catalonia on Sunday with the Irish rider's lead never seriously threatened on the seventh and final stage in Barcelona. Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) was the winner of the 122km ride from El Vendrell into the Catalan capital as he pipped David Lopez Garcia (Sky) and Robert Kiserlovski (RadioShack-Leopard) on … [Read more...]
VALLS, Spain, March 23, 2013 (AFP) - Australian Simon Gerrans won the sixth stage of the Tour of Catalonia on Saturday as Ireland's Daniel Martin retained his lead at the top of the overall standings. Gerrans, who rides for Orica-GreenEDGE, prevailed in a sprint finish to the penultimate day's 178.7km run from Almacelles to Valls, beating Belgian Gianni Meersman, already a double stage … [Read more...]
MADRID, March 22, 2013 (AFP) - Canadian Francois Parisien won the fifth stage of the Tour of Catalonia on Friday as Ireland's Daniel Martin extended his overall lead. Parisien of the Argos-Shimano team took the stage honours on the line as 13 riders finished the 156 kilometre ride from Rialp to Lleida to a time of three hours thirty-two minutes and two seconds. However, Martin … [Read more...]
Martin wins stage, Mollema dons red jersey SIERRA DE BEJAR, Spain, Aug 28, 2011 (AFP) - Irish rider Daniel Martin won his first stage on a major tour on Sunday when he emerged victorious in the ninth stage of the Tour of Spain, a 183km ride from Villacastin. Dutchman Bauke Mollema finished second on the stage but had the huge consolation of taking the overall leader's red jersey from … [Read more...]
WARSAW, Aug 5, 2011 (AFP) - Ireland's Daniel Martin of the Garmin-Carvelo team took the overall Tour of Poland race lead after winning Friday's 207.7km sixth stage around Bukowina Tatrzanska. Martin finished one second ahead of Dutch rider Poels Wout with Italy's Marco Marcato crossing third four seconds off the pace. Stage 1. Daniel Martin (IRL) Garmin-Cervelo 5hr 42min 05sec, 2. … [Read more...]
The Irishman Daniel Martin (Garmin) won Sunday's Japan Cup in Utsunomiya (Japan), at the distance of 151.3 kilometers. Martin came in alone on the last race of the international season, with nearly a minute lead ahead of a small group set by Australian Peter McDonald (DPC). Four ProTour teams (Garmin, Katusha, Milram, Saxo Bank) participated in the race. … [Read more...]
Aug. 7, 2010 - The beautiful city of Cracow, historic and cultural capital of Poland, was the background of the final stage of Tour de Pologne 2010. The final yellow jersey went to Daniel Martin (Garmin Transitions) who won this edition of the Tour de Pologne, while Andre Greipel (HTC-Columbia) won today’s stage. The 163.9-kilometer stage started from Nowy Tang. Three riders broke away from … [Read more...]
Aug 6, 2010 – Dutch rider Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) won the sixth and penultimate stage of the Tour de Pologne. Today’s was the “queen” stage of the 2010 edition of the Tour de Pologne. The cyclists left from Oswiecim, the city of peace, and after a touching stop in Auschwitz to commemorate victims of the Holocaust, they faced 228.5 kilometers that included 6 first-category climbs before an … [Read more...]
August 5th, 2010 – Daniel Martin (Garmin Transitions) won the first mountain stage of the Tour de Pologne. It was a hard route, from Jastrzebie Zdroj to Ustron in the south of Poland, on the Tatra mountains, on the border with Czech Republic and Slovakia. The 149-kilometer stage envisaged a circuit after the initial part. The peloton rode around the 17.2-kilometer long circuit for five times, … [Read more...]