 Martínez at the 2008 Vuelta a España. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Egoi Martínez de Esteban |
| Born | 15 May 1978 Etxarri-Aranatz, Spain |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 1999–2000 | Caja Rural |
| Professional teams | |
| 2001–2005 | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| 2006–2007 | Discovery Channel |
| 2008–2013 | Euskaltel–Euskadi[1] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Egoi Martínez de Esteban (born 15 May 1978 in Etxarri-Aranatz, Navarre) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2001 and 2013.[2] In his first Tour de France, Martínez finished 41st overall at the 2004 Tour de France.
Martínez retired at the end of the 2013 season.[2]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2001
- 1st
Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León - 2nd Overall Vuelta a Navarra
- 2002
- 10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 2003
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 2004
- 4th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
- 2005
- 4th GP Miguel Induráin
- 2006
- Vuelta a España
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 11
- 1st
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
Combativity Award Stage 4 Tour de France- 2008
- 1st
Mountains classification, Tour of the Basque Country - 9th Overall Vuelta a España
- Held
after Stages 9–12 - Held
after Stages 2–3 & 5
- Held
- 10th Klasika Primavera
- Combativity Award Stage 15 Tour de France
- 2009
- 1st
Mountains classification, Tour de France[3] - 1st
Mountains classification, Tirreno–Adriatico - 1st
Sprints classification, Tour of the Basque Country - 2nd Klasika Primavera
- 2010
- 1st
Mountains classification, Criterium du Dauphiné - 9th Klasika Primavera
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 |
| Tour de France |
41 | 48 | 41 | 61 | 50 | 44 | 39 | 33 | 17 | — |
| / Vuelta a España |
— | 45 | 12 | DNF | 9 | 52 | DNF | 55 | — | 30 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ "Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS) – ESP". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- 1 2 "Egoi Martinez faces retirement, says cycling has given far more to him than it has taken away". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 28 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ↑ "Results – Tour de France 2009 – Mountain Classification".
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Egoi Martínez.
- Official website
- Egoi Martínez at Cycling Archives
- Palmares on CyclingBase (French)
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