Paul Martens

Paul Martens
	Martens at the 2016 Tour of Britain.
Personal information
Full name	Paul Martens
Born	26 October 1983 (age 40); Rostock, East Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
2005	KED Bianchi–Berlin
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Major wins
	Stage races Tour de Luxembourg (2013)

Paul Martens (born 26 October 1983) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2021.^[3]^[4]

Career

Amateur years

Martens started racing junior level events in 2000 showing no particular specialization finishing in the middle of the pack in the Niedersachsen Juniors and Cottbuser Juniors races. In 2001 he started to show some form finishing 3rd in Stage 1 of LVM Saarland Trofeo beating the chasing peloton by 2 seconds. Later in the year he finished 10th overall at the Münsterland Tour Juniors a race he would win the senior version of later in his career. In 2002 he rode the Istrian Spring Trophy finishing 56th overall with his best result coming in the stage 3 sprint where he finished 16th. In late May 2002 he rode the Under-23 Tour de Berlin where he finished 13th overall but was the first rider born in 183 or later so he won the Youth classification. 2003 started with winning the Rund um Sebnitz in Germany. The only other notable event in 2003 was a podium placing on Stage 1 of the under-23 tour de Berlin. 2004 saw Martens get second at the German National Time Trial Championships in the Under-23 competition. Later in the season he compteted in the Under-23 European and World time trial championships he finsihed 13th in both events.^[5]^[6] Martens signed for amateur team KED Bianchi Team Berlin for the 2005 season, this gave him a calendar with more UCI races over the year. He started the year with a win at the national event; Harzrundfahrt. Followed by 5th in the Stage 1 sprint of Circuit des Ardennes. Then a win at the Under-23 German National Time Trial Championships. For the later part of the 2005 season he was a Stagiaire at UCI ProTeam You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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2006

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2007

Martens started 2007 at the Vuelta a Andalucía where he finished 6th in the bunch sprint of stage 2 and ended 21st overall after the 5 stages.^[13]^[14] It was then to Belgium for the Cobbled Classics where he didn't finish Nokere Koerse or Omloop Het Volk but came third in the Grand Prix Rudy Dhaenens. The first top-10 result in a stage race came at the final edition of Rheinland–Pfalz Rundfahrt where Martens finished 4th in Stage 3 and then 2nd in Stage 4 to finish 5th overall 16 seconds down on the winner. In June 2007 the Tour de Luxembourg was held with Martens finishing in the top-10 in 3 stages and only losing 17 seconds in the prologue. This led to him finishing 4th overall 25 seconds down on the winner.^[15] Stage 3 of the Ster Elektrotoer was won by Martens from a reduced bunch sprint after a hilly battle. This put himself into the leaders jersey only to lose the lead the next day and finish second overall. In August he raced the Rund um die Hainleite where he came third in another reduced bunch sprint. His last major result came at the Eneco Tour where he finished 9th overall. On 24 October 2007 Martens announced he would ride for UCI ProTeam You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Rabobank (2008 to 2021)

He competed in the 2015 Tour de France.^[17]

In February 2020, Martens announced that he would retire from cycling at the end of the season; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Martens intended to prolong his career until the middle of the 2021 season.^[18]^[19] He retired following the 2021 Giro d'Italia,^[3] where he finished 99th.

Major results

Sources:^[4]^[20]

2001

1st

Madison (with Florian Piper), National Junior Road Championships

10th Overall Münsterland Tour Juniors

2002

1st

Youth classification Tour de Berlin U23

2003

1st Rund um Sebnitz

2004

2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

2005

1st

Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

1st Harzrundfahrt

2006

1st Münsterland Giro

1st Stage 2 Tour de Luxembourg

2007

2nd Overall Ster Elektrotoer

1st Stage 2

3rd Rund um die Hainleite

3rd Grand Prix Rudy Dhaenens

4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

5th Overall Rheinland–Pfalz Rundfahrt

9th Overall Eneco Tour

2008

6th Overall Ster Elektrotoer

6th Overall Regio-Tour

8th Overall Sachsen Tour

10th Coppa Sabatini

2009

3rd GP Ouest–France

5th Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop

6th Giro del Piemonte

8th Overall Sachsen Tour

2010

1st Grand Prix de Wallonie

4th Brabantse Pijl

4th Paris–Brussels

4th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

8th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

2011

10th Amstel Gold Race

10th La Flèche Wallonne

2012

1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Burgos

2013

1st

Overall Tour de Luxembourg

1st Stage 1 Volta ao Algarve

3rd Volta Limburg Classic

5th Overall Arctic Race of Norway

9th Overall Tour de Wallonie

2014

1st Stage 5 Tour of Belgium

2nd Ronde van Limburg

4th Overall Ster ZLM Toer

2015

10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes

2017

5th Volta Limburg Classic

10th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

2019

1st Stage 1 (TTT) UAE Tour

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Giro d'Italia	78	—	—	—	—	63	—	—	—	—	—	75	—	99
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	80	98	82	81	—	—	—
/ Vuelta a España	—	DNF	—	119	—	—	58	—	—	—	—	—	109	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ "Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam". Bianchi. F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^ "Jumbo-Visma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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^ ^a ^b "Paul Martens". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
^ "European Championship, Road, ITT, U23 2004". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
^ Maloney, Tim (27 September 2004). "Speedy Slovenian Brajkovic slaps down favourite Dekker". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
^ Stevenson, John (9 August 2005). "T-Mobile for Regio Tour". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
^ Stevenson, John; Clarke, Les (2 November 2005). "Skil-Shimano starts two pro careers". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
^ "More teams finalised for the hilly classics". cyclingnews.com. 14 April 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
^ Jones, Jeff; Kröner, Hedwig (9 April 2006). "The mean machine takes first Roubaix win for CSC". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
^ "2006 Tour de Luxembourg". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
^ Westemeyer, Susan (3 October 2006). "Martens wins Munsterland Giro". CyclingNews.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
^ "Freire takes all". CyclingNews.com. 22 February 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
^ "Freire takes sprint". CyclingNews.com. 19 February 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
^ "Rast sprints to stage and tour win". CyclingNews.com. 10 June 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
^ "Rabobank signs German youngster". cyclingnews.com. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
^ De Maio, Antonino (24 February 2020). "Jumbo – Visma, Paul Martens si ritirerà al termine della stagione" [Jumbo - Visma, Paul Martens will retire at the end of the season]. SpazioCiclismo – CyclingPro.net (in Italian). Antoine Plouvin SARL. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^ "Jumbo-Visma extend contracts with Eenkhoorn, Hofstede, Roosen and Pfingsten". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021. Martens was set to retire at the end of this season, but has decided to push the end of his racing career back a little more.
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[1] "Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam". Bianchi. F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

[2] "Jumbo-Visma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

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[PCS-4] "Paul Martens". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

[5] "European Championship, Road, ITT, U23 2004". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

[6] Maloney, Tim (27 September 2004). "Speedy Slovenian Brajkovic slaps down favourite Dekker". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

[7] Stevenson, John (9 August 2005). "T-Mobile for Regio Tour". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

[8] Stevenson, John; Clarke, Les (2 November 2005). "Skil-Shimano starts two pro careers". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

[9] "More teams finalised for the hilly classics". cyclingnews.com. 14 April 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

[10] Jones, Jeff; Kröner, Hedwig (9 April 2006). "The mean machine takes first Roubaix win for CSC". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

[11] "2006 Tour de Luxembourg". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

[12] Westemeyer, Susan (3 October 2006). "Martens wins Munsterland Giro". CyclingNews.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

[13] "Freire takes all". CyclingNews.com. 22 February 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

[14] "Freire takes sprint". CyclingNews.com. 19 February 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

[15] "Rast sprints to stage and tour win". CyclingNews.com. 10 June 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

[16] "Rabobank signs German youngster". cyclingnews.com. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

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