Tony Martin (cyclist)

Tony Martin
	; Tony Martin at the 2011 Tour de Romandie
Personal information
Full name	Tony Martin
Nickname	Der Panzerwagen
Born	April 23, 1985 (age 26); Cottbus, East Germany
Height	185 cm
Weight	75 kg
Team information
Current team	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time Trialist
Amateur team(s)
2004; 2005; 2006–2007	Köstritzer; Gerolsteiner (trainee); Thüringer Energie Team
Professional team(s)
2008–2011; 2012–	Team High Road; Omega Pharma-Quick Step
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 1 Stage (2011) Vuelta a España 1 Stage (2011) Stage Races Eneco Tour (2010) Volta ao Algarve (2011) Paris–Nice (2011) Tour of Beijing (2011) Single-Day Races and Classics; World Time-Trial Championships (2011) German Time Trial Championship (2010)
	Grand Tours Tour de France 1 Stage (2011) Vuelta a España 1 Stage (2011) Stage Races Eneco Tour (2010) Volta ao Algarve (2011) Paris–Nice (2011) Tour of Beijing (2011) Single-Day Races and Classics; World Time-Trial Championships (2011) German Time Trial Championship (2010)
Competitor for Germany
Road bicycle racing
World Championships
	Infobox last updated on; 19 February 2012

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Tony Martin (born April 23, 1985 in Cottbus) is a German professional road bicycle racer riding for the UCI ProTeam Omega Pharma-Quick Step.^[2] Martin is known as a time trial specialist: in 2011, he won a time trial stage in the Tour de France and in the Vuelta a España, and became world champion. He has also won stage races including Paris-Nice in 2011.

[edit] Biography

Tony Martin was born in the former East Germany in Cottbus. Along with the rest of his family he escaped from East Germany shortly before the fall of The Berlin Wall and the collapse of communist Eastern Europe.^[3] Later he returned to the Eastern part of Germany to attend sport school in Erfurt.

[edit] Career

[edit] THR/HTC

Martin turned professional in 2008, for Team High Road, and won 4 races in his first year, including three time trials.

[edit] 2009

Martin in the 2009 ENECO Tour

In 2009, Martin won time-trials in Critérium International and Bayern-Rundfahrt. He also featured strongly in week long stage races, winning the mountain classifications at Paris-Nice and the Tour de Suisse, finishing second overall and winning a stage in the latter. Martin also made an impact at the Tour de France, wearing the Maillot blanc on stages 3–14, and winning the combativity award after finishing second on Stage 20. He took the bronze medal in the World Time Trial Championships at the end of the season.

[edit] 2010

Martin enjoyed more success in time trials, winning the national championships as well as stages in the Tour of California and the Tour de Suisse. Martin finished second in both the prologue and ITT Stage 19 of the Tour de France, and again wore the Maillot blanc (stages 1–3). Following the Tour de France, Martin finished 1st overall in the ENECO Tour, as well as the time trial stage 7 and the young rider's classification. Martin again took the bronze medal at the World Time Trial Championships.

[edit] 2011

Martin in the Rainbow Jersey after winning the 2011 World Time Trial Chamionships

2011 saw Martin claim overall victories in the Volta ao Algarve and Paris-Nice,^[4] having won time trials in both events. He also finished second overall in the Tour de Romandie, and won the time trial in the Critérium du Dauphiné. Martin won his first Grand Tour Stage by taking victory in the ITT Stage 20 of the Tour de France.^[5] He also won the time trial (Stage 10) in the Vuelta a España.^[6] In September, Martin won the gold medal World Time Trial Championships.^[7] He then won the opening time trial of the inaugural Tour of Beijing,^[8] and held the race lead for the rest of the event to claim overall victory.^[9] ^[10]