Egoi Martínez
Appearance
![]() Martínez at the 2008 Vuelta a España. | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Egoi Martínez de Esteban |
Born | Etxarri-Aranatz, Spain | 15 May 1978
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
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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
[edit]Major results
[edit]- 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
- 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
[edit]Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 |
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41 | 48 | 41 | 61 | 50 | 44 | 39 | 33 | 17 | — |
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— | 45 | 12 | DNF | 9 | 52 | DNF | 55 | — | 30 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ "Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS) – ESP". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ a b "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
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Egoi Martínez.
- Official website
- Egoi Martínez at Cycling Archives
- Palmares on CyclingBase (French) Archived 2012-02-26 at the Wayback Machine