Antonio Martín Eguia

Antonio Martín (born 18 June 1918) is a Spanish former professional cyclist. Martín was professional between 1939 and 1948, earning 13 professional victories, including a stage of the Vuelta a España. He also competed in the Vuelta a España five times (1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948).

Biography Antonio Martín was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country on 18 June 1918. At the end of the 1948 season, he retired from cycling. He was known as a climbing specialist, and finished in the top 10 of the Vuelta a España twice, and won a stage in 1941.

Major results

1939 3rd Barcelona-Madrid 4th Clásica a los Puertos 1940 1st Álava 2nd Clásica a los Puertos 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya 1941 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Navarra 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 7th Overall Vuelta a España 1st Stage 9 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya 1st Stage 9 1942

1st Overall Circuito Castilla-Leon-Asturias 1st Stage 2 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Levante 1st Stage 3 Circuito del Norte 9th Subida al Naranco 1943

3rd Road race, National Road Championships 4th Overall Vuelta a Levante 1st Stages 1 & 6 10th Overall Volta a Catalunya 1944 1st Overall Vuelta a Levante 1st Stage 7 1st Road race, Barcelona Road Championships 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 1945 1st Stage 1b Volta a Catalunya 2nd Trofeo Jaumendreu 2nd Trofeo Masferrer 5th Overall Vuelta a España 1946 3rd Trofeo del Sprint 7th Trofeo Masferrer 1947 4th Overall Tour of Galicia 1st Stage 8

Vuelta a España results 1941: 7 1942: DNF 1943: 5 1946: 16 1948: DNF