Daniel Martínez

Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda (born 25 April 1996) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .

Career Colombia (2015) Martínez abandoned the Volta a Catalunya, his first World Tour race ever. He finished 84th in the Tour of Turkey.

Southeast–Venezuela (2016–2017) He rode his first ever Grand Tour in 2016, starting at the Giro d'Italia. He also finished 57th at Il Lombardia. He started in the Giro d'Italia once again in 2017, but abandoned the race. At the end of the season, he finished 4th in the Presidential Tour of Turkey.

EF Education First–Drapac (2018–2020) Martínez started the 2018 season at the Colombian National Road Championships, where he finished 2nd in the time trial, behind Egan Bernal. He went on to finish 5th in the new Colombian race, Colombia Oro y Paz. His first top 10 finish in Europe, was at the Volta a Catalunya, where he rode himself to 7th place overall. He rode the Belgian classics for the first time in his career, finishing 44th in La Fléche Wallonne and 61st in Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Then he rode the Tour de Romandie, and finished 12th. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France. In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España.

At the start of the 2020 season, and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic-enforced suspension of racing, Martínez won his second consecutive title at the Colombian National Time Trial Championships, and was second to teammate Sergio Higuita in the Tour Colombia, winning the final stage. Martínez won the Critérium du Dauphiné in August, moving from fifth to first on the final day with a second-place stage finish to Sepp Kuss. At the Tour de France, he claimed his first Grand Tour stage win from a breakaway on stage 13, which finished at Puy Mary. He finished the race 28th overall, his best Grand Tour overall placing to that point.

Ineos Grenadiers (2021–2023)

Martínez joined the team on an initial one-year contract for the 2021 season. During the Giro d'Italia, Martínez was a mountain domestique for his compatriot of countryman Egan Bernal, who ultimately won the race. Martínez moved his way up the general classification throughout the race, and moved up from seventh to fifth overall on the final weekend; he finished third on the final mountain stage that finished at the Alpe Motta in the Valle Spluga, driving the pace for Bernal while minimising any potential time loss to Damiano Caruso, who won the stage.

To begin the 2022 season he won a record-equalling third Colombian National Time Trial Championships, and finished in third place overall at both the Volta ao Algarve and Paris–Nice. His next stage race was the Tour of the Basque Country, where he won the fourth stage and ultimately the race overall, after Remco Evenepoel was distanced on the final climb. At both the Tour de Suisse and the Tour de France, Martínez was part of an team that included Adam Yates, Geraint Thomas and Tom Pidcock. At the latter, Martínez moved into the top-ten overall after the sixth stage, but his general classification hopes were ended after he lost almost half an hour on the two stages either side of the first rest day, which was attributed to illness. He grew stronger by the end of the race and was joined with Wout van Aert and Thibaut Pinot as the final breakaway riders on Hautacam. Eventually Pinot fell back, and the pair rode on alone but ultimately finished behind the GC contenders. Martínez continued riding hard because Geraint Thomas was approaching, who finished 4th on the stage to secure the final podium position.

Bora-Hansgrohe (2024–present) At the end of the 2023 season it was announced that Martinez would leave the Ineos Grenadiers to join German pro team Bora–Hansgrohe for an unknown contract duration. Ahead of the start of the 2024 Giro d'Italia, Bora-Hansgrohe announced that Martinez would be their leader in the General classification, selecting him over fellow rider Emanuel Buchmann.

Major results

2013 Pan American Junior Road Championships

2014 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 2015 1st Mountains classification, Route du Sud 8th Overall Tour of Utah 1st Young rider classification 2017 4th Overall Tour of Turkey 1st Young rider classification 7th Milano–Torino 9th Tre Valli Varesine 2018 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 3rd Overall Tour of California 5th Overall Colombia Oro y Paz 6th Overall Colorado Classic 1st Young rider classification 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya 2019 (3 pro wins)

1st Time trial, National Road Championships 1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice 2nd Overall Tour of Guangxi 3rd Overall Tour Colombia 1st Stage 1 (TTT) 2020 (4) National Road Championships 1st Time trial 3rd Road race 1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 13 Tour de France 2nd Overall Tour Colombia 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 6 2021 5th Overall Giro d'Italia 2022 (4) 1st Time trial, National Road Championships 1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country 1st Points classification 1st Stage 4 1st Coppa Sabatini 3rd Overall Paris–Nice 3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve 3rd Giro della Toscana 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 5th La Flèche Wallonne 8th Overall Tour de Suisse 2023 (1) 1st Overall Volta ao Algarve National Road Championships 2nd Road race 5th Time trial 2024 (3) 1st Time trial, National Road Championships 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia 2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve 1st Mountains classification 1st Stages 2 & 5 2025 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 2026 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2nd Overall Paris–Nice 7th Overall Volta ao Algarve 9th Figueira Champions Classic

General classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish NH Not held IP In progress