Dan Martin Cycling Cycling

Dan Martin

Medals Won

Athlete Information

Date of Birth

20th August 1986

Gender

male

Hometown

Birmingham/Girona

Club Team School Or University

Competitor information

Team Ireland Number

725

Sport

Discipline

Road Race

Competitive History

Personal Bests

Olympic Results

BIOGRAPHY

Dan Martin won stages in all three Grand Tours - two in the Tour de France in 2013 and 2018, one in the Giro d'Italia in 2021 and two in the Vuelta a Espana in 2011 and 2020 - and took two of cycling's monuments, Liege-Bastogne-Liege in 2013 and Il Lombardia in 2014.

He competed at three consecutive Olympic Games in the road race, finishing 89th at London 2012, 13th at Rio 2016 to equal Ireland's best result in the event, and 16th at Tokyo 2020.

Martin also won the overall classification at the Volta a Catalunya in 2013 and the Tour de Pologne in 2010. Cycling runs in his family: he is the son of the British professional Neil Martin and the nephew of Stephen Roche. His cousin Nicolas Roche is also an Olympian and former professional cyclist.