Paul Martens
Paul Martens (born 26 October 1983) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2021.[3] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.[4]
 Martens at the 2016 Tour of Britain. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Martens |
| Born | 26 October 1983 Rostock, East Germany |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| ? | KED Bianchi–Berlin |
| 2005 | T-Mobile Team (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2006–2007 | Skil–Shimano |
| 2008–2021 | Rabobank[1][2] |
| Major wins | |
Stage races
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In February 2020, Martens announced that he would retire from cycling at the end of the season; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Martens intended to prolong his career until the middle of the 2021 season.[5][6] He retired following the 2021 Giro d'Italia,[3] where he finished 99th.
Major results
- 2001
- 1st
Madison (with Florian Piper), National Junior Road Championships - 2004
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2005
- 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2006
- 1st Münsterland Giro
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Luxembourg
- 2007
- 2nd Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Rund um die Hainleite
- 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 5th Overall Rheinland–Pfalz Rundfahrt
- 9th Overall Eneco Tour
- 2008
- 6th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 6th Overall Regio-Tour
- 8th Overall Sachsen Tour
- 10th Coppa Sabatini
- 2009
- 3rd GP Ouest–France
- 5th Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop
- 6th Giro del Piemonte
- 8th Overall Sachsen Tour
- 2010
- 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 4th Brabantse Pijl
- 4th Paris–Brussels
- 4th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 8th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 2011
- 10th Amstel Gold Race
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2012
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Burgos
- 2013
- 1st
Overall Tour de Luxembourg - 1st Stage 1 Volta ao Algarve
- 3rd Volta Limburg Classic
- 5th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 9th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 2014
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Belgium
- 2nd Ronde van Limburg
- 4th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 2015
- 10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2017
- 5th Volta Limburg Classic
- 10th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 2019
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) UAE Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
78 | — | — | — | — | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | 75 | — | 99 |
| Tour de France |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 80 | 98 | 82 | 81 | — | — | — |
 / Vuelta a España |
— | DNF | — | 119 | — | — | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | 109 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- "Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam". Bianchi. F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- "Jumbo-Visma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- "Paul Martens quits pro cycling this Sunday". Team Jumbo–Visma. Team Oranje Road BV. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- De Maio, Antonino (24 February 2020). "Jumbo – Visma, Paul Martens si ritirerà al termine della stagione" [Jumbo - Visma, Paul Martens will retire at the end of the season]. SpazioCiclismo – CyclingPro.net (in Italian). Antoine Plouvin SARL. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- "Jumbo-Visma extend contracts with Eenkhoorn, Hofstede, Roosen and Pfingsten". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
Martens was set to retire at the end of this season, but has decided to push the end of his racing career back a little more.
External links
Media related to Paul Martens at Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Martens at trap-friis.dk
- Paul Martens at ProCyclingStats
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