Tony Martin

Andre Greipel sprints to a second win on stage 5, Tony Martin retains Tour lead

July 9, 2015

AMIENS, France (CT) – Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal) has taken his second win at the 2015 Tour de France, sprinting to victory in Amiens on a wet and windy stage 5. Greipel, who was wearing the green jersey for a third consecutive stage, crossed the line ahead of Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Mark Cavendish (Etixx-Quick-Step) […]

Tour de France stage 4 photo gallery

July 8, 2015

After missing out on the yellow jersey for three days in a row, Tony Martin (Etixx-Quick Step) made it in Cambrai after breaking away solo with 3.1km to go. Martin scores his fifth stage victory at the Tour de France and moved into the lead for the first time with 12 seconds lead over Chris […]

Martin wins Tour de France stage four with panache, takes yellow jersey

July 8, 2015

It’s been an exercise in persistence and determination. Tony Martin has been sitting second overall in the Tour de France since taking the runner-up slot in Saturday’s time trial, hovering just off the lead as first Rohan Dennis, then Fabian Cancellara, and then Chris Froome took over the yellow jersey. However, after starting stage four […]

Tony Martin: Dennis was always on my mind as a major threat

July 5, 2015

UTRECHT, The Netherlands (CT) – Rohan Dennis may have had to settle for a string of second places in his recent career but former world time trial champion Tony Martin said that he started the opening stage of the Tour de France convinced that the Australian rider was a big threat for the win. Dennis, […]

Cavendish, Uran, Martin and Kwiatkowski lead strong Etixx-QuickStep selection for Tour de France

June 27, 2015

One day after it was confirmed that Marcel Kittel will not compete in this year’s Tour de France, the lineup that Mark Cavendish and his team hope will bring him closer to Eddy Merckx’s all time Tour stage win record of 34 victories has been named. The Etixx-QuickStep formation for the Tour is not just […]

Daily News Digest

June 9, 2015

In this morning’s edition of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest: Nacer Bouhanni wins stage 2 of the Criterium du Dauphine; Caleb Ewan claims stage 2 of the Tour de Korea; Rolf Aldag on Tony Martin and UCI hour record - “He is definitely toying around with it in his head”; Obree on Wiggins’ UCI hour […]

Rolf Aldag on Tony Martin and UCI hour record: “He is definitely toying around with it in his head”

June 9, 2015

When Bradley Wiggins demolished the previous UCI hour record in London’s Lee Valley VeloPark on Sunday, three names were mentioned by him and others as being capable of considering taking on the new mark. Fabian Cancellara and Alex Dowsett were two of those and while their teams were relatively tight-lipped about their ambitions on Monday, […]

Rocacorba Daily

November 20, 2014

In this morning’s edition of the Rocacorba Daily news digest: Specialized lululemon becomes Velocio-SRAM; Fourth rider linked to Astana team tests positive - Okishev fails A test for steroids; Tony Martin to attempt the hour record in 2015; Cookson open to shortening the Grand Tours; Bono surgeon reveals extensive injuries arising from bike smash; Smith […]

Triumph for Wiggins as Briton takes first Elite road title in Ponferrada

September 25, 2014

Adding the rainbow jersey to the Olympic gold medal he took in 2012, Bradley Wiggins improved on his two previous second places in the world championship time trial on Wednesday when he raced to a clear win. The British rider denied his main rival Tony Martin the chance to become the first-ever rider in history […]

Rocacorba Daily

September 3, 2014

In this morning’s edition of the Rocacorba Daily news digest: Martin grabs Vuelta TT victory, Contador takes over red jersey from fallen Quintana; Buts wins stage four of the Tour of China, Gradek maintains overall lead; Froome’s push for red hits a stumbling block with below-par time trial; Cancellara loses runner-up slot in Vuelta TT […]