# Daniel Martínez (cyclist)

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

## 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 Ineos Grenadiers 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. He finished third in the young rider classification, behind Bernal and Aleksandr Vlasov.
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 Ineos Grenadiers 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
       1st Time trial
       2nd Road race

### 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, Pan American Games
    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

### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | 89 | DNF | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | 2 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | 36 | — | 28 | — | 30 | DNF | |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | 41 | DNF | — | — | — | |
| Major stage race general classification results |||||||||||
| Race | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | 3 | 25 | — |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| Volta a Catalunya | DNF | — | — | 7 | — | NH | — | — | — | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | — | — | 20 | NH | — | 1 | 34 | — |
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | — | 12 | 25 | NH | — | — | — | — |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 23 | — |
| Tour de Suisse | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | 8 | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
| IP | In progress |