# Guillaume Martin

Guillaume Martin (born 9 June 1993) is a French cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.

## Career

In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. While not necessarily considered a pre-race favourite for overall victory in the general classification, Martin finished just outside the top 20 in 2017 and 2018 and just outside the top 10 in 2019. In 2021 he placed 8th in the Tour and 9th in La Vuelta a España.

### Cofidis (2020–present)

Having ridden for Wanty–Groupe Gobert since the start of the 2016 season, Martin joined Cofidis ahead of the 2020 season. In August, Martin finished third overall at the Critérium du Dauphiné. He then rode in the Tour de France, in which he held third place overall from stages seven to twelve, before ultimately finishing eleventh overall. In October, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España. Having lost over ten minutes across the first three stages, Martin formed part of the breakaway on three consecutive stages, taking the mountains classification lead following stage seven – a lead he did not relinquish for the remainder of the race.
Martin contested his fifth consecutive Tour de France in 2021; after spending the first week outside the top 25 places overall, Martin moved into the top ten following stage nine, after being part of the day's breakaway. On the fourteenth stage, Martin moved up to second place overall – behind Tadej Pogačar – having been part of a seven-rider move that attacked around halfway through the stage, and gained five minutes on the peloton. He ceded almost four minutes the following day, on the first Pyrenean stage, dropping back to ninth overall; he ultimately finished the race in eighth place. Contesting the Vuelta a España for the second straight year, Martin was part of a 31-rider breakaway on the tenth stage – he had entered the stage almost ten minutes down on race leader Primož Roglič – which ultimately splintered on the day's categorised climb, the Puerto de Almáchar. Martin finished in the second chase group, moving up to second overall behind the new race leader, Odd Christian Eiking. In the final week, Martin lost more than four minutes to Roglič on consecutive stages – as he regained the race lead – and as a result, Martin dropped to an eventual finish of ninth place in the general classification.
Martin started the 2022 season with a block of racing in France, taking a third-place overall finish at the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var, his first such stage race finish since the 2020 Critérium du Dauphiné. The following weekend, Martin finished fifth at the Faun-Ardèche Classic and second at La Drôme Classic, finishing three seconds behind winner Jonas Vingegaard in the latter. At Paris–Nice, Martin gradually made his way up the general classification, moving up to a ninth-place overall finish on the final weekend of the race.

## Personal life

Born in Paris, Martin grew up in, Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne part of Norman Switzerland. His father was a teacher of aikido, which Guillaume practiced during his childhood, and his mother was a drama teacher. He holds a master's degree in philosophy from Paris Nanterre University and is the author of three books, one of which is Socrates By Bike.

## Major results
### 2011

    10th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships

### 2012

    9th Overall Ronde de l'Isard

### 2014

    4th Overall Tour Alsace

### 2015

    1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
    4th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
    10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
       1st Stage 5

### 2016

    2nd Overall Tour of Austria
    4th Overall Tour de l'Ain
    8th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour

### 2017 (3 pro wins)

    1st Overall Giro della Toscana
       1st Stage 2
    1st Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
       1st Stage 1
    1st Stage 4 Tour du Limousin
    3rd Overall Tour du Jura
    6th Polynormande
    7th Coppa Sabatini
    10th Tour du Doubs

### 2018 (2)

    1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
       1st Stage 3
    3rd Tour du Finistère
    3rd Boucles de l'Aulne
    4th Tour du Doubs
    5th Road race, National Road Championships
    5th Grand Prix de Wallonie
    5th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
    9th Overall Deutschland Tour

### 2019 (1)

    2nd Overall Giro di Sicilia
       1st Stage 4
    2nd Trofeo Campos, Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines
    3rd Overall Tour du Limousin
    3rd Memorial Marco Pantani
    3rd Tour du Doubs
    5th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
    5th Tour du Finistère
    6th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
    6th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
    7th Trofeo Andratx–Lloseta
    7th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
    8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
    8th Ardèche Classic
    8th La Drôme Classic

### 2020

    Vuelta a España
       1st Mountains classification
       Combativity award Stages 5, 12 & 15
    3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
    3rd Ardèche Classic
    3rd Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
    4th La Drôme Classic
    7th Overall Vuelta a San Juan
       1st Mountains classification
    8th Overall Tour de l'Ain

### 2021 (1)

    1st Mercan'Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes
    6th Overall Paris–Nice
    8th Overall Tour de France
    8th Veneto Classic
    9th Overall Vuelta a España

### 2022 (2)

    1st Overall Tour de l'Ain
       1st Stage 2
    2nd La Drôme Classic
    3rd Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
    3rd Coppa Sabatini
    4th Polynormande
    5th Ardèche Classic
    5th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
    6th Coppa Agostoni
    6th Japan Cup
    8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
    8th Overall Tour du Limousin
    9th Overall Paris–Nice
    9th Giro della Toscana
    10th Overall Tour de Wallonie

### 2023

    3rd Japan Cup
    3rd Tour du Jura
    4th Coppa Sabatini
    4th Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
    4th Tour du Doubs
    5th Paris–Camembert
    6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
    6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    6th Memorial Marco Pantani
    7th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
    7th Mercan'Tour Classic
    8th Ardèche Classic
    10th Overall Tour de France

### 2024

    3rd Tour du Jura
    5th Tour du Doubs
    6th Mercan'Tour Classic
    6th Paris–Camembert
    8th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes
    10th La Flèche Wallonne

### 2025

    6th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes
    10th Classic Var

### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | 23 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 8 | DNF | 10 | 13 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | 14 | 9 | — | — | 15 |
| Major stage race general classification results ||||||||||
| Race | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | — | — | 12 | 6 | 9 | — | — |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 23 |
| Volta a Catalunya | — | 46 | — | 8 | NH | — | 8 | 27 | 26 |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | — | — | NH | 31 | — | — | — |
| Tour de Romandie | 42 | 44 | 27 | 18 | NH | — | — | — | 17 |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | 29 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 20 | — | 6 | 19 |
| Tour de Suisse | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
| NH | Not held |