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Egoi Martínez
Martínez at the 2008 Vuelta a España.
Personal information
Full nameEgoi Martínez de Esteban
Born (1978-05-15) 15 May 1978 (age 46)
Etxarri-Aranatz, Spain
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
1999–2000Caja Rural
Professional teams
2001–2005Euskaltel–Euskadi
2006–2007Discovery Channel
2008–2013Euskaltel–Euskadi[1]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Mountains classification (2009)
Vuelta a España
Mountains classification (2006)
1 individual stage (2006)

Egoi Martínez de Esteban (born 15 May 1978 in Etxarri-Aranatz, Navarre) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2001 and 2013.[2] In his first Tour de France, Martínez finished 41st overall at the 2004 Tour de France.

Martínez retired at the end of the 2013 season.[2]

Career achievements

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Major results

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2001
1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León
2nd Overall Vuelta a Navarra
2002
10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
2003
1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir
2004
4th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
2005
4th GP Miguel Induráin
2006
Vuelta a España
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 11
4th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
Combativity Award Stage 4 Tour de France
2008
1st Mountains classification, Tour of the Basque Country
9th Overall Vuelta a España
Held after Stages 9–12
Held after Stages 2–3 & 5
10th Klasika Primavera
Combativity Award Stage 15 Tour de France
2009
1st Mountains classification, Tour de France[3]
1st Mountains classification, Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Sprints classification, Tour of the Basque Country
2nd Klasika Primavera
2010
1st Mountains classification, Criterium du Dauphiné
9th Klasika Primavera

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 22
A yellow jersey Tour de France 41 48 41 61 50 44 39 33 17
A red jersey/A red jersey Vuelta a España 45 12 DNF 9 52 DNF 55 30
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS) – ESP". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Egoi Martinez faces retirement, says cycling has given far more to him than it has taken away". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 28 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Results – Tour de France 2009 – Mountain Classification".
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