Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda (born 25 April 1996) is a Colombian professional

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, who currently rides for

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Career

Colombia (2015)

Martínez abandoned the

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, his first World Tour race ever. He finished 84th in the

Tour of Turkey The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ( tr, Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu) is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey since 1963. In 2005 the race became part of the UCI Europe Tour, rated as a 2.2 even ...

Southeast–Venezuela (2016–2017)

He rode his first ever

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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

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EF Education First–Drapac (2018–2020)

Martínez started the 2018 season at the Colombian National Road Championships, where he finished 2nd in the

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, behind

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. 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

, 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

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. Then he rode the

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, and finished 12th. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the

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. In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España, 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 2020 Tour Colombia, Tour Colombia, winning the final stage. Martínez won the 2020 Critérium du Dauphiné, 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 2020 Tour de France, 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–present)

Martínez joined the team on an initial one-year contract for the 2021 season. During the 2021 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia, Martínez was a mountain domestique for his compatriot of countryman

, who ultimately won the race. Martínez moved his way up the General classification in the Giro d'Italia, 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 in the Giro d'Italia, young rider classification, behind Bernal and Aleksandr Vlasov (cyclist), 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 2022 Volta ao Algarve, Volta ao Algarve and 2022 Paris–Nice, Paris–Nice. His next stage race was the 2022 Tour of the Basque Country, 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 2022 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse and the 2022 Tour de France, Tour de France, Martínez was part of an 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 Thibault 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.

Major results

;2013 : Pan American Junior Road Championships ::1st PanAmericanJersey

Time trial ::2nd Silver medal america

Road race ;2014 : 1st MaillotColombia

Colombian National Time Trial Championships, Time trial, National Junior Road Championships ;2015 : 1st Jersey blue

Mountains classification, Route d'Occitanie, Route du Sud : 8th Overall 2015 Tour of Utah, Tour of Utah ::1st Young rider classification ;2017 : 4th Overall 2017 Presidential Tour of Turkey, Tour of Turkey ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification : 7th 2017 Milano–Torino, Milano–Torino : 9th 2017 Tre Valli Varesine, Tre Valli Varesine ;2018 : 2nd Colombian National Time Trial Championships, Time trial, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall 2018 Tour of California, Tour of California : 5th Overall Colombia Oro y Paz : 6th Overall Colorado Classic (cycling), Colorado Classic ::1st Jersey green

Young rider classification : 7th Overall

;2019 : 1st Gold medal blank

Cycling at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's road time trial, Time trial, Cycling at the 2019 Pan American Games, Pan American Games : 1st MaillotColombia

Colombian National Time Trial Championships, Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 7 2019 Paris–Nice, Paris–Nice : 2nd Overall 2019 Tour of Guangxi, Tour of Guangxi : 3rd Overall 2019 Tour Colombia, Tour Colombia ::1st Stage 1 (Team time trial, TTT) ;2020 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotColombia

Colombian National Time Trial Championships, Time trial ::3rd Colombian National Road Race Championships, Road race : 1st Jersey yellow-bluebar

Overall 2020 Critérium du Dauphiné, Critérium du Dauphiné ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification : 1st Stage 13 2020 Tour de France, Tour de France : 2nd Overall 2020 Tour Colombia, Tour Colombia ::1st Stages 1 (Team time trial, TTT) & 6 ;2021 : 5th Overall 2021 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia ;2022 : 1st MaillotColombia

Colombian National Time Trial Championships, Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall 2022 Tour of the Basque Country, Tour of the Basque Country ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stage 4 : 1st 2022 Coppa Sabatini, Coppa Sabatini : 3rd Overall 2022 Paris–Nice, Paris–Nice : 3rd Overall 2022 Volta ao Algarve, Volta ao Algarve : 3rd Giro di Toscana, Giro della Toscana : 4th 2022 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 5th 2022 La Flèche Wallonne, La Flèche Wallonne : 8th Overall 2022 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse

General classification results timeline

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Daniel 1996 births Living people Colombian male cyclists Colombian Tour de France stage winners Pan American Games medalists in cycling Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games People from Cundinamarca Department 21st-century Colombian people