Lucy Martin (born 5 May 1990) is a British retired professional

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and

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cyclist.

Career

Martin was born in

Whiston, Merseyside Whiston is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, England. Previously recorded within the historic county of Lancashire, it is located east of Liverpool. The population was 13,629 at the 2001 Census, ...

and grew up in

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, Cheshire where she attended Riverside College. She was spotted by

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's Olympic Talent Team at the age of 15, and later moved on to their under-23 Olympic Academy Programme, which rode as . In 2011, Martin was signed by the women's team as one of four British riders. Following the disbandment of that team, she was one of six of their riders, including all four British riders, picked up by for the 2012 season. She competed at the

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in the Women's road race. In August 2015 Martin announced her immediate retirement from competition. She subsequently joined from 2016, working on the team's digital content and PR, and she also works as a commentator on professional cycling.

Major results

Source: ;2007 : National Junior Track Championships ::2nd

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::3rd

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::3rd Scratch ;2008 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 2nd Silver medal blank

Points race,

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, Manchester : 2nd

, National Junior Track Championships : 3rd Scratch, National Track Championships ;2009 : 6th

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;2010 : 8th

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: 9th Overall

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;2011 : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 10th Overall Tour of Chongming Island Stage race ;2012 : 8th

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: 9th

Omloop van het Hageland The Omloop van het Hageland (Tielt-Winge) is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held since 2007 in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europ ...

;2013 : 7th Knokke-Heist – Bredene ;2015 : 5th

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Lucy 1990 births Living people English track cyclists Sportspeople from Widnes People from Whiston, Merseyside Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Great Britain English female cyclists Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for England