Egoi Martínez de Esteban (born 15 May 1978 in Etxarri-Aranatz,

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) is a Spanish former professional

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, who competed as a professional between 2001 and 2013. In his first

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

, Martínez finished 41st overall at the

2004 Tour de France The 2004 Tour de France was a multiple stage bicycle race held from 3 to 25 July, and the 91st edition of the Tour de France. It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Ant ...

. Martínez retired at the end of the 2013 season.

Career achievements

Major results

;2001 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Vuelta Ciclista a León Vuelta Ciclista a León, also known as La Vuelta León, is a former road bicycle race held annually in the province of Province of León, León in Spain. From 2005 until 2013 it was organised as a 2.2 event on the professional UCI Europe Tour. The ...

: 2nd Overall

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;2002 : 10th Overall

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir () is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents. Felice Gimondi, Joo ...

;2003 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

;2004 : 4th Overall

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;2005 : 4th

GP Miguel Induráin The Grand Prix Miguel Induráin (), formerly the "Grand Prix Navarre" is a Spanish one-day road bicycle race. History The race was inaugurated in 1951, but was limited to local competition. It was rebranded after Spanish cyclist Miguel Indurái ...

;2006 :

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::1st

Mountains classification The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing, Queen of the Mountains (QoM) is used. While the title may be given to the rider who achieves the highest p ...

::1st Stage 11 : 4th Overall

Vuelta a Castilla y León The Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, it has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions ...

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Stage 4

;2008 : 1st Jersey red

Mountains classification,

Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'') is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races that make up the UCI World Tour calendar. As the Basque Country is ...

: 9th Overall

::Held

after Stages 9–12 ::Held Jersey white

after Stages 2–3 & 5 : 10th

Klasika Primavera The Klasika Primavera () is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Amorebieta, Spain. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Established in 1946 as ''Gran Premio de Primavera'', it is now he ...

Stage 15

;2009 : 1st Jersey polkadot

: 1st

Mountains classification,

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...

: 1st

Sprints classification,

: 2nd

;2010 : 1st Jersey white dots on red

Mountains classification, Criterium du Dauphiné : 9th

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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1978 births Living people People from Barranca (comarca) Spanish male cyclists Cyclists from Navarre Spanish Vuelta a España stage winners {{Spain-cycling-bio-1970s-stub