Neil Martin (cyclist)

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Neil Martin
Personal information
Full nameNeil Martin
Born (1960-04-01) 1 April 1960 (age 64)
Birmingham, England
Team information
Current team Cycling Ireland
DisciplineRoad
Role
Rider type Climbing specialist [1]
Amateur team
1979 Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt [1]
Professional teams
1985–1987Percy Bilton [2]
1988Emmelle–MBK [2]
Managerial teams
2015 SEG Racing
2016–2017 An Post–Chain Reaction
2018– Cycling Ireland

Neil Martin (born 1 April 1960) is a British former cyclist. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics. [3] He now works as a team manager for under-23 cyclists within Cycling Ireland's High Performance Unit. [4]

Contents

His father, Vic, competed in grass track racing on weekends whilst working for GEC as an electrical engineer. [1] He is the father of Dan Martin, and related by marriage to Stephen Roche and Nicolas Roche, all fellow racing cyclists. [5] Martin joined the new SEG Racing team in 2015 as a directeur sportif. [6] He moved across to An Post–Chain Reaction in 2016 to take up the same role, staying with the team in 2017. [7]

Major results

1978
3rd Overall Drei Etappen Rundfahrt Frankfurt [2]
1979
1st Grand Prix Des Issambres [1]
1980
1st Stage 2 Rás Tailteann [1]
2nd Road race, National Amateur Road Championships [2]
2nd Overall Whittingham Homes Two Day [2]
8th Overall Tour of Britain [1]
1982
1st Overall Flèche du Sud [2]
1st Mountains classification Tour of Scotland [2]
1983
1st Stage 6b Tour of Britain [2]
1984
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Road race, National Amateur Road Championships [2]
1st Lincoln Grand Prix [2]
3rd Overall Star Trophy [2]
1985
3rd Overall Beverley – White Rose Two Day [2]
3rd Shrewsbury GP
1986
1st Stage 5 Tour of Britain [2]
1st Tour of Delyn [2]
1987
1st Saltburn Classic [1]
1988
1st Stage 3 Tour of Wales [2]
1991
1st Stage 3 Girvan – Easter Three Day [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kimmage, Paul (23 June 2015). "Cycling: Upholding his family's values". independent.ie . Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Neil Martin". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Neil Martin Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Hickmott, Larry (12 April 2020). "Lockdown Q&A with Neil Martin". VeloUK. LH Publishing. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  5. ↑ Balasundaram, Nemesha (21 April 2015). "Dan Martin pours cold water on 'family feud' with Stephen Roche". Irish Post . Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Elijzen sportief verantwoordelijke bij SEG Racing" [Elijzen sports manager at SEG Racing]. Royal Dutch Cycling Union (in Dutch). 6 October 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Kelly unveils An Post Chain Reaction team 2017". Meath Chronicle . 19 January 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
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