Daniel Martínez last details of his preparation in Andorra for the Tour de France
Daniel Felipe Martínez has perhaps achieved his best start to the year so far in his sports career, because in the absence of his compatriot and leader, Egan Bernal, the Soachuno has been able to demonstrate his best skills as a climber and time trialist in some of the most important competitions of the calendar.
For days what remains is to do these training jobs, in Andorra, thinking about the Tour de France. There, from the outset, he will not be the leader of the English team Ineos Grenadiers, it is expected that the Colombian can stand out in the general classification in case Adam Yates does not manage to be ahead.
The data of the season that Martínez has taken would leave a certain hint that he will be the one who manages to be closer to the best riders of the French competition. Since February, when he won the gold medal in the time trial of the National Road Championships, he was motivated to make the best presentation of himself with the team he joined at the beginning of 2021.
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His path would continue to demonstrate the level with which he arrived in 2022, achieving some stage victories, podiums and the general victory of the Tour of the Basque Country, achieving a second victory in a WorldTour competition. It is worth remembering that he had already won the Critérium Dauphiné in 2020 when he was part of the EF Education EasyPost payroll.
The expectations regarding what the coffee grower will be able to do are great even at an international level, since for a few months the CyclingNews portal highlighted Daniel Martínez as the second favorite, behind the two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar, capable of winning the competition .
Martínez has some important advantages that make him an option to fight for the general classification, since his disposition for the classic-type stages will be key for the leaders, and he has already shown that even for that he has prepared in the best way, as you can see in his appearances in the Ardennes Classics: the Walloon Fleche, in which he finished fifth, and in the Liège Bastogne Liège, where he finished fourth.
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On the ascent he has always performed in a great way and the world witnessed that during his role as Egan Bernal’s domestique in the 2021 Giro d’Italia where he also finished fifth. His maturity makes him a complete rider capable of achieving important results for Colombian cycling in the coming years.Well, we must remember that he is 26 years old and has a long way to go in the world pedal sport.
Nairo Quintana (Arkea Samsic), Rigoberto Urán and Esteban Chaves (EF Education EasyPost) would also be on the rosters of their teams for the competition that, as it already starts on July 1 and will end on the 24th of the same month.
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