Guillaume Martin

Guillaume Martin (born 9 June 1993) is a French cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam.

Career
In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. While not necessarily considered a pre-race favourite for overall victory in the general classification, Martin finished just outside the top 20 in 2017 and 2018 and just outside the top 10 in 2019.

Cofidis (2020–present)
Having ridden for since the start of the 2016 season, Martin joined  ahead of the 2020 season. In August, Martin finished third overall at the Critérium du Dauphiné. He then rode in the Tour de France, in which he held third place overall from stages seven to twelve, before ultimately finishing eleventh overall. In October, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España. Having lost over ten minutes across the first three stages, Martin formed part of the breakaway on three consecutive stages, taking the mountains classification lead following stage seven – a lead he did not relinquish for the remainder of the race.

Martin contested his fifth consecutive Tour de France in 2021; after spending the first week outside the top 25 places overall, Martin moved into the top ten following stage nine, after being part of the day's breakaway. On the fourteenth stage, Martin moved up to second place overall – behind Tadej Pogačar – having been part of a seven-rider move that attacked around halfway through the stage, and gained five minutes on the peloton. He ceded almost four minutes the following day, on the first Pyrenean stage, dropping back to ninth overall; he ultimately finished the race in eighth place. Contesting the Vuelta a España for the second straight year, Martin was part of a 31-rider breakaway on the tenth stage – he had entered the stage almost ten minutes down on race leader Primož Roglič – which ultimately splintered on the day's categorised climb, the Puerto de Almáchar. Martin finished in the second chase group, moving up to second overall behind the new race leader, Odd Christian Eiking. In the final week, Martin lost more than four minutes to Roglič on consecutive stages – as he regained the race lead – and as a result, Martin dropped to an eventual finish of ninth place in the general classification.

Martin started the 2022 season with a block of racing in France, taking a third-place overall finish at the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var, his first such stage race finish since the 2020 Critérium du Dauphiné. The following weekend, Martin finished fifth at the Faun-Ardèche Classic and second at La Drôme Classic, finishing three seconds behind winner Jonas Vingegaard in the latter. At Paris–Nice, Martin gradually made his way up the general classification, moving up to a ninth-place overall finish on the final weekend of the race.

Personal life
Born in Paris, Martin grew up in, Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne part of Norman Switzerland. His father was a teacher of aikido, which Guillaume practiced during his childhood, and his mother was a drama teacher. He holds a master's degree in philosophy from Paris Nanterre University and is the author of two books, one of which is Socrates By Bike.

Major results

 * 2011
 * 10th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships


 * 2012
 * 9th Overall Ronde de l'Isard


 * 2014
 * 4th Overall Tour Alsace


 * 2015
 * 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
 * 4th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
 * 10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
 * 1st Stage 5


 * 2016
 * 2nd Overall Tour of Austria
 * 4th Overall Tour de l'Ain
 * 8th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour


 * 2017 (3 pro wins)
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Overall Giro della Toscana
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 1st Stage 4 Tour du Limousin
 * 3rd Overall Tour du Jura
 * 6th Polynormande
 * 7th Coppa Sabatini
 * 10th Tour du Doubs


 * 2018 (2)
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 3rd Tour du Finistère
 * 3rd Boucles de l'Aulne
 * 4th Tour du Doubs
 * 5th Road race, National Road Championships
 * 5th Grand Prix de Wallonie
 * 5th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
 * 9th Overall Deutschland Tour


 * 2019 (1)
 * 2nd Overall Giro di Sicilia
 * 1st Stage 4
 * 2nd Trofeo Campos, Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines
 * 3rd Overall Tour du Limousin
 * 3rd Memorial Marco Pantani
 * 3rd Tour du Doubs
 * 5th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
 * 5th Tour du Finistère
 * 6th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
 * 6th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
 * 7th Trofeo Andratx–Lloseta
 * 7th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
 * 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 8th Faun-Ardèche Classic
 * 8th La Drôme Classic


 * 2020
 * Vuelta a España
 * 1st Jersey blue polkadot.svg Mountains classification
 * Jersey yellow number.svg Combativity award Stages 5, 12 & 15
 * 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
 * 3rd Faun-Ardèche Classic
 * 3rd Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
 * 4th La Drôme Classic
 * 7th Overall Vuelta a San Juan
 * 1st Jersey orange.svg Mountains classification
 * 8th Overall Tour de l'Ain


 * 2021 (1)
 * 1st Mercan'Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes
 * 6th Overall Paris–Nice
 * 8th Overall Tour de France
 * 8th Veneto Classic
 * 9th Overall Vuelta a España


 * 2022 (2)
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de l'Ain
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 2nd La Drôme Classic
 * 3rd Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
 * 3rd Coppa Sabatini
 * 4th Polynormande
 * 5th Faun-Ardèche Classic
 * 5th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
 * 6th Coppa Agostoni
 * 6th Japan Cup
 * 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 8th Overall Tour du Limousin
 * 9th Overall Paris–Nice
 * 9th Giro della Toscana
 * 10th Overall Tour de Wallonie


 * 2023
 * 3rd Japan Cup
 * 3rd Tour du Jura
 * 4th Coppa Sabatini
 * 4th Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
 * 4th Tour du Doubs
 * 5th Paris–Camembert
 * 6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
 * 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
 * 6th Memorial Marco Pantani
 * 7th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
 * 7th Mercan'Tour Classic
 * 8th Faun-Ardèche Classic
 * 10th Overall Tour de France


 * 2024
 * 6th Mercan'Tour Classic
 * 8th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes
 * 10th La Flèche Wallonne