Guillaume Martin

In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.^[4] 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.^[5] In 2021 he placed 8th in the Tour and 9th in La Vuelta a España.^[6]

Having ridden for Wanty–Groupe Gobert since the start of the 2016 season, Martin joined Cofidis ahead of the 2020 season.^[7] In August, Martin finished third overall at the Critérium du Dauphiné.^[8] 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.^[9] Having lost over ten minutes across the first three stages, Martin formed part of the breakaway on three consecutive stages,^[10] taking the mountains classification lead following stage seven – a lead he did not relinquish for the remainder of the race.^[11]

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.^[12] 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.^[13][14] 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.^[15][16] 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.^[17] 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.^[18]

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,^[19] 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.^[20][21] 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.^[22][23]

Born in Paris, Martin grew up in, Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne part of Norman Switzerland.^[24] His father was a teacher of aikido, which Guillaume practiced during his childhood, and his mother was a drama teacher.^[25] 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.^[26][27]

• Guillaume Martin at UCI 
• Guillaume Martin at Cycling Archives 
• Guillaume Martin at ProCyclingStats 
• Guillaume Martin at Cycling Quotient 
• Guillaume Martin at CycleBase