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Martin was close to a stage vicory in a memorable Tour de France

‘So near yet so far’ – Martin reflects on Tour

Irish cyclist Dan Martin says his team were happy with their Tour de France performance but believes he could have secured an even higher standing than his ninth place overall in the general classification.

Cycling • 25 Jul 16

Froome now leads the Tour by almost four minutes

Froome extends lead as Martin clings to top 10

Chris Froome extended his dominance of this year's Tour de France with a second stage win, this time on the 17km uphill time trial to Megeve.

Cycling • 21 Jul 16

Froome was forced to run up the mountain after his bike is damaged in a crash

Froome holds onto yellow folllowing bizarre day

Chris Froome has held onto the Tour de France leader's yellow jersey following a dramatic and bizarre stage 12.

Cycling • 14 Jul 16

Chris Froome (L) with stage winner Peter Sagan

Martin stays third as Froome stretches Tour lead

Chris Froome extended his advantage in the yellow jersey with an opportunistic move as Peter Sagan won stage 11 of the Tour de France, while Ireland's Dan Martin remained third overall following his 35th-placed finish in Montpellier.

Cycling • 13 Jul 16

Michael Matthews celebrates his win in Revel

Martin retains third place on Tour de France

Ireland’s Dan Martin remains in third place on the Tour de France after finishing 29th on stage 10 from Escaldes-Engordany to Revel.

Cycling • 12 Jul 16

Alberto Contador withdrew from the Tour during Sunday's ninth stage

Contador out of Olympics after Tour crashes

Alberto Contador looks set to miss the road race at next month's Rio Olympics after saying that he needed four weeks to recover from injuries sustained on the Tour de France.

Paris 2024 • 12 Jul 16

Dan Martin (L) is just 19 seconds behind race leader Chris Froome (yellow)

Walsh: Dan Martin ready for yellow jersey chance

Attack-minded Dan Martin is capable of challenging Chris Froome for the yellow jersey as they near the halfway stage of the Tour de France, according to David Walsh.

Cycling • 12 Jul 16

Martin (R) lies in third behind race leader Chris Froome (yellow)

Dan Martin enjoying lofty Tour de France position

Ireland’s Dan Martin says he is having fun at the Tour de France after moving up to third place overall following yesterday's challenging conditions that saw four riders abandon the Grand Tour.

Cycling • 11 Jul 16

Froome crosses the line, just two seconds ahead of Ireland's Dan Martin

Martin climbs to third on stormy Andorran summit

Dan Martin moved up to third place in the Tour de France and Chris Froome retained yellow after another incredible day of racing in the Pyrenees.

Cycling • 10 Jul 16

Today's stage passes close to Martin's home in Andorra

Martin looks to exploit home advantage in Andorra

Dan Martin is hoping that home advantage will work in his favour as the Tour reaches its first summit finish in the Pyrenees today.

Cycling • 10 Jul 16

Marcel Kittel (blue, left) crosses the finish line ahead of Bryan Coquard (R) and Slovakia's Peter Sagan

Kittel takes photo finish, Martin out of top 10

Marcel Kittel won stage four of the Tour de France in Limoges in another photo finish.

Cycling • 05 Jul 16

Mark Cavendish (2nd R) crosses the finish line ahead of Germany's Andre Greipel (L), France's Bryan Coquard (2nd L) and Slovakia's Peter Sagan (R)

VIDEO: Cavendish pips Greipel on line at Tour

Mark Cavendish snatched his second victory of the 2016 Tour de France by a matter of inches over Andre Greipel in Angers.

Cycling • 04 Jul 16

Nicolas Roche has taken part in the Tour de France every year since 2009

Roche and Deignan left out of Sky's Tour team

Ireland's Nicolas Roche will not feature in this year's Tour de France after being left off the Team Sky squad for the three-week Grand Tour.

Cycling • 22 Jun 16

Shannon McCurley will compete in the women's Kerin.

Four more Irish athletes confirmed for Rio

Four more members of the Irish team for Rio 2016 have been confirmed, including the first female track cyclist to compete for Ireland at the Games.

Paris 2024 • 17 Jun 16

Dan Martin takes third at Criterium du Dauphine

Ireland's Dan Martin finished with a flourish to take third in the Criterium du Dauphine, as Chris Froome lifted the crown for the third time in four years.

Cycling • 12 Jun 16

Thibaut Pinot beats compatriot Romain Bardet to the line

Martin third as Froome extends lead

Dan martin finished third in the Criterium du Dauphine today as Chris Froome strengthened his overall lead, while Frenchman Thibaut Pinot won the queen stage to Meribel.

Cycling • 11 Jun 16

Strong finish for Martin as Froome seizes lead

Dan Martin finished in fourth place as Chris Froome seized control of the Criterium du Dauphiné on stage five on Friday.

Cycling • 10 Jun 16

Martin makes bright start to Dauphine

Dan Martin made a superb start to the Criterium du Dauphine today when finishing fourth in the race's opening prologue time trial.

Cycling • 05 Jun 16

Martin finishes third overall at Volta Catalunya

Irish cyclist Dan Martin capped off a highly impressive Volta a Catalunya by finishing in third position, just 17 seconds off winner Nairo Quintana.

Cycling • 27 Mar 16

Dan Martin closes gap on Volta Catalunya leader

Ireland’s Dan Martin consolidated his fourth place in the Volta a Catalunya after Team Sky’s Wout Poels claimed victory in today’s fifth stage of the race.

Cycling • 25 Mar 16

Dan Martin is down to fourth in Spain after losing time on the fourth stage

Brutal mountain stage sees Martin slip back

Ireland’s Dan Martin is down to fourth place overall in the Vola a Catalunya after finishing tenth on Thursday’s 122km fourth stage from Baga to Port Aine.

Cycling • 24 Mar 16

Dan Martin has crashed out of the Vuelta

Dan Martin out of the Vuelta after major crash

Ireland's Dan Martin is out of the Vuelta a Espana after a crash saw him taken to hospital on stage eight, which was eventually won by Jasper Stuyven of Belgium.

Cycling • 29 Aug 15

Dan Martin is third in the Vuelta a Espana. He will transfer to Etixx-QuickStep next season

Martin and Roche maintain strong Vuelta start

Ireland's Dan Martin and Nicolas Roche remain third and fourth overall in the Vuelta a Espana following Friday’s seventh stage.

Cycling • 28 Aug 15

Caleb Ewan crosses the line to claim his first Grand Tour stage win

Roche and Martin in top 4 as Ewan takes stage

Australian youngster Caleb Ewan surprised some of the more seasoned sprinters by surging to victory in the fifth stage of the Tour of Spain on Wednesday as his Orica team mate Esteban Chaves lost the overall lead to Tom Dumoulin.

Cycling • 26 Aug 15

Nicolas Roche is having a great first week and has moved to within 12 seconds of the Vuelta lead

Roche pipped to stage victory & closes Vuelta gap

Nicolas Roche is just 12 seconds off the overall lead in the Vuelta a Espana after producing another impressive finish on Tuesday.

Cycling • 25 Aug 15