Juan Fernández Martín

Juan Fernández Martín (born January 5, 1957 in Alhama de Granada , Spain ) is a former Spanish cyclist .

Athletic career

Martín grew up in Andalusia . At the age of eleven he moved with his family to Vitoria in the Basque Country . There he started cycling with the sports club Sociedad Ciclista Vitoriana. As a junior athlete, he drove for the sports club Finanzauto y Servicios until 1978. In 1979 Martín received his first professional contract with the Belgian cycling team KAS-Campagnolo and began his professional driving career with a victory in the one-day race Gran Premio Navarra . In 1980 he won the Spanish road championship and was third in the road driving world championship .

At the World Championships, Martín was able to place every time between 1980 and 1988 with the exception of 1983. He was able to repeat third place as the best result in 1987 and 1988. He also took part several times in the big stage races Vuelta a España , Giro d'Italia and Tour de France . His best placings were 16th at the Vuelta 1980, 24th at the 1980 Giro and 50th at the Tour de France 1981. At the Vuelta, where he was placed six times, he won four stages. Martín competed twice in the Tour of Germany . In 1980 he was 26th. In 1981 he was seventh.

After joining the Belgian cycling team, Martín started working for Spanish teams in 1980. He spent the longest time between 1983 and 1986 with Zor-Gemeaz-Cusin. He ended his career at Zahor Chocolates, where he was under contract in 1987 and 1988. Martin celebrated his last big win in 1988 with the second win of the Spanish road championship.

After Martín had finished his career as a cyclist, he took over the post of sports director for the Spanish cycling team CLAS-Cajastur in 1988 . Under his leadership, Tony Rominger , Fernando Escartín and Ángel Casero became successful cyclists.

Web links

• Profile at www.radsportseiten.net
• Results at www.museociclismo.it