Tony Martin

Omega Pharma-Quick Step edges Orica-GreenEdge by less than a second to defend its title

The Italian is a threat to earn a spot on the podium at the September 25 race in Florence

The pair opts to leave the three-week race and begin final preparations for the upcoming worlds in Italy

Almost a year after earning the rainbow jersey, Philippe Gilbert is finally able to put a check mark in the win column

The race through Spain resumes after Tuesday's rest day with the 38.8-kilometer test against the clock

Tony Martin's epic, heartbreaking solo ride on Thursday left him without the Vuelta stage win, but boasting a big day of training for worlds

Mark Cavendish won two stages and his teammates took two others at the 100th edition of the race

Argos rider wins four stages to help Germany take six victories at the race's 100th edition

The descent above Alpe d'Huez is narrow, bumpy, and has no guardrails protecting riders from a 30-meter-plus dropoff

Coming off severe injuries in stage 1, German ace becomes the second reigning world champion to win a TT in the Tour de France

World champion takes narrow stage win against the clock, but the Tour's overall leader makes big time gains

German rider starts his day well before the GC riders and takes the early lead

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German blasts ASO for including the climb and descent in the 2013 route

Chris Froome and Alberto Contador are the two favorites at the eight-day Criterium du Dauphine, which has a mountainous route throughout

The Belgian, who says he is familiar with the five-day route, left the Amgen Tour of California to attend the birth of his second child

Froome succeeds Wiggins as Romandie champion, calls victory "a good omen" for hopes of doing likewise at the Tour

Tony Martin scorches the stage 7 time trial route, but Vincenzo Nibali takes the overall race victory

Manxman protects his overall lead at Tirreno-Adriatico, but the dinner table should see some tense conversation on Thursday

The finishes in the week-long Italian race are notoriously technical and the Slovak champion could hold off the sprinters

Tony Martin rode the final-stage time trial to victory in Algarve. Next up is Tirreno-Adriatico in a calendar aimed at stage-race victories

German time trial specialist wins finale by more than a minute to take the overall for a second time

Time-trialist Martin hopes to overhaul the young Colombian, but he will have his work cut out for him

German time trial ace says Taylor Phinney is his new top rival in the chrono as he prepares for his first test in Portugal this week

Mark Cavendish lashes out at television interviewer over Armstrong questions

Martin took a huge lead on stage 2 and never relinquished it

Katusha man takes his first pro win with one day to go in Beijing

The Astana rider clips 10 seconds off the defending champion's lead with two stages remaining

German attacks his way into a nearly unbreakable overall lead in China

Andy Schleck hopes to survive first big test as the Tour of Beijing opens Tuesday with a tougher, hillier route for defending champ Tony Martin

Tony Martin overcomes the most difficult final kilometer of his career to double up in Valkenburg

Tony Martin squeaks another worlds time trial win out over Taylor Phinney in Valkenburg

Martin tops list of pre-race favorites for rainbow stripes in Wednesday's elite men's time trial

Pre-race favorites come through for world championship

Martin hopes to place a golden cap on what has been a leaden season

Bradley Wiggins on the death of a London cyclist; Great Britain and Australia develop hot pants; Tony Martin happy with silver

Bradley Wiggins is the top favorite for Wednesday's Olympic time trial, but a young American is looking to spoil

World champ steps aside to avoid further injury in build-up to the Olympics

Fabian Cancellara and Tony Martin did their best, but it wasn't enough against Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome

A run of crashes have a banged up Tour peloton aiming for the mountains this weekend

World time trial champ suffers wrist fracture at the Tour de France, but stays in the race to aim at the stage 9 time trial

The big Swiss will face challenges from Martin, Wiggins and Sagan on tight, technical course

German time-trial specialist is up against two of the best in Wiggins and Cancellara

Lefevre selects balanced roster aimed at stage wins and the overall

Omega Pharma director, Brian Holm says a TT win for Martin is bigger than 11th overall at the Tour and the German will focus on winning stages in July

Landis investigated by San Diego gran jury; Tony Martin to return at GP Frankfurt; British minicab service fired over anti-cyclist stance

Examinations reveal shoulder blade, upper arm fractures for world time trial champ following training crash

Omega Pharma rider likely to face surgery to repair fractured cheek bone

There are some big guns lining up for this year’s Paris-Nice, set to be the first major stage-race dogfight of the season

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HTC-Highroad teammates Tony Martin and Amber Neben powered to victory in the 30th edition of the Chrono des Nations time trial on Sunday.

Tony Martin said he takes personal satisfaction in delivering victory at the Tour of Beijing last weekend in what was HTC-Highroad's final stage race.

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Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) claimed his first stage-race victory as world time trial champion when he won the inaugural Tour of Beijing on Sunday.

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Elia Viviani (Liquigas) dominated a bunch sprint to win the fourth stage of the Tour of Beijing Saturday.

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Quick-Step confirmed Thursday that Tony Martin, the German time trial specialist, will join the Belgian squad as part of a three-year deal.

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LOURDES, France (VN) — Tony Martin denied rumors Friday morning that he is set to join Bjarne Riis at Saxo Bank-Sungard in 2012. French daily L’Equipe reported Friday that the German is in discussions with Riis as the title sponsorship of his current squad, HTC-Highroad, is set to expire at the close of the year.

LUZ ARDIDEN, France (AFP) - German Tony Martin refused to blame flu as his hopes of remaining in contention for a top overall place at the Tour de France were severely compromised on Thursday.

Off the radar and unnoticed; that sums how the first half of the 2011 Tour has gone for HTC-Highroad's two-pronged GC attack. And that's just fine for them.

GRENOBLE (AFP) — HTC Highroad's Tony Martin won Wednesday's 42.5 kilometer time trial at the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Sky's Bradley Wiggins was second on the stage and took over the race lead.

While Tony Martin and Cadel Evans were the headliners this past week for their overall victories at Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico respectively, the biggest news was the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision to uphold two-year suspensions on Italian racers Franco Pellizotti and Pietro Caucchioli.

Tejay Van Garderen proved himself a valuable asset to Tony Martin and helped pave the way for his German teammate to claim overall victory at Paris-Nice on Sunday.

Tony Martin and HTC-Highroad have moved into the lead of the UCI's WorldTour individual and team rankings following the German's overall victory and Matt Goss' stage win in Paris-Nice.

It’s not the fact that Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) won one of France’s most prestigious races at Paris-Nice that has everyone taking notice, but how he did it.

Remy Di Gregorio (Astana) made a tremendous save in the final kilometers after slipping on white, wet traffic stripe to win a wild, crash-filled ride in Saturday’s 215km seventh stage at Paris-Nice.