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Historic Overview Hector Martin

Rider

Overall Rank572
NameHector MARTIN
Country
  Belgium
Date of birth26-Dec-1898 - Roeselare (West Vlaanderen)
Date of death09-Aug-1972 - Roeselare (West Vlaanderen)

Biography

Hector Martin

Hector Martin (26 December 1898–9 August 1972) was a Belgian road racing cyclist, professional from 1925 to 1935. In 1924 he won the "Tour of Flanders for Independents" and the Belgian championship cycling for independents . From 1925 to 1935 he was a professional cyclist. In the 1927 Tour de France he won the third stage in Caen and the 22nd stage to Charleville and he wore the yellow jersey for 4 days. In 1928 he won Bordeaux-Paris and in 1929 he came second. In 1930 he won the Circuit de Béarn. He was the brother of Léon Martin.

Camiel Thomas fabricated cycling shoes and marketed them under Hector's name in 1939.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

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Major Victories

Bordeaux - Paris 1928
Bruxelles - Luxembourg - Mondorf 1923
Bruxelles - Paris 1924
Paris - Menin 1924
Tour de France - stages 1925 (3), 1927 (2)
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Seasons

Hector Martin - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1922 Individual 0 1319
2. 1923 Individual 30 419
3. 1924 Individual 221 131
4. 1925 J.B. Louvet - Pouchois 1598 13
5. 1926 J.B. Louvet - Pouchois - Wolber 11 723
6. 1927 J.B. Louvet - Wolber 1589 13
7. 1928 J.B. Louvet - Hutchinson 1097 17
8. 1929 J.B. Louvet 1161 22
9. 1930 Elvish - Wolber 1003 30
10. 1931 La Française - Dunlop 546 63
11. 1932 Individual 308 125
Overall: 7564 572