Neil Martin (born 1 April 1960) is a British former

cyclist Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...

. He competed at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

and the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

. He now works as a team manager for under-23 cyclists within

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's High Performance Unit. His father, Vic, competed in grass track racing on weekends whilst working for GEC as an electrical engineer. He is the father of Dan Martin, and related by marriage to

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and

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, all fellow racing cyclists. Martin joined the new team in 2015 as a

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. He moved across to in 2016 to take up the same role, staying with the team in 2017.

Major results

;1978 :3rd Overall Drei Etappen Rundfahrt Frankfurt ;1979 :1st Grand Prix Des Issambres ;1980 :1st Stage 2

Rás Tailteann Rás Tailteann (; "Tailteann Race"), often shortened to the Rás, is an annual international cycling stage race, held in Ireland. Traditionally held in May, the race returned after a hiatus in 2022 as 5 day event held in June. By naming the rac ...

:2nd Road race, National Amateur Road Championships :2nd Overall Whittingham Homes Two Day :8th Overall

Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after th ...

;1982 :1st Overall

Flèche du Sud The Flèche du Sud, is a road bicycle race held annually in Luxembourg. It is currently organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 b ...

:1st Mountains classification Tour of Scotland ;1983 :1st Stage 6b

;1984 :1st MaillotReinoUnido

Road race, National Amateur Road Championships :1st Lincoln Grand Prix :3rd Overall Star Trophy ;1985 :3rd Overall Beverley – White Rose Two Day :3rd Shrewsbury GP ;1986 :1st Stage 5

:1st Tour of Delyn ;1987 :1st Saltburn Classic ;1988 :1st Stage 3 Tour of Wales ;1991 :1st Stage 3 Girvan – Easter Three Day

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Neil 1960 births Living people English male cyclists British male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Birmingham, West Midlands Directeur sportifs