Raymond Martin (born 22 May 1949) is a former French

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

. In the

1980 Tour de France The 1980 Tour de France was the 67th edition of the Tour de France. The total distance was over 22 stages. In the first half of the race, Bernard Hinault started out strong by winning the prologue and two stages. However, knee problems forced H ...

he finished third overall and won the

mountains classification The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing, Queen of the Mountains (QoM) is used. While the title may be given to the rider who achieves the highest p ...

. He also competed in the individual road race at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972 ...

Major results

;1972 : National Amateur Road Race Championship ;1974 :

GP Ouest-France The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest–France, is an elite cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Breton village of Plouay in western France. The race was originally named Grand–Prix de Plouay and, from ...

:Lescouet-Jugon :Route Niveroise ;1975 :

Paris–Camembert Paris–Camembert (also Paris–Camembert Trophée Lepetit or Paris–Camembert Lepetit) is a semi classic held annually in April. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The route of the race has varied over t ...

;1978 : Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan :Josselin ;1979 :

;1980 :Agon-Coutainville :Lescouet-Jugon : Trophée des Grimpeurs :

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consist ...

: ::Winner stage 13 :: Jersey polkadot

Winner mountains classification ::3rd place overall classification ;1982 :

: ::8th place overall classification

References

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Raymond Martin (cyclist)
* * * 1949 births Living people French male cyclists French Tour de France stage winners Olympic cyclists of France Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Orne Cyclists from Normandy {{France-cycling-bio-1940s-stub