Tony Martin

A look back at the winners, losers and dramas from modern Tour stages over the pavé.

From Lambie lighting up the track to Cavendish lighting up a mechanic, here are the most-read stories from the year.

Jasha Sütterlin and Marc Soler had to leave the race as a result of the high-speed crash on the opening day of the Tour de France.

Woman holding the infamous sign faces a French court this week and could see a fine of 15,000 euros and up to one year in a French jail.

Sprint supremos, time trial legends and monument masters swap out racing for business management, podcasting, farming and more.

The four-time world time trial champion did not want to risk another dangerous crash, and retired Wednesday with the gold medal in the mixed relay.

Love it or loathe it, the mixed relay is back at the world championships and Filippo Ganna, Ellen van Dijk, and Annemiek van Vleuten will be racing. Here's what you need to know.

The four-time individual TT world champion bows out of discipline with best performance in five years: 'I think I will get a bit more emotional when I’m alone.'

Here's the news making headlines for Sunday, September 19.

Here's what's making the headlines on Thursday, July 8.

A suspect was taken into custody near the stage 1 finish in Landerneau.

Here's the news making the headlines on Sunday, June 27.

Two massive crashes mar the first stage before the world champion rode into yellow.

Here's what the stars said after a stage shaped by two huge crashes and one spectacular attack.

Here's the news making headlines for Sunday, June 20.

Here's the news making headlines for Friday, March 12.

Jumbo-Visma workhorse Tony Martin abandons after crashing inside of 40km to go.

After scores of riders crashed on rain-soaked roads, the peloton's leaders called a truce on the final descents of Saturday's Tour de France opener.

A hailstorm sent riders and fans seeking cover atop the Col du Porte after Thursday's stage 2 of the Critérium du Dauphiné.

Some 200 riders are off-contract at end of 2020, and not all of them will find a team next year.

The four-time world time trial champion will bypass Tokyo to prepare for the 2020 worlds.

Rowe and Martin were both expelled from the race after it appeared the two men and their teams had an on-road spat in the final kilometers of stage 17.

We wrap up the results from the major European nations, with the U.S. road race to take place Sunday in Knoxville.

Martin, 33, owns four world TT titles, four Tour de France stage wins, and several more victories.

Tony Martin backtracked on his strong words against Team Sky and Chris Froome on Thursday.

The German accused the UCI of treating Chris Froome differently in the wake of Froome's abnormal drug test result at the Vuelta.

Tony Martin rides to fourth place in Tour de France stage 1 time trial aboard a special Canyon TT bike.

Tony Martin is known as a four-time time trial world champion, but he's also a key domestique on the Katusha-Alpecin team.

World time trial champion Tony Martin solos to his first victory of 2017 at Vuelta a Valenciana.

Katusha-Alpecin unveiled its new kit, bike and roster at the official team presentation in Benidorm, Spain on Saturday.

Tony Martin breaks with tradition to race on clinchers, not tubulars, and win time trial world championships.

Tony Martin admitted his frustration on Wednesday about the very low number of spectators watching the worlds in Qatar.

The German cranks out an impressive time and finishes 45 seconds ahead of silver medalist Vasil Kiryienka.

Young Dutchman Tom Dumoulin may challenge perennial time trial favorite Tony Martin in Qatar at UCI world championships.

German time trial ace Tony Martin will join the Russian Katusha team for 2017. The 31-year-old is a three-time world TT champion.

Tony Martin and Marcel Kittel are among a group of Germans who published a paper that calls for safer racing conditions.

A police motorbike found itself in the middle of a tightly packed group of riders during stage 1 at the Critérium du Dauphiné Monday.

Tony Martin gradually reinvents himself as a classics hard-man, and though he's yet to be a game-changer, he could be a factor in Roubaix.

Etixx – Quick-Step brings a full house to the first weekend of classics at Omloop, and Tony Martin is the wildcard.

Fabian Cancellara earned his first TT win of 2016, beating rival Tony Martin in Volta ao Algarve stage 3. Martin assumes GC lead.

The German will race some of the northern classics this season before turning his focus to winning medals in Rio and Qatar.

A 13km race against the clock will start the 2017 edition of the race.

German time trial specialist Tony Martin says he's ready to tackle a new challenge — cobbled spring classics — and it's likely he'll be successful.

Martin, the undisputed king of the solo effort, isn't the only one taking his time about tackling the hour, with Bradley Wiggins having laid down such a serious marker

The cycling world will turn its attention to Richmond, Virginia starting this weekend at the UCI Road World Championships.

Several riders returned to action over the weekend, including Fabian Cancellara at the Vuelta a Espana.

Team officials confirm Tony Martin will return at the Vattenfall Cyclassics, not the Vuelta as he targets fourth world time trial title.

Amid all of the chaos and commotion, the Tour de France remains equally exhilarating and exhausting — this year, more than most

Andrew Hood takes a look at what's worth remembering, and forgetting, at the Tour through the opening nine stages

The German crashed near the finish of Thursday's Tour de France stage 6 and was forced to abandon the race

Despite Tony Martin’s exit from the Tour, Chris Froome is still technically second on GC until he, or someone else, earns yellow Friday

Thursday at the Tour is a race of highs and lows for Etixx-Quick-Step as Martin crashes, wearing yellow, and Zdenek Stybar wins the day.

Tour de France leader Tony Martin breaks his left collarbone in a crash in final kilometer of stage 6, abandons after two days in yellow

Davide Bramati was seen on a video celebrating Tony Martin's stage 4 win

Germans have found success at the Tour thus far, with Tony Martin and Andre Greipel winning a combined three stages

In stage 4 of the Tour, Tony Martin and Thibault Pinot each suffered late-race mechanicals, but the two saw drastically different outcomes

After three days of narrowly missing out on the yellow jersey, Tony Martin earns the GC lead with a solo win after a day of cobblestones

"Everything that could go wrong, did," said Etixx-Quick-Step boss Patrick Lefevere

Two of the five-star Tour favorites lose ground — Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana — as echelons form against the howling North Sea wind

The 25-year-old Australian took his first stage win at the Tour de France, and this one came with best possible prize — the maillot jaune of race leader

The veteran is no longer the king of time trials, and Saturday's stage 1 TT at the Tour de France is packed with potential victors

The time trial specialist will vie for a stage 1 win in Utrecht to lead off the Tour de France aboard this fit-tailored Specialized Shiv

The Astana rider finishes second in stage 6, enough to put him into the yellow jersey as Rui Costa wins in final kilometer

Bradley Wiggins set the bar high over the weekend — here are eight riders who could challenge his record

The Critérium du Dauphiné kicks off Sunday in Ugina, France, with several challenging ascents along the eight-day route

Ilnur Zakarin podiums in the final time trial to clinch the Tour de Romandie, holding off two-time defending champion Chris Froome

World road champ Michal Kwiatkowski turns in a speedy ride at the Paris-Nice prologue and will wear the leader's jersey in Monday's stage 1

Time trial ace hopes to add yellow jersey to his trophy case as the Tour kicks off with a time trial in Utrecht, Netherlands

Etixx-Quick-Step rolls into 2015 with the peloton's deepest squad, and will be even more ambitious as it aims to dominate all disciplines

Germans Tony Martin and Lisa Brennauer are impeccable in the time trial discipline throughout 2014

The German would like to take on the challenge, but only if it fits around his other 2015 goals — like taking back his world TT title

The Austrian will attempt to break the mark October 30 in Switzerland

British Olympic time trial champion wins his first world championship TT title, beating three-time defending champ Martin

Olympic time trial champion feels the Ponferrada course favors him, and he showed his form in the TTT on Sunday

The big German will attempt to win his fourth straight world time trial title on Wednesday

Alejandro Valverde has a tough row to hoe if he is to win the rainbow jersey on his home turf, with the Aussies and Belgians gunning for him

The trio joins many others who have succumbed to the heat and the climbing in the Spanish grand tour

Tony Martin wins the 36.7 kilometer time trial, while the GC picture crystalizes in Spain, with Contador in the driver's seat

TT world champion is best in Vuelta test, as race leader Nairo Quintana crashes, ceding overall lead to Alberto Contador