René Martens

René Martens

Personal information
Full name	René Martens
Born	(1955-05-27) 27 May 1955 (age 69) Hasselt, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1978	C&A
1979	Flandria–Ça va seul
1980–1983	DAF Trucks–Lejeune
1984	Teka
1985–1986	Fagor
1987	S.E.F.B.–Gipiemme
1988–1989	AD Renting–Mini-Flat–Enerday
1990	IOC–Tulip Computers
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1981) One-day races and Classics Tour of Flanders (1982) Bordeaux–Paris (1985)

René Martens (Hasselt, 27 May 1955) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. He notably won the 1982 Tour of Flanders and a stage of the 1981 Tour de France. He also competed in 13 Grand Tours, with his best finish being 24th overall in the 1982 Tour de France.

Major results

1976

1st Overall Tour de Liège

1st Stages 4 (ITT) & 5

1st Triptyque Ardennaise

1st Internatie Reningelst

2nd Flèche Ardennaise

2nd Seraing–Aachen–Seraing

1977

1st Flèche Ardennaise

1st Circuit du Hainaut

2nd Overall Grand Prix François Faber

1st Stage 2b

10th Overall Trophée de l'Avenir

1978

4th Scheldeprijs

5th Druivenkoers Overijse

8th Paris–Brussels

1979 (2 pro wins)

1st Stages 4b (ITT) & 5 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

8th Paris–Brussels

1980

2nd Scheldeprijs

9th De Kustpijl

10th GP Eddy Merckx

1981 (1)

1st Stage 9 Tour de France

3rd Overall Ronde van Nederland

7th Overall Tour of Belgium

1982 (1)

1st Tour of Flanders

1st Flèche Hesbignonne

4th GP Stad Zottegem

5th GP Eddy Merckx

10th Grand Prix de Wallonie

1983 (1)

1st Schaal Sels

2nd Druivenkoers-Overijse

7th Coppa Bernocchi

8th Grand Prix Cerami

1984

8th Bordeaux–Paris

1985 (1)

1st Bordeaux–Paris

1986

2nd Nationale Sluitingprijs

9th Bordeaux–Paris

1987

1st Flèche Hesbignonne

4th Bordeaux–Paris

External links

• René Martens at Cycling Archives (archived)
• René Martens at ProCyclingStats
• René Martens at CycleBase
• Official Tour de France results for René Martens