Tony Martin

Well, it's still off-season here where I live. So, I keep writing about others rather than myself.
Today, I want to introduce Tony Martin to all those non-cyclists.

First time I heard his name was in the documentary called "Changing Legends". Chasing Legends was big part of why I started biking. I'll talk more about it some other time.

Anyhow, back to Tony.

Tony Martin started his pro career in 2008 with Team Highroad. Team Highroad has been home for many amazing cyclists. I guess I'll talk about Team Highroad some other time as well.

In the Chasing Legends, there's a part Tony chased after a known climber Gárate (the former champion of Spain) in stage 20. Tony Lost to Gárate but it was a pretty impressive performance.
Regarding Tony's performance in stage 20 Phil Liggett said, "He's gonna be a wonder kid. He's gonna be a great bike rider...He's got a super future in front of him"

I guess he was right. In 2011 Tour de France, Tony Martin won the individual time trial (stage 20).
I couldn't find a good video in English.

After that, Tony Martin became a time trial world champion. Now he wears the rainbow jersey (only champions can wear this). I wonder what kind of performance he'll show this year.
Earlier this year he mentioned he wants to wear yellow jersey in TdF and win a gold medal at London. It'll be an interesting year to watch him.

This is Tony in Rainbow jersey during the Tour of Beijing time trial. He starts at 2:00.