Daniel Felipe Martínez: 2026 team, palmarès and profile

Team (2026): Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe
Nationality: Colombia
Born: 25 April 1996, Soacha, Colombia
Profile: Stage-race rider and all-rounder, one-week races and Grand Tour general classification
Pro since: 2015
Previous teams: Team Colombia (2015), Southeast–Venezuela (Wilier–Southeast, Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia) (2016–2017), EF Education First (Cannondale–Drapac, EF Pro Cycling) (2018–2020), INEOS Grenadiers (2021–2023)

Facts checked on 20 October 2026. Every fact has a source, listed at the bottom of this page.

2026 season

5 February 2026Colombian National Time Trial Championships2nd Source
14 February 2026Figueira Champions Classic9th Source
22 February 2026Volta ao Algarve7th overall Source
15 March 2026Paris–Nice2nd overall (2nd on stage 4) Source
25 September 2026CRO Race, stage 41st Source
27 September 2026CRO Race12th overall Source

Palmarès

2019Pan American Games, time trial1st Source
2020Critérium du Dauphiné1st overall Source
2020Tour de France, stage 131st Source
2021Giro d'Italia5th overall Source
2022Tour of the Basque Country1st overall, 1st on stage 4 Source
2022Coppa Sabatini1st Source
2023Volta ao Algarve1st overall Source
2024Giro d'Italia2nd overall Source
2026Paris–Nice2nd overall Source

Biography

Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda is a Colombian road cyclist, born on 25 April 1996 in Soacha. Wikipedia lists him as an all-rounder. He rides for Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe, which he joined for the 2024 season from INEOS Grenadiers.

Martínez turned professional in 2015 with Team Colombia and rode for Southeast–Venezuela in 2016 and 2017. From 2018 to 2020 he was with EF Education First, where he finished seventh overall at the 2018 Volta a Catalunya. In 2019 he won the time trial at the Pan American Games and the Colombian time trial title, took a stage at Paris–Nice and finished second overall at the Tour of Guangxi. In 2020 he won the Critérium du Dauphiné, moving from fifth to first on the final day, and he won stage 13 of the Tour de France from a breakaway at Puy Mary. He finished that Tour 28th overall.

At INEOS Grenadiers from 2021 to 2023 he finished fifth at the 2021 Giro d’Italia, working as a mountain domestique for his compatriot Egan Bernal, who won the race. In 2022 he won the Tour of the Basque Country, including stage 4, and the Coppa Sabatini. He was also third overall at Paris–Nice and the Volta ao Algarve, and fourth at Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He won the Volta ao Algarve in 2023.

At Bora–Hansgrohe he was named the team’s leader for the 2024 Giro d’Italia, ahead of Emanuel Buchmann, and finished second overall. He also won the Colombian time trial title again in 2024. In 2025 he was seventh at Liège–Bastogne–Liège and 53rd at the Giro.

In 2026 he finished second overall at Paris–Nice in March, after taking second place on stage 4. He was seventh overall at the Volta ao Algarve in February, ninth at the Figueira Champions Classic, and second in the Colombian time trial championship on 5 February. In September he won stage 4 of the CRO Race and finished that race 12th overall.