Hector Martin

Personal information
Full name	Hector Martin
Born	(1898-12-26)26 December 1898 Belgium
Died	9 August 1972(1972-08-09) (aged 73)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Tour de France 5 stages 4 days yellow jersey

Hector Martin (26 December 1898–9 August 1972) was a Belgian road racing cyclist, professional from 1925 to 1935. In 1924 he won the "Tour of Flanders for Independents" and the Belgian championship cycling for independents . From 1925 to 1935 he was a professional cyclist. In the 1927 Tour de France he won the third stage in Caen and the 22nd stage to Charleville and he wore the yellow jersey for 4 days. In 1928 he won Bordeaux-Paris and in 1929 he came second. In 1930 he won the Circuit de Béarn. He was the brother of Léon Martin.

Camiel Thomas fabricated cycling shoes and marketed them under Hector's name in 1939.

Major results

References

External links

• Hector Martin at Cycling Archives

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