VAUGHTERS TIPS MARTIN FOR BIG BREAKTHROUGH IN 2009

Daniel Martin

Garmin-Chipotle manager Jonathan Vaughters has tipped Irish champion Dan Martin to make a big breakthrough next season ? even suggesting he is in line for a place in the Tour de France.

Martin, 22 has impressed during his first professional season, winning the Route du Sud stage race in June, his national road race title and a strong performance in the Tour of Britain.

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Sports journalist Lionel Birnie has written professionally for Sunday Times, Procycling and of course Cycling Weekly. He is also an author, publisher, and co-founder of The Cycling Podcast. His first experience covering the Tour de France came in 1999, and he has presented The Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe since 2013. He founded Peloton Publishing in 2010 and has ghostwritten and published the autobiography of Sean Kelly, as well as a number of other sports icons.