{"id":224430,"date":"2026-01-03T01:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/224430\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T01:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:34:12","slug":"dan-martin-runs-blistering-10km-time-in-new-years-eve-race-sticky-bottle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/224430\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Martin runs blistering 10km time in New Year\u2019s Eve race \u2013 Sticky Bottle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dan Martin, far right starting his watch, gets underway in the 10km race that saw him blow out of the water the times of current and former pros for the distance<\/p>\n

Dan Martin may be closing in on his 40th birthday, with more than four years having passed since he hung up his racing wheels, but the Monument and Grand Tour stage winner has clearly been keeping himself ticking over, to say the least.<\/p>\n

He lined out in a 10km road race in Spain on New Year\u2019s Eve and set a blistering time, finishing 16th of the near 11,000 runners in what was a major event featuring international athletes who competed at the Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n

Martin also obliterated the times run by other current and former world class pro riders over 10km, with Tom Dumoulin having run 32:38 at Groene Loper 10k Run in Maastricht in 2021 while still racing for Jumbo Visma. <\/p>\n

Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) in November ran 10km \u2013 well, 10.05km to be precise \u2013 in 33:52, though that was out training rather than in a race situation. But Martin has stepped up and given us a look, yet again, at the extent of his powers once he puts his mind to it.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dan Martin winning Il Lombardia back in 2014 after a decisive late move from the leadering group into Bergamo (Photo: Gian Mattia D\u2019Alberto)<\/p>\n

Ireland\u2019s Martin managed to break the 30-minute marker for the 10km, clocking a time of 29:53 at the B100 Cursa dels Nassos in Barcelona on New Year\u2019s Eve. His wife, Jess \u2013 who represented Great Britain in the 10,000m at the Rio Olympics in 2016 \u2013 ran the 5km event on the night, in a time of 15:39, placing 8th in the women\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

Dan Martin\u2019s men\u2019s 10km event was won by Abdessamad Oukhelfen, the Moroccan-born Spanish international who represented Spain at the Paris Olympics and has won medals at the European Crosscountry Championships, in both the team and individual categories.<\/p>\n

Oukhelfen was well out on his own, clocking a time of 27:59, which was 1:17 faster than runner-up, Spain\u2019s Ismail Atriki Mehrak. After the top two, only seconds separated the best of the rest. And Martin was one of just 18 men to break the 30-minute marker, which is an incredibly fast time for the 10km.<\/p>\n

While the Irishman, who is based mostly in Andorra, is now busy being a father, running an investment business and doing some working behind the scenes at pro cycling races, he clearly hasn\u2019t lost the competitive edge that secured him so many wins on the bike.<\/p>\n

He won Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge in 2013 and Il Lombardia the following year. He also counts two stage wins at the Tour de France, two at La Vuelta and one at the Giro d\u2019Italia among his 22 career victories.<\/p>\n

B100 Cursa dels Nassos 10km, Barcelona<\/p>\n

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