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Martin clinches HTC-Highroad's second stage at Criterium du Dauphine in two days

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Published on Wednesday, 08 June 2011 17:58

Written by Luca Salvatelli

Germany's Tony Martin powered through the rain to claim HTC-Highroad's second victory in as many days in the Criterium du Dauphine race on Wednesday.

Martin claimed his sixth win of the 2011 season on a 42 kilometer time trial course (identical to the TT route which will be used in the upcoming Tour de France), 11 seconds ahead of Britain's Bradley Wiggins, and 43 seconds up on Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen.

Already the winner of the time trial stages of Paris-Nice and the Tour of the Basque Country in 2011, Martin's victory in Grenoble came just one day after team-mate John Degenkolb had claimed first place in stage two's sprint finish.

"I found a good rhythm from the start and it all went really well," Martin said afterwards.

"It was a good test for me, and I'm feeling very confident now for the Tour de France time

trial, too."

"Of course there will be some other top names there but hopefully I'll be going a little bit faster, too."

"This win means a lot for me because it shows that step by step my build-up for July is going well."

"I've had four weeks of no races so the first few days of racing here were really hard for me, but now I'm feeling really good."

This marks the sixtieth win of the season for team HTC-Highroad.