SerafÃn MartÃnez
Serafín Martínez Acevedo (born 14 February 1984 in O Rosal ) is a Spanish cyclist.
Serafín Martínez finished in 2006 at the National U23 Championship third place in the road race behind the winner José David Aguilera. In 2007 he became a professional cyclist in the Spanish Professional Continental team Karpin Galicia.
In autumn 2007 he started at the Vuelta a España, for which his team was given a wildcard. At the first stage, he led the race for a long as an outlier and so gained the lead in the mountains classification, which he could defend on the next nine stages. However, he was unable to finish the tour and retired after the 13th stage from.
He played three more times, the Vuelta a España and was able to finish the race, respectively. In his last appearance in 2010 and was runner- mountain classification.
After the 2010 season, he finished his career.
Achievements
- Most Combative driver Vuelta a España
- Mountains classification Tour of Bavaria
Rankings in the Grand Tours
Team
- Karpin Galicia (2007)
- Xacobeo Galicia (2008-2009)