Mariano Martínez, born on 20 September 1948 in Burgos, Spain, is a Spanish-French former professional road racing cyclist. He became a naturalized French citizen in 1963 and rode as a climber. His best known result is the King of the Mountains competition at the 1978 Tour de France, where he also won a stage; he took a second Tour de France stage in 1980, and his infobox records a bronze medal in the elite men's road race at the 1974 UCI Road World Championships in Montréal. As a professional from 1971 he rode for teams including Gan-Mercier, Sonolor-Gitane, Flandria-Velda and La Redoute-Motobécane. He is the father of the former racing cyclists Miguel and Yannick and the grandfather of the cyclist Lenny.
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