Martin: Gut wrenching to have illness spoil finale
The Garmin-SHARP rider fell ill last Tuesday night following the 15th stage of the race from Vaison-la-Romaine to Gap and since then, slipped from 10th overall to 33rd, and last night ended the race one hour 13 minutes down on winner Chris Froome.
“It was just about survival since Tuesday,” said Martin last night. “It was just gut-wrenching for me because I knew I picked up something and couldn’t be 100%. Especially when I knew so many Irish supporters travelled over for the final week of the race.