Dan Martin digs deep to finish second in Vuelta A Espana

Ireland’s Dan Martin moved up to third overall at the Vuelta A Espana yesterday after finishing in second place on another punishing day in the saddle.

The Garmin Cannondale man displaced his cousin Nicolas Roche in the General Classification — Roche dropped to fourth following a similarly gutsy performance.

Martin, riding his last Grand Tour before departing the team, looked absolutely immense when he shot out of a rapidly-diminishing front group on the run-in to the finish at Sierra de Cazorla.