Grounded Dan Martin hasn’t caught yellow fever in Tour de France

Dan Martin has played down talk of being one of the main general classification contenders for this year’s Tour de France, despite sitting third overall, just 19 seconds behind race leader Chris Froome.

The Etixx-QuickStep man had a superb opening week to the race where he finished second to Froome last Saturday into Bagnéres-de-Luchon and was right up there as well on Sunday’s epic day in Andorra.

But he maintains that a stage win rather than overall victory is more within his compass.