Dan Martin aiming to deliver maiden Tour stage win for Israel Start-Up Nation

Dan Martin is targeting a Tour de France stage victory with Israel Start-Up Nation (Noa Arnon/Israel Start-Up Nation)

Dan Martin will be riding into the unknown at the Tour de France as he targets a stage victory over the next three weeks.

Martin, 34, will start his ninth Tour when the race rolls out of Brest on Saturday morning, but this is the first time he is taking on a Giro-Tour double, having finished the gruelling Italian race just three-and-a-half weeks ago.