Martine Bras

Martine Bras is a Dutch former road cyclist turned cycling coach and commentator, who lives in Belgium since 2012.

Cyclist career

Martine Bras joined the Jan van Riebeeck cycling club at the age of 9. She turned professional in 1998, at the age of 20. Bras won bronze in the national cycling championship of the Netherlands of 2003. In 2003, she retired from professional cycling because of a disease.
In 2006, Bras returned to professional cycling. In 2007 she was the winner of the first Grand Prix of Roeselare, in 2007 and 2010 she won stages at the Holland Ladies Tours, in 2010 she was runner-up in the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, and in 2011 she won the Halle-Buizingen race. Over these years, she participated three times in the UCI Road World Championships. At Boels–Dolmans Cycling Team she became a lead cyclist. In August 2013 she was forced back into retirement, this time due to injuries sustained from falling several times.