podiumcafe.com, 7 January 2010
Posted by: lucybears

In two seasons at Team Garmin-Transitions Martijn Maaskant has shown that his early promise on the cobbles was no fluke: he took 12th in his first professional run of the Tour of Flanders and fourth in Paris-Roubaix, followed by another fourth last season in De Ronde.

pezcyclingnews.com, Edmond Hood, 9 March 2009
Posted by: lucybears

It might have a new name; 'Montepaschi Strade Blanche - Eroica Toscana,' but it's the same deal as last year when Fabian Cancellara clubbed the field into submission in Italia's answer to Paris-Roubaix - but with hills!

pezcyclingnews.com, Edmond Hood, 24 December 2008
Posted by: lucybears

To his teammates, he’s ‘Sleepy Martijn,’ but he was wide awake when he grabbed fourth spot behind Boonen, Cancellara and Ballan in this year’s Paris-Roubaix - in his first full pro season.