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FEATURE I 2024 CYCLE NEWS RIDER OF THE YEAR: JORGE MARTIN
show his superiority.
"Maybe being too good gave
me overconfidence," he said
at the end of 2023, when he
had just fallen short. "I said, 'I
can pull away and win by five
seconds [Indonesia], I can win
TRAINING THE MOST
IMPORTANT MUSCLE
It didn't take long for Martin to
prove he had the speed to cut
it in MotoGP—he scored pole
position and a podium in just
his second premier-class race.
And 2023 showed he could
apply it consistently enough to
fight for a championship. Yet
last season, he showed plenty
of weaknesses, too, namely an
arrogance at forever wanting to
Martin glides through Catalunya's
turn five as smooth as butter.
(Right) Martin's record of three
Sunday wins was padded out with
seven Sprint race victories, which,
along with a newfound consistency
when things didn't go his way,
ensured the title.
