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Martyn Ashton

🇬🇧 Great Britain · born 1974 (Age: 52) · competed 1995–2006

Martyn Ashton is a British bike trials rider who competed 1995–2006. A world championship title holder, winner of 1 competition, 2 career podiums across 29 events.

Beyond his 1990s competition career, Ashton became one of the sport's global faces in the 2010s when the "Road Bike Party" films went viral, and his 2015 comeback film "Back On Track" after a paralysing crash reached far beyond cycling. Featured in our Famous Riders directory.

Videos & links: "Road Bike Party" (14M views) · "Road Bike Party 2" (20M) · Wikipedia

1957

Peak

1802

Now · #513

Results

Events

Wins

Podiums

Titles, all classes

Best finish

Rating over time

World championship titles

Each title below was read off a federation record or a contemporary report. ★ marks a premier title, the open-age top class of that programme. Our sources do not cover every season, so this list can fall short of a rider’s real career total but never overstate it.

1995 BIU World Championship · Expert 26

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Career highlights

1st — BIU World Championship – Round 3 – Zariecie · Expert · 1995

3rd — BIU World Championship – Round 1 · Master · 1997

Competition results

Year	Pos	Category	Event	Location
2006	13	Master	BIU World Championship – Round 1 – La Alberca	🇪🇸 Spain
2006	15	Master	BIU World Championship	🇫🇷 France · 🇯🇵 Japan · 🇸🇬 Singapore · 🇪🇸 Spain
2005	—	Master	BIU World Championship standings	🇦🇩 Andorra · 🇨🇿 Czechia · 🇬🇧 Great Britain · 🇯🇵 Japan
2003	9	Master	BIU World Championship – Round 3 – Kutná Hora	🇨🇿 Czechia
2003	11	Master	BIU World Championship – Round 2 – Miengo	🇪🇸 Spain
2002	14	Master	BIU World Championship – Round 3	🇨🇿 Czechia
2002	14	Master	BIU World Championship – Round 2	🇫🇷 France
2002	17	Master	BIU World Championship	🇨🇿 Czechia · 🇫🇷 France · 🇯🇵 Japan · 🇪🇸 Spain
2001	9	Master	BIU World Championship – Round 4 – Itadori	🇯🇵 Japan
2001	12	Master	BIU World Championship – Round 2 – La Tour-de-Scay	🇫🇷 France
2001	9	Master	BIU World Championship – Round 1 – Sant Fruitós de Bages	Catalonia
2000	13	Master	BIU World Championship – Round 1 – Santillana del Mar	🇪🇸 Spain
2000	18	Master	BIU World Championship	🇨🇿 Czechia · 🇫🇷 France · 🇯🇵 Japan · 🇪🇸 Spain
1999	7	Master	BIU World Championship – Round 1 – Bilstain	🇧🇪 Belgium
1999	15	Master	BIU World Championship	🇧🇪 Belgium · 🇨🇿 Czechia · 🇯🇵 Japan · 🇪🇸 Spain
1998	10	Master	BIU World Championship – Round 3 – Kutná Hora	🇨🇿 Czechia
1998	8	Master	BIU World Championship – Round 2 – Kysucke Mesto	🇸🇰 Slovakia
1998	10	Master	BIU World Championship – Round 1 – Tabuenca	🇪🇸 Spain
1998	10	Master	BIU World Championship	🇨🇿 Czechia · 🇯🇵 Japan · 🇸🇰 Slovakia · 🇪🇸 Spain
1997	7	Master	BIU World Championship – Round 3	🇨🇿 Czechia
1997	8	Master	BIU World Championship – Round 2	🇪🇸 Spain
1997	3	Master	BIU World Championship – Round 1	🇺🇸 United States
1996	4	Master 26"	BIU World Championship – Round 2 – Castelseras	🇪🇸 Spain
1996	4	Master 26"	BIU World Championship	🇨🇿 Czechia · 🇯🇵 Japan · 🇪🇸 Spain
1995	1	Expert	BIU World Championship – Round 3 – Zariecie	🇸🇰 Slovakia
1995	6	Expert	BIU World Championship – Round 2 – La Tour de Scay	🇫🇷 France
1995	14	Senior	BIU World Championship – Round 2 – La Tour de Scay	🇫🇷 France
1995	13	Senior	BIU World Championship – Round 1 – Castellvi de Rosanes	Catalonia

This profile is compiled and cross-checked by BikeTrials.com from official federation results (UCI, BIU, UEC and national governing bodies) — the most complete structured record of this rider's bike trials career available anywhere. Browse all riders.