Daymond Martens (born 11 September 1995) is a Belgian motorcycle racer who specialises in motocross and sand racing. In 2017 he won the Enduropale du Touquet and the French Sand Racing Championship.
Biography Martens was born on 11 September 1995 in Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium. The son of a motocross rider, he began riding bikes at age 4.
Racing career Martens began competing in the 85cc class of the Belgium Junior Championship and in 2009 became champion. Two years later, in 2011, he was the runner-up in the SX250 Belgium Junior Championship and won the title in 2012. In 2013, he competed in the junior category of the French Sand Racing Championship, where he archived five podium finishes and victory in the junior category at the Enduropale du Touquet.
In 2014, Martens moved up to the MX1 category and the following year a rear brake failure prevented him taking the victory at the Enduropale. In 2016, he was part of the Belgian team that won the . In the sand racing championship, he won at Beach-Cross de Berck and Ronde des Sables de Loon Plage. Heading to Le Touquet, Martens was fifth in the championship standings but a punctured fuel tank put him out of the race.
Martens won the GURP TT de Grayan-et-l'Hôpital and after a close battle with Yamaha teammate Adrien Van Beveren Martens won the 2017 Enduropale. This secured winning the French Sand Racing Championship.
In 2018, Martens announced that he was 'returning to his roots' and was going to concentrate on motocross, in particular the EMX300 and Belgian Inters 250cc championships. Along with co-riders Jérémy Carpentier and Cédric Cremer, Martens won the 12 heures de la Chinelle in 2018.
In 2019, Martens finished second in the Enduropale.
Switching to KTM for 2020, Martens crashed heavily at Grayan-et-l'Hôpital and fractured his L1 vertebra. The injury prevented him competing in the Enduropale. Martens switched from Kawasaki to Honda for the 2021/2022 sand racing season.
In 2023, Martens competed in the inaugural FIM Sand Races World Cup where he finished third.
At the 2024 Enduropale, Martens crashed out on the first lap.
Results
FIM Sand Races World Cup results
Year LTO EDV MGS Points 2023 3rd 5 5 3 38 Sources:
French Sand Racing Championship results
Year Starts Wins Podiums Position Points 2017 6 2 4 1st ? 2018 6 0 1 6th 547 2019 3 0 0 23rd 1210 2021 6 0 0 6th 2360 2022 5 0 0 6th 2070 2023 6 0 0 6th 2440 2024 5 0 0 7th 2,110 2025 3 0 0 38th 1,030 Sources:
Enduropale du Touquet results
Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2017 Results 1st Junior class 21st 2nd DNF 1st 4th 2nd - Cancelled 11th 6th DNF 4th 12th Sources:
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