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Lenny Martinez (cyclist)

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Lenny Martinez
Martinez winning the 2023 Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
Personal information
Born (2003-07-11) 11 July 2003 (age 21)
Cannes, France[1]
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight52 kg (115 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamGroupama–FDJ[2]
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimbing specialist[3]
Amateur team
2021CC Varennes-Vauzelles Junior[4]
Professional teams
2022Groupama–FDJ Continental Team[5]
2023–Groupama–FDJ
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge (2023)
Trofeo Laigueglia (2024)
Medal record
Road cycling
Representing  France
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Trentino Road race

Lenny Martinez (born 11 July 2003) is a French professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.[6] He is the son, grandson and nephew of former racing cyclists Miguel, Mariano and Yannick Martinez respectively.[3]

Career

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On 16 July 2022 during stage 4 of the Giro della Valle d'Aosta Martinez along with teammate Reuben Thompson were the last men standing from the group of favorites. Martinez, who had just extended his lead gave the win to Thompson.[7] On 1 June 2022, Martinez got to ride for Groupama–FDJ as a development rider with the team at the 2022 Mercan'Tour Classic where he finished in eighth position, beating UCI WorldTour professional cyclists all while helping leader David Gaudu finish in fourth.[8] On 3 August 2022, Groupama–FDJ confirmed they had signed Martinez into their UCI WorldTeam for 2023.[9][10]

in June, 2023 Martinez took his first professional win at the Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge. On 31 August 2023, during the 6th stage of the 2023 Vuelta a España, he was part of a large breakaway that went all the way to the finish in the Astrophysical Observatory of Javalambre. He came second in the stage behind Sepp Kuss (Team Jumbo–Visma), but enough to take the red jersey by 8 seconds ahead of Kuss. He became the youngest leader ever in the history of the Vuelta.[11][12] He also became the second youngest cyclist to wear a leader's jersey in a Grand Tour since 1904, at 20 years and 51 days, behind Henri Cornet's 19 years and 344 days in the 1904 Tour de France.[13]

Martinex opened the 2024 season with a win at the Classic Var.[14] He then competed at the O Gran Camiño, where he finished second overall to Jonas Vingegaard. At the end of February, he won the Trofeo Laigueglia with a 9 kilometer solo.[15] At the 2024 Volta a Catalunya he won the young rider classification and finished seventh overall.

Major results

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Sources:[1][16]

2021
1st Overall Giro della Lunigiana
1st Stage 3
3rd Overall Ain Bugey Valromey Tour
National Junior Road Championships
3rd Road race
3rd Time trial
3rd Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
3rd Classique des Alpes
2022
1st Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
1st Young rider classification
Ronde de l'Isard
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 4 & 6
3rd Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
1st Mountains classification
1st Young rider classification
8th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
8th Mercan'Tour Classic
2023 (1 pro win)
1st Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
2nd Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
4th Mercan'Tour Classic
8th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
Vuelta a España
Held after Stages 6–7
Held after Stages 6–9
2024 (5)
1st Trofeo Laigueglia
1st Classic Var
1st Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
1st Tour du Doubs
1st Mercan'Tour Classic
2nd Overall O Gran Camiño
1st Young rider classification
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Young rider classification
8th Overall Tour de Romandie
8th Strade Bianche

General classification results timeline

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Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2023 2024
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — 124
A red jersey Vuelta a España 24 —
Major stage race general classification results
Race 2023 2024
Paris–Nice — —
Tirreno–Adriatico — —
Volta a Catalunya 12 7
Tour of the Basque Country — —
Tour de Romandie 28 8
Critérium du Dauphiné 18 —
Tour de Suisse — 32
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Lenny Martinez". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Lenny MARTINEZ". UCI. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b Hood, Andrew (4 August 2022). "Lenny Martinez, son of mountain biking's 'Little Mig,' signs with Groupama-FDJ". VeloNews. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Lenny Martinez Teams". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  5. ^ "GROUPAMA - FDJ 2022". UCI. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Giro della Valle d'Aosta 2022, dominio Groupama-FDJ con Reuben Thompson e Lenny Martinez - Terzo posto per Simone Raccani". SpazioCiclismo (in Italian). 16 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  8. ^ Fletcher, Patrick (31 May 2022). "Fuglsang scores solo victory at Classic Alpes-Maritimes". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  9. ^ "2023 signings : The Conti riders come first". equipecycliste-groupama-fdj.fr. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  10. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (3 August 2022). "Groupama-FDJ sign seven neo-pros to refresh 2023 squad". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  11. ^ Tyson, Jackie (31 August 2023). "Vuelta a España: Sepp Kuss climbs to stage 6 victory at Javalambre". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  12. ^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (31 August 2023). "Lenny Martinez, 20, becomes youngest ever Vuelta a España leader at Javalambre". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Lenny Martinez, plus jeune leader d'un Grand Tour... depuis 1904". lequipe.fr (in French). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  14. ^ Farrand, Stephen (16 February 2024). "Classic Var: Lenny Martinez swipes victory as Tobias Johannessen celebrates too soon". Cycling News. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  15. ^ Moultrie, James (28 February 2024). "Lenny Martinez escapes breakaway for gripping solo victory at Trofeo Laigueglia". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  16. ^ "Lenny Martinez". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
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