Teams & Riders Greatness Comes in Small Frames! Lenny, The French Martinez - Thread

[Tonton]

Bravo Lenny! We always look at The New discussion, same attributes, he's not Purito, not Pozzo, Lenny is a unique blend of puncher and climber. Good job anticipating and placing for the turn, crafty win. Allez!

 

[Mayomaniac]

Bravo Lenny! We always look at The New discussion, same attributes, he's not Purito, not Pozzo, Lenny is a unique blend of puncher and climber. Good job anticipating and placing for the turn, crafty win. Allez!

Also a really capable TTer for his size.

 

[SafeBet]

Also a really capable TTer for his size.

Proved it again today. Second in GC is a huge result for him.

 

[jmdirt]

Congrats LM! Go out and TAKE the win!

 

[Rob5091]

Yep, still some way to go with usng his head, but "Sticky" Lenny was following team orders, so it's not all his fault -
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...er-lenny-martinezs-tour-de-france-performance

“It’s hard to analyse his Tour just moments after the final stage, but Lenny more or less did what we expected of him, ...The plan was for him to go all-in on some stages and take it easy on others. For me, that’s not an issue. There are things that need fixing, yes, but his inconsistency isn’t one of them.”

original article at https://www.directvelo.com/actualit...encore-beaucoup-d-erreurs-pour-lenny-martinez

 

[Alexandre B.]

5th in Paris-Nice, with a prestigious stage win against Vingegaard.
2nd in Catalunya.

Best spring GC rider for France since Thibaut Pinot 2015-2017 and David Gaudu 2023. And no one seems to care, even in the country of Bernard Hinault.

 

[Old-school]

5th in Paris-Nice, with a prestigious stage win against Vingegaard.
2nd in Catalunya.

Best spring GC rider for France since Thibaut Pinot 2015-2017 and David Gaudu 2023. And no one seems to care, even in the country of Bernard Hinault.

Yes, partly because all eyes are fixed on another young rider whose initials are PS. Let see how it goes in the season as Lenny is often very strong at the start of the season.

 

[YavorD]

Lenny Martinez develops into very solid 1 week rider. He was strong already last year.

 

[Netserk]

he has a good chance to win fleche this year

hes becoming one of my favourite active riders

 

[Rob5091]

Daddy Martinez talks about his son, Lenny -
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...-sticky-bottle-tour-de-france-and-paul-seixas
(original article - in French - at https://www.cyclismactu.net/news-cyclisme-interview-miguel-martinez-mon-fils-lenny-va-reussir-un-jour-son-tour-de-france-93156.html )

He is now racing the Ardennes classics, starting off with Flèche Wallonne where he was fourth last year. "Considering the progress Lenny has made between last year and this year, given his performance and improvement statistics, and the leaps he's capable of making, I think he's capable, in my opinion at least, of a Top3 finish".
"After that, he'll be going for the win. But of course, Pogacar isn't there. Has Pidcock fully recovered? Those are two riders already. Kévin Vauquelin will also be there to win. And since Lenny has improved compared to last year, I think he can also beat Paul Seixas".

Oooh! French "next-great-hopes" go head to head! That thar is fightin' talk!

 

[the asian]

He should be the favourite for FW.

 

[Netserk]

weakly so , yes

vauquelin close , and maybe skjelmose

 

[Ilmaestro99]

weakly so , yes

vauquelin close , and maybe skjelmose

Roglic MUST participate

 

[Tim Cahill]

Well

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Lenny should have trusted his feel for the situation a bit more and tested Pogacar, even if it had ultimately failed. Missed opportunity.
Good performance nevertheless.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Seems to be going massively under the radar. Definitely a dark horse for Tdf podium, maybe even my first pick behind Pogacar and Vingegaard with Seixas participation in question.
I just checked his odds, they're ludicrously deep, he's behind the likes of Gee, Johanessen or Tiberi. Really consistent this year and sometimes as comfortable on the wheel of a (admittedly subpar) Vingegaard and Pogacar as we've rarely seen anybody these last few years.
No attention, not much pressure on him and only 26km of ITT in the Tour, could go a long way.

 

[Red Rick]

For some reason he just seems like one of those guys that has a great spring and is then burnt out by the time the TdF comes around.

He hit his season high in Romandie last year and then he was awful in the Dauphine and TdF

 

[SafeBet]

I love Martinez but riding for GC at the Tour with that frame is incredibly hard. TT is not the issue. Flat stages ridden at 50+ km/h are.
He's much more suited to the Vuelta.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It didn't go well for the last guy who finished a then career high 79th in the Tour after attempting to win the polka dot jersey, but Lenny is of course built quite differently, so I certainly expect his future to be a lot brighter.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

For some reason he just seems like one of those guys that has a great spring and is then burnt out by the time the TdF comes around.

He hit his season high in Romandie last year and then he was awful in the Dauphine and TdF

I think last season he did like 4 altitude camps by July, this year I think they learned from that a little bit