Mathieu Warnier, media365: published on Sunday May 04, 2025 at 10:10 p.m.
Aware that he could not resist in front of João Almeida during a time trial, Lenny Martinez claims not to be disappointed by his second place in the general classification of the Tour de Romandie before launching the preparation for the Tour de France.
Lenny Martinez had set the tone. This Saturday, after his victory on the heights of Thyon 2000 on the occasion of the 4th stage of the Tour de Romandie, the runner of the Bahrain Victorious team had confided that keeping the leader’s leader’s jersey against João Almeida was going to “be a little complicated” during a final time trial drawn around Geneva. What was confirmed this Sunday because his beautiful 13th place was not sufficient to win the general classification of the event. Second to twelve seconds of Remco Evenepoel, the Portuguese runner had the last word but Lenny Martinez took this result with a smile. “A good time, I was aiming for the general top 3, but even a top 5 would have been good,” said the French runner in comments collected by the daily The team. On this time, I knew it was going to be complicated to keep the yellow jersey, I am not at all disappointed. “While he conceded 30 seconds to João Almeida, the son of the former Olympic mountain bike champion Miguel Martinez said that he could not” push more “. “It was stronger there is no problem,” he added to the words of the runner of the UAe Team Emirates-XRG team. Five seconds gap I would have been disappointed, but not there. »»
Martinez: “It’s a very good week”
When turning back on his week on Swiss roads, Lenny Martinez has only positive to remember. “This is my first podium in World Tour, I win a stage, it’s a very good week, I couldn’t hope for better,” he said. Coming into detail, the Habs sees this Tour de Romandie as “a little life -size test” for the next deadlines, having “had good days and less good” over the six stages. Reassured about having “knew how to have the right legs when it counted in the mountains”, the native of Cannes said he had “a very good team” by his side. “We work well together, we start to find the right way to work, they adapt a lot to me,” he added. Like a certain Tadej Pogacar, Lenny Martinez will now focus on the main deadline of his season, scheduled for June and July. “I’m going to cut for three days without cycling and then I will prepare for the Dauphiné and the Tour de France,” he concluded. After discovering the big loop last season under the colors of the Groupama-FDJ team, the tricolor could have a card to play when the road will rewill to seek a prestigious success.
