Lenny Martinez (born 11 July 2003) is a French professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s ...

, who currently rides for

UCI WorldTeam A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road cycling, the UCI World Tour or UCI ProTour ...

. He is the son, grandson and nephew of former racing cyclists Miguel,

Mariano Mariano is a masculine name from the Romance languages, corresponding to the feminine Mariana. It is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese variant of the Roman Marianus which derived from Marius, and Marius derived from the Roman god Mars (see also ...

and Yannick Martinez respectively.

Career

On 16 July 2022 during stage 4 of the

Giro della Valle d'Aosta Giro della Valle d'Aosta is a stage race road bicycle race held annually in August in Aosta Valley, Italy. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...

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. On 1 June 2022, Martinez got to ride for as a development rider with the team at the 2022 Mercan'Tour Classic where he finished in eighth position, beating

UCI WorldTour The UCI WorldTour (2009–2010: ''UCI World Ranking'') is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an annu ...

professional cyclists all while helping leader

David Gaudu David Gaudu (born 10 October 1996) is a French professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career In 2016, Gaudu won the Tour de l'Avenir, the most prestigious U23 cycling race. In addition to this he won the Peace Race U23 and finished 5 ...

finish in fourth. On 3 August 2022, confirmed they had signed Martinez into their

for 2023. On 31 August 2023, during the 6th stage of the

2023 Vuelta a España The 2023 Vuelta a España is a three-week cycling race taking place in the Spain. It will be the 78th edition of the Vuelta a España. It will start in Barcelona. The race will also go through parts of Andorra and France. Teams 22 teams are sc ...

, he was part of a large breakaway that went all the way to the finish in the

Astrophysical Observatory of Javalambre The Astrophysical Observatory of Javalambre is a Spanish astronomical observatory located in the municipality of Arcos de las Salinas, Teruel. The facilities are located in the Pico del Buitre 1957 meters up in the Sierra de Javalambre. The obse ...

. He came second in the stage behind Sepp Kuss (), but enough to take the

red jersey The red jersey is a cycling jersey, given to the leader of several classifications. Red jersey as general classification leader Since 2010, the leader of the general classification in the Vuelta a España wears a red jersey. Red jersey as points ...

by 8 seconds ahead of Kuss. He became the youngest leader ever in the history of the Vuelta. 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.

Major results

Sources: ;2021 : 1st Overall

Giro della Lunigiana Giro della Lunigiana is a four-day road bicycle race for junior men (age 17 and 18) in the historical territory Lunigiana (currently the provinces of La Spezia and Massa Carrara), Italy. The race, class 2.1 MJ on the UCI calendar, counts as a big ...

::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall Ain Bugey Valromey Tour : National Junior Road Championships ::3rd Road race ::3rd

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

: 3rd

Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships : 3rd

Classique des Alpes Classique des Alpes was a classic taking place as a mountainous single-day cycling race. It took place in Chartreuse Mountains, beginning in Chambéry and finishing in Aix-les-Bains. It was held between 1991 and 2004, a day before the start of the ...

;2022 : 1st Overall

::1st Young rider classification :

Ronde de l'Isard The Ronde de l'Isard is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It is organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union C ...

::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stages 4 & 6 : 3rd Overall

Giro Ciclistico d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23, also known as Baby Giro, Girobio or Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, is an Italian road bicycle racing amateur stage race created in 1970. Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23 is the most important race on Italy's U23 calendar, ...

::1st Mountains classification ::1st Young rider classification : 8th Overall

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independen ...

: 8th Mercan'Tour Classic ;2023 : 1st

Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge The Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge is a professional cycle road race first held in 2019, which takes place between Vaison-la-Romaine and Mont Ventoux. The event was classified by the UCI as category 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour from 2019 ...

: 2nd

Classic Grand Besançon Doubs The Classic Grand Besançon Doubs is a one-day road cycling race in September in the region of Doubs, France. It is on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport ...

: 4th Mercan'Tour Classic : 8th

Grand Prix La Marseillaise Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise, formerly known as the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February around the city of Marseille, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event ...

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the ...

Career

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links