LEADER
P15
+0:50
· Bahrain Victorious
Martinez sits 15th at +50'' after Bahrain's ninth-place TTT showing — a gap that places him outside the top GC contenders at this early stage.
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Cycling Results · Rider Season Log · Édition 2026
Cycling Results · Rider Season Log · Édition 2026
§ R · Rider · 2026 Season Log
🇫🇷 Lenny Martinez
§ 01 · The season so far
Arc
Lenny Martinez's first season in Bahrain Victorious colours confirmed the young French climber as one of the brightest stage-race talents of his generation. He opened on home roads in the Ardèche, taking 3rd at both the Faun-Ardèche Classic and the Faun Drôme Classic — at the latter marshalling the chase group home two seconds down — and adding 5th at the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes on a punchy parcours. The breakthrough came at Paris-Nice, where he climbed to 5th overall and the best young rider's jersey before outsprinting Jonas Vingegaard on the final stage into Nice for a marquee win. He then went toe-to-toe with the GC elite through the spring: 2nd overall and the youth classification at the Volta a Catalunya despite racing ill, 8th at La Flèche Wallonne, and 3rd overall plus the young rider's jersey at the Tour de Romandie, where he was Pogačar's shadow on the opening summit. At the Tour de Suisse in June he switched to an aggressive stage-hunting brief, bridging to an early move on the Monte Ceneri in Stage 2 before it was brought back. The season's clear target is a Tour de France ride as Bahrain's lead climber.
§ 02 · Race-by-race
The 2026 race log — most recent first
LEADER
P15
+0:50
· Bahrain Victorious
Martinez finishes three seconds behind his Bahrain teammate Tiberi at +50'', reflecting the team's ninth-place TTT showing. The young Frenchman will look to make up ground once the road climbs in the coming days.
STAGE HUNTER
P2
+0:07
· Bahrain - Victorious
Rode into the day's breakaway and was its strongest climber, distancing his companions on the final ascent to ride solo for the win. He held off everyone but Pogačar, who caught him inside the last kilometre, leaving Martinez a frustrated but impressive second.
- 9 kmJoined Lemmen's move on the final climb, then went solo for the stage win
STAGE HUNTER
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· Bahrain - Victorious
Tried to make the early move, bridging across to an attacking group on the Monte Ceneri ascent alongside Louis Vervaeke and Nairo Quintana, but the peloton reeled the move back over the top before the day's lasting breakaway formed without him.
- Bridged to an early attack on the Monte Ceneri before it was brought back
LEADER
P3
+0:02
· Bahrain - Victorious
Martinez was the strongest of the chasers once the Grégoire–Jorgenson move went clear. Unable to bridge across on the Mur d'Allex, he marshalled the reduced front group and led it home two seconds down to claim third, beating Hermans and Lapeira in the sprint for the minor placings. A podium that confirms the young climber's early-season form on a punchy parcours.
- Led the chase group across the line for third, two seconds behind the leaders