Cycling Soon on a Grand Tour, son of an Olympic champion, first victory with his dad’s old mountain bike… Who is Lenny Martinez, this French nugget who reigned over Mont Ventoux?

2023-06-13 14:08:00

From a family of champions

If you follow the bike, the surname of Lenny Martinez will necessarily speak to you. His dad Miguel was notably Olympic mountain bike champion in 2000 on the sidelines of a contrasting career on the road. Grandfather Mariano, a Spanish naturalized Frenchman, finished best climber in the 1978 Tour de France and signed several top 10s overall (6^e in 1972, 8^e in 1974 and 10^e in 1978). Not to mention his uncles Yannick (eight seasons in the pro peloton) and Martin (stage winner in the 1974 Vuelta). Like father, like son.

After growing up in the Var with his mother, Lenny Martinez moved to Miguel at the age of 14. It is…

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