French talent Lenny Martinez has unveiled his racing programme for the 2026 season, with the Tour de France his main goal amid a largely unchanged set of races.
In 2025, the 22-year-old took another step up, winning stages at Paris-Nice, the Tour de Romandie, and the Critérium du Dauphiné, before taking on the Tour de France, where he raced in the breakaway four times. He’ll take on many of the same races again next season, though with a new lead-in to the Tour in the summer.
Paris-Nice (March 8-15) and the Tour de Romandie (April 29-May 4) will fill out his spring along with La Flèche Wallonne (April 23), though several Spanish races he took on in 2025 – including the Volta a la Comunitat Valencia and Volta a Catalunya – go unmentioned.
“The only change is the Tour de Suisse instead of the Dauphiné. The team staff suggested to me; they wanted a change, and it’s always nice to see something different,” Martinez said.
“Winning a stage of Paris-Nice and the Dauphiné in my lifetime is already… When I was younger, I watched the riders who managed it; now, it’s me. I think I’ve taken a big step, and there are still others to take.”
“I think it comes with age. I’m still waiting. I know that when I’m having a good day, I can be very strong, but there are days when I feel like it’s just not working at all – like the bike isn’t moving,” he said.
“It’s purely physical because this year, I realised that even though I was super motivated and super happy on the team bus, on the first climb, I felt completely…
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