Lenny Martinez: “I wasn't expecting much”

June 15 ^th 2025 - 17:27

"Yesterday, I was really bad, and I hadn't been feeling great the days before either. So I wasn't expecting much today. But then I finally felt good at the start, so I decided to go for it. At one point, I thought Van der Poel was going to win, then I thought I was going to get caught by the Pogacar-Vingegaard duo a little later... It would have been a real shame, but it worked out!

I was going all out until the last kilometre and it was only at the end that I really believed it was possible to win. I'm very happy with my performance in the Dauphiné. I came here for the overall classification: it didn't work out, but I've salvaged the week.

The team told me never to give up, so that's why I tried again today. Now we can be proud of what we've done here with this victory. I hope to win in the Tour too, we'll see."