"We are not focused on the general classification, but on stage victories" - Marc Madiot on Tour plans with Lenny Martinez
CyclingThursday, 27 June 2024 at 05:30
While Marc Madiot told media few days ago that Lenny Martinez would not be doing the Tour de France this year, Groupama - FDJ announced to everyone's surprise the presence of the young climber on the 111th edition. While the fans were all stunned by this change of plan, the general manager of the French team returned to his announcement.
"No one knew, but he was on our pre-list," Madiot explains to Cyclism'Actu. And it's not forbidden to change your mind. We wanted to have the best possible team on the Tour to make shots and the lights are green for him, so we lined him up."
What will be the ambitions of Martinez at the Tour? Perhaps a stage win? "That of making one or two beautiful stages in the mountains," Madiot confirms his stage hunter role.
Will he support David Gaudu, or are they co-leaders? "The leader for the general is David. But we are starting in a completely different state of mind from other years, we are not focused on the general classification, but on the successes and stage victories."
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- Media pundits trying to make a bigger story out of it than it is. Great ride by Del Toro but let's not get carried away. He didn't ride away from Ayuso. Ayuso crashed and in the heat of the dust and the chaos he found himself up ahead so he made the most of the situation. Don't buy the argument he shouldn't have pushed for pink if he wanted to win the stage. He could have backed off and not ridden with WvA but then he might have ended up without pink, without any guarantee WvA wouldn't have out sprinted him for the stage. He rode well and very strongly through a very chaotic stage and came away with a pink jersey to show for it. As for the overall GC that's a whole other story and as others have said may already look very different after tomorrow's TT. For me, still feel Del Toro has a lot to prove in terms of consistency in the mountains to be a real GC contender over the three weeks ....TBC
z2319-05-2025 - Truth be told, if Carapaz doesn't lose four minutes tomorrow he will be the guy that UAE needs to worry about. He's looking better and better.awp19-05-2025
- This is true.awp19-05-2025
- They have no other option when Tadej is racing, but when he's not, it's a free for all.
santiagobenites19-05-2025 - Del Torro was placed in the service of Ayuso during the stage where Ayuso won. It's not like he only worked for himself. What was he supposed to do on stage 9? Due to the dusty road, he thought Ayuso was at the front, but it turned out to be Egan Bernal. Was he supposed to purposely slow down and wait for Ayuso who was further behind and let Egan had a go? So, I'm not sure what's there to puzzle about.
KerisVroom19-05-2025 - They (Ayuso excluded) do perform as a team when Tadej is thereKerisVroom19-05-2025
- There is nothing to be puzzled about. Its everyman for himself at UAE doing their own agendasabstractengineer19-05-2025
- Roglic crashed(out. of his own fault), had a puncture 40+km from the finish. All the big shots up front and they managed to put 1 minute into him. Chasing basically alone. UAE is pathetic without Pogacar, not a team, just a bunch of people riding in same jerseys. I think even Bernal and Carapaz can beat them. I imagine a podium with no UAE rider on it at the endLaszlo19-05-2025
- Let's all just calm down until after the TT tomorrow... If one of them have a bad day, then that's the leadership question solved... If not, then Ayuso will have to explain why IDT needs to work for him when he would not do the same for the world champ last year...DoctorNurse7119-05-2025
- I assume Del Toro will be in pink for a while. Maybe even good for Ayuso that the pressure is off him now for a while. I still think Ayuso is team leader because I do not expect Del Toro to be a serious contender in the high mountainbike. Fun development 😁 I loved the stage also.
DareDevil19-05-2025
David Gaudu was not a leader on which you put all your resources. Madiot made an error when he favored him over Pinot and Demare because he was able to match Pogi in Paris Nice