When Lenny Martinez was asked over the winter what advice he'd give compatriot Paul Seixas about how to handle a sharply increasing weight of expectations this year – and now in the Tour de France – he barely had to think twice.
"I'd tell him not to listen too much or too hard to what the outside world is saying," the Bahrain Victorious racer said. "Never go on social media and start reading what the people are saying; think about yourself and what you like as a racer; don't get hung up about things.
