The image made controversial on this 18th stage of the Tour de France Between lives and Courchevel. In the ascent of the Col du Glandon, a few kilometers before the summit, Lenny Martinez (Bahrain-Victorious) was caught in the flagrant offense of a triple glued can, remaining hung several times in a row and many seconds to the can, led by the former Czech runner, Roman Kreuziger (Today Sports Director of Bahrain-Victorious Training). After the arrival and victory of Ben O’Connor (Team Jayco Alula), the sanction fell for the young Frenchman, who unfortunately lost his polka dot jersey at the end of this stage …
Video – Lenny Martinez at her bus when this 18th stage arrived
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8 fewer points in the mountain ranking …
The press release from Tour de France fell: “Lenny Martinez was penalized 8 points in the ranking of the best climber. He therefore goes from 80 to 72 points and stays in 3rd place behind Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard”explains the Tour on social networks. Earlier in the day, the former professional runner and former teammate of Martinezthe Franc-Comtois, Thibaut Pinot Contented himself with a simple “vomit emoji” on X to express his disgust in front of this attitude far from being very classy, under a post of the account The group illustrating the situation.
