The Frenchman Lenny Martinez from Bahrain Victorious got a punishment at the Tour de France after the 18th stage because he got inadmissible help.
The help was not allowed, so Radprofi Lenny Martinez got a punishment. The driver of the Bahrain Victorious team had used the favor of the hour on the 18th stage when the bottle was exchanged and, but unauthorizedly, could be pulled by an accompanying vehicle several times.
On the first long climb of the day, the Col du Glandon, he reached several times to the driver’s outstretched arm and was driven forward. Martinez was the first to cross the passport and collected 20 points for this.
Martinez remains third in the mountain ranking
For this prohibited support, the Frenchman received eight points withdrawal in the mountain ranking, and he also had to pay 200 francs and Martinez was also given a time penalty of ten seconds.
This misconduct also has an impact on the world rankings: it lost 15 points in the world rankings of the UCL.
Martinez, carrier of the dotted jerseys, remains in the mountain ranking despite the sentence third behind Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard. His lead over Thymen Arensman in fourth place is now seven points.