At the microphone of Eurosport this Saturday, Lenny Martinez explained after the episode of the glued container, which occurred Thursday on the slopes of the Col du Glandon during the 18th stage of the Tour de France.
An episode that marked the public, to the point of making Thibaut Pinot react with a vomit smiley. Present at the front during the 18th stage of the Tour de France this Thursday, Lenny Martinez took the points for the mountain ranking at the top of the Col du Glandon. Five kilometers before the summit, the French climber had been guilty of a “glued can” in his team’s car.
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“I understand that people have annoyed themselves”
For hooking for too long by taking his can, which he did not even take in the end, Lenny Martinez was punished with in particular a penalty of 8 points. “It made a lot of noise,” returned the interested party this Saturday at the microphone of Eurosport. “I’m sorry, I really didn’t want to cheat.”
“I understand that people got upset,” admitted Lenny Martinez, who had not imagined the magnitude of this race, who reacted a lot. “When I saw the images again, I said to myself: ‘Ah yeah maybe, anyway’. But when I was on the bike I was fully. I took cans and gels when I didn’t want it. We misunderstood with my sports director. It is not a mistake not to redo.”
Lenny Martinez, who will have several times the polka dot jersey, will not climb on the final podium in Paris. The mountain ranking will be won by Tadej Pogacar, without really wanting it. For the Frenchman (22), the tunic has all the more value since her grandfather Mariano Martinez managed to bring her back to Paris in 1978.
