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Tour De France Cyclist Avoids Ban For Cheating
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The transalpine cyclist has used this incorrect strategy to win the mountain grand prize and aim for the polka dot jersey
One of the French cyclists pulled himself uphill three times, pretending to just get refreshments from the team car.
The facts took place this Thursday, as soon as the Glandon Pass climbed, the first of the three difficulties of the day.
With climbs of the Glandon, the Madeleine, and the Col de la Loze, the peloton faced three grueling Alpine climbs in Thursday's queen stage of the Tour de France. King of the Mountains Lenny Martinez slipped into the breakaway to take points in the battle for the polka dot jersey.
French cyclist Lenny Martinez has been penalized by the Tour de France jury after he ostentatiously accepted a so-called sticky water bottle from his team leader.
Tour De France Cyclist Avoids Ban For Cheating
Lenny Martinez was not disqualified for the most obvious attempt at cheating on the Tour de France. He will instead be docked just eight points in the best climber classification for his sticky bottle shenanigans. Fellow rider Thibaut Pinot was not pleased with the incident. Martinez remains in third place for best climber on the Tour de France behind Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard with only three (really two and a half) stages to go so noth…
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