{"id":22170,"date":"2025-07-25T06:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T06:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/22170\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T06:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T06:56:07","slug":"martinez-takes-3-sticky-bottles-on-col-du-glandon-then-wins-kom-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/22170\/","title":{"rendered":"Martinez takes 3 sticky bottles on Col du Glandon (then wins KOM points)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Martinez-by-Billy-Ceusters-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-196788\"  \/>Lenny Martinez has been aggressive on the Tour de France, though a few eyebrows have been raised after the way he rode on Col du Glandon today (Photo: Billy Ceusters)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) has taken three sticky bottles in a row from his team car in the breakaway on Col du Glandon and then sprinted for the climbers\u2019 points at the top of the mountain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Frenchman took the maximum 20 points, edging out Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers), which puts Martinez into the outright lead in the climbers\u2019 classification. He is now just ahead of 2nd placed Arensman and race leader Tadej Poga\u010dar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Whether Martinez or his team will face any sanction from the race jury for the three sticky bottles remains to be seen. Any one of the incidents judged on their own would perhaps not have been commented on, but three in a row might cause some problems for him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Martinez is wearing the polka dot jersey today and started today\u2019s stage 18 to Courchevel equal with Poga\u010dar at the top of the climbers\u2019 classification, both on 60 points. But on the road today he went into the outright lead in the competition due to the 20 points gained on Col du Glandon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Arensman \u2013 who won stage 14 to Superbagn\u00e8res \u2013 started today\u2019s stage 3rd in the climbers\u2019 classification \u2013 the Dutchman on 48 points. But he moved into 2nd place on Col du Glandon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">However, not long after the climb, the leaders than raced onto the Col de la Madeleine, Martinez was dropped from the breakaway and caught, and then dropped, by the remains of the peloton. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Up front, Arensman rode clear with of the breakaway with Matteo Jorgenson (Visma | Lease a Bike), meaning Arensman was looking good to go into the lead in the climbers\u2019 classification.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Sanction en vue pour Lenny Martinez ? 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