Tour de France 2020 : Stage 5 – Wout wins and Yates awarded yellow

Wout van Aert took Jumbo-Visma’s second consecutive win on stage 5 of the 2020 Tour de France after hitching a ride on the Team Sunweb lead-out train intended for runner-up Cees Bol whom he easily overhauled at the finish in Privas. Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) finished third and took over the green points jersey from fourth-placed Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe). Race leader Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) lost his yellow jersey to Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) after being handed a time penalty for taking a late bidon.

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