Tour de France 2020 - Julian Alaphilippe punished for bottle offence; Adam Yates takes yellow jersey

Updated 02/09/2020 at 21:00 GMT

Julian Alaphilippe was handed a 20-second time penalty after Stage 5 of the Tour de France for taking a drink bottle inside the closing kilometres of the stage, meaning Britain's Adam Yates moves into the overall race lead.

Team Deceuninck rider France's Julian Alaphilippe leaves the podium area after losing his yellow jersey due to a penalty

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The Tour de France commissaires docked Julian Alaphilippe 20 seconds for taking a water bottle during the final 20km of Wednesday’s Stage 5, meaning Adam Yates moves into the leader’s yellow jersey.

The offence saw Alaphilippe lose the leader’s yellow jersey and slip to 16th in the standings, with Britain’s Adam Yates moving into top spot in the general classification.

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"This is not the way I’d imagined taking the yellow jersey," Yates said, on hearing the news. "If I’m honest, no one wants to take the jersey like this."

And a Mitchelton-Scott representative told reporters that claiming the yellow jersey would take "time to sink in for Adam".

The late development in the GC standings was the biggest news on a day that saw Wout van Aert win a sprint finish and Sam Bennett secure the green jersey.

Van Aert timed his sprint to perfection after what he described as his "easiest day in the saddle" following a stage ridden at a relatively slow pace with no breakaway, beating Cees Bol by half a wheel.

Bennett finished in third, becoming the first Irish rider in 31 years to wear the points classification's green jersey at the Tour de France.

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After Stage 5

1. Adam Yates (GB) Mitchelton-Scott 22h 28' 30''
2. Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:03
3. Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:07
4. Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 0:00:09
5. Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:13
6. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
7. Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
8. Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
9. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
16. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep 0:00:16 (20 second time penalty)

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