Julian Alaphilippe was sanctioned and is no longer the leader of the Tour de France 2020 – Cycling – Sports



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Adam Yates is now the new owner of the yellow Tour de France jersey.

Julian Alaphilippe

Julian Alaphilippe.

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02 September 2020, 11:32 am


The fifth stage of Tour de France It passed very quietly, without great escapades, with very little fighting between the teams, but the news is that Julian Alaphilippe he is no longer the leader of the race.

The Frenchman (Deceuninck-Quick Step) had resisted the Ineos attack in the last 10 kilometers and arrived in the lot with all the favorites. However, Alaphilippe lost the first place of the general classification.

(Read also: Van Aert won the fifth stage of the Tour)

The commissioners sanctioned the leader of the Tour until now for receiving a caramanola in a prohibited area, and for that he received a 20-second penalty, thereby losing first place.

The new leader of the general is the British Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) and now the Colombians best placed in the general (Egan Bernal, Nairo Quintana, Esteban Chaves, Miguel Ángel López and Rigoberto Urán) They are 13 seconds away.

(In other news. What’s missing for James to sign with Everton? The last details)

“It is not the way I would have expected to take the yellow jersey, but now you have to have it and defend it,” Yates said.

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