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Britain’s Adam Yates took the lead in the Tour de France after Julian Alaphilippe received a 20-second penalty on stage five, which was won by Wout van Aert.
Frenchman Alaphilippe, now 16th overall, was penalized for receiving a bottle from a team support member in the final 20km.
Yates overtakes Primoz Roglic by three seconds in the yellow jersey.
“This is not the way I had imagined wearing the yellow jersey,” said Yates.
“If I’m honest, nobody wants to wear the shirt like this.
“Anyway, I was looking to take the jersey in stage seven, so I’ll go in with the same tactic: try to win the stage and see what happens.”
Yates is the ninth different British rider to lead the Tour and the first since Geraint Thomas won in 2018.
Alaphilippe had overtaken Yates by four seconds and appeared to have retained the yellow jersey after finishing safely in the Privas peloton.
But television pictures showed that they gave him a bottle of water with 11 miles to go; According to the rules of the world governing body, the UCI, riders may not eat or drink in the last 20 km of a stage.
It was a strange way for the Frenchman to lose the jersey he had worn when winning stage two, especially after Deceuninck-Quick-Step had been leading the pack for most of the day to protect Alaphilippe and prepare sprinter Sam Bennett .
Irishman Bennett was able to finish third behind Van Aert and Dutchman Cees Bol to take the green jersey from Peter Sagan, who was fourth.
Bennett is the first Irishman to lead any classification on the Tour since 1989, when the great Sean Kelly won the last of his four green jerseys.
By also beating Sagan in the intermediate sprint, Bennett showed his intention to challenge Sagan in the points standings, which the Slovakian is trying to win for the eighth time.
Van Aert appeared from the group sprint to overtake Bol and win in four hours, 21 minutes and 22 seconds.
Stage five saw the riders tackle a 183km route from Gap to Privas.
Result of the fifth stage
1. Wout van Aert (Bel / Jumbo-Visma) 4 hours 21 minutes 22 seconds
2. Cees Bol (Ned / Team Sunweb) At the same time
3. Sam Bennett (Ire / Deceuninck-Quick-Step)
4. Peter Sagan (Svk / Bora-Hansgrohe)
5. Jasper Stuyven (Bel / Trek-Segafredo)
6. Luka Mezgec (Slo / Mitchelton-Scott)
7. Bryan Coquard (Fra / B & B Hotels-Vital Concept)
8. Caleb Ewan (Aus / Lotto Soudal)
9. Clement Venturini (Fra / AG2R La Mondiale)
10. Hugo Hofstetter (De / Israel Start-up Nation)
General classification after the fifth stage
1. Adam Yates (GB / Mitchelton-Scott) 22 hours 28 minutes 30 seconds
2. Primoz Roglic (Slo / Jumbo-Visma) + 3 seconds
3. Tadej Pogacar (Slo / UAE Team Emirates) + 7 seconds
4. Guillaume Martin (Fra / Cofidis) + 9 seconds
5. Egan Bernal (Col / Ineos Grenadiers) + 13 seconds
6. Tom Dumoulin (Ned / Jumbo-Visma) At the same time
7. Nairo Quintana (Col / Arkea-Samsic)
8. Esteban Chaves (Col / Mitchelton-Scott)
9. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col / Astana)
10. Romain Bardet (Fra / AG2R La Mondiale)
More to follow.
