Adam Yates says penalty ‘is not how you want to take yellow jersey’
- ‘Alaphilippe told me he took a feed or a bottle in the last 20k’
- Frenchman admits offence and says: ‘It’s the decision of the jury’
A stunned Adam Yates moved into the overall lead in the 2020 Tour de France after Julian Alaphilippe, of Deceuncink-Quick-Step, was penalised 20 seconds for taking an illegal feed in the closing kilometres of the fifth stage, from Gap to Privas.
Alaphilippe was shown on TV images taking a drinks bottle from a team helper 17km from the finish, which is against International Cycling Union rules and subject to a 20sec time penalty. Yates, riding for Mitchelton-Scott, who had been in second place overall, four seconds behind Alaphilippe, now leads by three seconds from the Slovenian Primoz Roglic, of Jumbo-Visma.