Special envoy to Privas,
Yellow card for Alaphilippe who, penalized, falls from the leader's chair
The leader of the Deceunick-Quick Step team had a quiet day, classified in the sprint before being sanctioned with a penalty for having taken a bottle at 17 kilometers (refueling prohibited in the last twenty km).
He is penalized by 20 ''.
After three days in yellow, he loses his precious tunic.
Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) is the new leader of the Tour de France.
The winner
Wout Van Aert.
During the 4th stage, towards Orcières-Merlette, the Belgian had been invaluable for his leader Primoz Roglic (with in particular Tony Martin and Sepp Kuss).
This Wednesday, he burst the sprint screen, foiled Sunweb's plan to beat Cees Bol with a breath.
Untouchable in August, winner of the Strade Bianche, Milan-San Remo and Belgian time trial champion, Van Aert confirms the omnipotence of Jumbo-Visma by signing his second stage victory on the Grande Boucle.
The only setback in Jumbo-Visma's day was the fall of the American Kuss Sepp, who fell in the final but quickly regained his place less than 20 km from the finish.
A fall of no consequence for the Dutch team after those of Bennett, Dumoulin and Van Aert.
The image
Ineos' attempt.
After Jumbo-Visma's show of force on stage 4, Ineos (Egan Bernal participating in the collective work) briefly tried 8 km from the finish to create a break and surprise a few rivals.
A short-lived effort that briefly cut off the peloton.
Without success.
The fact of the day
Not the slightest escape to bite into.
The peloton, slowed down by the wind, marked by the rhythm of the first stages, eager to save their strength before a hilly stage on Thursday, rode a scooter, after an ephemeral attempt by Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-Quick Step) and Thomas De Gendt.
Few of the days on the Tour (tribute to Fabio Casartelli in 1995; riders' strike in 1998, for example, due to exceptional circumstances) unfolded without breakaways.
Green jersey
Sam Benett painted green.
Winner of the intermediate sprint (Sagan only 4th), the Irishman (3rd on the stage, ahead of Sagan) from Deceuninck-Quick Step dispossessed Peter Sagan of the green jersey.
He is 9 points ahead of the Slovak.
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General classification of the Tour de France 2020