Van Aert sprints to the stage 5 win: Daily Tour Digest
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Wout van Aert won stage 5 of the Tour de France on Wednesday, proving fastest in a bunch kick in Privas.
The 25-year-old Belgian pipped Cees Bol at the line despite a textbook lead-out from Bol’s Sunweb teammates. Sam Bennett took third on the day.
???? A bird's eye view of the final sprint and @WoutvAert's win!
???? Vue de haut, le sprint et la victoire de @WoutvAert !#TDF2020 pic.twitter.com/WdSvfIMTWC
— Tour de France
(@LeTour) September 2, 2020
Top 10, stage 5
1 VAN AERT Wout (Team Jumbo-Visma) 4:21:22
2 BOL Cees (Team Sunweb)
3 BENNETT Sam (Deceuninck – Quick Step) 0:04
4 SAGAN Peter (BORA – hansgrohe) 0:00
5 STUYVEN Jasper (Trek – Segafredo)
6 MEZGEC Luka (Mitchelton-Scott)
7 COQUARD Bryan (B&B Hotels – Vital Concept p/b KTM)
8 EWAN Caleb (Lotto Soudal)
9 VENTURINI Clément (AG2R La Mondiale)
10 HOFSTETTER Hugo (Israel Start-Up Nation)
Top 10, GC
1 ALAPHILIPPE Julian (Deceuninck – Quick Step) 22:28:26
2 YATES Adam (Mitchelton-Scott) 0:04
3 ROGLI? Primož (Team Jumbo-Visma) 0:07
4 POGA?AR Tadej (UAE-Team Emirates) 0:11
5 MARTIN Guillaume (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits) 0:13
6 BERNAL Egan (INEOS Grenadiers) 0:17
7 DUMOULIN Tom (Team Jumbo-Visma)
8 QUINTANA Nairo (Team Arkéa Samsic)
9 CHAVES Esteban (Mitchelton-Scott)
10 LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel (Astana Pro Team)
More to come …
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Today’s featured image of Julian Alaphilippe winning stage 2 of the Tour de France comes from Cor Vos.
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