Sam Bennett has taken the green jersey after stage 5 of the Tour de France.
The Quick-Step rider leads the sprint race after finishing third behind stage winner Wout van Aert (Team Jumbo-Visma) and Cees Bol (Team Sunweb) into Privas.
Bennett's wrestled the green jersey away from Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) who was also in the shake-up in today's sprint finish.
It's the first time since Sean Kelly in 1989 that an Irish rider has worn the green jersey on Le Tour.
Sammy sa ghlas!! @Sammmy_Be
Sam Bennett is in the green jersey!!#TDF2020 ar @TG4TV pic.twitter.com/Q74SVzcSiI— Spórt TG4 (@SportTG4) September 2, 2020
Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) takes the yellow jersey from Bennett's teammate Julian Alaphilippe. Yates holds a slender 3-second advantage over yesterday's stage winner Primoz Roglic.
After a fairly uneventful roll through Côtes du Rhône wine country, it was all left for the sprinters to decide the stage victor.
Bennett chose to race on the wheel of his green jersey foe Sagan, which allowed Van Aert safe passage to cross the finish line first.
The Carrick-on-Suir man said, "In the last two kilometres, I felt that I didn't have the legs to win."
Nicolas Roche (Team Sunweb) has dropped back to 44th on general classification, and is 7'45" behind Yates.
Dan Martin (Team Israel Start Up) is 80th, and nearly 26-minutes behind yellow.
"To wear the green jersey, that's very special for me", Bennett said after the stage, "I'm focused on keeping it".
Tomorrow's 191km sixth stage finishes with a climb to Mont Aigoual, with an intermediate sprint at Saint-Hyppolyte-du-Fort en route.
What a sprint! Victory for Wout Van Aert! 🇧🇪
Quel sprint ! Victoire de @WoutvanAert ! 🇧🇪#TDF2020 pic.twitter.com/JokbgJMoZo— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) September 2, 2020
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