Belgium's Wout van Aert won the fifth stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday as Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe retained the leader's yellow jersey.

The Jumbo-Visma rider pipped the Netherlands' Cees Bol in second place and Ireland's Sam Bennett in third after 183km of racing which ended in the south-eastern town of Privas.

Britain's Adam Yates took the Tour de France's yellow jersey as overnight leader Julian Alaphilippe was penalised for taking on provisions in the final 20km.

Mitchelton-Scott's Yates takes advantage of Alaphilippe's 20-second sanction for drinking water from a bottle at the 17km mark.

"I was on the bus and were about to leave for the hotel when I got a call.

"I asked Julian and he told me he had a time fine," said Yates.

In the stage itself the powerful Dutch outfit Jumbo-Visma made it two stage wins in two days as Van Aert edged a tight bunch sprint on a narrow winding finish.

In another change of jerseys Ireland's Sam Bennett took the green sprint points shirt from seven time winner Peter Sagan by finishing third.

Van Aert's Jumbo-Visma arrived at the Tour as the in-form team with the most powerful looking line-up on the roster, and are the chief challenger to the dominance of Team Ineos who have won seven of the last eight Tours.

Jumbo leader Primoz Roglic won Tuesday's stage testing the other overall contenders with his late kick and claiming the stage win atop the climb to an Alpine ski station.