Simon Yates (Orica Scott) moved into the white jersey on the first mountain stage of this year's Tour de France after finishing sixth on stage 5.
Yates was part of a reduced peloton on the final climb of La Planche des Belles Filles and put in a strong attack after eventual stage winner Fabio Aru had taken flight.
Yates would pay for the acceleration on the final slopes of the climb and was unable to follow when Chris Froome (Team Sky) countered with several other GC rivals.
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Yates put 14 seconds into fellow white jersey contender Louis Meintjes (UAE Team Emirates) and further time into Pierre Latour (AG2R La Mondiale) and Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe). Yates now leads Latour by 24 seconds with Meintjes and Buchmann 41 and 46 seconds down, respectively.
"That's what I'm here for but there are a lot of strong guys competing for the white jersey this year. We'll see, I'll fight for it," he told Cyclingnews.
Up until stage 5, Yates had endured a mixed Tour. He put in a smart performance during the opening 14-kilometre time through the German city of Dusseldorf but lost ground on the uphill finish in Longwy on stage 3. After Wednesday's action, he sits sixth overall, 43 seconds off new race leader, Chris Froome.
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