() formed the day's breakaway. Politt was first at the intermediate sprint, while Sam Bennett won the sprint from the peloton as the sprinters scrambled for the remaining points. Pacher won most of the mountain points across the first few climbs, accumulating six. With around 35 kilometers remaining, on the descent of the Côte de l'Aullagnier, Benoot went wide around a bend and crashed over a barrier, though he was relatively unscathed and was able to continue. Near the top of the penultimate climb, Côte de Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes, Neilands accelerated away from his fellow breakaway companions, with Pacher and Vuillermoz giving chase. The Latvian was finally caught by the peloton with seven kilometers left and was awarded the stage's combativity award for his efforts. Pierre Rolland tried to attack from the peloton, but his time out in front lasted only a kilometer before he was reeled back in. In the final two kilometers, Sepp Kuss set a fierce tempo for his team leader Primož Roglič. Guillaume Martin initiated the sprint but Roglič chased him down and won the stage. Race leader Julian Alaphilippe finished fifth to maintain his lead in the general classification. Stage 52 September 2020 – Gap to Privas, Despite the moderate pace of the peloton, there were no noticeable breakaway attempts on the mostly downhill stage, as the riders feared the threat of crosswinds and were happy to take it easy after four hard stages to start the Tour. At the intermediate sprint, Sam Bennett took maximum points while points classification leader Peter Sagan could only manage fourth behind Bennett's teammate Michael Mørkøv and Caleb Ewan. Polka-dot jersey wearer Benoît Cosnefroy took both of the singular mountain points available on the two category 4 climbs unchallenged to extend his lead in the mountains classification. With under ten kilometers left, took to the front and ramped up the pace, stringing out the peloton and causing splits. Like in stage 3, took to the front in the final two kilometers to try and set up Cees Bol for the slightly uphill sprint finish. However, Wout van Aert, who had been sitting on Bol's wheel, came out of the Dutch rider's slipstream and powered away for his first Grand Tour stage win. As a result of finishing ahead of Sagan in both the intermediate sprint and the final sprint, Bennett gained enough points to take over the green jersey. After the