Tour de Suisse stage 5 summary
 

Stage 5 : Wednesday, June 17 2009, Stäfa - Serfaus, 202 km

1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 5:24:04
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank
3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.
4 Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas
5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha
6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
8 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Astana
9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad


Changes in stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+50 Chris Anker Sorensen
+40 Eros Capecchi
+37 Kim Kirchen
+34 Sandy Casar
+32 Paolo Tiralongo
+32 Ivan Santaromita
+31 John Gadret
+30 Michael Albasini
+29 Kurt Asle Arvesen
+28 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova

Biggest losers by position :
-70 Oscar Freire Gomez
-45 Gerald Ciolek
-43 Hubert Schwab
-43 Yoann Offredo
-41 Greg Van Avermaet
-40 Maxim Iglinskiy
-37 Bernhard Eisel
-37 Filippo Pozzato
-37 Markel Irizar
-35 Martin Elmiger
-34 Francesco Gavazzi

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Michael Albasini
+0:06 Fabian Cancellara
+0:04 Damiano Cunego

Biggest losers by time :
-18:19 Aitor Galdos
-18:19 Andreas Dietziker
-18:19 Andreas Klier
-18:19 Andres Sergio De Lis
-18:19 Arnaud Gerard
-18:19 Bernhard Eisel
-18:19 Brett Lancaster
-18:19 Chris Sutton
-18:19 Christian Vandevelde
-18:19 Claudio Corioni
-18:19 Damien Gaudin

Favourites by position :
+37 Kim Kirchen
+21 Johan Van Summeren
+20 Damiano Cunego
+19 Frank Schleck
+10 Vladimir Karpets
+6 Maxime Monfort
+5 Andreas Kloden
+4 Roman Kreuziger
+3 Fabian Cancellara
-3 Christian Vandevelde
-6 Enrico Gasparotto
-7 Sylvain Chavanel
-7 Linus Gerdemann
-11 Andy Schleck

Favourites by time :
+0:06 Fabian Cancellara
+0:04 Damiano Cunego
-1:05 Andy Schleck
-1:51 Sylvain Chavanel
-1:51 Linus Gerdemann
-6:21 Johan Van Summeren
-12:22 Enrico Gasparotto
-18:19 Christian Vandevelde

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Tadej Valjavec 18.52.01
2 Olivier Zaugg 0.14
3 Fabian Cancellara 0.14
4 Roman Kreuziger 0.42
5 Andreas Kloden 0.45
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7 Maxime Monfort 0.55
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9 Vladimir Karpets 1.01
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11 Damiano Cunego 1.02
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13 Andy Schleck 1.07
14 Frank Schleck 1.08
15 Kim Kirchen 1.24
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29 Sylvain Chavanel 2.54
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31 Linus Gerdemann 2.56
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63 Johan Van Summeren 10.41
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76 Enrico Gasparotto 14.23
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118 Christian Vandevelde 34.41

Retirements to date : Stage
Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 5
Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 4
Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Sebastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3
Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1
Total retirements : 5