Tour de France, stage 5 summary

Stage 5 : Jul 6, Carhaix - Cap Frehel, 158 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 3.38.32
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
4 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling
6 Andre Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
7 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
9 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo


Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+27 Tony Gallopin
+27 Brian Vandborg
+25 Ruben Perez Moreno
+24 Tomas Vaitkus
+24 Sebastian Lang
+24 Laurens ten Dam
+24 Egoi Martinez De Esteban
+24 Borut Bozic
+24 Andre Greipel
+23 Tyler Farrar

Biggest losers by position :
-106 Tom Boonen
-93 Gert Steegmans
-58 Brent Bookwalter
-52 Vasili Kiryienka
-51 Ramunas Navardauskas
-47 Tejay Van Garderen
-39 Ivan Murillo Velasco
-39 John Gadret
-31 Anthony Delaplace
-31 Christophe Riblon
-30 Danny Pate

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-13:08 Addy Engels
-13:08 Tom Boonen
-12:43 Gert Steegmans
-12:43 Ivan Murillo Velasco
-8:33 Brent Bookwalter
-8:33 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
-8:33 Samuel Dumoulin
-6:04 Vincent Jerome
-5:56 Andrei Amador Bipkazacova
-5:56 Vasili Kiryienka
-5:10 Blel Kadri

Favourites by position :
+20 David Arroyo Duran
+4 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+4 Roman Kreuziger
+2 Robert Gesink
+2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+2 Ivan Basso
+2 Alberto Contador Velasco
+1 Levi Leipheimer
+1 Christopher Horner
-1 Andy Schleck
-12 Jens Voigt

Favourites by time :
-2:46 Jens Voigt

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Thor Hushovd 17:36:57 (unchanged)
2 Cadel Evans 0:01 (unchanged)
3 Frank Schleck 0:04 (unchanged)
4 David Millar 0:08 (unchanged)
5 Andreas Kloden 0:10 (unchanged)
6 Bradley Wiggins 0:10 (unchanged)
7 Geraint Thomas 0:12 (unchanged)
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen 0:12 (unchanged)
9 Jakob Fuglsang 0:12 (was 10th at 0:12)
10 Andy Schleck 0:12 (was 9th at 0:12)
.....
13 Christopher Horner 0:18 (was 14th at 0:18)
14 Levi Leipheimer 0:18 (was 15th at 0:18)
15 Robert Gesink 0:20 (was 17th at 0:20)
.....
21 Ivan Basso 1:03 (was 23rd at 1:03)
.....
39 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:42 (was 41st at 1:42)
.....
42 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 1:49 (was 44th at 1:49)
.....
51 Roman Kreuziger 2:29 (was 55th at 2:29)
.....
53 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 2:36 (was 57th at 2:36)
.....
126 Jens Voigt 9:01 (was 114th at 6:15)
.....
158 David Arroyo Duran 11:52 (was 178th at 11:52)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Philippe Gilbert 120 (was 3rd with 77 points)
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 112 (was 1st with 82 points)
3 Cadel Evans 90 (was 2nd with 80 points)
4 Mark Cavendish 84 (was 12th with 34 points)
5 Thor Hushovd 82 (was 4th with 70 points)
6 Tyler Farrar 68 (was 5th with 68 points)
7 Andre Greipel 48 (was 15th with 28 points)
8 Romain Feillu 47 (was 6th with 38 points)
9 Borut Bozic 47 (was 9th with 36 points)
10 Geraint Thomas 44 (was 21st with 22 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Cadel Evans 2 (unchanged)
2 Philippe Gilbert 1 (unchanged)
3 Mickael Delage 1 (unchanged)
4 Johnny Hoogerland 1 (unchanged)
5 Anthony Delaplace 1 (was 0 points)
6 Alberto Contador Velasco 1 (was 5th with 1 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 5
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack 5
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4
Total retirements : 3


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