Volta-a-Catalunya stage 5 summary

Changes in stage 5 compared to stage 4

Biggest gainers by position :
+45 Fred Rodriguez
+44 Michael Boogerd
+44 Giuliano Figueras
+38 Giovanni Visconti
+37 Davide Vigano
+36 Bingen Fernandez
+35 Max Van Heeswijk
+34 Marco Milesi
+28 Xabier Zandio
+28 Michele Gobbi

Biggest losers by position :
-68 Sébastien Portal
-56 Franck Renier
-51 Markus Fothen
-46 Jesus Buendia
-45 Joseba Zubeldia
-44 Eladio Sanchez
-44 Frédéric Finot
-44 Hubert Schwab
-44 Rafael Casero
-42 Geert Verheyen
-42 Sergio Dominguez

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:07 Adolfo Garcia
+1:05 Eladio Jimenez
+1:01 David Arroyo
+0:57 David Canada
+0:55 Jorge Ferrio
+0:34 Mikel Astarloza

Biggest losers by time :
-25:35 Aurélien Clerc
-25:35 Christopher Sutton
-25:35 Franck Renier
-25:35 Isidro Cerrato
-25:35 Jesus Buendia
-25:35 Lars Michaelsen
-25:35 Luciano A. Pagliarini
-25:35 Markus Fothen
-25:35 Sébastien Portal
-15:17 Allan Johansen
-15:17 Eladio Sanchez

Favourites by position :
+44 Michael Boogerd
+15 Isidro Nozal
+4 Cadel Evans
+2 Mikel Astarloza
+1 Francisco Mancebo
-1 Santiago Botero
-2 Christian Vandevelde
-4 Vladimir Karpets
-4 Thomas Voeckler
-5 Levi Leipheimer
-27 Filippo Pozzato
-40 Laurent Brochard

Favourites by time :
+0:34 Mikel Astarloza
-0:36 Vladimir Karpets
-0:36 Michael Boogerd
-0:36 Levi Leipheimer
-0:36 Isidro Nozal
-0:36 Cadel Evans
-5:26 Thomas Voeckler
-7:03 Fabian Cancellara
-15:13 Laurent Brochard
-15:17 Filippo Pozzato

Favourites standings :
3 Santiago Botero 1.18
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8 Francisco Mancebo 2.27
9 Vladimir Karpets 2.40
10 Denis Menchov 2.43
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19 Christian Vandevelde 3.40
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27 Levi Leipheimer 4.45
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30 Mikel Astarloza 4.58
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51 Cadel Evans 11.04
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77 Isidro Nozal 19.18
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98 Thomas Voeckler 25.28
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129 Michael Boogerd 33.12
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139 Fabian Cancellara 35.17
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147 Laurent Brochard 38.21
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152 Filippo Pozzato 40.13

Retirements to date :
Andalucia-Paul Versan Juan Olmo
Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone Frédéric Bessy
" Luis Perez
" Nicolas Roche
Comunidad Valenciana Claudio José Casas
Euskaltel-Euskadi Aketza Pena
" Joseba Albizu
Francaise Des Jeux Sébastien Joly
Gerolsteiner Thomas Fothen
Kaiku Dionisio Galparsoro
Phonak Hearing Systems Miguel A M.Perdiguero
Rabobank Niels Scheuneman
T-Mobile Team André Greipel
Total retirements : 13