Tour de Suisse, stage 5 summary
 

Changes in stage 5 compared to stage 4

Biggest gainers by position :
+39 Hector Gonzalez Baeza
+35 Elias Schmaeh
+29 Leonardo Duque
+27 Philip Deignan
+27 Martin Elmiger
+24 Xabier Zandio Echaide
+24 Bobby Julich
+22 Maarten Tjallingii
+22 Jurgen Roelandts
+21 Murilo Fischer

Biggest losers by position :
-32 Danilo Napolitano
-25 Johann Tschopp
-25 Mathias Frank
-25 Mathieu Perget
-24 Bram Tankink
-19 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez
-16 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga
-16 Ronny Scholz
-15 Fabian Cancellara
-15 Frank Schleck
-15 Jorge Azanza Soto

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:07 Markus Fothen
+0:13 Sergei Ivanov
+0:04 Markus Zberg

Biggest losers by time :
-35:13 Andoni Lafuente
-35:13 Danilo Napolitano
-21:13 Sylvain Calzati
-17:45 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez
-17:45 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez
-15:19 Mark Renshaw
-15:19 Robbie McEwen
-15:19 Wim Vansevenant
-15:02 Mathieu Perget
-14:02 Lloyd Mondory
-12:39 Pieter Jacobs

Favourites by position :
+24 Bobby Julich
+10 Thomas Dekker
+7 Stefan Schumacher
+3 Alessandro Ballan
+2 Stijn Devolder
+1 Andy Schleck
-2 Stuart O'Grady
-4 Jens Voigt
-6 Erik Zabel
-12 Damiano Cunego
-14 Sylvain Chavanel
-15 Frank Schleck
-15 Fabian Cancellara

Favourites by time :
-0:20 Andreas Kloden
-0:57 Damiano Cunego
-0:57 Bobby Julich
-1:55 Frank Schleck
-9:09 Jens Voigt
-10:11 Erik Zabel
-12:33 Thomas Dekker
-12:33 Sylvain Chavanel
-12:33 Stuart O'Grady
-12:33 Fabian Cancellara
-12:33 Alessandro Ballan

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Igor Anton Hernandez 21.25.12
2 Kim Kirchen 0.06
3 Oliver Zaugg 0.18
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5 Stijn Devolder 0.22
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8 Andy Schleck 0.40
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10 Andreas Kloden 1.00
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15 Damiano Cunego 1.09
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19 Frank Schleck 2.11
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22 Stefan Schumacher 2.39
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49 Jens Voigt 14.45
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57 Bobby Julich 17.05
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66 Erik Zabel 20.04
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75 Sylvain Chavanel 23.23
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84 Fabian Cancellara 25.43
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110 Stuart O'Grady 33.04
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114 Alessandro Ballan 35.34
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136 Thomas Dekker 42.26

Retirements to date : Stage
Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1
Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 5
Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 5
Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 4
Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 3
Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 4
Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 5
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 5
David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 4
Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4
Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5
Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road 5
Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 5
Total retirements : 16

Tour de Suisse, stage 5 summary
 

In article ,
Bob Martin wrote:

Favourites by position :
+24 Bobby Julich
+10 Thomas Dekker
+7 Stefan Schumacher
+3 Alessandro Ballan
+2 Stijn Devolder
+1 Andy Schleck
-2 Stuart O'Grady
-4 Jens Voigt
-6 Erik Zabel
-12 Damiano Cunego
-14 Sylvain Chavanel
-15 Frank Schleck
-15 Fabian Cancellara

Fabian is saving himself for the tour.
I know he will pull through.

Looks like Bobby's juice kicked in.

--
Michael Press

Tour de Suisse, stage 5 summary
 

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:52:35 -0700, Michael Press
wrote:

In article ,
Bob Martin wrote:

Favourites by position :
+24 Bobby Julich
+10 Thomas Dekker
+7 Stefan Schumacher
+3 Alessandro Ballan
+2 Stijn Devolder
+1 Andy Schleck
-2 Stuart O'Grady
-4 Jens Voigt
-6 Erik Zabel
-12 Damiano Cunego
-14 Sylvain Chavanel
-15 Frank Schleck
-15 Fabian Cancellara

Fabian is saving himself for the tour.
I know he will pull through.

No he was saving himsefl for today, what a warrior !

Looks like Bobby's juice kicked in.

Someone should tell grandpa to zip up his jersey he's scray with all
his hair, not to mention unaerodynamic.