Cycling & bikes - USA Pro Challenge, stage 5 summary

Stage 5 : Aug 23, Vail (ITT), 16.1 km

1 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.25.02
2 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0.04
3 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp 1.02
4 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 1.04
5 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.12
6 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano 1.16
7 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling
8 Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 1.17
9 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Sharp 1.24
10 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.26

Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+10 Kanstantsin Siutsou
+8 Simon Geschke
+8 Lawson Craddock
+8 Andrew Talansky
+6 Timothy Duggan
+5 Ryota Nishizono
+5 Jens Voigt
+5 George Bennett
+5 Christopher Froome
+4 Tobias Ludvigsson

Biggest losers by position :
-14 Michael Friedman
-9 Edward King
-7 Javier Mejias Leal
-6 Damiano Caruso
-6 Darwin Atapuma
-6 Matt Cooke
-6 Ryan Anderson
-5 David Millar
-5 Fred Rodriguez
-5 Lucas Euser
-4 Fabio Calabria

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-6:50 Michael Friedman
-6:44 Edward King
-6:41 Gang Xu
-6:02 Kevin De Mesmaeker
-6:01 David Millar
-5:47 Matt Cooke
-5:44 Thomas Soladay
-5:38 Luka Mezgec
-5:35 Antoine Duchesne
-5:33 David Lozano Riba
-5:33 Fabio Calabria

Favourites by position :
+8 Lawson Craddock
+8 Andrew Talansky
+5 Christopher Froome
+3 Tiago Machado
+3 Richie Porte
+2 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo
+2 Christian Vande Velde
+1 Thomas Danielson
-1 Rohan Dennis
-1 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
-1 Andy Schleck

Favourites by time :
-0:04 Andrew Talansky
-1:02 Thomas Danielson
-1:24 Christian Vande Velde
-1:26 Mathias Frank
-1:28 Lawson Craddock
-1:40 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
-1:51 Tiago Machado
-2:01 Michael Rogers
-2:07 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo
-2:51 Andy Schleck
-3:07 Christopher Froome
-3:33 Richie Porte
-4:46 David Zabriskie
-4:51 Rohan Dennis

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tejay van Garderen 16:10:00 (unchanged)
2 Mathias Frank 1:30 (was 2nd at 0:04)
3 Thomas Danielson 1:42 (was 4th at 0:40)
4 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 2:10 (was 3rd at 0:30)
5 Lachlan Morton 2:34 (was 5th at 1:17)
6 Gregory Obando Brenes 3:25 (was 6th at 1:37)
7 Lawson Craddock 3:42 (was 15th at 2:14)
8 George Bennett 3:58 (was 13th at 2:03)
9 Rory Sutherland 4:11 (was 9th at 1:58)
10 Philip Deignan 4:12 (was 12th at 2:03)
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18 Tiago Machado 6:21 (was 21st at 4:30)
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21 Christian Vande Velde 6:52 (was 23rd at 5:28)
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27 Michael Rogers 10:03 (was 27th at 8:02)
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33 Andy Schleck 13:22 (was 32nd at 10:31)
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40 Andrew Talansky 17:29 (was 48th at 17:25)
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57 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo 26:46 (was 59th at 24:39)
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63 David Zabriskie 30:27 (was 63rd at 25:41)
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82 Christopher Froome 37:59 (was 87th at 34:52)
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94 Rohan Dennis 40:49 (was 93rd at 35:58)
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101 Richie Porte 43:54 (was 104th at 40:21)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 40 (unchanged)
2 Greg Van Avermaet 24 (unchanged)
3 Mathias Frank 15 (unchanged)
4 Tejay van Garderen 13 (unchanged)
5 Lachlan David Morton 12 (unchanged)
6 Luka Mezgec 12 (unchanged)
7 Tony Gallopin 10 (unchanged)
8 Ryan Anderson 10 (unchanged)
9 Damiano Caruso 9 (unchanged)
10 Serghei Tvetcov 8 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alex Candelario (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 4
Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling 4
Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale 4
Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling 4
Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 4
Michael Torckler (NZl) Bissell Cycling 4
Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Sky Procycling 3
Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 2
Fu Shiu Cheung (Hkg) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 2
Jay McCarthy (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 2
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Jamis - Hagens Berman 2
Ken Hanson (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 2
Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 2
Marco Corti (Ita) Colombia 1
Total retirements : 14

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