Stage 5 : March 27,2015 Alp - Valls 195.4 km

1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 4.25.52
2 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step 0.05
3 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
4 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky
5 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
6 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo
8 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky 0.12
9 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) BMC Racing Team 0.05
10 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team


Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+21 Winner Anacona Gomez
+21 Leonardo Duque
+21 Dylan Teuns
+19 Xabier Zandio Echaide
+18 Ricardo Vilela
+18 Manuel Senni
+18 Carlos Barbero Cuesta
+17 Florian Vachon
+16 Tanel Kangert
+16 Matthieu Boulo

Biggest losers by position :
-18 Andrew Talansky
-18 Ben Hermans
-17 Clement Chevrier
-17 Fabrice Jeandesboz
-16 Julian Alaphilippe
-16 Kristijan Durasek
-15 Petr Vakoc
-15 Pierre Rolland
-14 Eduardo Sepulveda
-14 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier
-13 Carlos Verona Quintanilla

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:36 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+0:27 Rigoberto Uran
+0:25 Paolo Tiralongo
+0:21 Tejay van Garderen
+0:21 Richie Porte
+0:21 Rafael Valls Ferri
+0:21 Fabio Aru
+0:21 Domenico Pozzovivo
+0:21 Darwin Atapuma
+0:21 Alberto Contador Velasco

Biggest losers by time :
-13:07 Adrian Honkisz
-13:07 Alex Howes
-13:07 Andrew Talansky
-13:07 Anton Vorobyev
-13:07 Armindo Fonseca
-13:07 Ben Hermans
-13:07 Benoit Jarrier
-13:07 Branislau Samoilau
-13:07 Brett Lancaster
-13:07 Carlos Verona Quintanilla
-13:07 Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa

Favourites by position :
+11 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
+5 Tejay van Garderen
+5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+2 Alberto Contador Velasco
+1 Rigoberto Uran
+1 Richie Porte
+1 Fabio Aru
+1 Domenico Pozzovivo
-1 Wilco Kelderman
-5 Christopher Froome
-12 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
-15 Pierre Rolland
-18 Andrew Talansky

Favourites by time :
+0:36 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+0:27 Rigoberto Uran
+0:21 Tejay van Garderen
+0:21 Richie Porte
+0:21 Fabio Aru
+0:21 Domenico Pozzovivo
+0:21 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:18 Wilco Kelderman
-5:24 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
-8:14 Christopher Froome
-13:07 Pierre Rolland
-13:07 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
-13:07 Andrew Talansky

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Richie Porte 22:58:20 (was 2nd at 0:21)
2 Domenico Pozzovivo 0:05 (was 3rd at 0:26)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:07 (was 5th at 0:28)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:16 (was 9th at 0:52)
5 Rigoberto Uran 0:18 (was 6th at 0:45)
6 Fabio Aru 0:27 (was 7th at 0:48)
7 Darwin Atapuma 0:33 (was 10th at 0:54)
8 Rafael Valls Ferri 0:43 (was 12th at 1:04)
9 Wilco Kelderman 1:09 (was 8th at 0:51)
10 Daniel Martin 1:35 (was 4th at 0:27)
.....
33 Andrew Talansky 14:28 (was 15th at 1:21)
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35 Tejay van Garderen 15:38 (was 40th at 15:59)
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37 Pierre Rolland 16:17 (was 22nd at 3:10)
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72 Christopher Froome 36:46 (was 67th at 28:32)
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90 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 43:39 (was 78th at 30:32)
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119 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 1:00:30 (was 130th at 55:06)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Thomas Danielson 64 (unchanged)
2 Jose Herrada 53 (unchanged)
3 Richie Porte 42 (was 6th with 32 points)
4 Riccardo Zoidl 39 (was 3rd with 39 points)
5 Alberto Contador 35 (was 4th with 33 points)
6 Maciej Paterski 32 (was 5th with 32 points)
7 Leonardo Duque 30 (unchanged)
8 Domenico Pozzovivo 28 (was 11th with 21 points)
9 Jerome Coppel 28 (was 8th with 28 points)
10 Bart De Clercq 23 (was 9th with 23 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha 5
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 5
George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 5
Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 5
Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 5
Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 4
Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 4
Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 4
Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 4
Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 4
Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 4
Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling 4
Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 4
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 4
Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr 3
Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 3
Jerome Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 3
Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 3
Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 3
Tim De Troyer (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 3
Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica GreenEdge 2
Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 2
Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Colombia 2
Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 1
Jonathan Paredes (Col) Colombia 1
Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 1
Mickael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1
Total retirements : 28


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