Stage 5 : July 08, 2015 Arras - Amiens Metropole 189.5 km

1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 4.39.00
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo
3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Etixx - Quick-Step
4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka
6 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
7 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr
8 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar
9 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
10 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team


Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+44 Yohann Gene
+44 Markel Irizar Aranburu
+43 Tanel Kangert
+42 Tim Wellens
+42 Michele Scarponi
+42 Daniel Teklehaimanot
+41 Michael Valgren Andersen
+41 Jacques Janse van Rensburg
+41 Benoit Vaugrenard
+41 Alexander Kristoff

Biggest losers by position :
-60 Jeremy Roy
-60 Julien Simon
-60 Serge Pauwels
-59 Jan Barta
-59 Ryder Hesjedal
-55 Nelson Oliveira
-54 Florian Vachon
-54 Wilco Kelderman
-52 Anthony Delaplace
-52 Georg Preidler
-51 Angelo Tulik

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Andre Greipel
+0:06 Peter Sagan
+0:04 Mark Cavendish

Biggest losers by time :
-14:15 Adam Hansen
-14:15 Alex Dowsett
-14:15 Alexandre Geniez
-14:15 Angelo Tulik
-14:15 Anthony Delaplace
-14:15 Arnaud Gerard
-14:15 Bartosz Huzarski
-14:15 Ben Gastauer
-14:15 Bob Jungels
-14:15 Brice Feillu
-14:15 Bryan Nauleau

Favourites by position :
-7 Leopold Konig
-11 Richie Porte

Favourites by time :
-10:20 Leopold Konig
-14:15 Richie Porte

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tony Martin 17:19:26 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 0:12 (unchanged)
3 Tejay van Garderen 0:25 (unchanged)
4 Peter Sagan 0:33 (was 5th at 0:39)
5 Tony Gallopin 0:38 (was 4th at 0:38)
6 Greg Van Avermaet 0:40 (unchanged)
7 Rigoberto Uran 0:46 (unchanged)
8 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:48 (unchanged)
9 Geraint Thomas 1:15 (unchanged)
10 Zdenek Stybar 1:16 (unchanged)
.....
13 Vincenzo Nibali 1:50 (unchanged)
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16 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 2:03 (unchanged)
17 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 2:08 (unchanged)
18 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 2:12 (unchanged)
19 Jean-Christophe Peraud 2:19 (unchanged)
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21 Romain Bardet 3:06 (unchanged)
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24 Mathias Frank 4:07 (unchanged)
25 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 4:10 (unchanged)
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30 Thibaut Pinot 6:30 (unchanged)
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133 Leopold Konig 30:14 (was 126th at 19:54)
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153 Richie Porte 37:05 (was 142nd at 22:50)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Andre Greipel 151 (was 1st with 84 points)
2 Peter Sagan 119 (was 2nd with 78 points)
3 John Degenkolb 89 (was 3rd with 60 points)
4 Mark Cavendish 86 (was 5th with 53 points)
5 Tony Martin 60 (was 4th with 55 points)
6 Bryan Coquard 55 (was 8th with 36 points)
7 Greg Van Avermaet 42 (was 9th with 35 points)
8 Christopher Froome 40 (was 6th with 40 points)
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen 33 (was 19th with 17 points)
10 Joaquim Rodriguez 30 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquim Rodriguez 2 (unchanged)
2 Michael Schar 1 (unchanged)
3 Rafal Majka 1 (unchanged)
4 Thomas De Gendt 1 (unchanged)
5 Christopher Froome 1 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 5
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 5
Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 4
Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge 4
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 4
Dmitrii Kozonchok (Rus) Team Katusha 3
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 3
Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 3
William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 3
Total retirements : 9


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