Stage 5 : May 14, Taranto - Viggiano, 203 km

1 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 5.12.39
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0.01
3 Julian David Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing
4 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
5 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
6 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge
7 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha
8 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
9 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team


Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+87 Ryder Hesjedal
+87 Pierre Rolland
+85 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+83 Giampaolo Caruso
+81 Diego Ulissi
+79 Andre Fernando S Martins Cardoso
+78 Tim Wellens
+75 Romain Sicard
+74 Matteo Bono
+74 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver

Biggest losers by position :
-164 Svein Tuft
-122 Borut Bozic
-122 Christopher Juul Jensen
-121 Elia Viviani
-112 Davide Appollonio
-110 Francesco Chicchi
-109 Alessandro Petacchi
-108 Brett Lancaster
-107 Ben Swift
-106 Nicola Ruffoni
-105 Julien Vermote

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:11 Diego Ulissi
+0:06 Cadel Evans
+0:04 Julian Arredondo

Biggest losers by time :
-17:30 Nathan Haas
-16:31 Cameron Meyer
-16:31 Michael Hepburn
-16:31 Mitchell Docker
-16:31 Svein Tuft
-14:54 Davide Appollonio
-14:54 Giorgio Cecchinel
-14:47 Andrea Fedi
-14:47 Bernhard Eisel
-14:47 Borut Bozic
-14:47 Christopher Juul Jensen

Favourites by position :
+85 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+74 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+72 Przemyslaw Niemiec
+54 Domenico Pozzovivo
+51 Wilco Kelderman
+44 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
+24 Michele Scarponi
+19 Nicolas Roche
+14 Rafal Majka
+11 Cadel Evans
+5 Rigoberto Uran
+3 Pieter Weening
-18 Michael Rogers
-19 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez

Favourites by time :
+0:06 Cadel Evans
-0:37 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-1:14 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-1:14 Michael Rogers

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Michael Matthews 17:41:23 (unchanged)
2 Pieter Weening 0:14 (was 5th at 0:14)
3 Cadel Evans 0:15 (was 14th at 0:21)
4 Rigoberto Uran 0:19 (was 9th at 0:19)
5 Rafal Majka 0:26 (was 19th at 0:26)
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 0:35 (was 21st at 0:35)
7 Nicolas Roche 0:37 (was 26th at 0:37)
8 Michele Scarponi 0:41 (was 32nd at 0:41)
9 Dario Cataldo 0:49 (was 38th at 0:49)
10 Fabio Aru 0:52 (was 40th at 0:52)
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14 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 1:09 (was 58th at 1:09)
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17 Wilco Kelderman 1:12 (was 68th at 1:12)
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19 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:12 (was 73rd at 1:12)
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33 Przemyslaw Niemiec 1:34 (was 105th at 1:34)
34 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 1:35 (was 15th at 0:21)
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40 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 1:47 (was 114th at 1:47)
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43 Michael Rogers 1:51 (was 25th at 0:37)
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76 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 4:47 (was 161st at 4:10)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Elia Viviani 119 (was 2nd with 113 points)
2 Nacer Bouhanni 115 (was 1st with 115 points)
3 Giacomo Nizzolo 106 (unchanged)
4 Roberto Ferrari 96 (unchanged)
5 Ben Swift 86 (was 5th with 76 points)
6 Davide Appollonio 44 (unchanged)
7 Michael Matthews 37 (was 14th with 23 points)
8 Francesco Chicchi 36 (was 7th with 36 points)
9 Tom Veelers 34 (was 8th with 34 points)
10 Maarten Tjallingii 32 (was 9th with 32 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Maarten Tjallingii 12 (unchanged)
2 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez 9 (was 4th with 2 points)
3 Jonathan Monsalve 4 (was 0 points)
4 Diego Ulissi 3 (was 0 points)
5 Angel Vicioso Arcos 3 (was 0 points)
6 Andrea Fedi 3 (was 2nd with 3 points)
7 Cadel Evans 2 (was 0 points)
8 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 2 (was 0 points)
9 Yonder Godoy 2 (was 3rd with 2 points)
10 Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor 2 (was 5th with 2 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr 5
Ramon Carretero (Pan) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo 5
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 5
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 4
Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Garmin Sharp 2
Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin Sharp 1
Total retirements : 6


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