Stage 5 : April 10, 2015 Eibar - Aia 155.5 km

1 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team 4.06.01
2 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0.03
3 Thomas Danielson (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0.16
4 Rein Taaramae (Est) Astana Pro Team 0.28
5 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 0.38
6 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 0.53
7 Sergio Luis Henao (Col) Team Sky 0.56
8 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
9 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 1.05
10 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.06


Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+21 Igor Anton
+16 Valerio Conti
+14 Diego Ulissi
+14 David Arroyo
+14 Clement Chevrier
+13 Pello Bilbao
+13 Julian Arredondo
+12 Pieter Weening
+12 Matteo Bono
+12 Laurent Didier

Biggest losers by position :
-16 Benat Intxausti
-13 Jelle Vanendert
-11 Vasil Kiryienka
-10 Bauke Mollema
-10 Jonathan Castroviejo
-10 Kanstantsin Siutsou
-10 Valerio Agnoli
-9 David De La Cruz
-9 Joseph Rosskopf
-8 Gorka Izagirre
-7 Rohan Dennis

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:56 Mikel Landa Meana
+0:53 Tim Wellens
+0:40 Thomas Danielson
+0:28 Rein Taaramae
+0:18 Tony Gallopin
+0:03 Simon Yates

Biggest losers by time :
-17:42 Joseph Rosskopf
-17:32 Timo Roosen
-14:43 Alessandro Vanotti
-13:17 Johannes Frohlinger
-13:07 Antonio Molina
-12:33 Valerio Agnoli
-11:51 Gorka Izagirre
-11:51 Jonathan Castroviejo
-11:32 David De La Cruz
-11:24 Xabier Zandio Echaide
-11:22 Maxim Belkov

Favourites by position :
+12 Pieter Weening
+10 Thomas Danielson
+2 Rafal Majka
+2 Michal Kwiatkowski
+1 Thibaut Pinot
-1 Michele Scarponi
-1 Andrew Talansky
-2 Tejay Van Garderen
-10 Bauke Mollema

Favourites by time :
+0:40 Thomas Danielson
-0:12 Michal Kwiatkowski
-0:15 Michele Scarponi
-0:18 Thibaut Pinot
-0:26 Tejay Van Garderen
-0:26 Rafal Majka
-1:11 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-1:15 Bauke Mollema
-2:03 Pieter Weening
-3:41 Andrew Talansky

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Sergio Luis Henao 21:20:48 (unchanged)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez 0:00 (unchanged)
3 Simon Yates 0:07 (was 9th at 0:10)
4 Nairo Quintana 0:12 (was 3rd at 0:00)
5 Michele Scarponi 0:22 (was 4th at 0:07)
6 Simon Spilak 0:22 (was 10th at 0:10)
7 Ilnur Zakarin 0:28 (was 6th at 0:10)
8 Ion Izagirre 0:28 (was 8th at 0:10)
9 Tejay Van Garderen 0:36 (was 7th at 0:10)
10 Thibaut Pinot 0:36 (was 11th at 0:18)
11 Michal Kwiatkowski 0:42 (was 13th at 0:30)
.....
13 Rafal Majka 0:56 (was 15th at 0:30)
.....
15 Bauke Mollema 1:25 (was 5th at 0:10)
.....
19 Jean-Christophe Peraud 2:32 (was 19th at 1:21)
.....
32 Thomas Danielson 11:50 (was 42nd at 12:30)
.....
54 Andrew Talansky 22:22 (was 53rd at 18:41)
.....
66 Pieter Weening 34:52 (was 78th at 32:49)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquim Rodriguez 58 (was 2nd with 50 points)
2 Michal Kwiatkowski 56 (was 1st with 51 points)
3 Michael Matthews 45 (unchanged)
4 Sergio Luis Henao 41 (was 5th with 32 points)
5 Tony Gallopin 40 (was 7th with 28 points)
6 Fabio Felline 34 (was 4th with 34 points)
7 Simon Yates 34 (was 9th with 24 points)
8 Ilnur Zakarin 30 (was 6th with 29 points)
9 Nairo Quintana 28 (was 8th with 25 points)
10 Mikel Landa Meana 25 (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Omar Fraile 81 (was 1st with 47 points)
2 Amets Txurruka 45 (was 4th with 25 points)
3 Thomas Danielson 33 (was 3rd with 26 points)
4 Tony Martin 23 (was 5th with 23 points)
5 Sergio Luis Henao 22 (was 6th with 22 points)
6 Mikel Landa Meana 17 (was 19th with 4 points)
7 Sebastien Reichenbach 17 (unchanged)
8 Sander Armee 15 (unchanged)
9 Hugh Carthy 15 (unchanged)
10 Pello Bilbao 13 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 5
Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step 5
Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 5
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 5
Janier Acevedo (Col) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 5
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 5
Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Tinkoff-Saxo 5
Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha 4
Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 4
Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin 4
David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling 4
Fredrik Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 4
Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling 4
Kevin Reza (Fra) FDJ.fr 4
Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 4
Patrick Schelling (Swi) IAM Cycling 4
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff-Saxo 4
Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 4
Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 3
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr 3
Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 2
Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 2
Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 2
Brian Bulgac (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 2
Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling 2
Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2
Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 2
Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 2
Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2
Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 1
Total retirements : 30


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