Stage 5 : Jul 8, Epernay - Montargis, 187.5 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia 4.30.50
2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
6 Sebastien Turgot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
7 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha
8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
9 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions


Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+44 Robert Gesink
+10 Mathieu Perget
+9 Steve Morabito
+9 Benoit Vaugrenard
+6 Manuel Quinziato
+6 Dries Devenyns
+6 Brett Lancaster
+6 Anthony Geslin
+5 Vasili Kiryienka
+5 Koos Moerenhout

Biggest losers by position :
-54 Martijn Maaskant
-25 Bert Grabsch
-21 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-18 Paolo Tiralongo
-14 Marcus Burghardt
-12 Markus Eibegger
-11 Jurgen Van De Walle
-8 Brian Vandborg
-8 Stuart O'Grady
-7 David De La Fuente Rasilla
-7 Francesco Reda

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:08 Robert Gesink

Biggest losers by time :
-6:06 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-6:06 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-5:23 David De La Fuente Rasilla
-5:23 Dmitriy Muravyev
-5:23 Paolo Tiralongo
-4:19 Anthony Roux
-3:31 Andreas Klier
-3:31 Bert Grabsch
-3:31 Ignatas Konovalovas
-3:31 Jens Voigt
-3:31 Jurgen Van De Walle

Favourites by position :
+44 Robert Gesink
+1 Andreas Kloden

Favourites by time :
+2:08 Robert Gesink

Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Fabian Cancellara 22:59:45 (unchanged)
2 Geraint Thomas 0:23 (unchanged)
3 Cadel Evans 0:39 (unchanged)
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6 Andy Schleck 1:09 (unchanged)
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9 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:40 (unchanged)
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13 Denis Menchov 1:49 (unchanged)
14 Bradley Wiggins 1:49 (unchanged)
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16 Roman Kreuziger 2:24 (unchanged)
17 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 2:25 (unchanged)
18 Lance Armstrong 2:30 (unchanged)
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24 Levi Leipheimer 2:53 (unchanged)
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28 Andreas Kloden 3:01 (was 29th at 3:01)
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42 Robert Gesink 3:16 (was 86th at 5:24)
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46 Carlos Sastre 3:19 (unchanged)
47 Ivan Basso 3:20 (unchanged)
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58 Joaquin Rodriguez 3:33 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Thor Hushovd 102 (was 1st with 80 points)
2 Alessandro Petacchi 88 (was 2nd with 70 points)
3 Robbie McEwen 81 (was 3rd with 62 points)
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 73 (was 5th with 49 points)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 64 (was 10th with 38 points)
6 Sebastien Turgot 59 (was 8th with 39 points)
7 Geraint Thomas 59 (was 4th with 56 points)
8 Daniel Oss 54 (was 7th with 40 points)
9 Mark Cavendish 50 (was 36th with 15 points)
10 Gerald Ciolek 49 (was 25th with 19 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Jerome Pineau 13 (unchanged)
2 Sylvain Chavanel 8 (unchanged)
3 Rein Taaramae 8 (unchanged)
4 Jurgen Van De Walle 6 (was 0 points)
5 Maxime Monfort 5 (was 4th with 5 points)
6 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios 4 (was 0 points)
7 Matthew Lloyd 4 (was 5th with 4 points)
8 Iban Mayoz Echeverria 3 (was 7th with 3 points)
9 Ryder Hesjedal 3 (was 6th with 3 points)
10 Jurgen Roelandts 3 (was 8th with 3 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Transitions 3
David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 3
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3
Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 2
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2
Manuel Cardoso (Spa) Footon-Servetto 1
Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 9


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