Stage 5 : Sep 1, Guadix - Lorca, 198.8 km

1 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Transitions 5.03.36
2 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC-Columbia
4 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step
5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
6 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ
7 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram
8 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha
9 Theo Bos (Ned) Cervelo Test Team
10 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto


Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+8 Mauricio Ardila
+7 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea
+6 Jorge Montenegro
+6 David Gutierrez Gutierrez
+5 Theo Bos
+5 Simon Gerrans
+5 Sebastien Chavanel
+5 Robert Forster
+5 Nick Nuyens
+5 Matthew Wilson

Biggest losers by position :
-37 Christophe Riblon
-18 Mickael Delage
-16 Hayden Roulston
-16 Matthew Goss
-15 David Millar
-14 Olivier Kaisen
-14 Oscar Pujol
-12 Amets Txurruka
-12 Benat Intxausti
-12 Frederik Willems
-10 Dominik Klemme

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Tyler Farrar
+0:12 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea
+0:08 Mark Cavendish
+0:06 Pierre Rolland
+0:06 David Gutierrez Gutierrez

Biggest losers by time :
-6:36 Christophe Riblon
-5:58 Oscar Pujol
-5:52 Jose Vicente Toribio
-4:28 Amets Txurruka
-4:28 Benat Intxausti
-4:28 Matthew Goss
-4:28 Mickael Delage
-4:28 Olivier Kaisen
-4:22 Arnaud Labbe
-3:35 David Millar
-3:35 David Zabriskie

Favourites by position :
+4 Allan Davis
+1 Roman Kreuziger
-1 David Arroyo

Favourites by time :
-3:35 David Zabriskie

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Philippe Gilbert 19:00:06 (unchanged)
2 Igor Anton 0:10 (unchanged)
3 Joaquin Rodriguez 0:10 (unchanged)
4 Vincenzo Nibali 0:12 (unchanged)
5 Peter Velits 0:16 (unchanged)
6 Tejay Van Garderen 0:29 (unchanged)
7 Xavier Tondo 0:49 (unchanged)
8 Frank Schleck 0:50 (unchanged)
9 Ruben Plaza 0:54 (unchanged)
10 Ezequiel Mosquera 0:55 (unchanged)
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13 David Arroyo 1:01 (was 12th at 1:01)
14 Denis Menchov 1:11 (unchanged)
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17 Luis-Leon Sanchez 1:24 (unchanged)
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22 Carlos Sastre 2:15 (unchanged)
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36 Roman Kreuziger 3:26 (was 37th at 3:26)
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106 Andy Schleck 28:58 (unchanged)
107 Christian Vande Velde 29:01 (unchanged)
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129 Allan Davis 35:33 (was 133rd at 35:33)
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189 David Zabriskie 54:30 (was 189th at 50:55)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Igor Anton 41 (unchanged)
2 Tyler Farrar 41 (was 9th with 16 points)
3 Philippe Gilbert 37 (was 2nd with 37 points)
4 Mark Cavendish 36 (was 6th with 20 points)
5 Joaquin Rodriguez 34 (was 3rd with 34 points)
6 Vincenzo Nibali 34 (was 4th with 34 points)
7 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea 30 (was 17th with 10 points)
8 Yauheni Hutarovich 29 (was 5th with 25 points)
9 Alessandro Petacchi 26 (was 12th with 14 points)
10 Nicolas Roche 18 (was 7th with 18 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Serafin Martinez 13 (unchanged)
2 Dario Cataldo 8 (unchanged)
3 David Moncoutie 6 (unchanged)
4 Xavier Tondo 5 (was 0 points)
5 Niki Terpstra 5 (unchanged)
6 Egoi Martinez 5 (unchanged)
7 Sergio Carrasco 5 (unchanged)
8 Mickael Delage 3 (unchanged)
9 Luis-Leon Sanchez 3 (unchanged)
10 Mikael Cherel 2 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC-Columbia 4
Benjamin Swift (GBR) Team Sky 3
John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Sky 3
Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Footon-Servetto 2
Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 2
Total retirements : 5


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