Giro d'Italia, stage 5 summary

Stage 5 : May 10, Modena - Fano, 199 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 4.43.15
2 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan
4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Barracuda
5 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
6 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team
7 Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
8 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
10 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank


Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+27 Gabriel Rasch
+27 Daniele Bennati
+26 Andrey Zeits
+25 Marco Bandiera
+25 Dennis Vanendert
+25 Ben Hermans
+24 Stefan Denifl
+24 Mark Renshaw
+24 Enrico Battaglin
+24 Alberto Losada Alguacil

Biggest losers by position :
-169 Taylor Phinney
-167 Sebastien Rosseler
-159 Tyler Farrar
-138 Julien Vermote
-131 Jack Bauer
-116 Mikhail Ignatyev
-104 Aliaksandr Kuchynski
-97 Mathias Frank
-80 Timon Seubert
-65 BULGAC Brian
-56 Pier Paolo De Negri

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:25 Mark Cavendish
+0:17 Matthew Harley Goss
+0:13 Daniele Bennati
+0:05 Sacha Modolo
+0:05 Robert Hunter
+0:05 Nikolas Maes
+0:05 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
+0:05 Mickael Delage
+0:05 Mark Renshaw
+0:05 Manuel Belletti

Biggest losers by time :
-11:57 Adrian Saez
-11:57 Alex Rasmussen
-11:57 Amets Txurruka
-11:57 Miguel Minguez Ayala
-11:57 Pierre Cazaux
-11:57 Romain Feillu
-11:57 Sebastien Rosseler
-11:57 Taylor Phinney
-11:57 Theo Bos
-11:57 William Bonnet
-11:13 Mads Christensen

Favourites by position :
+13 John Gadret
+11 Jose Rujano Guillen
+10 Domenico Pozzovivo
+8 Michele Scarponi
+8 Damiano Cunego
+6 Frank Schleck
+4 Rigoberto Uran
+4 Ivan Basso
+4 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
+3 Roman Kreuziger
+1 Ryder Hesjedal
+1 Marco Pinotti
+1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+1 Christian Vande Velde
-97 Mathias Frank

Favourites by time :
-9:09 Mathias Frank

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Ramunas Navardauskas 14:45:13 (unchanged)
2 Robert Hunter 0:05 (was 3rd at 0:10)
3 Ryder Hesjedal 0:11 (was 4th at 0:11)
4 Matthew Harley Goss 0:13 (was 12th at 0:30)
5 Mark Cavendish 0:14 (was 25th at 0:39)
6 Geraint Thomas 0:16 (was 7th at 0:21)
7 Manuele Boaro 0:19 (was 6th at 0:19)
8 Christian Vande Velde 0:26 (was 9th at 0:26)
9 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:30 (was 10th at 0:30)
10 Alexander Kristoff 0:30 (was 16th at 0:35)
.....
20 Marco Pinotti 0:37 (was 21st at 0:37)
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23 Roman Kreuziger 0:40 (was 26th at 0:40)
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29 Ivan Basso 0:47 (was 33rd at 0:47)
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42 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 0:56 (was 46th at 0:56)
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49 Rigoberto Uran 0:58 (was 53rd at 0:58)
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62 Frank Schleck 1:09 (was 68th at 1:09)
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75 Damiano Cunego 1:19 (was 83rd at 1:19)
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77 Michele Scarponi 1:22 (was 85th at 1:22)
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100 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:49 (was 110th at 1:49)
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123 Jose Rujano Guillen 2:33 (was 134th at 2:33)
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129 John Gadret 2:43 (was 142nd at 2:43)
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166 Mathias Frank 10:18 (was 69th at 1:09)

Retirements to date : Stage
Total retirements : 0


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Bob Martin wrote:
Biggest losers by position :
-169 Taylor Phinney

I bet he wishes he could cut the testicles off of the Saxo bank idiot
who caused the crash by arguing with someone next to him instead of
looking where he was going. It looked a bit like he (the Saxo bank
idiot) was making a video for a Unnecessary Crashes 101 course.