Tirreno Adriatico, stage 5 summary

Stage 5 : Mar 11, Martinsicuro - Prati di Tivo, 196 km

1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 5.46.33
2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team 0.16
3 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
4 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0.18
5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
6 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0.23
8 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 0.37
9 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0.53


Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+139 Danilo Napolitano
+74 Filippo Savini
+74 Bruno Pires
+60 Dmitriy Muravyev
+57 Pablo Lastras Garcia
+52 Jurgen Van De Walle
+46 Stijn Devolder
+46 Bram Tankink
+43 Valerio Agnoli
+43 Dominique Rollin

Biggest losers by position :
-95 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-73 David Tanner
-67 Lars Boom
-66 Fabian Cancellara
-63 Sebastiaan Langeveld
-62 Fredrik Kessiakoff
-62 Maxim Iglinskiy
-61 Matti Breschel
-55 Rafal Majka
-51 Mads Christensen
-51 Peter Sagan

Biggest gainers by time :
+17:40 Danilo Napolitano
+0:22 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:02 Roman Kreuziger

Biggest losers by time :
-30:43 Alex Rasmussen
-30:43 Andre Greipel
-30:43 Baden Cooke
-30:43 Bernhard Eisel
-30:43 Christopher Sutton
-30:43 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-30:43 Giacomo Nizzolo
-30:43 Jens Mouris
-30:43 Jeremy Hunt
-30:43 Kenny Robert van Hummel
-30:43 Marcel Sieberg

Favourites by position :
+28 George Hincapie
+21 Domenico Pozzovivo
+13 Steven Kruijswijk
+12 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
+11 Peter Velits
+8 Marco Pinotti
+7 Michele Scarponi
+5 Vincenzo Nibali
+2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-7 Cameron Meyer
-16 Cadel Evans
-19 Stefano Garzelli

Favourites by time :
+0:22 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:02 Roman Kreuziger
-0:06 Michele Scarponi
-0:06 Domenico Pozzovivo
-0:25 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-0:59 Peter Velits
-1:10 Cameron Meyer
-2:26 Steven Kruijswijk
-4:56 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-9:23 Stefano Garzelli
-10:24 Marco Pinotti
-10:24 George Hincapie
-10:24 Cadel Evans

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Horner 24:48:39 (unchanged)
2 Roman Kreuziger 0:05 (was 2nd at 0:07)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 0:12 (was 8th at 0:34)
4 Rinaldo Nocentini 0:45 (was 10th at 0:36)
5 Michele Scarponi 0:47 (was 12th at 0:41)
6 Johnny Hoogerland 0:48 (was 14th at 0:42)
7 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 1:00 (was 9th at 0:35)
8 Christophe Riblon 1:10 (was 17th at 0:45)
9 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:17 (was 30th at 1:11)
10 Cameron Meyer 1:23 (was 3rd at 0:13)
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15 Peter Velits 2:03 (was 26th at 1:04)
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20 Steven Kruijswijk 3:43 (was 33rd at 1:17)
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25 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 6:20 (was 37th at 1:24)
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32 Stefano Garzelli 10:04 (was 13th at 0:41)
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36 Cadel Evans 11:17 (was 20th at 0:53)
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38 Marco Pinotti 12:04 (was 46th at 1:40)
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45 George Hincapie 13:45 (was 73rd at 3:21)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 27 (unchanged)
2 Vincenzo Nibali 20 (was 12th with 8 points)
3 Roman Kreuziger 20 (was 7th with 10 points)
4 Mark Cavendish 15 (was 2nd with 15 points)
5 Tyler Farrar 15 (was 3rd with 15 points)
6 Christopher Horner 14 (was 16th with 6 points)
7 Diego Caccia 13 (was 4th with 13 points)
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen 12 (was 5th with 12 points)
9 Johnny Hoogerland 12 (was 0 points)
10 Rinaldo Nocentini 11 (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stefano Pirazzi 24 (was 1st with 23 points)
2 Ego Martinez De Esteban 7 (was 0 points)
3 Kristof Goddaert 7 (was 0 points)
4 Jarlinson Pantano 6 (was 3rd with 6 points)
5 Jens Debusschere 6 (was 0 points)
6 Diego Caccia 6 (was 2nd with 6 points)
7 Vincenzo Nibali 5 (was 0 points)
8 Peter Sagan 5 (was 4th with 5 points)
9 Filippo Savini 5 (was 5th with 5 points)
10 Lloyd Mondory 5 (was 6th with 5 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 5
Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 5
Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 4
Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling 4
Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 3
Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Barracuda 3
Total retirements : 6


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