Vuelta a Espana, stage 5 summary

Stage 5 : Aug 22, Logrono, 168 km

1 John Degenkolb (Ger) Argos-Shimano 4.10.37
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan
3 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
4 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
5 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
6 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Sharp
7 Allan Davis (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge
8 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
10 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team


Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+7 John Degenkolb
+5 Ian Stannard
+5 Daniele Bennati
+5 Allan Davis
+4 Davide Cimolai
+4 Christophe Riblon
+3 Yannick Eijssen
+3 Wouter Mol
+3 William Bonnet
+3 Pim Ligthart

Biggest losers by position :
-17 Bruno Pires
-13 Cameron Meyer
-11 Aitor Galdos Alonso
-11 Daniele Ratto
-10 Javier Chacon
-8 Simon Geschke
-6 Wesley Sulzberger
-5 CARRASCO GARCIA Sergio
-5 Jens Debusschere
-5 Olivier Kaisen
-4 Frantisek Rabon

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:12 John Degenkolb
+0:08 Daniele Bennati
+0:04 Gianni Meersman
+0:04 Gatis Smukulis
+0:04 Ben Swift
+0:02 Tom Dumoulin
+0:02 Elia Viviani

Biggest losers by time :
-4:43 Aitor Galdos Alonso
-4:43 Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente
-4:31 Javier Chacon
-3:38 Bruno Pires
-3:38 Joost van Leijen
-3:30 Daniele Ratto
-3:09 Wesley Sulzberger
-2:36 Cameron Meyer
-1:17 Frederik Willems
-1:13 Jens Debusschere
-1:13 Julian Dean

Favourites by position :
+1 Thomas De Gendt
-1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-2 Denis Menchov
-3 Tony Martin
-13 Cameron Meyer

Favourites by time :
-0:32 Tony Martin
-0:32 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-0:32 Denis Menchov
-2:36 Cameron Meyer

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 17:29:22 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 0:01 (unchanged)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:05 (unchanged)
4 Bauke Mollema 0:09 (unchanged)
5 Robert Gesink 0:09 (unchanged)
6 Rigoberto Uran 0:11 (unchanged)
7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:14 (unchanged)
8 Nicolas Roche 0:24 (unchanged)
9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:36 (unchanged)
10 Laurens ten Dam 0:46 (unchanged)
11 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 0:47 (unchanged)
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23 Maxime Monfort 1:38 (unchanged)
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28 Damiano Cunego 2:15 (unchanged)
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31 John Gadret 2:40 (unchanged)
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52 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 6:38 (was 51st at 6:06)
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60 Thomas De Gendt 7:22 (was 61st at 7:22)
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69 Tony Martin 9:47 (was 66th at 9:15)
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75 Denis Menchov 10:56 (was 73rd at 10:24)
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122 Cameron Meyer 20:38 (was 109th at 18:02)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 John Degenkolb 50 (was 3rd with 25 points)
2 Allan Davis 29 (was 6th with 20 points)
3 Simon Clarke 27 (was 1st with 27 points)
4 Elia Viviani 27 (was 14th with 14 points)
5 Daniele Bennati 26 (was 31st with 6 points)
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 25 (was 2nd with 25 points)
7 Gianni Meersman 24 (was 26th with 8 points)
8 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 20 (was 4th with 20 points)
9 Tony Martin 20 (was 5th with 20 points)
10 Assan Bazayev 18 (was 7th with 18 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Simon Clarke 16 (unchanged)
2 Pim Ligthart 11 (unchanged)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 10 (unchanged)
4 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 10 (unchanged)
5 Tony Martin 8 (unchanged)
6 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 6 (unchanged)
7 Philippe Gilbert 6 (unchanged)
8 Assan Bazayev 5 (unchanged)
9 Alberto Contador Velasco 4 (unchanged)
10 Jesus Rosendo Prado 4 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 4
Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 1
Total retirements : 2


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