Criterium du Dauphine, stage 5 summary

Stage 5 : Jun 10, Parc des Oiseaux - Villars-les-Dombes - Les Gets, 210 km

1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 5.05.03
2 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0.07
3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0.09
4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
6 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
7 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
8 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo
9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
10 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack


Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+55 Santo Anza
+55 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
+53 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa
+53 Ivan Murillo Velasco
+52 Fabrice Jeandesboz
+51 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre
+50 Daniel Martin
+49 Marc de Maar
+45 Mikel Landa Meana

Biggest losers by position :
-115 Nicolas Roche
-83 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
-78 Jeremy Roy
-69 Mathieu Perget
-56 Gatis Smukulis
-56 Laurent Didier
-54 John Degenkolb
-51 Robert Gesink
-50 Grega Bole
-49 Sebastien Hinault
-40 Jan Ghyselinck

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:09 Christophe Kern
+0:02 Chris Anker Sorensen

Biggest losers by time :
-26:39 Frederik Willems
-26:39 John Murphy
-24:57 Mathieu Perget
-24:57 Nicolas Roche
-24:57 Oscar Pujol Munoz
-24:57 Sebastien Hinault
-22:27 Egor Silin
-19:21 Kevin Seeldrayers
-19:01 Andreas Klier
-19:01 Balint Szeghalmi
-19:01 Frantisek Rabon

Favourites by position :
+51 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre
+50 Daniel Martin
+40 David Zabriskie
+37 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+31 Ivan Basso
+27 Tony Martin
+9 Frantisek Rabon
+6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+1 Rein Taaramae
-51 Robert Gesink

Favourites by time :
-0:16 Rein Taaramae
-0:16 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-1:12 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre
-1:12 David Zabriskie
-3:32 Tony Martin
-11:47 Robert Gesink
-19:01 Frantisek Rabon

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 18:02:30 (unchanged)
2 Cadel Evans 1:11 (unchanged)
3 Janez Brajkovic 1:21 (unchanged)
4 Alexander Vinokourov 1:56 (unchanged)
5 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 2:22 (was 5th at 2:12)
6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 2:28 (was 7th at 2:28)
7 Christophe Riblon 2:45 (was 8th at 2:45)
8 Ben Hermans 2:46 (was 9th at 2:46)
9 Jerome Coppel 2:52 (was 10th at 2:52)
10 Kanstantsin Siutsou 2:52 (was 11th at 2:52)
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16 Rein Taaramae 4:09 (was 17th at 3:53)
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18 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 4:15 (was 24th at 4:15)
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58 Ivan Basso 10:41 (was 89th at 10:41)
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60 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 11:59 (was 97th at 11:43)
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64 David Zabriskie 13:37 (was 104th at 12:25)
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66 Daniel Martin 13:40 (was 116th at 13:40)
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73 Tony Martin 15:26 (was 100th at 11:54)
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79 Robert Gesink 16:43 (was 28th at 4:56)
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81 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 17:14 (was 132nd at 16:02)
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163 Frantisek Rabon 46:33 (was 172nd at 27:32)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 John Degenkolb 58 (unchanged)
2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 56 (was 4th with 38 points)
3 Bradley Wiggins 55 (was 3rd with 40 points)
4 Alexandre Vinokourov 53 (was 5th with 37 points)
5 Thomas Voeckler 47 (was 10th with 27 points)
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 47 (was 2nd with 47 points)
7 Cadel Evans 39 (was 8th with 29 points)
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 37 (was 11th with 25 points)
9 Samuel Dumoulin 35 (was 6th with 35 points)
10 Rob Ruijgh 31 (was 7th with 31 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Leonardo Fabio Duque 39 (was 1st with 20 points)
2 Adriano Malori 16 (unchanged)
3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 16 (was 6th with 9 points)
4 Mickael Buffaz 15 (was 10th with 7 points)
5 Alexandre Vinokourov 13 (was 9th with 7 points)
6 Jeremy Roy 13 (was 4th with 13 points)
7 Mauro Finetto 12 (was 14th with 5 points)
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 10 (was 5th with 10 points)
9 Christophe Kern 10 (was 0 points)
10 Jason McCartney 10 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Andy Cappelle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 5
Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek 5
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 5
Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 5
Francesco Reda (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 4
Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4
Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek 4
Total retirements : 8


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Bob, thanks again for publishing these summaries.