Tour of California, stage 5 summary

Stage 5 : May 17, Bakersfield (ITT), 29.7 km

1 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Barracuda 0.35.59
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0.23
3 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.34
4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0.39
5 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Barracuda 0.48
6 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0.49
7 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0.52
8 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1.01
9 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Barracuda 1.07
10 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 1.10


Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+37 David Zabriskie
+30 Nathan Brown
+25 Vincenzo Nibali
+24 Rory Sutherland
+23 Robert Gesink
+23 Bram Tankink
+21 Matthew Busche
+20 Timothy Duggan
+20 Levi Leipheimer
+19 Luke Durbridge

Biggest losers by position :
-45 Alex Howes
-37 Jeffry Louder
-37 Joshua Atkins
-30 Peter Sagan
-29 Wesley Sulzberger
-28 Darwin Atapuma
-25 Greg Van Avermaet
-23 Ben Jacques-Maynes
-20 Fred Rodriguez
-17 Romain Bardet
-15 Yannick Eijssen

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:40 David Zabriskie
+0:17 Jens Voigt
+0:06 Tejay Van Garderen
+0:01 Robert Gesink

Biggest losers by time :
-7:34 Alexandre Geniez
-7:13 Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres
-7:11 Alessandro Vanotti
-7:10 Robbie McEwen
-7:08 Roger Kluge
-6:44 Logan Loader
-6:37 Mauro Da Dalto
-6:36 Michael Rodriguez Galindo
-6:31 Jonathan Patrick McCarty
-6:20 Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez
-6:16 Ken Hanson

Favourites by position :
+37 David Zabriskie
+25 Vincenzo Nibali
+23 Robert Gesink
+20 Levi Leipheimer
+19 Cameron Meyer
+17 Tejay Van Garderen
+15 Thomas Danielson
+7 Peter Velits
+7 Jens Voigt
+3 Frantisek Rabon
+1 Michael Matthews
-3 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-4 Laurens ten Dam
-14 Christopher Horner

Favourites by time :
+0:40 David Zabriskie
+0:17 Jens Voigt
+0:06 Tejay Van Garderen
+0:01 Robert Gesink
-0:09 Peter Velits
-0:27 Thomas Danielson
-0:46 Cameron Meyer
-1:00 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-1:04 Levi Leipheimer
-1:12 Vincenzo Nibali
-1:43 Laurens ten Dam
-2:10 Christopher Horner
-2:22 Michael Matthews
-2:47 Frantisek Rabon

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 David Zabriskie 20:29:31 (was 38th at 0:40)
2 Tejay Van Garderen 0:34 (was 19th at 0:40)
3 Robert Gesink 0:39 (was 26th at 0:40)
4 Andrew Talansky 0:48 (was 21st at 0:40)
5 Peter Velits 0:49 (was 12th at 0:40)
6 Luke Durbridge 1:01 (was 25th at 0:40)
7 Thomas Danielson 1:07 (was 22nd at 0:40)
8 Rory Sutherland 1:10 (was 32nd at 0:40)
9 Cameron Meyer 1:26 (was 28th at 0:40)
10 Markel Irizar Aranburu 1:29 (was 7th at 0:36)
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14 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 1:40 (was 11th at 0:40)
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16 Levi Leipheimer 1:44 (was 36th at 0:40)
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18 Vincenzo Nibali 1:52 (was 43rd at 0:40)
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28 Laurens ten Dam 2:23 (was 24th at 0:40)
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32 Christopher Horner 2:50 (was 18th at 0:40)
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57 Jens Voigt 7:19 (was 64th at 7:36)
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75 Michael Matthews 17:43 (was 76th at 15:21)
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102 Frantisek Rabon 39:29 (was 105th at 36:42)

Top 10 on Points table
1 Peter Sagan 60
2 Heinrich Haussler 48
3 Leigh Howard 24
4 Fred Rodriguez 21
5 Tom Boonen 17
6 Michael Matthews 12
7 Greg Van Avermaet 11
8 Jeffry Louder 10
9 Koen De Kort 10
10 Alexander Candelario 10

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Sebastian Salas 40
2 David Boily 32
3 Alex Howes 16
4 Jeremy Vennell 16
5 Alexandre Geniez 14
6 Jonathan Patrick McCarty 12
7 Carlos Julian Quintero 11
8 Josh Atkins 10
9 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado 9
10 Bradley White 9

Retirements to date : Stage
Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Col) Team Exergy 4
Javier Alberto Gonzalez Barrera (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes 4
Michael Friedman (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 4
Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 4
Sam Johnson (USA) Team Exergy 4
Andrew Dahlheim (USA) Bissell Cycling 3
Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3
Steven Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 3
Eric Young (USA) Bissell Cycling 2
Partick Bevin (NZl) Bissell Cycling 2
Total retirements : 10


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