Giro d'Italia, stage 5 summary

Changes in stage 5 compared to stage 4

Biggest gainers by position :
+6 Robert Förster
+5 Tristan Valentin
+5 Thor Hushovd
+5 Thomas Fothen
+5 Simone Masciarelli
+5 Raivis Belohvosciks
+5 Maximiliano Richeze
+5 Maxim Gourov
+5 Martin Müller
+5 Koldo Fernandez

Biggest losers by position :
-61 Kurt-Asle Arvesen
-58 Tim Klinger
-55 Alessandro Cortinovis
-35 Fabio Sabatini
-33 Mickaël Buffaz
-11 Fortunato Baliani
-7 Matteo Bono
-6 Patrice Halgand
-3 Timothy Gudsell
0 Aitor Perez Arrieta
0 Alessandro Petacchi

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Robert Förster
+0:12 Thor Hushovd
+0:08 Alessandro Petacchi
+0:04 Mikhail Ignatiev
+0:02 Arnaud Labbe

Biggest losers by time :
-8:04 Alessandro Cortinovis
-8:04 Fabio Sabatini
-8:04 Kurt-Asle Arvesen
-8:04 Matteo Bono
-8:04 Tim Klinger
-8:04 Timothy Gudsell
-7:58 Mickaël Buffaz
-2:34 Fortunato Baliani
-0:50 Patrice Halgand
-0:50 Yohann Gène
-0:40 Pierre Drancourt

Favourites by position :
+3 Thomas Voeckler
+2 Pietro Caucchioli
+2 Paolo Bettini
+2 Fabian Cancellara
+2 Davide Rebellin

Favourites by time :

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Danilo Di Luca 18.43.12
2 Franco Pellizotti 0.26
3 Andrea Noe' 0.35
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6 Damiano Cunego 0.54
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8 Paolo Savoldelli 1.07
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17 Stefano Garzelli 1.25
18 Riccardo Ricco 1.33
19 Yaroslav Popovych 1.43
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23 Gilberto Simoni 2.00
24 Leonardo Piepoli 2.00
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26 Iban Mayo Diez 2.19
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28 Dario David Cioni 2.22
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59 Pietro Caucchioli 4.05
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64 Davide Rebellin 4.32
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80 Paolo Bettini 6.35
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108 Fabian Cancellara 14.06
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124 Thomas Voeckler 15.50

Retirements to date :
Caisse d'Epargne Joan Horrach Rippoll
Française des Jeux Ian McLeod
Gerolsteiner Volker Ordowski
Quickstep - Innergetic Andrea Tonti
Rabobank Graeme Brown
T-Mobile Team Adam Hansen
" Michael Barry
Total retirements : 7