Tour de France, stage 5 summary

Stage 5 : Wednesday, July 8 2009, Le Cap d'Agde - Perpignan, 196.5 km

1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 4.29.35
2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 0.07
3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
5 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram
6 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha
7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
8 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team


Changes in stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+8 Marco Bandiera
+7 Oscar Freire Gomez
+7 Greg Van Avermaet
+7 Benoit Vaugrenard
+7 Amets Txurruka
+6 Thomas Voeckler
+6 Stephane Auge
+6 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea
+6 Jussi Veikkanen
+6 Fumiyuki Beppu

Biggest losers by position :
-111 Robert Gesink
-91 Grischa Niermann
-30 Christophe Kern
-18 Maxime Bouet
-12 Alessandro Vanotti
-12 Johannes Frohlinger
-9 Daniele Bennati
-9 Joost Posthuma
-8 Matthew Lloyd
-8 Nicolas Vogondy
-6 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:07 Thomas Voeckler

Biggest losers by time :
-9:28 Grischa Niermann
-9:28 Robert Gesink
-1:48 Danny Pate
-1:40 Niki Terpstra
-1:15 Bernhard Eisel
-1:15 Christophe Kern
-1:15 Jonathan Hivert
-1:15 Maxime Bouet
-0:30 Alessandro Vanotti
-0:30 Anthony Geslin
-0:30 Daniele Bennati

Favourites by position :
+5 Marzio Bruseghin
+1 Denis Menchov
-111 Robert Gesink

Favourites by time :
-9:28 Robert Gesink

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Fabian Cancellara 15.07.49
2 Lance Armstrong 0.00
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.19
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5 Levi Leipheimer 0.31
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15 Roman Kreuziger 1.31
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20 Andy Schleck 1.41
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22 Jens Voigt 2.03
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24 Kim Kirchen 2.16
25 Frank Schleck 2.17
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27 Vladimir Karpets 2.31
28 Franco Pellizotti 2.32
29 Carlos Sastre Candil 2.44
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35 Cadel Evans 2.59
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71 Denis Menchov 3.52
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105 Marzio Bruseghin 5.02
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173 Robert Gesink 13.04

Retirements to date : Stage
Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 3
Total retirements : 2