Criterium du Dauphine, stage 5 summary

Stage 5 : Jun 6, Gresy-sur-Aix - Valmorel, 139 km

1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 3.28.39
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.04
3 Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack Leopard
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0.10
5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.12
6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha
7 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
8 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0.21
9 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0.24
10 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0.29


Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+39 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
+37 Tim Wellens
+37 Andrew Talansky
+35 Matthew Busche
+34 Frantisek Rabon
+33 Peio Bilbao
+32 Brent Bookwalter
+29 Pieter Serry
+29 Mikel Nieve Iturralde
+28 Tom Jelte Slagter

Biggest losers by position :
-51 Sylvain Chavanel
-48 Alberto Losada Alguacil
-48 Maciej Bodnar
-43 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-28 Yoann Bagot
-27 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-23 Gianni Meersman
-20 Elia Viviani
-20 Jerome Coppel
-20 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-19 Cyril Gautier

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:05 Christopher Froome
+0:01 Matthew Busche
+0:01 Alberto Contador Velasco

Biggest losers by time :
-20:36 Alex Howes
-20:36 Alexander Wetterhall
-20:36 Andrea Palini
-20:36 Brian Vandborg
-20:36 Dmitriy Muravyev
-20:36 Elia Favilli
-20:36 Elia Viviani
-20:36 Francois Parisien
-20:36 Geoffrey Soupe
-20:36 Jacob Rathe
-20:36 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas

Favourites by position :
+37 Andrew Talansky
+27 Thomas De Gendt
+21 Alberto Contador Velasco
+17 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+15 Thomas Voeckler
+8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+7 Michael Rogers
+6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+3 Richie Porte
+3 Damiano Cunego
+1 Christopher Froome
-3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-27 Jurgen Van Den Broeck

Favourites by time :
+0:05 Christopher Froome
+0:01 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:05 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-0:07 Michael Rogers
-0:07 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-0:19 Richie Porte
-1:26 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-2:45 Thomas Voeckler
-3:52 Andrew Talansky
-5:24 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-6:11 Thomas De Gendt
-7:51 Damiano Cunego
-9:53 Jurgen Van Den Broeck

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 16:08:44 (was 2nd at 0:05)
2 Richie Porte 0:52 (was 5th at 0:33)
3 Rohan Dennis 0:54 (was 1st at 0:00)
4 Michael Rogers 1:37 (was 11th at 1:30)
5 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:47 (was 13th at 1:40)
6 Daniel Navarro Garcia 1:49 (was 12th at 1:33)
7 Rein Taaramae 1:52 (was 15th at 1:45)
8 Michal Kwiatkowski 1:58 (was 3rd at 0:26)
9 Leopold Konig 2:16 (was 8th at 1:11)
10 Jakob Fuglsang 2:20 (was 18th at 1:56)
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12 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 2:47 (was 29th at 2:42)
13 Alberto Contador Velasco 2:49 (was 34th at 2:50)
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20 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 4:01 (was 26th at 2:35)
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31 Thomas Voeckler 6:12 (was 46th at 3:27)
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40 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 8:25 (was 37th at 3:01)
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53 Damiano Cunego 11:43 (was 56th at 3:52)
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57 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 12:36 (was 30th at 2:43)
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91 Andrew Talansky 25:23 (was 128th at 21:31)
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94 Thomas De Gendt 26:21 (was 121st at 20:10)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Gianni Meersman 34 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 31 (was 5th with 16 points)
3 Elia Viviani 21 (was 2nd with 21 points)
4 David Veilleux 20 (was 3rd with 20 points)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 20 (was 4th with 20 points)
6 Tony Martin 15 (unchanged)
7 Richie Porte 14 (was 9th with 12 points)
8 Matthew Busche 13 (was 0 points)
9 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg 13 (was 7th with 13 points)
10 Rohan Dennis 12 (was 8th with 12 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Thomas Damuseau 65 (was 1st with 55 points)
2 David Veilleux 40 (unchanged)
3 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa 28 (unchanged)
4 Christopher Froome 26 (was 19th with 6 points)
5 Jean-Marc Bideau 24 (was 4th with 24 points)
6 Alberto Contador Velasco 19 (was 29th with 1 points)
7 Rein Taaramae 18 (was 11th with 10 points)
8 Matthew Busche 16 (was 0 points)
9 Rudy Molard 15 (was 5th with 15 points)
10 Arnaud Gerard 15 (was 7th with 15 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 5
Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 3
Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2
Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida 1
Total retirements : 5


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