Volta a Catalunya, stage 5 summary

Stage 5 - May 22: La Seu d'Urgell - Torredembarra, 201.3km

First 10 finishers :
1 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha 4.28.58 (44.905 km/h)
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
3 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas
4 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad
5 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
7 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto
9 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.
10 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank


Changes in stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+9 Maciej Bodnar
+9 Javier Benitez
+9 Denis Galimzyanov
+9 Christian Kux
+9 Angelo Furlan
+8 Nikolay Trusov
+7 Markus Eichler
+5 Wilfried Cretskens
+5 Thor Hushovd
+5 Sergio Paulinho

Biggest losers by position :
-18 Ivan Velasco
-15 Julian Sanchez
-6 Bernhard Eisel
-6 Christophe Kern
-6 Jesus Rosendo
-6 Steven Cozza
-4 Adam Hansen
-4 Kai Reus
-4 Marcin Sapa
-4 Massimiliano Mori
-4 Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Nikolay Trusov
+0:06 Thor Hushovd
+0:06 Javier Ramirez
+0:04 Fabio Sabatini

Biggest losers by time :
-8:16 Benat Intxausti
-8:16 Christophe Kern
-8:16 Julian Sanchez
-8:16 Kai Reus
-8:16 Massimiliano Mori
-8:16 Mike Friedman
-6:57 Ivan Velasco
-4:26 Alexei Markov
-3:17 Fabrice Piemontesi
-2:58 Steven Cozza
-2:28 Jose Antonio Lopez Gil

Favourites by position :
+2 Thomas Dekker
+2 Sylvain Chavanel
+1 Stuart O'Grady
+1 Remi Pauriol

Favourites by time :

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alejandro Valverde 18.18.36
2 Daniel Martin 0.15
3 Haimar Zubeldia 0.22
4 Mikel Astarloza 0.34
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8 Xavier Tondo 0.56
9 Samuel Sanchez 1.42
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13 Rigoberto Uran 2.43
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19 Vladimir Karpets 4.16
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23 Vladimir Efimkin 4.48
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29 Kim Kirchen 6.28
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32 Igor Anton 7.24
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44 Sylvain Chavanel 14.37
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55 Thomas Dekker 18.54
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68 Remi Pauriol 23.56
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90 Stuart O'Grady 35.04

Retirements to date : Stage
Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 4
Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto 3
Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 4
Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 5
Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 5
Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 4
Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3
Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3
Jose Herrada (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 2
Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 3
Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 5
Jose Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 4
Total retirements : 13