Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, stage 5 summary

Stage 5 : Apr 8, Eibar - Zalla, 177 km

1 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 4.27.03
2 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
3 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
4 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
5 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Caja Rural
6 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team
7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo
8 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
9 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack
10 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi


Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+22 John Gadret
+19 Martin Kohler
+17 Michal Golas
+16 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+16 Inaki Isasi Flores
+15 Andrew Talansky
+13 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde
+12 Simon Gerrans
+11 Julien Vermote
+10 Oscar Freire Gomez

Biggest losers by position :
-23 Tejay Van Garderen
-15 Stefan Denifl
-15 Tony Martin
-10 Amael Moinard
-10 Dario Cataldo
-10 Michael Rogers
-9 Javier Moreno Bazan
-9 Maciej Paterski
-8 Ivan Murillo Velasco
-8 Sergey Lagutin
-6 Aitor Perez Arrieta

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-13:55 Amael Moinard
-13:55 Dario Cataldo
-13:55 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide
-13:55 Julian Sanchez Pimienta
-13:55 Manuele Boaro
-13:55 Michael Rogers
-13:55 Richie Porte
-13:55 Stefan Denifl
-13:55 Tejay Van Garderen
-13:55 Tony Martin
-12:06 Aitor Perez Arrieta

Favourites by position :
+6 Christian Vande Velde
+5 Levi Leipheimer
+1 David Arroyo Duran
-1 Robert Gesink
-5 Jens Voigt
-10 Michael Rogers

Favourites by time :
-1:20 Levi Leipheimer
-6:49 Jens Voigt
-13:55 Michael Rogers

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquin Rodriguez 21:39:46 (unchanged)
2 Andreas Kloden 0:00 (unchanged)
3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 0:00 (unchanged)
4 Christopher Horner 0:01 (unchanged)
5 Ryder Hesjedal 0:06 (unchanged)
6 Xavier Tondo Volpini 0:06 (unchanged)
7 David Lopez Garcia 0:06 (was 8th at 0:06)
8 Robert Gesink 0:06 (was 7th at 0:06)
9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 0:09 (unchanged)
10 Alexander Vinokourov 0:10 (unchanged)
11 Andy Schleck 0:18 (unchanged)
.....
15 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 1:29 (unchanged)
16 Frank Schleck 1:34 (unchanged)
.....
19 David Arroyo Duran 2:17 (was 20th at 2:17)
.....
45 Christian Vande Velde 15:23 (was 51st at 15:23)
.....
74 Levi Leipheimer 29:11 (was 79th at 27:51)
.....
82 Jens Voigt 32:55 (was 77th at 26:06)
.....
117 Michael Rogers 57:59 (was 107th at 44:04)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Bram Tankink 13 (unchanged)
2 Maxim Belkov 9 (unchanged)
3 Amael Moinard 9 (unchanged)
4 Michael Albasini 9 (was 7th with 4 points)
5 Kevin Seeldraeyers 8 (was 8th with 3 points)
6 Dario Cataldo 7 (was 0 points)
7 Ivan Rovny 6 (was 4th with 6 points)
8 Mathieu Perget 5 (was 5th with 5 points)
9 Julian Sanchez Pimienta 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
10 Francesco Bellotti 3 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Michael Albasini 58 (was 1st with 34 points)
2 Amael Moinard 30 (was 2nd with 26 points)
3 Julian Sanchez Pimienta 24 (unchanged)
4 Maxim Iglinskiy 21 (unchanged)
5 Dario Cataldo 19 (was 14th with 8 points)
6 Juan Manuel Garate 17 (was 5th with 17 points)
7 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 16 (was 6th with 16 points)
8 Christopher Horner 14 (was 7th with 14 points)
9 Maxim Belkov 14 (was 8th with 14 points)
10 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 12 (was 23rd with 2 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Caja Rural 5
Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre - ISD 5
Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 5
Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 5
Higinio Fernandez (Spa) Caja Rural 5
Jerome Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 5
Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma-Lotto 5
Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Fabio Felline (Ita) Geox-TMC 4
Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Caja Rural 4
Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 4
Marco Bandiera (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 4
Noe Gianetti (Swi) Geox-TMC 4
Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC 4
Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre - ISD 3
Craig Lewis (USA) HTC-Highroad 3
Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Katusha Team 3
Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3
Andre Steensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 2
Santo Anza (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2
Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team 1
Total retirements : 24


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