Vuelta a Espana, stage 5 summary

Changes in stage 5 compared to stage 4

Biggest gainers by position :
+40 Dominique Cornu
+37 Vasili Kiryienka
+34 Sandy Casar
+32 Evgeny Petrov
+32 Andreas Kloden
+31 Stefan Schumacher
+30 Jurgen Van Goolen
+28 Julien Loubet
+27 Tom Stamsnijder
+25 Maarten Tjallingii

Biggest losers by position :
-64 Philippe Gilbert
-58 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea
-50 Paolo Bettini
-43 Filippo Pozzato
-42 Greg Van Avermaet
-34 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga
-30 Oscar Freire Gomez
-27 Oliver Zaugg
-26 Egoi Martinez De Esteban
-26 Juan Manuel Garate
-26 Patrice Halgand

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:17 Levi Leipheimer
+1:05 Sylvain Chavanel
+0:44 Manuel Quinziato
+0:28 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+0:11 Jurgen Van Goolen
+0:10 Michael Blaudzun
+0:02 Martin Velits

Biggest losers by time :
-7:29 Artur Gajek
-7:08 Francis Mourey
-6:59 Olivier Bonnaire
-6:55 Sebastian Schwager
-6:43 Jesus Rosendo Prado
-6:43 Philippe Gilbert
-6:24 Wouter Weylandt
-6:19 Jelle Vanendert
-6:16 Lloyd Mondory
-6:14 Ivan Velasco Murillo
-6:00 Ivan Santaromita

Favourites by position :
+32 Andreas Kloden
+31 Stefan Schumacher
+24 Levi Leipheimer
+22 Davide Rebellin
+19 Alberto Contador Velasco
+18 Robert Gesink
+16 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez
+15 Carlos Sastre Candil
+13 Damiano Cunego
+8 Marzio Bruseghin
-3 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau
-7 Yaroslav Popovych
-7 Igor Anton Hernandez
-11 Alessandro Ballan

Favourites by time :
+1:17 Levi Leipheimer
+0:28 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-0:04 Stefan Schumacher
-0:07 Andreas Kloden
-0:13 Carlos Sastre Candil
-0:51 Robert Gesink
-0:52 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez
-0:53 Davide Rebellin
-1:08 Marzio Bruseghin
-1:15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau
-1:18 Igor Anton Hernandez
-1:24 Alessandro Ballan
-1:35 Yaroslav Popovych
-2:35 Damiano Cunego

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Levi Leipheimer 14.16.11
2 Sylvain Chavanel 0.02
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0.30
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5 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.47
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7 Carlos Sastre Candil 1.27
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12 Igor Anton Hernandez 2.17
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14 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez 2.19
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18 Alessandro Ballan 2.26
19 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau 2.26
20 Marzio Bruseghin 2.30
21 Robert Gesink 2.30
22 Davide Rebellin 2.39
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24 Yaroslav Popovych 2.46
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64 Andreas Kloden 5.17
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67 Stefan Schumacher 5.42
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73 Damiano Cunego 5.54

Retirements to date : Stage
Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 5
Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5
Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5
Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1
Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4
Total retirements : 5