Tour de Romandie stage 5 summary
 

Stage 5 (ITT) - Fribourg-Fribourg 16.2 km

1 Remi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:21:54
2 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education - Nippo 0:06
3 Geraint Thomas (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers 0:17
4 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM 0:18
5 Richie Porte (Aus) INEOS Grenadiers 0:20
6 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:21
7 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:29
8 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:34
9 Rohan Dennis (Aus) INEOS Grenadiers 0:35
10 Filippo Ganna (Ita) INEOS Grenadiers 0:37


Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Tom Bohli
+6 Damien Howson
+5 Lawrence Naesen
+5 Juraj Sagan
+5 Ian Garrison
+4 Rodrigo Contreras
+4 Remi Cavagna
+4 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
+4 Mathias Norsgaard
+4 Jan Tratnik

Biggest losers by position :
-4 Louis Meintjes
-4 Michael Woods
-4 Simon Pellaud
-3 Ben O'Connor
-2 Kenny Elissonde
-2 Sepp Kuss
-2 Tsgabu Grmay
-1 Cristian Camilo Munoz
-1 Matthieu Ladagnous
-1 Steven Kruijswijk

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:28 Remi Cavagna
+0:22 Stefan Bissegger
+0:11 Geraint Thomas
+0:10 Ilan Van Wilder
+0:08 Richie Porte
+0:07 Fausto Masnada

Biggest losers by time :
-4:37 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
-3:50 Fabio Sabatini
-3:43 Dylan Sunderland
-3:39 Albert Torres
-3:30 Joab Schneiter
-3:23 Cyrille Thiery
-3:23 Matteo Moschetti
-3:19 Juraj Sagan
-3:08 Sander Armee
-3:03 Carlos Barbero
-3:00 Kenny Elissonde

Favourites by position :
+3 Richie Porte
+3 Fausto Masnada
+2 Rohan Dennis
+2 Miguel Angel Lopez
+2 Jack Haig
+1 Tejay Van Garderen
+1 Geraint Thomas
-1 Steven Kruijswijk
-4 Michael Woods

Favourites by time :
+0:11 Geraint Thomas
+0:08 Richie Porte
+0:07 Fausto Masnada
-0:06 Marc Soler
-0:07 Rohan Dennis
-0:20 Ion Izagirre
-0:22 Wilco Kelderman
-0:31 Jack Haig
-0:33 Lucas Hamilton
-0:39 Miguel Angel Lopez
-0:43 Michael Woods
-0:44 Tejay Van Garderen
-1:04 Steven Kruijswijk

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Geraint Thomas 17:59:57 (was 2nd at 0:11)
2 Richie Porte 0:28 (was 5th at 0:36)
3 Fausto Masnada 0:38 (was 6th at 0:45)
4 Marc Soler 0:39 (was 4th at 0:33)
5 Michael Woods 0:43 (was 1st at 0:00)
6 Ben O'Connor 0:45 (was 3rd at 0:21)
7 Ion Izagirre 1:08 (was 7th at 0:48)
8 Lucas Hamilton 1:22 (was 8th at 0:49)
9 Damiano Caruso 1:30 (was 9th at 1:04)
10 Wilco Kelderman 2:20 (was 10th at 1:58)
.....
17 Rohan Dennis 6:44 (was 19th at 6:37)
.....
21 Steven Kruijswijk 8:05 (was 20th at 7:01)
.....
35 Miguel Angel Lopez 18:20 (was 37th at 17:41)
.....
57 Tejay Van Garderen 27:00 (was 58th at 26:16)
.....
67 Jack Haig 33:48 (was 69th at 33:17)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Sonny Colbrelli 98 (unchanged)
2 Marc Soler 77 (was 4th with 66 points)
3 Magnus Cort 76 (was 2nd with 76 points)
4 Peter Sagan 70 (was 3rd with 70 points)
5 Geraint Thomas 69 (was 5th with 47 points)
6 Richie Porte 54 (was 6th with 37 points)
7 Stefan Bissegger 52 (was 16th with 27 points)
8 Remi Cavagna 49 (was 25th with 19 points)
9 Ilan Van Wilder 48 (was 13th with 29 points)
10 Fausto Masnada 42 (was 14th with 27 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Kobe Goossens 48 (unchanged)
2 Joel Suter 43 (unchanged)
3 Geraint Thomas 34 (unchanged)
4 Davide Villella 34 (unchanged)
5 Rein Taaramae 26 (unchanged)
6 Simon Pellaud 25 (unchanged)
7 Antwan Tolhoek 20 (unchanged)
8 Manuele Boaro 19 (unchanged)
9 Michael Woods 18 (unchanged)
10 Robert Power 14 (unchanged)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 INEOS Grenadiers 54:07:07 (was 1st at 53:00:13)
2 Team DSM 11:50 (was 2nd at 10:27)
3 Team Jumbo-Visma 15:59 (was 3rd at 12:35)
4 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 20:33 (was 4th at 16:02)
5 Bahrain - Victorious 20:47 (was 5th at 19:11)
6 Trek - Segafredo 23:03 (was 6th at 20:51)
7 Deceuninck - Quick Step 23:41 (was 7th at 24:03)
8 Astana - Premier Tech 27:04 (was 8th at 25:04)
9 Movistar Team 30:44 (was 10th at 28:26)
10 Groupama - FDJ 31:17 (was 9th at 27:49)
11 UAE-Team Emirates 32:53 (was 11th at 28:53)
12 AG2R Citroen Team 36:48 (was 12th at 33:25)
13 Team BikeExchange 36:55 (was 14th at 34:51)
14 EF Education - Nippo 37:40 (was 15th at 36:39)
15 BORA - hansgrohe 38:28 (was 13th at 34:39)
16 Lotto Soudal 44:21 (was 16th at 38:46)
17 Israel Start-Up Nation 44:23 (was 17th at 40:26)
18 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:07:52 (was 20th at 1:03:47)
19 Swiss Cycling 1:08:28 (was 18th at 1:02:16)
20 Team Qhubeka ASSOS 1:10:49 (was 19th at 1:03:11)

Retirements to date : Stage
Gorka Izagirre (Astana - Premier Tech) 5
Iljo Keisse (Deceuninck - Quick Step) 5
Jos Van Emden (Team Jumbo-Visma) 5
Maximiliano Richeze (UAE-Team Emirates) 5
Alex Dowsett (Israel Start-Up Nation) 4
Alexis Gougeard (AG2R Citroen Team) 4
Filippo Conca (Lotto Soudal) 4
Jan Hirt (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 4
Nico Denz (Team DSM) 4
Oliviero Troia (UAE-Team Emirates) 4
Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain - Victorious) 4
Patrick Bevin (Israel Start-Up Nation) 3
Riccardo Minali (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 3
Romain Seigle (Groupama - FDJ) 3
Alexey Lutsenko (Astana - Premier Tech) 2
Chris Hamilton (Team DSM) 2
Dries Devenyns (Deceuninck - Quick Step) 2
Erik Baska (BORA - hansgrohe) 2
Sam Bewley (Team BikeExchange) 2
Harry Tanfield (Team Qhubeka ASSOS) 1
Total retirements : 20


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