Volta a Catalunya stage 5 summary

Stage 5 - La Pobla de Segur-Manresa

1 Lennard Kamna (Ger) BORA - hansgrohe 4:29:13
2 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education - Nippo 0:39
3 Mikel Bizkarra (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:42
4 Dion Smith (Nzl) Team BikeExchange 0:44
5 Dan Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:44
6 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain - Victorious 0:44
7 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:44
8 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama - FDJ 0:44
9 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education - Nippo 0:44
10 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:44


Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+28 Laurent Pichon
+27 Jaakko Hanninen
+26 Remi Cavagna
+24 Jan Hirt
+21 Josef Cerny
+20 Wout Poels
+20 Francois Bidard
+19 Sylvain Moniquet
+17 Fernando Barcelo
+16 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg

Biggest losers by position :
-30 Juan Pedro Lopez
-25 Koen Bouwman
-23 Jonathan Castroviejo
-20 Rob Britton
-20 Stephen Williams
-19 Louis Meintjes
-18 Jose Herrada
-18 Maxim Van Gils
-15 Merhawi Kudus
-13 Alexander Kamp
-13 Chris Froome

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:09 Lennard Kamna
+1:26 Ruben Guerreiro
+1:21 Mikel Bizkarra
+1:17 Matej Mohoric
+1:17 Attila Valter
+1:15 Steven Kruijswijk
+1:15 Sebastien Reichenbach
+1:15 Rigoberto Uran
+1:15 Nicolas Edet
+1:15 Michael Storer

Biggest losers by time :
-17:48 Alan Riou
-17:48 Alexander Kamp
-17:48 Antonio Jesus Soto
-17:48 Colin Joyce
-17:48 Frederik Wandahl
-17:48 Gavin Mannion
-17:48 Joan Bou
-17:48 Joey Rosskopf
-17:48 Jonathan Castroviejo
-17:48 Jordi Meeus
-17:48 Juan Jose Lobato

Favourites by position :
+24 Jan Hirt
+20 Wout Poels
+14 Rigoberto Uran
+9 Tejay Van Garderen
+8 Rohan Dennis
+1 Steven Kruijswijk
-1 Enric Mas

Favourites by time :
+1:15 Steven Kruijswijk
+1:15 Rigoberto Uran
-0:57 Rohan Dennis

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Adam Yates 18:45:27 (unchanged)
2 Richie Porte 0:45 (unchanged)
3 Geraint Thomas 0:49 (unchanged)
4 Alejandro Valverde 1:03 (unchanged)
5 Wilco Kelderman 1:03 (unchanged)
6 Esteban Chaves 1:04 (unchanged)
7 Joao Almeida 1:07 (unchanged)
8 Hugh Carthy 1:20 (unchanged)
9 Sepp Kuss 1:29 (unchanged)
10 Simon Yates 1:32 (unchanged)
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12 Nairo Quintana 1:46 (unchanged)
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19 Enric Mas 3:07 (was 18th at 3:07)
20 Richard Carapaz 4:45 (unchanged)
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22 Steven Kruijswijk 5:49 (was 23rd at 7:04)
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43 Rohan Dennis 27:33 (was 51st at 26:36)
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57 Rigoberto Uran 34:00 (was 71st at 35:15)
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64 Tejay Van Garderen 35:58 (was 73rd at 35:58)
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84 Wout Poels 48:12 (was 104th at 48:12)
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87 Jan Hirt 50:04 (was 111st at 50:04)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Esteban Chaves 16 (unchanged)
2 Adam Yates 10 (unchanged)
3 Lennard Kamna 10 (was 0 points)
4 Rohan Dennis 10 (was 3rd with 10 points)
5 Remi Cavagna 9 (was 7th with 6 points)
6 Natnael Berhane 6 (was 4th with 6 points)
7 Michael Woods 6 (was 5th with 6 points)
8 Ruben Guerreiro 6 (was 0 points)
9 Luis Leon Sanchez 6 (was 6th with 6 points)
10 Alexander Kamp 5 (was 8th with 5 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Esteban Chaves 50 (unchanged)
2 Adam Yates 40 (unchanged)
3 Koen Bouwman 33 (was 3rd with 30 points)
4 Geraint Thomas 30 (unchanged)
5 Alejandro Valverde 28 (unchanged)
6 Lennard Kamna 27 (unchanged)
7 Michael Woods 26 (unchanged)
8 Sepp Kuss 23 (unchanged)
9 Louis Meintjes 16 (unchanged)
10 Joe Dombrowski 15 (unchanged)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 INEOS Grenadiers 56:17:22 (was 1st at 42:43:46)
2 Team BikeExchange 0:36 (was 2nd at 3:02)
3 Movistar Team 8:14 (was 3rd at 9:29)
4 Team Jumbo-Visma 23:03 (was 4th at 24:18)
5 EF Education - Nippo 24:45 (was 5th at 27:20)
6 Deceuninck - Quick Step 24:57 (was 6th at 27:27)
7 UAE-Team Emirates 28:47 (was 7th at 28:47)
8 BORA - hansgrohe 29:01 (was 9th at 32:06)
9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 31:00 (was 10th at 32:17)
10 Lotto Soudal 34:25 (was 8th at 28:52)
11 Trek - Segafredo 37:02 (was 13th at 38:10)
12 Astana - Premier Tech 40:34 (was 14th at 41:41)
13 Israel Start-Up Nation 43:21 (was 11th at 34:51)
14 Team Arkea Samsic 43:41 (was 15th at 44:56)
15 Bahrain - Victorious 43:48 (was 16th at 45:03)
16 Groupama - FDJ 53:59 (was 17th at 56:29)
17 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:14:23 (was 18th at 1:07:34)
18 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 1:23:06 (was 19th at 1:13:21)
19 Team DSM 1:30:34 (was 20th at 1:14:00)
20 AG2R Citroen Team 1:37:27 (was 22th at 1:37:27)
21 Gazprom - RusVelo 1:42:22 (was 21th at 1:34:18)
22 Team Qhubeka ASSOS 2:25:22 (was 23th at 2:09:29)
23 Rally Cycling 3:04:46 (was 24th at 2:19:25)

Retirements to date : Stage
Daniel Alejandro Mendez (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Denis Nekrasov (Gazprom - RusVelo) 5
Francisco Galvan (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Jaime Castrillo (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Marti Marquez (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Roger Adria (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Savva Novikov (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Urko Berrade (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Alexander Evans (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 4
Andreas Kron (Lotto Soudal) 4
Domen Novak (Bahrain - Victorious) 4
George Bennett (Team Jumbo-Visma) 4
Ilnur Zakarin (Gazprom - RusVelo) 4
Jai Hindley (Team DSM) 4
Karel Vacek (Team Qhubeka ASSOS) 4
Kenny Elissonde (Trek - Segafredo) 4
Tony Gallopin (AG2R Citroen Team) 3
Jan Bakelants (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 2
Nicolas Roche (Team DSM) 2
Pieter Serry (Deceuninck - Quick Step) 1
Rui Costa (UAE-Team Emirates) 1
Total retirements : 21


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