Giro d'Italia, stage 5 summary

Bob Martin

Changes in stage 5 compared to stage 4

Biggest gainers by position :
+34 Pavel Brutt
+32 Raffaele Illiano
+30 Vasili Kiryienka
+27 Paul Martens
+25 Geraint Thomas
+24 Timothy Gudsell
+24 Magnus Backstedt
+24 Johannes Frohlinger
+24 Jason McCartney
+23 Sven Krauss

Biggest losers by position :
-61 Jens Voigt
-50 Vladimir Miholjevic
-44 Paolo Bailetti
-39 Mauro Facci
-38 Dries Devenyns
-35 Mark Cavendish
-33 Addy Engels
-32 Adam Hansen
-32 Danilo Hondo
-31 Alberto Ongarato
-30 Hubert Schwab

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:51 Pavel Brutt
+0:43 Johannes Frohlinger
+0:29 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez
+0:12 David Millar
+0:08 Francisco Perez Sanchez

Biggest losers by time :
-15:32 Adam Hansen
-15:32 Alberto Loddo
-15:32 Alberto Ongarato
-15:32 Bradley Wiggins
-15:32 Dries Devenyns
-15:32 Enrico Poitschke
-15:32 Ermanno Capelli
-15:32 Geert Steurs
-15:32 Graeme Brown
-15:32 Kjell Carlstrom
-15:32 Luciano Andre Pagliarini Mendonca

Favourites by position :
+7 Vladimir Karpets
+3 Tadej Valjavec
+2 Marzio Bruseghin
+2 Levi Leipheimer
+2 Denis Menchov
+2 Davide Rebellin
+1 Riccardo Ricco
+1 Leonardo Piepoli
+1 Gilberto Simoni
+1 Andreas Kloden
+1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-20 Daniele Bennati
-61 Jens Voigt

Favourites by time :
-0:30 Daniele Bennati
-10:50 Jens Voigt

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Franco Pellizotti 21.46.49
2 Christian Vande Velde 0.01
3 Danilo Di Luca 0.07
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8 Paolo Savoldelli 0.19
9 Andrea Noe 0.22
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13 Andreas Kloden 0.28
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16 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.30
17 Riccardo Ricco 0.33
18 Davide Rebellin 0.37
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21 Levi Leipheimer 0.40
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26 Marzio Bruseghin 0.46
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30 Daniele Bennati 0.54
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34 Leonardo Piepoli 1.01
35 Gilberto Simoni 1.02
36 Denis Menchov 1.05
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52 Tadej Valjavec 1.30
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65 Vladimir Karpets 2.04
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100 Jens Voigt 11.55

Retirements to date : Stage
Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5 <<<
Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 4
Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattol 1
Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4
David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2
Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 3
Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 4
Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 2
Total retirements : 8