Dauphine Libere, stage 5 summary

Bob Martin

Changes in stage 5 compared to stage 4

Biggest gainers by position :
+32 Juan Antonio Flecha
+27 Stef Clement
+26 Vladimir Efimkin
+24 Hubert Dupont
+23 Ruben Perez
+21 Alexandr Kolobnev
+20 Mario Aerts
+19 Aleksandr Kuschynski
+18 Sebastian Lang
+18 David Lopez Garcia

Biggest losers by position :
-51 Sergio Paulinho
-31 David De La Fuente
-26 Juan Jose Oroz
-26 Laurent Lefevre
-22 Peter Wrolich
-21 Pierrick Fedrigo
-20 Jose Luis Arrieta
-19 Andriy Grivko
-18 Dominik Roels
-18 Oscar Pereiro
-16 Juan Manuel Garate

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:18 Iouri Trofimov

Biggest losers by time :
-23:10 Carlo Westphal
-21:15 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla
-21:15 Benat Albizuri
-21:15 David De La Fuente
-21:15 Javier Mejias
-21:15 Jose Vicente Garcia
-19:37 Julien Loubet
-19:37 Samuel Dumoulin
-19:17 Arnaud Coyot
-19:17 Arnaud Gerard
-19:17 Bart Dockx

Favourites by position :
+26 Vladimir Efimkin
+10 George Hincapie
+8 Manuel Beltran
+6 Thor Hushovd
+5 Haimar Zubeldia
+4 Michael Rogers
+3 Carlos Sastre
+1 Cadel Evans
-1 Levi Leipheimer
-2 Mikel Astarloza
-2 Jose Luis Rubiera
-4 Samuel Sanchez
-5 Janez Brajkovic
-18 Oscar Pereiro

Favourites by time :
-0:05 Haimar Zubeldia
-0:26 Vladimir Efimkin
-1:06 Michael Rogers
-1:06 Levi Leipheimer
-1:25 Manuel Beltran
-1:55 Mikel Astarloza
-1:55 Carlos Sastre
-2:51 George Hincapie
-3:42 Janez Brajkovic
-5:10 Oscar Pereiro
-15:36 Thor Hushovd
-15:36 Samuel Sanchez
-15:36 Jose Luis Rubiera

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alejandro Valverde 17.57.50
2 Cadel Evans 0.37
3 Levi Leipheimer 1.29
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8 Mikel Astarloza 3.15
9 Haimar Zubeldia 3.17
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13 Michael Rogers 4.35
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19 Manuel Beltran 5.49
20 Carlos Sastre 6.08
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23 Vladimir Efimkin 6.40
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25 Oscar Pereiro 7.08
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30 Janez Brajkovic 8.04
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34 George Hincapie 8.50
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88 Samuel Sanchez 29.33
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90 Jose Luis Rubiera 30.52
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101 Thor Hushovd 35.08

Retirements to date : Stage
Chris Horner (USA) Astana 3
Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 4
Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 5 <<<
Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 4
Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4
Sebastien Joly (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 4
Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 5 <<<
Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 5 <<<
Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 5 <<<
Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 5 <<<
Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 5 <<<
Andre Greipel (Ger) High Road 3
Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road 4
Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5 <<<
Total retirements : 14