Vuelta al Pais Vasco, stage 5 summary

[Bob Martin]

Changes in stage 5 compared to stage 4

Biggest gainers by position :
+48 Chris Horner
+47 Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil
+46 Julien El Fares
+46 Chris Anker Sorensen
+45 Bernhard Kohl
+42 Guillaume Levarlet
+40 Joaquim Rodriguez
+34 Kanstantin Siutsou
+34 Dominik Roels
+33 Simon Gerrans

Biggest losers by position :
-45 Iouri Trofimov
-33 Matthew Lloyd
-31 Bobby Julich
-31 Xavier Florencio Cabre
-30 Hubert Schwab
-28 Amael Moinard
-27 Iker Camano
-26 Carlos Sastre Candil
-24 Marco Marzano
-22 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-22 Eduard Vorganov

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-31:55 Paul Martens
-30:27 Addy Engels
-30:27 Amael Moinard
-30:27 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-30:27 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-30:27 Christophe Brandt
-30:27 Dario Cataldo
-30:27 Francis Mourey
-30:27 Hubert Dupont
-30:27 Hubert Schwab
-30:27 Iban Velasco Murillo

Favourites by position :
+29 Leonardo Piepoli
+17 Stefan Schumacher
+13 Thomas Dekker
+11 Frank Schleck
+8 Davide Rebellin
+7 Vladimir Karpets
+3 Maxime Monfort
+2 Kim Kirchen
+2 Damiano Cunego
+2 Cadel Evans
-8 Vladimir Efimkin
-13 Manuel Beltran

Favourites by time :
-1:12 Stefan Schumacher
-2:16 Leonardo Piepoli
-4:14 Vladimir Karpets
-16:38 Vladimir Efimkin
-16:38 Manuel Beltran

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 20.34.49
2 Damiano Cunego 0.08
3 Kim Kirchen 0.08
.....
5 Cadel Evans 0.08
.....
7 Maxime Monfort 0.08
8 Davide Rebellin 0.08
9 Thomas Dekker 0.08
10 Frank Schleck 0.08
.....
26 Stefan Schumacher 2.00
.....
42 Leonardo Piepoli 4.38
43 Vladimir Karpets 5.21
.....
64 Manuel Beltran 17.45
.....
66 Vladimir Efimkin 17.57

Retirements to date : Stage
Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 5 <<<
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Francaise des Jeux 5 <<<
Jeremy Roy (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 5 <<<
Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 5 <<<
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 <<<
Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 4
Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 5 <<<
Sebastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 4
Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5 <<<
Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5 <<<
Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r - La Mondiale 5 <<<
Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 3
Rene Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 4
Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r - La Mondiale 5 <<<
Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 5 <<<
Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 5 <<<
Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 5 <<<
Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4
Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 5 <<<
John Devine (USA) Team High Road 5 <<<
Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 3
Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 <<<
Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 5 <<<
Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 5 <<<
Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 4
Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 <<<
Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 3
Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 4
Maxime Mederel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4
Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 5 <<<
Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 5 <<<
Bjorn Schroder (Ger) Team Milram 5 <<<
Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 5 <<<
Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 5 <<<
Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 5 <<<
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 <<<
Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 <<<
Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5 <<<
Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 <<<
Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 <<<
Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 <<<
Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 4
Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 <<<
Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4
Total retirements : 45