Stage 5 - June 11: Valence - Le Mont Ventoux, 154km
First 10 finishers :
1 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 4.05.04 (37.704 km/h)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
3 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana 1.14
4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1.50
5 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1.59
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 2.10
7 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 2.13
8 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
9 Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 2.16
10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 2.20
Changes in stage 5 compared to stage 4 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+96 David Moncoutie
+89 Alexandre Botcharov
+88 Rigoberto Uran
+80 Jesus Hernandez
+80 Florian Stalder
+74 Mikel Nieve
+67 Vladimir Efimkin
+65 Sylvester Szmyd
+63 Morris Possoni
+61 Julien El Fares
Biggest losers by position :
-101 Frantisek Rabon
-101 Sebastien Rosseler
-77 Svein Tuft
-73 Brent Bookwalter
-71 Maciej Bodnar
-65 Niki Terpstra
-64 Bram Tankink
-58 Bert Grabsch
-56 Fabrice Piemontesi
-55 Koos Moerenhout
-50 Tom Boonen
Biggest gainers by time :
+1:54 Sylvester Szmyd
+1:54 Alejandro Valverde
+0:40 Haimar Zubeldia
+0:04 Robert Gesink
Biggest losers by time :
-23:08 Marco Bandiera
-23:01 Alexander Serov
-23:01 Angelo Furlan
-23:01 Bram Tankink
-23:01 Brent Bookwalter
-23:01 Fabrice Piemontesi
-23:01 Frantisek Rabon
-23:01 Javier Mejias
-23:01 Jelle Vanendert
-23:01 Kevin De Weert
-23:01 Maarten Wynants
Favourites by position :
+88 Rigoberto Uran
+67 Vladimir Efimkin
+55 Igor Anton
+50 Daniel Martin
+32 Stijn Devolder
+16 Haimar Zubeldia
+9 Robert Gesink
+7 Alejandro Valverde
+2 Mikel Astarloza
+2 Ivan Basso
+1 David Millar
-1 Cadel Evans
-1 Alberto Contador
-26 Rinaldo Nocentini
Favourites by time :
+1:54 Alejandro Valverde
+0:40 Haimar Zubeldia
+0:04 Robert Gesink
-0:16 Cadel Evans
-0:19 Alberto Contador
-0:26 Vladimir Efimkin
-0:34 David Millar
-0:37 Rigoberto Uran
-0:37 Mikel Astarloza
-0:37 Igor Anton
-6:20 Ivan Basso
-6:20 Daniel Martin
-8:52 Rinaldo Nocentini
-9:44 Stijn Devolder
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alejandro Valverde 15.23.17
2 Cadel Evans 0.16
3 Alberto Contador 1.04
4 David Millar 1.43
5 Haimar Zubeldia 2.21
6 Robert Gesink 2.34
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8 Mikel Astarloza 2.44
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13 Igor Anton 5.18
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16 Vladimir Efimkin 5.50
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30 Ivan Basso 9.48
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38 Rinaldo Nocentini 11.04
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40 Rigoberto Uran 11.25
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44 Daniel Martin 12.33
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55 Stijn Devolder 15.27
Retirements to date : Stage
Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 5 <<<
Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto 5 <<<
Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Columbia-Highroad 4
Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3
Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 3
Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 1
Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1
Total retirements : 7