Stage 5 : May 13, Novara - Novi Ligure, 168 km
1 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 3.45.59
2 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
3 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions 0.04
5 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Sky Professional Cycling Team
6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
7 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
8 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia
9 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank
10 William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
Changes in stage 5 compared to stage 4 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+22 Yukiya Arashiro
+18 Carlos Jose Ochoa
+17 Massimo Codol
+17 Marzio Bruseghin
+17 Kalle Kriit
+17 John Gadret
+17 Francesco Masciarelli
+16 Michael Schar
+16 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez
+16 Jerome Pineau
Biggest losers by position :
-81 Luke Roberts
-81 Svein Tuft
-73 Marco Marzano
-69 Mikhail Ignatiev
-51 John Murphy
-50 Nicki Sorensen
-38 Pablo Lastras Garcia
-36 Paul Voss
-33 Michael Morkov
-27 Gabriel Rasch
-26 Craig Lewis
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:30 Jerome Pineau
+0:20 Julien Fouchard
+0:14 Yukiya Arashiro
Biggest losers by time :
-8:12 Cameron Meyer
-8:12 Damien Gaudin
-8:12 Gabriel Rasch
-8:12 Jack Bobridge
-8:12 John Murphy
-8:12 Marco Frapporti
-8:12 Marco Marzano
-8:12 Paul Voss
-8:02 Nicki Sorensen
-4:28 Alessandro Spezialetti
-4:28 Dario Andriotto
Favourites by position :
+17 Marzio Bruseghin
+4 Stefano Garzelli
+3 Michele Scarponi
+3 Damiano Cunego
+3 Carlos Sastre Candil
+2 Cadel Evans
+2 Bradley Wiggins
Favourites by time :
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 14.30.03
2 Ivan Basso 0.13
3 Valerio Agnoli 0.20
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7 Vladimir Karpets 0.39
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9 David Millar 0.45
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13 Linus Gerdemann 1.04
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25 Cadel Evans 1.59
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29 Carlos Sastre Candil 2.13
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35 Michele Scarponi 2.35
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37 Stefano Garzelli 2.49
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41 Damiano Cunego 3.45
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48 Bradley Wiggins 4.36
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122 Marzio Bruseghin 11.57
Retirements to date : Stage
Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin - Transitions 3
Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2
Total retirements : 2