Stage 5 : Mar 13, Chieti - Castelraimondo, 240 km         
            
             1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto                                      6.43.23
             2 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team                                     
             3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD                                                     
             4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Katusha Team                                                     
             5 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team                                         
             6 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team                                         
             7 Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack                                               0.02
             8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD                                                   
             9 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling                                                  
            10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale                                             
            
            
           Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :
            
           Biggest gainers by position :
                 +64   Fabian Wegmann 
                 +61   Andrei Amador Bipkazacova 
                 +47   Rafai Chtioui 
                 +44   Alessandro Donati 
                 +43   Mathew Hayman 
                 +43   Leonardo Giordani 
                 +40   Yuriy Krivtsov 
                 +40   Ignatas Konovalovas 
                 +40   Gustav Erik Larsson 
                 +35   Oscar Gatto 
            
           Biggest losers by position :
                 -64   Fabian Cancellara 
                 -54   Enrico Gasparotto 
                 -49   Andreas Klier 
                 -48   Fabio Taborre 
                 -45   Thor Hushovd 
                 -43   Dries Devenyns 
                 -42   Filippo Pozzato 
                 -41   Baden Cooke 
                 -41   Daniel Oss 
                 -41   Fumiyuki Beppu 
                 -40   Sebastiaan Langeveld 
            
           Biggest gainers by time :
               +0:22   Philippe Gilbert 
               +0:18   Wout Poels 
               +0:16   Davide Malacarne 
               +0:16   Damiano Cunego 
               +0:14   Andrei Amador Bipkazacova 
               +0:12   Danilo Di Luca 
               +0:10   Vincenzo Nibali 
               +0:10   Tiago Machado 
               +0:10   Thomas Lovkvist 
               +0:10   Michele Scarponi 
            
           Biggest losers by time :
              -30:48   Alan Marangoni 
              -30:48   Alberto Ongarato 
              -30:48   Alessandro Petacchi 
              -30:48   Alessandro Proni 
              -30:48   Allan Davis 
              -30:48   Andreas Klier 
              -30:48   Assan Bazayev 
              -30:48   Baden Cooke 
              -30:48   Bernhard Eisel 
              -30:48   Bert Grabsch 
              -30:48   Branislau Samoilau 
            
           Favourites by position :
                 +14   David Arroyo Duran 
                  +9   Joaquin Rodriguez 
                  +9   Danilo Di Luca 
                  +4   Stefano Garzelli 
                  +1   Vincenzo Nibali 
                  +1   Thomas Lovkvist 
                  +1   Ivan Basso 
                  +1   Cadel Evans 
                  +1   Allan Davis 
                  -4   Robert Gesink 
                  -6   Alessandro Ballan 
                 -10   David Zabriskie 
                 -14   Andy Schleck 
                 -64   Fabian Cancellara 
            
           Favourites by time :
               +0:12   Danilo Di Luca 
               +0:10   Vincenzo Nibali 
               +0:10   Thomas Lovkvist 
               +0:10   Michele Scarponi 
               +0:10   Ivan Basso 
               +0:10   Cadel Evans 
               -0:05   Robert Gesink 
               -0:15   Stefano Garzelli 
               -0:25   David Arroyo Duran 
               -0:54   Alessandro Ballan 
              -11:40   Andy Schleck 
              -14:55   Joaquin Rodriguez 
              -30:48   Fabian Cancellara 
              -30:48   David Zabriskie 
              -30:48   Allan Davis 
            
           Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
                   1  Cadel Evans                           22:48:45         (was 2nd at 0:10)
                   2  Ivan Basso                                0:02         (was 3rd at 0:12)
                   3  Damiano Cunego                            0:03         (was 5th at 0:19)
                   4  Michele Scarponi                          0:05         (was 4th at 0:15)
                   5  Robert Gesink                             0:05         (was 1st at 0:00)
                   6  Vincenzo Nibali                           0:12         (was 7th at 0:22)
                   7  Philippe Gilbert                          0:23         (was 16th at 0:45)
                   8  Thomas Lovkvist                           0:27         (was 9th at 0:37)
                   9  Marco Pinotti                             0:27         (was 11th at 0:37)
                  10  Tiago Machado                             0:32         (was 14th at 0:42)
                  11  Danilo Di Luca                            0:46         (was 20th at 0:58)
                   .....
                  17  Stefano Garzelli                          1:14         (was 21st at 0:59)
                   .....
                  31  Alessandro Ballan                         2:03         (was 25th at 1:09)
                  32  David Arroyo Duran                        2:34         (was 46th at 2:09)
                   .....
                  49  Andy Schleck                             13:14         (was 35th at 1:34)
                   .....
                  77  Joaquin Rodriguez                        29:56         (was 86th at 15:01)
                   .....
                  82  Fabian Cancellara                        31:43         (was 18th at 0:55)
                   .....
                 132  David Zabriskie                          49:51         (was 122nd at 19:03)
                   .....
                 146  Allan Davis                              58:27         (was 147th at 27:39)
            
           Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
                   1  Tyler Farrar                                24         (unchanged)
                   2  Juan Jose Haedo                             20         (unchanged)
                   3  Damiano Cunego                              18         (was 8th with 10 points)
                   4  Alessandro Petacchi                         17         (was 3rd with 17 points)
                   5  Michele Scarponi                            15         (was 5th with 12 points)
                   6  Philippe Gilbert                            13         (was 0 points)
                   7  Danilo Di Luca                              13         (was 15th with 6 points)
                   8  Mark Renshaw                                13         (was 4th with 13 points)
                   9  Davide Malacarne                            12         (was 0 points)
                  10  Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente          10         (was 6th with 10 points)
            
           Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
                   1  Davide Malacarne                            13         (was 0 points)
                   2  Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente          11         (was 1st with 11 points)
                   3  Gorazd Stangelj                             10         (was 2nd with 10 points)
                   4  Fabian Wegmann                               8         (was 0 points)
                   5  Michele Scarponi                             7         (was 5th with 5 points)
                   6  Mikael Cherel                                6         (was 3rd with 6 points)
                   7  Andrey Amador Bakkazakova                    6         (was 0 points)
                   8  Leonardo Giordani                            6         (was 4th with 6 points)
                   9  Angel Madrazo Ruiz                           5         (was 6th with 5 points)
                  10  Danilo Di Luca                               4         (was 8th with 3 points)
            
           Retirements to date :                                          Stage
              Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling                       5 <<<
              Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team                                 5 <<<
              Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team                        5 <<<
              Davide ViganA² (Ita) Team Leopard-Trek                          4
              Frederik Willems (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto                       4
              Hayden Roulston (NZl) HTC-Highroad                              3
              Andre Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto                          2
            Total retirements : 7