Stage 5 : Mar 16, Amatrice - Guardiagrele, 192 km
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 4.54.42
2 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 0.06
3 Benjamin King (USA) Garmin Sharp 0.45
4 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 1.01
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.26
6 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha 1.39
7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo 1.42
8 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Julian David Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing
10 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+58 Bjorn Thurau
+38 Tiago Machado
+36 Adam Hansen
+34 Fabian Cancellara
+30 David De La Cruz Melgarejo
+29 Luca Paolini
+27 Vladimir Gusev
+26 Cameron Meyer
+24 Kristijan Koren
+23 Tom Dumoulin
Biggest losers by position :
-39 Moreno Moser
-38 Simon Clarke
-36 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova
-30 Enrico Battaglin
-28 Daniele Bennati
-28 Luke Durbridge
-28 Rigoberto Uran
-26 Lloyd Mondory
-22 Maciej Bodnar
-20 Jurgen Roelandts
-20 Oscar Gatto
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:16 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:07 Simon Geschke
Biggest losers by time :
-28:54 Mark Cavendish
-28:50 Alex Dowsett
-28:50 Michael Hepburn
-28:47 Matteo Trentin
-28:40 Alessandro Petacchi
-28:40 Daniele Bennati
-28:40 Manuele Boaro
-28:40 Mark Renshaw
-28:40 Matteo Pelucchi
-28:40 Michael Morkov
-28:40 Nicola Ruffoni
Favourites by position :
+5 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+5 Andrew Talansky
+3 Roman Kreuziger
+2 Ivan Basso
+2 Damiano Cunego
+1 Michele Scarponi
+1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-7 Daniel Martin
-7 Bauke Mollema
-8 Cadel Evans
-10 Bradley Wiggins
-28 Rigoberto Uran
Favourites by time :
+0:16 Alberto Contador Velasco
-1:36 Roman Kreuziger
-1:42 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-1:55 Michele Scarponi
-3:46 Andrew Talansky
-4:35 Damiano Cunego
-4:39 Ivan Basso
-5:00 Bauke Mollema
-11:03 Rigoberto Uran
-16:35 Cadel Evans
-16:45 Daniel Martin
-16:58 Bradley Wiggins
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 21:01:30 (was 2nd at 0:16)
2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 2:08 (was 3rd at 0:23)
3 Roman Kreuziger 2:15 (was 6th at 0:39)
4 Julian Arredondo 2:39 (was 10th at 1:03)
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud 2:40 (was 15th at 1:20)
6 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 2:50 (was 9th at 1:02)
7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 2:51 (was 12th at 1:09)
8 Domenico Pozzovivo 2:56 (was 16th at 1:20)
9 Giampaolo Caruso 2:58 (was 18th at 1:25)
10 Robert Kiserlovski 3:06 (was 7th at 0:49)
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12 Michele Scarponi 3:07 (was 13th at 1:12)
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18 Andrew Talansky 5:25 (was 23rd at 1:39)
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21 Bauke Mollema 6:13 (was 14th at 1:13)
22 Ivan Basso 6:23 (was 24th at 1:44)
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27 Damiano Cunego 7:11 (was 29th at 2:36)
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33 Rigoberto Uran 11:41 (was 5th at 0:38)
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53 Cadel Evans 26:03 (was 45th at 9:28)
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55 Daniel Martin 26:48 (was 48th at 10:03)
56 Bradley Wiggins 26:49 (was 46th at 9:51)
Retirements to date : Stage
Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 5 <<<
Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 5 <<<
Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 4
Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 4
Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky 3
Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3
Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) MTN - Qhubeka 3
Total retirements : 8