Stage 5 : Thursday, August 6 2009, Strzyzow - Krynica-Zdroj, 171.5 km
           
             1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                        3.48.23
             2 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
             3 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
             4 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step
             5 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Team Poland Bank BGZ
             6 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas
             7 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team                                  0.15
             8 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.
             9 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank
            10 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream
           
           
           Changes in stage 5 compared to stage 4 :
           
           Biggest gainers by position :
                +109   Pieter Weening
                 +86   Michael Albasini
                 +86   Aitor Hernandez
                 +82   Maarten Wynants
                 +80   Michael Schar
                 +79   Craig Lewis
                 +78   Cameron Wurf
                 +77   Dmitry Kozontchuk
                 +77   David Lopez Garcia
                 +77   Alberto Losada
           
           Biggest losers by position :
                 -98   Angelo Furlan
                 -98   Olivier Kaisen
                 -95   Bjorn Schroder
                 -95   Juan Jose Haedo
                 -95   Nicolas Rousseau
                 -95   Wim De Vocht
                 -94   Anthony Roux
                 -94   Graeme Brown
                 -94   Igor Abakoumov
                 -94   Robert Forster
                 -93   Bartlomiej Matysiak
           
           Biggest gainers by time :
               +0:16   Alessandro Ballan
               +0:12   Daniel Moreno
               +0:10   Pieter Weening
               +0:06   Sylvester Szmyd
               +0:06   Marek Rutkiewicz
               +0:06   Francesco Reda
           
           Biggest losers by time :
              -16:25   Olivier Kaisen
              -16:24   Bjorn Schroder
              -16:23   Adam Hansen
              -16:23   Alexander Serov
              -16:23   Alexandre Blain
              -16:23   Andrey Zeits
              -16:23   Angelo Furlan
              -16:23   Anthony Roux
              -16:23   Arnaud Gerard
              -16:23   Aurelien Clerc
              -16:23   Bart Dockx
           
           Favourites by position :
                 +77   David Lopez Garcia
                 +76   Ivan Basso
                 +68   Sylvester Szmyd
                 +61   Daniel Martin
                 +53   Alessandro Ballan
                 +44   Maxim Iglinsky
                 +40   Tadej Valjavec
                 +10   Marzio Bruseghin
                  +6   Francesco Gavazzi
                  -2   David Loosli
                 -92   Allan Davis
           
           Favourites by time :
               +0:16   Alessandro Ballan
               +0:06   Sylvester Szmyd
               -0:08   Francesco Gavazzi
               -0:09   Tadej Valjavec
               -0:09   Maxim Iglinsky
               -0:09   David Lopez Garcia
               -0:09   David Loosli
               -0:09   Daniel Martin
               -0:21   Ivan Basso
               -5:13   Marzio Bruseghin
              -16:20   Allan Davis
           
           Top 3 and favourites standings :
                   1  Alessandro Ballan                          21.47.00
                   2  Daniel Moreno                                  0.04
                   3  Pieter Weening                                 0.06
                   .....
                   6  Sylvester Szmyd                                0.10
                   .....
                   9  David Loosli                                   0.16
                  10  Francesco Gavazzi                              0.20
                   .....
                  21  Tadej Valjavec                                 0.25
                   .....
                  24  Maxim Iglinsky                                 0.25
                   .....
                  28  Daniel Martin                                  0.25
                   .....
                  38  David Lopez Garcia                             0.25
                   .....
                  42  Ivan Basso                                     0.37
                   .....
                  66  Marzio Bruseghin                               5.29
                   .....
                 103  Allan Davis                                   16.30
           
           Retirements to date :                                    Stage
              Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Quick Step                          5 <<<
              Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                  5 <<<
              Sergii Matveiev (Ukr) ISD                                 5 <<<
              Tomasz Smolen (Pol) Team Poland Bank BGZ                  5 <<<
              Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                    4
              Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - HTC             2
              Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                         1
              Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                           1
              Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto                    1
            Total retirements : 9