Stage 5 : May 1, Champagne - Geneva, 164.6 km
1 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 3.50.51
2 Davide Vigano (Ita) Leopard Trek
3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
4 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
5 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana
6 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Team RadioShack
7 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad
8 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
10 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team
Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+19 Christopher Sutton
+18 Oscar Pujol Munoz
+18 Matthew Wilson
+17 Enrique Sanz
+17 Artem Ovechkin
+14 Mirco Lorenzetto
+13 Fabio Sabatini
+12 Marco Corti
+11 Tiziano Dall'Antonia
+11 Alan Marangoni
Biggest losers by position :
-52 David Loosli
-49 Vladimir Gusev
-47 Inaki Isasi Flores
-47 Luke Roberts
-38 Dennis Van Winden
-11 Patrick Gretsch
-10 Jerome Cousin
-6 Maarten Neyens
-5 Danilo Wyss
-5 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-5 Marco Bandiera
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Ben Swift
+0:06 Davide Vigano
+0:04 Oscar Freire Gomez
Biggest losers by time :
-20:38 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-20:38 Danilo Wyss
-20:38 David Loosli
-20:38 Dennis Van Winden
-20:38 Francesco Chicchi
-20:38 Inaki Isasi Flores
-20:38 Jack Bobridge
-20:38 Jan Tratnik
-20:38 Jerome Cousin
-20:38 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-20:38 Joost Van Leijen
Favourites by position :
+4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+3 Roman Kreuziger
+2 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
-3 Richie Porte
Favourites by time :
-0:13 Ivan Basso
-0:13 David Zabriskie
-0:34 Bradley Wiggins
-0:54 Roman Kreuziger
-20:38 Richie Porte
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Cadel Evans 16:51:49 (unchanged)
2 Tony Martin 0:18 (unchanged)
3 Alexandre Vinokourov 0:19 (unchanged)
4 Marco Pinotti 0:31 (unchanged)
5 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 0:41 (unchanged)
6 Pieter Weening 0:51 (unchanged)
7 Janez Brajkovic 0:52 (unchanged)
8 Pavel Brutt 0:58 (unchanged)
9 Andrew Talansky 0:59 (unchanged)
10 David Millar 1:00 (unchanged)
11 Linus Gerdemann 1:06 (unchanged)
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14 Denis Menchov 1:16 (unchanged)
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31 Ivan Basso 3:03 (was 31st at 2:50)
32 David Zabriskie 3:06 (was 32nd at 2:53)
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39 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 3:35 (was 41st at 3:35)
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46 Vladimir Karpets 4:01 (unchanged)
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56 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 6:18 (was 60th at 6:18)
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62 Bradley Wiggins 7:15 (was 62nd at 6:41)
63 Roman Kreuziger 7:50 (was 66th at 6:56)
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121 Richie Porte 48:57 (was 118th at 28:19)
Top 10 on Points table
1 Matthias Brandle 12
2 Dario David Cioni 7
3 Pavel Brutt 6
4 Chris Anker Sorensen 6
5 Christophe Kern 6
6 Jerome Cousin 6
7 Jack Bobridge 6
8 Ignatas Konovalovas 6
9 Oleksandr Kvachuk 4
10 Branislau Samoilau 4
Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Chris Anker Sorensen 32
2 Oleksandr Kvachuk 28
3 Pavel Brutt 22
4 Branislau Samoilau 22
5 Pierre Rolland 16
6 Christophe Kern 14
7 Ignatas Konovalovas 14
8 Roman Kreuziger 12
9 Vladimir Gusev 12
10 Steven Kruijswijk 12
Retirements to date : Stage
Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad 5 <<<
Frantisek Rabon (Cze) HTC-Highroad 5 <<<
Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 5 <<<
Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 5 <<<
Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 5 <<<
Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 5 <<<
Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 5 <<<
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Leopard Trek 5 <<<
Adam Blythe (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4
Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 4
Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad 4
Marc De Maar (AHo) Quickstep Cycling Team 4
Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD 4
Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3
Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack 2
Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack 2
Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2
Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 2
Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek 1
Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 1
Nicki Sorensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 1
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 1
Total retirements : 22