Stage 5 : Mar 25, El Vendrell - Tarragona, 205.8 km
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 4.49.31
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
3 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
4 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Caja Rural
5 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
6 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Caja Rural
7 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Team RadioShack
9 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
10 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) HTC-Highroad
Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+11 William Clarke
+11 Julian Dean
+11 Carlos Sastre Candil
+10 Joost Van Leijen
+10 Alan Perez Lezaun
+9 Wouter Mol
+9 Denys Kostyuk
+9 Arturo Mora Ortiz
+9 Aitor Galdos
+8 Serge Pauwels
Biggest losers by position :
-19 Brice Feillu
-9 Jelle Vanendert
-8 Ben Gastauer
-8 Giacomo Nizzolo
-6 Christopher Froome
-3 Brent Bookwalter
-2 Evgeny Petrov
-1 Blazej Janiaczyk
-1 Jan Bakelandts
-1 Morris Possoni
-1 Pieter Weening
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-14:24 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-14:24 Brice Feillu
-14:24 Giacomo Nizzolo
-2:57 Jelle Vanendert
-2:09 Joost Van Leijen
-1:53 Andre Steensen
-1:36 Christophe Riblon
-1:32 Christopher Froome
-0:35 Ben Gastauer
-0:31 Alessandro Spezialetti
-0:31 Travis Meyer
Favourites by position :
+11 Carlos Sastre Candil
+6 Frantisek Rabon
+5 Denis Menchov
+2 Vladimir Karpets
+1 Linus Gerdemann
+1 Janez Brajkovic
+1 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
Favourites by time :
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 22:28:28 (unchanged)
2 Levi Leipheimer 0:23 (unchanged)
3 Michele Scarponi 0:23 (unchanged)
4 Daniel Martin 0:35 (unchanged)
5 Christopher Horner 0:35 (unchanged)
6 Rigoberto Uran Uran 0:38 (unchanged)
7 Ivan Basso 0:38 (unchanged)
8 Xavier Tondo Volpini 0:38 (unchanged)
9 Cadel Evans 0:50 (unchanged)
10 Bauke Mollema 1:12 (unchanged)
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15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 1:12 (was 16th at 1:12)
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17 Danilo Di Luca 1:20 (unchanged)
18 Janez Brajkovic 1:20 (was 19th at 1:20)
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23 Christian Vande Velde 1:37 (unchanged)
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55 Linus Gerdemann 7:44 (was 56th at 7:44)
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67 Vladimir Karpets 9:01 (was 69th at 9:01)
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124 Denis Menchov 23:22 (was 129th at 23:22)
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135 Frantisek Rabon 29:44 (was 141st at 29:44)
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163 Carlos Sastre Candil 36:17 (was 174th at 36:17)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Ruben Perez Moreno 15 (was 1st with 12 points)
2 Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea 10 (was 2nd with 9 points)
3 Ben Gastauer 5 (was 4th with 5 points)
4 Gatis Smukulis 4 (was 5th with 4 points)
5 Marek Rutkiewicz 4 (was 3rd with 6 points)
6 Francesco Masciarelli 3 (was 0 points)
7 Javier Ramirez Abeja 3 (was 6th with 3 points)
8 Remi Cusin 2 (was 0 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Nairo Quintana Rojas 46 (was 2nd with 42 points)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 42 (was 1st with 42 points)
3 Steven Kruijswijk 41 (was 3rd with 40 points)
4 Julian Sanchez Pimienta 39 (unchanged)
5 Michele Scarponi 35 (unchanged)
6 Gatis Smukulis 28 (unchanged)
7 Christopher Horner 22 (unchanged)
8 Levi Leipheimer 21 (unchanged)
Retirements to date : Stage
Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Katusha Team 5 <<<
Dalivier Ospina Navarro (Col) Colombia Es Pasion - Cafe De Colombia 5 <<<
Frederique Robert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 5 <<<
Jan Tratnik (Slo) Quickstep Cycling Team 5 <<<
Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team 5 <<<
Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 5 <<<
Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 <<<
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 4
Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4
Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3
David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Caja Rural 3
Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling 3
Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 3
Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1
Total retirements : 16