Stage 5 : Mar 23, Asco - Manresa, 207.1 km 1 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 4.58.27 2 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 3 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 4 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 7 Michael Albasini (Swi) GreenEdge Cycling Team 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 9 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Barracuda 10 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 : Biggest gainers by position : +44 Kristof Vandewalle +30 Julien Simon +27 Jordi Simon Casulleras +25 Nicolas Edet +25 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas +23 Martijn Keizer +23 Leonardo Bertagnolli +22 Marcos Garcia +19 Mauro Santambrogio +18 Thierry Huppond Biggest losers by position : -47 Laurens ten Dam -35 Ryder Hesjedal -32 Andre Fernando S Martins Cardoso -30 Mickael Cherel -26 Steve Morabito -21 Victor Cabedo -19 Egor Silin -19 Yoann Bagot -17 Luke Roberts -16 Allan Davis -16 Fumiyuki Beppu Biggest gainers by time : Biggest losers by time : -21:24 Laurens ten Dam -21:04 Aitor Galdos Alonso -21:04 Allan Davis -21:04 Andre Fernando S Martins Cardoso -21:04 CARRASCO GARCIA Sergio -21:04 Fumiyuki Beppu -21:04 Gustavo Cesar Veloso -21:04 Jesus Rosendo Prado -21:04 Jose Cano -21:04 Kenny Robert van Hummel -21:04 Luke Roberts Favourites by position : +3 Robert Gesink +2 Damiano Cunego +1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez +1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck +1 Denis Menchov -1 Levi Leipheimer -2 David Arroyo Duran -6 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil -11 Janez Brajkovic -35 Ryder Hesjedal Favourites by time : -0:10 Levi Leipheimer -4:59 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil -4:59 David Arroyo Duran -8:28 Janez Brajkovic -12:46 Ryder Hesjedal Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Michael Albasini 17:23:51 (unchanged) 2 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 1:32 (was 3rd at 1:32) 3 Daniel Martin 1:32 (was 4th at 1:32) 4 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 1:32 (was 5th at 1:32) 5 Rigoberto Uran 1:32 (was 6th at 1:32) 6 Damiano Cunego 1:32 (was 8th at 1:32) 7 Thomas Danielson 1:32 (was 9th at 1:32) 8 Sergio Pardilla Bellon 1:32 (was 7th at 1:32) 9 Robert Kiserlovski 1:32 (was 10th at 1:32) 10 Dario Cataldo 1:32 (was 12th at 1:32) ..... 12 Denis Menchov 1:32 (was 13th at 1:32) ..... 16 Levi Leipheimer 1:42 (was 15th at 1:32) 17 Robert Gesink 2:16 (was 20th at 2:16) ..... 31 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 8:06 (was 25th at 3:07) ..... 35 David Arroyo Duran 8:40 (was 33rd at 3:41) ..... 49 Janez Brajkovic 12:47 (was 38th at 4:19) ..... 53 Ryder Hesjedal 15:02 (was 18th at 2:16) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Chris Anker Sorensen 60 (was 1st with 34 points) 2 Michael Albasini 25 (unchanged) 3 Steven Kruijswijk 21 (was 4th with 19 points) 4 Nicolas Edet 20 (was 0 points) 5 Michal Golas 20 (was 3rd with 20 points) 6 Levi Leipheimer 19 (was 9th with 13 points) 7 Thomas Rohregger 18 (was 5th with 18 points) 8 Jesus Rosendo Prado 17 (was 6th with 17 points) 9 Ben Gastauer 17 (was 7th with 17 points) 10 Daniel Martin 16 (was 8th with 16 points) Retirements to date : Stage Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5 <<< Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 5 <<< Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 <<< Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 5 <<< Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 5 <<< Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 5 <<< Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 5 <<< Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 4 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) RadioShack-Nissan 4 KELDERMAN Wilco (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 4 Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Katusha Team 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 3 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 Amir Zargari (Ira) AG2R La Mondiale 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 3 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 3 Ben Hermans (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 3 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 3 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Team Saxo Bank 3 Daniel Teklehaymanot (Eri) GreenEdge Cycling Team 3 Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente (Spa) Caja Rural 3 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 3 Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 3 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 3 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team 3 Jeremy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 3 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team 3 Julian Dean (NZl) GreenEdge Cycling Team 3 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 3 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 3 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 3 Mehdi Sohrabi (Ira) Lotto Belisol Team 3 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 3 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo Bank 3 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 3 Roger Kluge (Ger) Project 1t4i 3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 3 Sebastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Garmin-Barracuda 3 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 3 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 3 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Project 1t4i 3 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan 3 Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 3 Tom Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 3 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Team Saxo Bank 2 Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 BULGAC Brian (Ned) Lotto Belisol Team 1 Total retirements : 54