Stage 5 : Apr 11, Eibar - Xemein, 160.2 km
1 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 3.56.56
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
3 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
4 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin Sharp
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida
6 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
7 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team
8 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo
10 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+33 Jonathan Hivert
+29 Ben Swift
+23 Adam Yates
+21 Pieter Serry
+21 Hubert Dupont
+20 Omar Fraile Matarranza
+19 Tim Wellens
+19 Koldo Fernandez
+17 Tony Martin
+15 Pieter Weening
Biggest losers by position :
-14 Sergei Chernetski
-13 Caleb Fairly
-13 David Arroyo Duran
-12 Andre Cardoso
-12 Damiano Caruso
-12 Frank Schleck
-12 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-12 Ryder Hesjedal
-9 Andy Schleck
-9 Jeremy Roy
-9 Matthew Busche
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-18:09 Joshua Edmondson
-17:26 Alexandr Kolobnev
-17:26 Amael Moinard
-17:26 Andre Cardoso
-17:26 Andy Schleck
-17:26 Antonio Piedra Perez
-17:26 Ben Gastauer
-17:26 Benjamin King
-17:26 Benoit Vaugrenard
-17:26 Caleb Fairly
-17:26 Christophe Riblon
Favourites by position :
+17 Tony Martin
+15 Pieter Weening
+13 Maxime Monfort
+13 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+4 Robert Kiserlovski
+1 Lars Petter Nordhaug
+1 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-9 Mikel Nieve Ituralde
-12 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
Favourites by time :
-0:31 Pieter Weening
-1:39 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-8:50 Mikel Nieve Ituralde
-12:48 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-12:48 Lars Petter Nordhaug
-12:48 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-12:48 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 20:30:31 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:12 (unchanged)
3 Damiano Cunego 0:36 (unchanged)
4 Cadel Evans 0:36 (unchanged)
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud 0:36 (unchanged)
6 Yury Trofimov 0:36 (unchanged)
7 Michal Kwiatkowski 0:41 (unchanged)
8 Mikel Landa Meana 0:54 (unchanged)
9 Wouter Poels 0:55 (unchanged)
10 Samuel Sanchez 0:56 (unchanged)
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16 Robert Kiserlovski 1:46 (was 20th at 1:46)
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23 Maxime Monfort 9:07 (was 36th at 9:07)
24 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 9:49 (was 15th at 0:59)
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28 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 14:25 (was 16th at 1:37)
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32 Pieter Weening 17:58 (was 47th at 17:27)
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34 Tony Martin 19:19 (was 51st at 19:19)
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39 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 22:07 (was 52nd at 20:28)
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56 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 34:30 (was 57th at 21:42)
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59 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 35:01 (was 59th at 22:13)
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63 Lars Petter Nordhaug 36:37 (was 64th at 23:49)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 70 (was 1st with 50 points)
2 Michal Kwiatkowski 65 (was 2nd with 49 points)
3 Ben Swift 59 (was 3rd with 34 points)
4 Damiano Cunego 45 (was 4th with 33 points)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 38 (was 6th with 31 points)
6 Tom Jelte Slagter 31 (was 15th with 17 points)
7 Wout Poels 30 (unchanged)
8 Iurii Trofimov 26 (was 9th with 24 points)
9 Tony Martin 25 (was 8th with 25 points)
10 Paul Martens 24 (unchanged)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Davide Villella 43 (was 1st with 37 points)
2 Jan Bakelants 28 (unchanged)
3 Romain Sicard 24 (unchanged)
4 Matteo Montaguti 22 (unchanged)
5 Ben Gastauer 14 (unchanged)
6 Kristijan Durasek 13 (unchanged)
7 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti 13 (unchanged)
8 Tony Martin 13 (was 11th with 10 points)
9 Wout Poels 12 (was 9th with 10 points)
10 Alberto Contador Velasco 12 (was 13th with 8 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale Cannondale 5 <<<
Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team Astana Pro Team 5 <<<
Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale 5 <<<
Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 5 <<<
Bruno Pires (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo Tinkoff-Saxo 5 <<<
Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team BMC Racing Team 5 <<<
Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida Lampre-Merida 5 <<<
Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo Tinkoff-Saxo 5 <<<
Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo Tinkoff-Saxo 5 <<<
Kevin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar Team Europcar 5 <<<
Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge Orica Greenedge 5 <<<
Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo Tinkoff-Saxo 5 <<<
Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team Belkin Pro Cycling Team 5 <<<
Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo Tinkoff-Saxo 5 <<<
Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team Astana Pro Team 4
Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale Cannondale 4
Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) BMC Racing Team BMC Racing Team 4
Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team Movistar Team 4
Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky Team Sky 4
Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale 4
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica Greenedge Orica Greenedge 4
Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky Team Sky 4
Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr FDJ.fr 3
Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol Lotto Belisol 3
Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing Trek Factory Racing 3
Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Team Katusha Team Katusha 3
Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale 2
Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Shimano Team Giant-Shimano 2
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team Astana Pro Team 2
Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin Sharp Garmin Sharp 2
Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Ph 1
Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha Team Katusha 1
Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA Caja Rural - Seguros RG 1
Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick 1
Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quic 1
Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick- 1
Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - 1
Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick- 1
Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick-S 1
Wouter Poels (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick- 1
Total retirements : 40