Changes in stage 5 compared to stage 4 Biggest gainers by position : +3 Julien Mazet +3 Chris Sutton +2 Vincenzo Nibali +2 Sergio Andres De Lis +2 Ramon Troncoso +2 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves +2 Maciej Bodnar +2 Julian Dean +2 Jose Luis Carrasco +2 Florent Brard Biggest losers by position : -20 Israel Perez Rodriguez -15 Eladio Sanchez Prado -14 Xabat Ochotorena -6 Alessandro Ballan -4 Damien Gaudin -3 Guido Trenti -1 Antonio Colom -1 Benat Albizuri -1 Daniel Petrov -1 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante -1 Maxime Monfort Biggest gainers by time : +0:10 Alessandro Petacchi +0:06 Danilo Napolitano +0:04 Francesco Chicchi Biggest losers by time : -9:21 Guido Trenti -9:21 Israel Perez Rodriguez -5:18 Xabat Ochotorena -2:21 Damien Gaudin -1:54 Eladio Sanchez Prado -1:10 Jean Eudes Demaret -1:05 Benat Albizuri -0:39 Alessandro Ballan -0:39 Fabio Baldato -0:31 Hector Gonzalez -0:31 Stephane Auge Favourites by position : +2 Danilo Napolitano +1 Oscar Pereiro -1 Maxime Monfort -1 Antonio Colom -6 Alessandro Ballan Favourites by time : +0:10 Alessandro Petacchi +0:06 Danilo Napolitano -0:17 Luis Leon Sanchez -0:39 Alessandro Ballan Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Ruben Plaza 19.54.49 2 Manuel Vaquez 0.05 3 Xavier Florencio 0.21 4 Ivan Gutierrez 0.24 ..... 6 Alberto Contador 0.33 ..... 9 Maxime Monfort 0.35 10 Antonio Colom 0.35 ..... 20 Roman Kreuziger 0.57 ..... 22 Ryder Hesjedal 1.01 ..... 28 Haimar Zubeldia 2.54 ..... 35 Alessandro Ballan 4.52 ..... 42 Luis Leon Sanchez 11.13 ..... 50 Damiano Cunego 15.27 ..... 58 Erik Zabel 19.02 ..... 62 Thomas Dekker 19.47 ..... 70 Alessandro Petacchi 29.18 ..... 77 Oscar Pereiro 30.21 ..... 110 Danilo Napolitano 41.22 Retirements to date : Stage Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 4 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 3 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 4 Aurelien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 2 Sergio Herrero (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 2 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 4 Total retirements : 6