Tour of California, stage 5 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 5 : May 16, Santa Barbara - Avila Beach, 186 km

1 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 4.41.16
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0.06
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling
5 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
6 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
7 Alexander Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
9 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) RadioShack Leopard
10 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team


Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+12 Zakkari Dempster
+12 Thor Hushovd
+12 Guillaume Boivin
+11 Robert Sweeting
+11 Peter Sagan
+11 Maciej Bodnar
+11 John Murphy
+11 Jacobe Keough
+11 David Williams
+10 Tyler Farrar

Biggest losers by position :
-36 Timothy Duggan
-34 James Stemper
-33 Jeffry Louder
-32 Carlos Verona Quintanilla
-32 Chris Butler
-31 Jonathan Patrick McCarty
-31 Lachlan David Morton
-29 David Zabriskie
-28 Carter Jones
-28 Jesse Anthony
-27 Max Jenkins

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:27 Jens Voigt
+0:18 Thor Hushovd
+0:17 Tyler Farrar
+0:15 Thomas De Gendt
+0:13 Michael Rogers
+0:12 Tejay van Garderen
+0:11 Peter Sagan
+0:11 Michael Matthews
+0:11 Matthew Busche
+0:11 Markel Irizar Aranburu

Biggest losers by time :
-18:20 Lachlan David Morton
-18:20 Timothy Duggan
-18:16 Carlos Verona Quintanilla
-18:16 Carson Miller
-18:16 Chris Butler
-18:16 Jason McCartney
-18:16 Jesse Anthony
-18:16 Johan Vansummeren
-14:59 Cesare Benedetti
-14:59 Christopher Baldwin
-14:59 David Zabriskie

Favourites by position :
+10 Thomas De Gendt
+5 Lieuwe Westra
+5 Andy Schleck
+4 Sylvain Chavanel
+4 Cameron Meyer
+3 Michael Rogers
+1 Tejay van Garderen
-3 Mathias Frank
-29 David Zabriskie

Favourites by time :
+0:15 Thomas De Gendt
+0:13 Michael Rogers
+0:12 Tejay van Garderen
+0:11 Cameron Meyer
-0:50 Sylvain Chavanel
-0:50 Mathias Frank
-0:50 Lieuwe Westra
-0:50 Andy Schleck
-14:59 David Zabriskie

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tejay van Garderen 21:55:32 (was 2nd at 0:12)
2 Michael Rogers 0:42 (was 5th at 0:55)
3 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 0:50 (was 1st at 0:00)
4 Matthew Busche 1:04 (was 8th at 1:15)
5 Philip Deignan 1:17 (was 3rd at 0:27)
6 Cameron Meyer 1:29 (was 10th at 1:40)
7 Mathias Frank 1:35 (was 4th at 0:45)
8 Francisco Mancebo Perez 1:53 (was 6th at 1:03)
9 Chad Haga 2:03 (was 7th at 1:13)
10 Lawson Craddock 2:22 (was 9th at 1:32)
.....
23 Lieuwe Westra 10:09 (was 28th at 9:19)
24 Andy Schleck 10:11 (was 29th at 9:21)
.....
52 Sylvain Chavanel 22:44 (was 56th at 21:54)
.....
60 David Zabriskie 25:13 (was 31st at 10:14)
.....
78 Thomas De Gendt 30:30 (was 88th at 30:45)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Carter Jones 33 (was 1st with 25 points)
2 Marsh Cooper 18 (unchanged)
3 James Stemper 17 (unchanged)
4 Chad Beyer 12 (unchanged)
5 Christopher Baldwin 12 (unchanged)
6 Lucas Euser 12 (unchanged)
7 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 10 (unchanged)
8 Ben Jacques-Maynes 10 (unchanged)
9 Andy Schleck 10 (unchanged)
10 Zakkari Dempster 10 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 5 <<<
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 4
Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3
Guido Emanuel Palma (Arg) Jamis-Hagens Berman 3
Phil Gaimon (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3
Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3
Tom Zirbel (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 3
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Jamis-Hagens Berman 2
Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2
Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica-GreenEdge 1
Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1
Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1
Taylor Sheldon (USA) 5 Hour Energy p/b Kenda 1
Total retirements : 14


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[Davey Crockett]

Bob Martin a écrit profondement:

|
| Stage 5 : May 16, Santa Barbara - Avila Beach, 186 km
|
| 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 4.41.16
| 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0.06
| 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
| 4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling
| 5 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
| 6 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
| 7 Alexander Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
| 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
| 9 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) RadioShack Leopard
| 10 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
|

Davey hassaid for several years now that the Giro was a better
race than the Tour.

But this one is starting to look like the "Geritol Giro"

[Davey Crockett]

Davey Crockett a écrit profondement:

| Bob Martin a écrit profondement:
| |
| | Stage 5 : May 16, Santa Barbara - Avila Beach, 186 km
| |
| | 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 4.41.16
| | 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0.06
| | 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
| | 4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling
| | 5 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
| | 6 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
| | 7 Alexander Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
| | 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
| | 9 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) RadioShack Leopard
| | 10 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
| |
| Davey hassaid for several years now that the Giro was a better
| race than the Tour.
| But this one is starting to look like the "Geritol Giro"

Hopefully they can time things a bit better next year to attract
better riders to YankeeDoodleDom

[fred Flintstein]

Post by Davey Crockett
"Geritol Giro"

The Fountain of Youth flows from a syringe these days. A
lot of progress has been made in that area.

F