> On Mar 16, 9:09 pm, Bob Martin <bob.mar
...@excite.com> wrote:
> > Changes in stage 5 compared to stage 4
> > Biggest gainers by position :
> > +63 Tomas Vaitkus
> > +61 Alberto Ongarato
> > +59 Luca Paolini
> > +59 Christophe Rinero
> > +57 Aleksandr Kuschynski
> > +55 Matej Mugerli
> > +55 Guennadi Mikhailov
> > +52 Benoît Joachim
> > +49 Alan Pérez
> > +48 Daniele Righi
> > Biggest losers by position :
> > -62 Juan Antonio Flecha
> > -56 Rémi Pauriol
> > -54 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla
> > -54 Josep Jufré
> > -53 Pieter Weening
> > -47 Heinrich Haussler
> > -45 Amaël Moinard
> > -45 José Antonio Redondo
> > -45 Yoann Le Boulanger
> > -40 Xavier Florencio
> > -37 Freddy Bichot
> > Biggest gainers by time :
> > +0:30 Yaroslav Popovych
> > +0:06 Francisco José Ventoso
> > +0:04 Samuel Dumoulin
> > Biggest losers by time :
> > -19:24 Heinrich Haussler
> > -17:26 Iban Velasco Murillo
> > -17:26 Juan Antonio Flecha
> > -17:26 Marcus Zberg
> > -17:26 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria
> > -17:18 Remmert Wielinga
> > -14:19 Mathieu Ladagnous
> > -13:59 Aivaras Baranauskas
> > -13:59 Alexandr Kolobnev
> > -13:59 Amaël Moinard
> > -13:59 Andoni Aranaga
> > Favourites by position :
> > +59 Luca Paolini
> > +17 Yaroslav Popovych
> > +7 Igor Astarloa
> > +6 Chris Horner
> > +3 Bobby Julich
> > -20 Thomas Fothen
> > Favourites by time :
> > +0:30 Yaroslav Popovych
> > -0:38 Chris Horner
> > -4:39 Igor Astarloa
> > -13:59 Thomas Fothen
> > Top 3 and favourites standings :
> > 1 Davide Rebellin 21.52.39
> > 2 Alberto Contador 0.06
> > 3 Tadej Valjavec 0.23
> > 4 Franco Pellizotti 0.31
> > .....
> > 6 Cadel Evans 0.35
> > 7 David Millar 0.42
> > 8 Fränk Schleck 0.42
> > .....
> > 10 Samuel Sánchez 0.46
> > .....
> > 13 Levi Leipheimer 0.50
> > .....
> > 17 Thomas Voeckler 0.58
> > 18 Joaquím Rodríguez 1.03
> > .....
> > 30 Yaroslav Popovych 1.51
> > 31 Bobby Julich 1.53
> > .....
> > 39 Chris Horner 2.50
> > .....
> > 66 Igor Astarloa 10.08
> > .....
> > 74 Luca Paolini 11.19
> > .....
> > 114 Thomas Fothen 22.59
> > Retirements to date :
> > Agritubel Eduardo Gonzalo
> > Caisse d'Epargne Vicente Reynes
> > Crédit Agricole Angelo Furlan
> > " Anthony Charteau
> > " Pietro Caucchioli
> > Française Des Jeux Benoît Vaugrenard
> > " Christophe Detilloux
> > " Thierry Marichal
> > Lampre-Fondital Massimiliano Mori
> > Liquigas Alessandro Vanotti
> > Rabobank Kai Reus
> > T-Mobile Michael Barry
> > Total retirements : 12
> The most original thing I noticed on today's stage was Sylvain
> Chavanel winning an intermediate sprint
> with a mouthful of food. It's the first time I've ever observed
> someone sprinting while eating. It also says
> something about Leipheimer's sprinting, he got beat. Right after, you
> can see Chavanel chewing his
> food disgustedly.
> For some reason, Voeckler looked taller than I remembered him from the
> 2004 Tour. I don't think he grew,
> maybe he raised his saddle. In any case, he looks much stronger, and
> his riding is better.
> Otherwise, I found out that Laurent Jalabert ran a 2:45 marathon last
> Sunday.
> -ilan
