Tirreno Adriatico, stage 5 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 5 : Mar 14, Chieti - Colmurano, 234 km

1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana 5.32.22
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
3 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0.08
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
7 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia
9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
10 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox


Changes in stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+45 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen
+37 Blel Kadri
+34 Marco Bandiera
+33 Roger Hammond
+32 Valerio Agnoli
+31 Andrey Zeits
+30 Staf Scheirlinckx
+30 Johan Van Summeren
+29 Francesco Bellotti
+29 Dmytro Grabovskyy

Biggest losers by position :
-40 Benoit Vaugrenard
-32 Fabian Cancellara
-32 Ruben Perez Moreno
-26 Filippo Pozzato
-24 Serguei Klimov
-24 Vladimir Efimkin
-23 Maarten Wynants
-23 Nikolai Trusov
-22 Giovanni Visconti
-21 Alessandro Petacchi
-21 Federico Canuti

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Enrico Gasparotto
+0:14 Stefano Garzelli
+0:12 Maxim Iglinskiy
+0:08 Cadel Evans

Biggest losers by time :
-28:13 Domenik Klemme
-28:13 Fabian Cancellara
-28:13 Mattia Gavazzi
-28:11 Carlo Scognamiglio
-28:06 Diego Caccia
-28:06 Fabio Taborre
-28:06 Giovanni Visconti
-28:06 Marco Frapporti
-28:06 Matthew Wilson
-28:06 Mirko Selvaggi
-28:01 Alan Marangoni

Favourites by position :
+30 Johan Van Summeren
+27 Kim Kirchen
+21 Andy Schleck
+3 Vincenzo Nibali
+3 Robert Gesink
+3 Franco Pellizotti
+2 Stefano Garzelli
+2 Cadel Evans
-2 Lars Ytting Bak
-9 Marzio Bruseghin
-11 Allan Davis
-32 Fabian Cancellara

Favourites by time :
+0:14 Stefano Garzelli
+0:08 Cadel Evans
-0:49 Kim Kirchen
-2:40 Johan Van Summeren
-9:39 Franco Pellizotti
-9:39 Andy Schleck
-23:57 Marzio Bruseghin
-28:01 Lars Ytting Bak
-28:01 Allan Davis
-28:13 Fabian Cancellara

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Michele Scarponi 23.40.44
2 Stefano Garzelli 0.10
3 Maxim Iglinskiy 0.15
4 Cadel Evans 0.18
5 Robert Gesink 0.27
.....
8 Vincenzo Nibali 0.31
.....
50 Franco Pellizotti 14.25
51 Kim Kirchen 14.27
.....
71 Fabian Cancellara 30.10
.....
87 Johan Van Summeren 36.29
.....
104 Andy Schleck 46.17
.....
106 Marzio Bruseghin 47.18
.....
109 Allan Davis 51.42
.....
143 Lars Ytting Bak 1.13.35

Retirements to date : Stage
Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale 5 <<<
Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 5 <<<
Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5 <<<
Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 5 <<<
Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 4
Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 4
Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 4
Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 4
Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 3
Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Team Milram 3
Leif Hoste (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3
Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD - Neri 3
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Francaise Des Jeux 1
Massimo Giunti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 1
Total retirements : 15

[Tom Kunich]

"Bob Martin" <bob.m...@excite.com> wrote in message
news:dS9nn.50267$Ym4....@text.news.virginmedia.com...

>
> Top 3 and favourites standings :
> 1 Michele Scarponi 23.40.44
> 2 Stefano Garzelli 0.10
> 3 Maxim Iglinskiy 0.15
> 4 Cadel Evans 0.18
> 5 Robert Gesink 0.27

Isn't Cadel the best TTer in that group?

[Amit Ghosh]

On Mar 14, 6:39 pm, "Tom Kunich" <tkun...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> > Top 3 and favourites standings :
> >        1  Michele Scarponi                           23.40.44
> >        2  Stefano Garzelli                               0.10
> >        3  Maxim Iglinskiy                                0.15
> >        4  Cadel Evans                                    0.18
> >        5  Robert Gesink                                  0.27
>
> Isn't Cadel the best TTer in that group?

dumbass,

good observation, though nibali is well placed too.

too bad there isn't a TT in the race.