Changes in stage 5 compared to stage 4 Biggest gainers by position : +16 Brent Bookwalter +14 Bram De Groot +13 Wouter Weylandt +13 Sebastian Schwager +13 Rick Flens +13 Nathan Miller +13 Murilo Fischer +13 Claudio Corioni +12 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen +12 Frantisek Rabon Biggest losers by position : -24 Evgeny Sokolov -12 Jeffry Louder -9 Ian McKissick -9 Jean Eudes Demaret -9 Rein Taaramae -9 Vladimir Gusev -8 Christophe Kern -7 Stef Clement -7 Steve Zampieri -5 Mathias Frank -3 Serguei Yakovlev Biggest gainers by time : +0:10 Daniele Bennati +0:06 Markus Zberg +0:04 Maxim Iglinsky Biggest losers by time : -17:33 Evgeny Sokolov -10:26 Ian McKissick -10:26 Jean Eudes Demaret -10:26 Luciano Andre Pagliarini Mendonca -6:58 Nathan Miller -6:25 Christophe Kern -6:25 Ivan Santaromita -6:25 Matej Mugerli -6:25 Rein Taaramae -6:25 Steve Zampieri -6:25 Vladimir Gusev Favourites by position : +13 Wouter Weylandt +10 Bradley Wiggins +7 Daniele Bennati +2 Markus Fothen +2 Chris Anker Sorensen +1 Bernhard Kohl -9 Vladimir Gusev Favourites by time : +0:10 Daniele Bennati -0:51 Markus Fothen -1:18 Bradley Wiggins -4:29 Wouter Weylandt -6:25 Vladimir Gusev Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Andreas Kloden 16.43.20 2 Roman Kreuziger 0.35 3 Marco Pinotti 0.43 4 Denis Menchov 0.45 ..... 6 Sandy Casar 1.05 ..... 11 Sylvester Szmyd 1.58 ..... 19 Jens Voigt 2.45 ..... 21 Bernhard Kohl 3.14 ..... 29 Chris Anker Sorensen 5.17 ..... 42 Vladimir Gusev 12.43 ..... 48 Markus Fothen 15.42 ..... 85 Daniele Bennati 34.02 ..... 105 Bradley Wiggins 47.48 ..... 119 Wouter Weylandt 1.05.09 Retirements to date : Stage Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 1 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 4 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 5 <<< Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC 4 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 <<< Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto 5 <<< Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 5 <<< Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 <<< Mickael Cherel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 4 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise des Jeux 5 <<< Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 5 <<< Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 5 <<< Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 2 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 5 <<< Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 2 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 <<< Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale 5 <<< Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 4 Eric Berthou (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 <<< Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 <<< Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 3 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 4 Total retirements : 29
