Stage 5 - Catania-Messina 174 km

1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 4:03:56
2 Fernando Gaviria (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:00
3 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Israel - Premier Tech 0:00
4 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:00
5 Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 0:00
6 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain - Victorious 0:00
7 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM 0:00
8 Natnael Tesfatsion (Eri) Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli 0:00
9 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek - Segafredo 0:00
10 Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis 0:00

Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+13 Alex Dowsett
+12 Julius Van Den Berg
+11 Phil Bauhaus
+11 Davide Ballerini
+10 Tobias Bayer
+10 Samuele Rivi
+10 Rui Oliveira
+10 Patrick Gamper
+10 Natnael Tesfatsion
+10 Michael Hepburn

Biggest losers by position :
-51 Thomas De Gendt
-46 Wout Poels
-37 Wesley Kreder
-36 Mauro Schmid
-36 Sylvain Moniquet
-34 James Knox
-31 Oier Lazkano
-19 Domen Novak
-19 Matthew Holmes
-18 Luca Rastelli
-15 Harm Vanhoucke

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Arnaud Demare
+0:06 Fernando Gaviria
+0:04 Giacomo Nizzolo
+0:02 Joao Almeida
+0:01 Diego Ulissi

Biggest losers by time :
-11:57 Bert Van Lerberghe
-11:57 Caleb Ewan
-11:57 Harm Vanhoucke
-11:57 Jacopo Guarnieri
-11:57 James Knox
-11:57 Luca Rastelli
-11:57 Mark Cavendish
-11:57 Matthew Holmes
-11:57 Matthias Brandle
-11:57 Mauro Schmid
-11:57 Michael Morkov

Favourites by position :
+2 Vincenzo Nibali
+2 Guillaume Martin
+1 Joao Almeida
-1 Pello Bilbao
-11 David De La Cruz
-46 Wout Poels

Favourites by time :
+0:02 Joao Almeida
-3:02 David De La Cruz
-11:57 Wout Poels

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Juan Pedro Lopez 18:21:03 (unchanged)
2 Lennard Kamna 0:39 (unchanged)
3 Rein Taaramae 0:58 (unchanged)
4 Simon Yates 1:42 (unchanged)
5 Mauri Vansevenant 1:47 (unchanged)
6 Wilco Kelderman 1:55 (unchanged)
7 Joao Almeida 1:58 (was 8th at 2:00)
8 Pello Bilbao 2:00 (was 7th at 2:00)
9 Richie Porte 2:04 (unchanged)
10 Romain Bardet 2:06 (unchanged)
11 Richard Carapaz 2:06 (unchanged)
12 Mikel Landa 2:15 (unchanged)
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14 Jai Hindley 2:16 (unchanged)
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16 Hugh Carthy 2:20 (unchanged)
17 Alejandro Valverde 2:23 (unchanged)
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27 Guillaume Martin 4:06 (was 29th at 4:06)
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30 Vincenzo Nibali 4:16 (was 32nd at 4:16)
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113 David De La Cruz 26:40 (was 102nd at 23:38)
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118 Wout Poels 28:02 (was 72nd at 16:05)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Arnaud Demare 94 (was 4th with 44 points)
2 Biniam Girmay 72 (was 2nd with 55 points)
3 Fernando Gaviria 67 (was 5th with 32 points)
4 Mathieu Van Der Poel 62 (was 1st with 62 points)
5 Mark Cavendish 53 (was 3rd with 53 points)
6 Giacomo Nizzolo 39 (was 15th with 14 points)
7 Filippo Tagliani 36 (was 7th with 24 points)
8 Pello Bilbao 27 (was 6th with 27 points)
9 Lennard Kamna 22 (was 8th with 22 points)
10 Magnus Cort 21 (was 10th with 18 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Lennard Kamna 41 (was 1st with 40 points)
2 Mirco Maestri 18 (was 0 points)
3 Juan Pedro Lopez 18 (was 2nd with 18 points)
4 Rein Taaramae 12 (was 3rd with 12 points)
5 Sylvain Moniquet 9 (was 4th with 9 points)
6 Mattia Bais 8 (was 0 points)
7 Mauri Vansevenant 6 (was 5th with 6 points)
8 Jaakko Hanninen 6 (was 0 points)
9 Pascal Eenkhoorn 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
10 Rick Zabel 5 (was 7th with 5 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 BORA - hansgrohe 55:06:42 (was 1st at 42:54:54)
2 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 2:17 (unchanged)
3 Trek - Segafredo 2:47 (unchanged)
4 Bahrain - Victorious 3:03 (unchanged)
5 INEOS Grenadiers 3:21 (unchanged)
6 Team BikeExchange - Jayco 3:26 (unchanged)
7 Movistar Team 6:03 (unchanged)
8 Jumbo-Visma 6:39 (unchanged)
9 Team DSM 8:06 (unchanged)
10 Astana Qazaqstan Team 9:43 (unchanged)
11 EF Education-EasyPost 10:31 (unchanged)
12 Cofidis 11:45 (was 13th at 11:45)
13 UAE Team Emirates 14:05 (was 14th at 14:05)
14 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 23:22 (was 12th at 11:25)
15 EOLO-Kometa 23:30 (unchanged)
16 AG2R Citroen Team 28:34 (unchanged)
17 Alpecin-Fenix 45:53 (was 18th at 45:53)
18 Bardiani-CSF-Faizane 48:12 (was 19th at 48:12)
19 Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli 49:49 (was 20th at 48:36)
20 Israel - Premier Tech 54:50 (was 21th at 54:50)
21 Groupama - FDJ 55:58 (was 22th at 55:58)
22 Lotto Soudal 1:16:03 (was 17th at 40:12)

Retirements to date : Stage
Filippo Fiorelli (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) 5 <<<
Jakub Mareczko (Alpecin-Fenix) 4
Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana Qazaqstan Team) 4
Jan Tratnik (Bahrain - Victorious) 3
Total retirements : 4

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