Stage 5 - Saint-Chamond-Saint-Vallier 175.4 km

1 Geraint Thomas (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers 4:02:15
2 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain - Victorious 0:00
3 Alex Aranburu (Spa) Astana - Premier Tech 0:00
4 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Team Qhubeka ASSOS 0:00
5 Mads Wurtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00
6 Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education - Nippo 0:00
7 Patrick Konrad (Aut) BORA - hansgrohe 0:00
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00
9 Harry Sweeny (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:00
10 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:00

Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+24 Harry Sweeny
+20 Andres Camilo Ardila
+18 Florian Senechal
+17 Pierre-Luc Perichon
+17 Alexis Renard
+16 Dylan Sunderland
+15 Michel Ries
+14 Stijn Steels
+13 Sean Bennett
+13 Chad Haga

Biggest losers by position :
-32 Alexander Kristoff
-30 Bruno Armirail
-30 Oscar Rodriguez
-30 Patrick Gamper
-28 Winner Anacona
-24 Nils Politt
-18 Tsgabu Grmay
-15 Michael Schwarzmann
-14 Barnabas Peak
-14 Jeremy Bellicaud
-13 Mark Padun

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Geraint Thomas
+0:06 Sonny Colbrelli
+0:04 Alex Aranburu
+0:03 Kasper Asgreen

Biggest losers by time :
-15:47 Alexander Kristoff
-15:47 Frederik Wandahl
-15:47 Martin Salmon
-15:47 Michael Schwarzmann
-15:47 Patrick Gamper
-15:47 Shane Archbold
-11:12 Jasper De Plus
-11:12 Lachlan Morton
-11:12 Matthew Holmes
-11:12 Oscar Rodriguez
-10:59 Marco Haller

Favourites by position :
+7 Jonas Vingegaard
+2 Guillaume Martin
+2 Geraint Thomas
+1 Nairo Quintana
+1 Enric Mas
+1 Alejandro Valverde
-1 Richie Porte
-2 Dylan Teuns

Favourites by time :
+0:10 Geraint Thomas
-0:08 Dylan Teuns

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Lukas Postlberger 16:59:22 (unchanged)
2 Alexey Lutsenko 0:01 (unchanged)
3 Kasper Asgreen 0:06 (was 3rd at 0:09)
4 Ion Izagirre 0:09 (unchanged)
5 Wilco Kelderman 0:13 (unchanged)
6 Geraint Thomas 0:14 (was 8th at 0:24)
7 Ilan Van Wilder 0:14 (was 6th at 0:14)
8 Richie Porte 0:16 (was 7th at 0:16)
9 Patrick Konrad 0:32 (unchanged)
10 Ben O'Connor 0:34 (unchanged)
.....
13 Steven Kruijswijk 0:40 (unchanged)
14 Miguel Angel Lopez 0:43 (unchanged)
.....
19 David Gaudu 1:00 (unchanged)
20 Tao Geoghegan Hart 1:04 (unchanged)
.....
23 Alejandro Valverde 1:14 (was 24th at 1:14)
24 Nairo Quintana 1:15 (was 25th at 1:15)
25 Enric Mas 1:16 (was 26th at 1:16)
.....
28 Guillaume Martin 1:21 (was 30th at 1:21)
.....
31 Dylan Teuns 1:28 (was 29th at 1:20)
.....
73 Jonas Vingegaard 12:04 (was 80th at 12:04)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Sonny Colbrelli 91 (was 1st with 69 points)
2 Kasper Asgreen 58 (was 2nd with 48 points)
3 Alex Aranburu 58 (was 3rd with 38 points)
4 Lukas Postlberger 37 (unchanged)
5 Alejandro Valverde 36 (was 8th with 26 points)
6 Jasper Stuyven 36 (was 5th with 36 points)
7 Carlos Barbero 30 (was 19th with 12 points)
8 Brent Van Moer 29 (was 7th with 29 points)
9 Geraint Thomas 26 (was 31st with 1 points)
10 Patrick Konrad 26 (was 15th with 14 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Matthew Holmes 13 (unchanged)
2 Lukas Postlberger 12 (unchanged)
3 Brent Van Moer 10 (unchanged)
4 Anthony Delaplace 9 (unchanged)
5 Lawson Craddock 5 (was 0 points)
6 Shane Archbold 4 (was 5th with 4 points)
7 Omer Goldstein 3 (was 6th with 3 points)
8 Ben O'Connor 3 (was 7th with 3 points)
9 Quentin Pacher 3 (was 0 points)
10 Cyril Gautier 3 (was 9th with 2 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 BORA - hansgrohe 50:59:04 (was 1st at 38:52:19)
2 Astana - Premier Tech 0:03 (unchanged)
3 INEOS Grenadiers 0:11 (unchanged)
4 Team DSM 1:58 (was 5th at 1:58)
5 AG2R Citroen Team 2:11 (was 4th at 1:35)
6 Bahrain - Victorious 2:17 (was 6th at 2:09)
7 Movistar Team 2:19 (was 8th at 2:19)
8 Lotto Soudal 4:56 (was 10th at 4:56)
9 B&B Hotels p/b KTM 5:04 (was 9th at 4:28)
10 Team Qhubeka ASSOS 5:52 (was 11th at 5:52)
11 Trek - Segafredo 6:49 (was 12th at 6:13)
12 UAE-Team Emirates 8:21 (was 13th at 7:09)
13 Israel Start-Up Nation 9:19 (was 16th at 8:43)
14 Groupama - FDJ 10:40 (was 7th at 2:18)
15 Team Jumbo-Visma 11:34 (was 18th at 11:34)
16 Team Arkea Samsic 12:52 (was 14th at 7:19)
17 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 15:03 (was 17th at 10:41)
18 Team BikeExchange 15:59 (was 15th at 7:38)
19 EF Education - Nippo 21:34 (was 19th at 14:51)
20 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 22:00 (was 20th at 16:05)
21 Deceuninck - Quick Step 42:28 (was 21th at 36:22)

Retirements to date : Stage
Clement Venturini (AG2R Citroen Team) 5 <<<
Ivo Oliveira (UAE-Team Emirates) 5 <<<
Kaden Groves (Team BikeExchange) 5 <<<
Lennard Hofstede (Team Jumbo-Visma) 5 <<<
Michael Gogl (Team Qhubeka ASSOS) 4
Mads Pedersen (Trek - Segafredo) 3
Benjamin Perry (Astana - Premier Tech) 2
Ian Garrison (Deceuninck - Quick Step) 2
Robert Power (Team Qhubeka ASSOS) 2
Eros Capecchi (Bahrain - Victorious) 1
Total retirements : 10

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