Stage 5
July 9, 2009
So, the only spoiler I’ll give you right off the bat about Stage 5 in the 2009 Tour de France is that my prediction of Contador’s abandon did not happen.
What does that mean? Not sure. I see a complete shakeup when the teams hit the mountains, but for Astanà to get clarity and then focus on the win they must decide soon who is their leader.
If you’ve watched the Tour for any time, even one other time, you’ll probably feel that this year’s race has been sedate as far as abandons and crashes.
Sure, the early jitters are there (and even today -stage 5 – there was a crash in the neutral zone), but there are still only two riders to drop out over the first five stages.
Here’s how the top 25 in stage 5 shook out…list courtesy of LeTour.fr.
1. VOECKLER Thomas 141 BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM 4h 29′ 35″
2. IGNATIEV Mikhail 164 TEAM KATUSHA 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
3. CAVENDISH Mark 71 TEAM COLUMBIA – HTC 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
4. FARRAR Tyler 53 GARMIN – SLIPSTREAM 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
5. CIOLEK Gerald 182 TEAM MILRAM 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
6. NAPOLITANO Danilo 166 TEAM KATUSHA 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
7. ROJAS Jose Joaquin 117 CAISSE D’EPARGNE 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
8. MONDORY Lloyd 86 AG2R-LA MONDIALE 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
9. FREIRE Oscar 44 RABOBANK 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
10. HUSHOVD Thor 6 CERVELO TEST TEAM 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
11. FURLAN Angelo 134 LAMPRE – N.G.C 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
12. DUQUE Leonardo 124 COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
13. FEILLU Romain 175 AGRITUBEL 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
14. VAN HUMMEL Kenny Robert 199 SKIL-SHIMANO 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
15. TIMMER Albert 198 SKIL-SHIMANO 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
16. FERNANDEZ Koldo 63 EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
17. KLÖDEN Andréas 23 ASTANA 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
18. ARASHIRO Yukiya 142 BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
19. KREUZIGER Roman 93 LIQUIGAS 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
20. RENSHAW Mark 78 TEAM COLUMBIA – HTC 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
21. BOONEN Tom 153 QUICK STEP 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
22. SABATINI Fabio 96 LIQUIGAS 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
23. DELAGE Mickaël 12 SILENCE – LOTTO 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
24. CANCELLARA Fabian 33 TEAM SAXO BANK 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
25. VOIGT Jens 39 TEAM SAXO BANK 4h 29′ 42″ + 00′ 07″
