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Stage 5, Thursday, May 10: Modena - Fano, 199 km

The Race: It seemed like we would have a trouble-free stage until there was a crash with about 35 km to go, taking, again, Taylor Phinney to the ground. Getting back on meant closing the gap to a peloton that was zooming up the Gabice Monte ascent. Liquigas kept things really hot during both the climb and descent. Getting back on was beyond Phinney's ability and he finished more than 12 minutes down. Sky finally got all the pieces of its leadout train working properly. They gave Mark Cavendish a perfect leadout and no one was going to beat him today.

Results :

1. Mark Cavendish (Sky) 4hr 43min 15sec
2. Matthew Harley Goss (GreenEdge) s.t.
3. Daniele Bennati s.t.
4. Robert Hunter (Garmin-Barracuda) s.t.
5. Sacha Modolo (Colnago-CSF) s.t.
6. Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) s.t.
7. Elia Favilli (Farnese Vini) s.t.
8. Manuel Belletti (Ag2r) s.t.
9. Arnaud Demare (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
10. Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Saxo) s.t.
11. Damiano Caruso (Liquigas) s.t.
12. Mickael Delage (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
13. Nikolas Maes (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
14. Mark Renshaw (Rabobank) s.t.
15. Giacomo Nizzolo (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
16. Miguel Angel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli) s.t.
17. Geraint Thomas (Sky) s.t.
18. Luke Roberts (Saxo) @ 5sec
19. Jan Bakelants (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
20. Cesare Benedetti (NetApp) s.t.
21. Geoffrey Soupe (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
22. Nelson Oliveira (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
23. Oscar Gatto (Farnese Vini) s.t.
24. Andreas Dietziker (NetApp) s.t.
25. Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Barracuda) s.t.
26. Gaetan Bille (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
27. Marzio Bruseghin (Movistar) s.t.
28. Tanel Kangert (Astana) s.t.
29. José Herrada (Movistar) s.t.
30. Danilo Wyss (BMC) s.t.
31. Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) s.t.
32. Peter Kennaugh (Sky) s.t.
33. Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil) s.t.
34. Alessandro Ballan (BMC) s.t.
35. Matthias Brandle (NetApp) s.t.
36. Fumiyuki Beppu (GreenEdge) s.t.
37. Sergio Pardilla (Movistar) s.t.
38. Brett Lancaster (GreenEdge) s.t.
39. Gatis Smukulis (Katusha) s.t.
40. Anders Lund (Saxo) s.t.
41. Guillaume Bonnafond (Ag2r) s.t.
42. Fabio Felline (Androni Giocattoli) s.t.
43. Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil) s.t.
44. Pablo Lastras (Movistar) s.t.
45. Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli) s.t.
46. Volodymir Gustov (Saxo) s.t.
47. Roman Kreuziger (Astana) s.t.
48. Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
49. Gregor Gazvoda (Ag2r) s.t.
50. Bartosz Huzarski (NetApp) s.t.
189. Taylor Phinney (BMC) @ 12min 2sec

GC after Stage 5:

1. Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Barracuda) 14hr 45min 13sec
2. Robert Hunter (Garmin-Barracuda) @ 5sec
3. Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) @ 11sec
4. Matthew Harley Goss (GreenEdge) @ 13sec
5. Mark Cavendish (Sky) @ 14sec
6. Geraint Thomas (Sky) @ 16sec
7. Manuele Boaro (Saxo) @ 19sec
8. Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Barracuda) @ 26sec
9. Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) @ 30sec
10. Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) s.t.
11. Brett Lancaster (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
12. Peter Stetina (Garmin-Barracuda) @ 31sec
13. Daniel Moreno (Katusha) @ 33sec
14. Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) s.t.
15. Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 35sec
16. Jesse Sergent (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 36sec
17. Nelson Oliveira (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 37sec
18. Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
19. Giacomo Nizzolo (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
20. Marco Pinotti (BMC) s.t.
21. Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas) s.t.
22. Angel Vicioso (Katusha) @ 38sec
23. Roman Kreuziger (Astana) @ 40sec
24. Tanel Kangert (Astana) s.t.
25. Luke Roberts (Saxo) @ 41sec
26. Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas) @ 42sec
27. Gatis Smukulis (Katusha) @ 45sec
28. Daniele Bennati (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 46sec
29. Ivan Basso (Liquigas) @ 47sec
30. Pavel Brutt (Katusha) s.t.
31. Martin Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
32. Adriano Malori (Lampre) @ 49sec
33. Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky) s.t.
34. Daryl Impey (GreenEdge) @ 50sec
35. Damiano Caruso (Liquigas) s.t.
36. Paolo Tiralongo (astana) @ 51sec
37. Jan Bakelants (Radio shack-Nissan) s.t.
38. Alessandro Ballan (BMC) @ 52sec
39. Thomas Rohregger (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 53sec
40. Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) @ 55sec
41. Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas) @ 56sec
42. Benat Intxausti (Movistar) s.t.
43. Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Saxo) @ 56sec
44. Eros Capecchi (Liquigas) @ 57sec
45. Marzio Bruseghin (Movistar) s.t.
46. Matteo Tosatto (Saxo) s.t.
47. Jens Keukeleire (GreenEdge) s.t.
48. Michal Golas (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 58sec
49. Rigoberto Uran (Sky) s.t.
50. Christian Meier (GreenEdge) s.t.
174. Taylor Phinney (BMC) @ 12min 10sec

Points Competition

1. Matthew Harley Goss (GreenEdge): 65 points
2. Mark Cavendish (Sky): 53
3. Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Barracuda): 30
4. Geraint Thomas (Sky): 26
5. Taylor Phinney (BMC): 25

Climbers' Competition

1. Alfredo Balloni (Farnese Vini): 6 points
2. Pier paolo De Negri (Farnese Vini): 3
3. Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Barracuda): 2
4. Miguel Angel Rubiano (Androni Giocattoli): 2
5. Brian Bulgac (Lotto-Belisol): 2

Young Rider

1. Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Barracuda) 14hr 45min 13sec
2. Manuele Noaro (Saxo) @ 19sec
3. Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) @ 30sec
4. Peter Stetina (Garmin-Barracuda) @ 31sec
5. Michal Kwiatkwowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 35sec

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Stage 5 map and profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Photos from stage 5:

The publicity caravan is coming...

 

From the publicity caravan. Sorry I don't have one of the car that looks like a giant fly.

Still no giant flies.

The day's break: Olivier Kaisen, Brian Bulgac, Pier Paolo de Negri and Alessandro de Marchi

Another shot of the break

Doesn't quite look like the official feed zone

Racing across the flat Emilian plain

Maglia Rosa Navarauskas was able to stay out of trouble.

Overhead shot of the peloton

Roberto Ferrari has said he was going to make a public apoligy for causing the stage 3 crash, but so far I am not aware of any signs of remorse.

Cavendish on the podium with his daughter

Ramunas Navardauskas gets to spend another day in pink.

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