Team Columbia Wins Third Straight

Team Columbia-HTC does it again. Without their top sprinter Mark Cavendish, Team Columbia-HTC has won it's 3rd straight stage with a sprint to the line. Andre Greipel out sprinted Tom Boonen for the victory. With the mountains ahead, this race is still very competitive. Currently 50 riders are still within one minute of the lead.

Stage 5 results:
1 André Greipel (GER) Columbia-HTC 04:27:54
2 Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick Step
3 Daniele Bennati (ITA) Liquigas
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
5 William Bonnet (FRA) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
6 Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Silence-Lotto
7 Oscar Freire (ESP) Rabobank
8 Borut Bozic (SLO) Vacansoleil
9 Davide Viganò (ITA) Fuji-Servetto
10 Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres (ESP) Contentpolis-Ampo
11 Dominique Rollin (CAN) Cervélo TestTeam
12 Sébastien Hinault (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale
13 Alessandro Ballan (ITA) Lampre-NGC
14 Matti Breschel (DEN) Saxo Bank 0:00:04
15 Roger Hammond (GBR) Cervélo TestTeam 0:00:07

Overall rankings after stage 5:
1 André Greipel (GER) Columbia-HTC 19:40:23
2 Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick Step 0:00:06
3 Daniele Bennati (ITA) Liquigas 0:00:17
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:00:21
5 Fabian Cancellara (SUI) Saxo Bank 0:00:27
6 Oscar Freire (ESP) Rabobank 0:00:33
7 William Bonnet (FRA) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:00:34
8 Dominique Rollin (CAN) Cervélo TestTeam 0:00:38
9 Bert Grabsch (GER) Columbia-HTC
10 Alessandro Ballan (ITA) Lampre-NGC
11 Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Silence-Lotto 0:00:39
12 Roger Hammond (GBR) Cervélo TestTeam 0:00:40
13 Borut Bozic (SLO) Vacansoleil 0:00:43
14 Roman Kreuziger (CZE) Liquigas 0:00:44
15 David Garcia (ESP) Xacobeo Galicia 0:00:45
16 Ivan Basso (ITA) Liquigas
17 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne
18 Cadel Evans (AUS) Silence-Lotto 0:00:46
19 Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Silence-Lotto 0:00:48
20 Marcel Sieberg (GER) Columbia-HTC
21 Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:49
22 Manuel Quinziato (ITA) Liquigas
23 Michael Albasini (SUI) Columbia-HTC
24 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Saxo Bank 0:00:50
25 Gustavo César Veloso (ESP) Xacobeo Galicia
26 Matti Breschel (DEN) Saxo Bank 0:00:51
27 Robert Gesink (NED) Rabobank
28 Francisco Pérez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:52
29 Koos Moerenhout (NED) Rabobank 0:00:53
30 Björn Schröder (GER) Milram
31 Kim Kirchen (LUX) Columbia-HTC 0:00:54
32 Christian Knees (GER) Milram
33 Stuart O'Grady (AUS) Saxo Bank 0:00:55
34 Christophe Riblon (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale
35 Davide Viganò (ITA) Fuji-Servetto
36 Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) Astana
37 Sébastien Hinault (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale
38 Michael Schär (SUI) Astana
39 Tadej Valjavec (SLO) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:56
40 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
41 Gabriel Rasch (NOR) Cervélo TestTeam 0:00:57
42 Daniel Navarro (ESP) Astana
43 Mathieu Ladagnous (FRA) Française des Jeux 0:00:58
44 Gonzalo Rabuñal (ESP) Xacobeo Galicia 0:00:59
45 Arkaitz Durán (ESP) Fuji-Servetto
46 Marco Velo (ITA) Quick Step
47 Manuel Váquez (ESP) Contentpolis-Ampo
48 Assan Bazayev (KAZ) Astana
49 Damien Monier (FRA) Cofidis 0:01:00
50 Juan José Cobo (ESP) Fuji-Servetto