Stage 5 Far more to talk about half an hour after it finished than during the stage.
Green points
Today
1 ArchieBoy 140 (Van Aert, Bol and Mezgec)
2 Googolplex 85 (Bol and Bennett)
3= ChrisDK, Ray10 80 (Van Aert)
5 Otoxiep87 60 (Bol and Mazgec)
6= AmisVelo, Comodoro, Mellow_Velo, Salvarani 50 (Bol)
10 Laarsland 45
11= Search, Shalgo 35
13= Bminchow, DJSprtsch, Yellow_Knight 25
16= BluesInTheBottle, Josedin, JustSomeGuy, Koronin, SafeBet 5
21= The rest 0
Collective_Wisdom 40
Standings
The huge daily score didn't put Archie top, but he does rise 16 places to second, behing Googolplex who rises from 4th.
1 Googolplex 208
2 ArchieBoy 183
3 Salvarani 181
4 AmisVelo 173
4 Laarsland 173
4 Search 173
7 DJSprtsch 148
8 ChrisDK 120
9 Otoxiep87 118
9 Shalgo 118
Main Game
That bottle cost the Alaphilippe teams (Safebet and Josedin) 526 points each, and was the main reason for point changes other than the sprint. The Bennett teams get a boost from him moving into green.
VAN AERT Wout 86 3 teams
ROGLIC Primoz 70 4
BENNETT Sam 65 4
POGACAR Tadej 58 2
BOL Cees 54 7
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 50 1
BARDET Romain 30 7
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 30 16
DUMOULIN Tom 30 28
MARTIN Guillaume 30 2
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel 20 6
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NIZZOLO Giacomo -12 3
KUSS Sepp -18 3
ELISSONDE Kenny -20 5
HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus -20 1
HIRSCHI Marc -20 2
ALAPHILIPPE Julian -510 2
Today
1 Googolplex 187 (Bennett, Bol, Bernal, Dumoulin)
2 Salvarani 186 (Pogacar, Bol, Bernal, Martin)
3 ArchieBoy 174 (Van Aert, Bol)
4 AmisVelo 164 (Roglic, Col, Dumoulin)
5 Comodoro 154
5 Otoxiep87 154
7 Shalgo 149
8 Mellow_Velo 146
9 Search 145
10 BluesInTheBottle 142
11 Rote_Laterne 130
12 Laarsland 127
13 Northerner 124
14 Ray10 121
15 Del1962 120
16 ChrisDK 114
17 BicycleBoy 110
17 JustSomeGuy 110
19 Leadbelly 104
20 Armchair_Cyclist 100
20 Triley36 100
22 BikeRacer33 84
23 Pirate81 76
24 Bminchow 66
25 Scrool07 62
26 Yellow_Knight 45
27 Koronin 28
28 DJSprtsch 17
29 SafeBet -436
30 Josedin -492
Collective_Wisdom 145
Standings
Remember a few days ago, when Safebet's lead looked insurmountable? Salvarani moves up one to the top, while Bicycle Boy also falls off the podium, making space for Comodoro and BitB. Otoxiep87 and Rote Laterne move into the top ten, and Googolplex has the biggest rise.
1 Salvarani 1422
2 Comodoro 1261
3 BluesInTheBottle 1240
4 BicycleBoy 1231
5 AmisVelo 1211
6 Del1962 1199
7 Search 1166
8 Northerner 1129
9 Otoxiep87 1121
10 Rote_Laterne 1104
11 Googolplex 1101
12 Leadbelly 1099
13 JustSomeGuy 1091
14 Mellow_Velo 1088
15 Shalgo 1079
16 SafeBet 1055
17 Armchair_Cyclist 1018
18 Triley36 1006
19 Bminchow 1000
20 Laarsland 978
21 BikeRacer33 973
22 Scrool07 916
23 Pirate81 886
24 Yellow_Knight 880
25 DJSprtsch 843
26 ChrisDK 730
27 Koronin 695
28 Ray10 662
29 ArchieBoy 584
29 Josedin 584
Collective_Wisdom 1106
And tomorrow should bee more of a shakedown, and further thinning out of the 17 13 second group.