Catalunya 5 : Haimar back to 3rd

It was Sylvain Chavanel from Cofidis who dominated the 5th stage of the Volta a Catalunya. He attacked after the first climb of the day and buitl an advantage of 8 minutes. The peloton let him go and he could reach the finish alone with an advantage of 2:32 on a split peloton. Josep Jufre Pou was in that first group, unlike Pauriol and Haimar, and with the three seconds he got in the intermediate sprint, he's now second in the general rank. Haimar finished 23rd and fell back to a 3rd place.
Tomorrow we will get another hilly stage so maybe something for Haimar to try something.

Results
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 3.52.15 (42.293 km/h)
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.32
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road
...
23. Haimar Zubeldia +2:37
59. Gorka Verdugo +2:37
100. Ruben Perez +2:37
118. Egoi Martinez +2:37
119. Amets Txurruka +2:37
126. Aitor Hernandez +2:37
148. Igor Anton +3:04

General Rank
1 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18.24.25
2 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.02
3 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.07
...
12. Gorka Verdugo +0:31
60. Amets Txurruka +11:30
82. Egoi Martinez +18:48
102. Igor Anton +25:42
106. Ruben Perez +27:48
146. Aitor Hernandez +40:24