GRENOBLE, France, June 11, 2010 (AFP) – Astana rider Daniel Navarro boosted his chances of securing a spot in next month’s Tour de France after winning the fifth stage of the Dauphine Criterium on Friday.

Slovenian Janez Brajkovic, of the RadioShack team, retained the race lead after the 143.5km ride from Serre-Chevalier in the Alps to here, which included climbs over the Col du Lautaret and Chamrousse.

Brajkovic has a lead of 1min 41sec over main challenger, Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, ahead of Saturday’s difficult penultimate stage, which finishes on the summit of Alpe d’Huez.

Stage Results:
1. Daniel Navarro (ESP/AST) les 143,5 km en 3h26:16.
(moyenne: 41,742 km/h)
2. Eros Capecchi (ITA/FOT) à 0:34.
3. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 0:34.
4. Dimitri Champion (FRA/ALM) 1:39.
5. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 1:39.
6. Christophe Moreau (FRA/GCE) 1:39.
7. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 2:40.
8. Pierre Rolland (FRA/BTL) 2:40.
9. Luis Pasamontes (ESP/GCE) 2:40.
10. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 2:40.
11. Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE/GRM) 2:40.
12. David Le Lay (FRA/ALM) 2:40.
13. Grega Bole (SLO/LAM) 3:04.
14. Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA/FDJ) 3:04.
15. Sébastian Langeveld (NED/RAB) 3:04.
16. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 3:04.
17. Arkaitz Duran (ESP/FOT) 3:04.
18. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 3:04.
19. José Alberto Benítez (ESP/FOT) 3:04.
20. Anders Lund (DEN/SAX) 3:04.
…
22. Rémy Di Grégorio (FRA/FDJ) 3:04.
24. Steve Chainel (FRA/BTL) 3:04.
26. Janez Brajkovic (SLO/RSH) 3:04.
30. Guillaume Levarlet (FRA/SAU) 3:04.
31. Cyril Gautier (FRA/BTL) 3:04.
34. Guillaume Bonnafond (FRA/ALM) 3:04.
38. Rémi Pauriol (FRA/COF) 3:04.
40. Sylvain Calzati (FRA/SKY) 3:04.
41. Anthony Delaplace (FRA/SAU) 3:04.
43. Julien El Fares (FRA/COF) 3:04.
51. Christophe Kern (FRA/COF) 3:04.
55. Alberto Contador (ESP/AST) 3:04.
57. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 3:04.
58. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 3:04.
62. Nicolas Vogondy (FRA/BTL) 3:04.
63. Sébastien Minard (FRA/COF) 3:04.
65. Matthieu Perget (FRA/GCE) 3:04.
68. Cyril Dessel (FRA/ALM) 3:04.
70. Jérôme Coppel (FRA/SAU) 3:04.
71. Yannick Talabardon (FRA/SAU) 3:04.
72. Romain Sicard (FRA/EUS) 3:04.
74. Christophe Le Mével (FRA/FDJ) 3:04.
76. Pierre Cazaux (FRA/FDJ) 3:44.
78. Giovanni Bernaudeau (FRA/BTL) 5:56.
91. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 7:20.
94. Benoît Vaugrenard (FRA/FDJ) 7:20.
95. Laszlo Bodrogi (FRA/KAT) 7:35.
105. Mickaël Delage (FRA/OLO) 12:29.
113. Laurent Mangel (FRA/SAU) 12:29.
114. Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA/BTL) 12:29.
117. Nicolas Portal (FRA/SKY) 14:15.
128. Julien Loubet (FRA/ALM) 18:33.
133. Geoffroy Lequatre (FRA/RSH) 18:33.
137. Anthony Geslin (FRA/FDJ) 18:33.
138. Sébastien Chavanel (FRA/FDJ) 18:33.
139. Jérémie Galland (FRA/SAU) 18:33.
144. Julien Simon (FRA/SAU) 18:33.
148. Jean-Marc Marino (FRA/SAU) 18:33.
149. Stéphane Augé (FRA/COF) 18:33.
150. Laurent Lefèvre (FRA/BTL) 18:33.
151. Amaël Moinard (FRA/COF) 18:33.
157. Vincent Jérôme (FRA/BTL) 18:33.
158. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 18:33.
160. Roger Kluge (GER/MRM) 18:33.
161 coureurs au départ. 160 classés.
Non partant: Roy Sentjens (NED/MRM)
Abandon: Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA/LIQ)

Overall Results:
1. Janez Brajkovic (SLO/RSH) 19h55:04.
2. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/THR) à 1:15.
3. Alberto Contador (ESP/AST) 1:41.
4. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 1:56.
5. Nicolas Vogondy (FRA/BTL) 2:43.
6. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 2:55.
7. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 3:05.
8. Jürgen Van den Broeck (BEL/OLO) 3:06.
9. Christian Knees (GER/MRM) 3:10.
10. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 3:28.
11. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 3:29.
12. Rémi Pauriol (FRA/COF) 3:43.
13. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/KAT) 3:48.
14. Jérome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 3:53.
15. Pierre Rolland (FRA/BTL) 4:01.
16. Branislav Samoilav (BLR/QST) 4:03.
17. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 4:15.
18. Eros Capecchi (ITA/FOT) 4:18.
19. Daniel Navarro (ESP/AST) 4:23.
20. Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE/GRM) 4:33.
…
22. Christophe Kern (FRA/COF) 4:43.
26. Romain Sicard (FRA/EUS) 5:32.
29. David Le Lay (FRA/ALM) 5:46.
30. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 5:58.
32. Dimitri Champion (FRA/ALM) 6:04.
35. Rémy Di Grégorio (FRA/FDJ) 6:33.
36. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 6:43.
39. Julien El Fares (FRA/COF) 6:44.
40. Christophe Le Mével (FRA/FDJ) 7:07.
47. Matthieu Perget (FRA/GCE) 8:28.
48. Yannick Talabardon (FRA/SAU) 8:40.
50. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 8:51.
51. Sylvain Calzati (FRA/SKY) 9:04.
52. Cyril Gautier (FRA/BTL) 9:12.
53. Cyril Dessel (FRA/ALM) 9:12.
56. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 10:24.
59. Christophe Moreau (FRA/GCE) 11:54.
61. Guillaume Levarlet (FRA/SAU) 13:52.
63. Laszlo Bodrogi (FRA/KAT) 14:28.
65. Steve Chainel (FRA/BTL) 14:55.
72. Anthony Delaplace (FRA/SAU) 18:41.
73. Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA/BTL) 18:47.
74. Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA/FDJ) 18:52.
81. Laurent Lefèvre (FRA/BTL) 21:30.
83. Laurent Mangel (FRA/SAU) 21:45.
89. Mickaël Delage (FRA/OLO) 23:10.
100. Nicolas Portal (FRA/SKY) 26:54.
101. Pierre Cazaux (FRA/FDJ) 27:03.
103. Guillaume Bonnafond (FRA/ALM) 27:30.
105. Giovanni Bernaudeau (FRA/BTL) 28:29.
107. Sébastien Minard (FRA/COF) 28:48.
115. Benoît Vaugrenard (FRA/FDJ) 32:17.
120. Amaël Moinard (FRA/COF) 34:01.
124. Julien Loubet (FRA/ALM) 35:23.
130. Jérémie Galland (FRA/SAU) 38:29.
132. Stéphane Augé (FRA/COF) 40:09.
136. Jean-Marc Marino (FRA/SAU) 41:01.
138. Geoffroy Lequatre (FRA/RSH) 41:10.
139. Sébastien Chavanel (FRA/FDJ) 41:12.
140. Anthony Geslin (FRA/FDJ) 41:37.
144. Vincent Jérôme (FRA/BTL) 42:17.
147. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 43:28.
152. Julien Simon (FRA/SAU) 44:26.
160. David Gutierrez Palacios (ESP/FOT) 50:41.

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