Stage 3 - June 9: Tournus - Saint-Étienne, 182km
First 10 finishers :
1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 4.32.34 (40.064 km/h)
2 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
3 Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom
4 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
5 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
6 Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha 1.32
7 Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
8 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C
9 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team
10 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+114 Inigo Landaluze
+70 Ludovic Turpin
+45 Iouri Trofimov
+34 Remi Pauriol
+18 Inaki Isasi
+17 Maarten Wynants
+16 Stephane Auge
+16 Remy Di Gregorio
+16 Paul Voss
+16 Marcus Zberg
Biggest losers by position :
-69 Cyril Gautier
-65 Ian McKissick
-56 Daniele Righi
-56 Steven Cozza
-50 Jelle Vanendert
-35 Marcel Sieberg
-31 Alexander Serov
-28 Volodymyr Zagorodny
-26 Christian Kux
-18 Arnaud Coyot
-18 Dominik Roels
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:41 Niki Terpstra
+0:37 Ludovic Turpin
+0:35 Iouri Trofimov
+0:31 Remi Pauriol
+0:31 Inigo Landaluze
Biggest losers by time :
-10:27 Jelle Vanendert
-10:27 Mirco Lorenzetto
-10:07 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla
-10:07 Alexander Serov
-10:07 Angelo Furlan
-10:07 Arnaud Coyot
-10:07 Christian Kux
-10:07 Daniele Righi
-10:07 Dominik Roels
-10:07 Hector Gonzalez
-10:07 Ian McKissick
Favourites by position :
+7 Stijn Devolder
+3 Rigoberto Uran
+3 Daniel Martin
-3 Vladimir Efimkin
-3 Robert Gesink
-3 Ivan Basso
-4 Rinaldo Nocentini
-4 Mikel Astarloza
-4 Igor Anton
-4 Haimar Zubeldia
-4 Cadel Evans
-5 David Millar
-5 Alejandro Valverde
-5 Alberto Contador
Favourites by time :
-1:01 Vladimir Efimkin
-1:01 Stijn Devolder
-1:01 Robert Gesink
-1:01 Rinaldo Nocentini
-1:01 Rigoberto Uran
-1:01 Mikel Astarloza
-1:01 Ivan Basso
-1:01 Igor Anton
-1:01 Haimar Zubeldia
-1:01 David Millar
-1:01 Daniel Martin
-1:01 Cadel Evans
-1:01 Alejandro Valverde
-1:01 Alberto Contador
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Niki Terpstra 10.23.45
2 Remi Pauriol 0.26
3 Iouri Trofimov 0.27
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5 Cadel Evans 1.01
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7 Alberto Contador 1.09
8 Alejandro Valverde 1.24
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15 David Millar 1.38
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24 Haimar Zubeldia 1.48
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32 Mikel Astarloza 1.52
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38 Rinaldo Nocentini 1.56
39 Igor Anton 1.57
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44 Ivan Basso 2.01
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48 Vladimir Efimkin 2.02
49 Robert Gesink 2.03
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78 Rigoberto Uran 2.18
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85 Daniel Martin 2.20
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104 Stijn Devolder 2.29
Retirements to date : Stage
Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3 <<<
Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 3 <<<
Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 1
Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1
Total retirements : 4