Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2 Biggest gainers by position : +40 Mirco Lorenzetto +32 Rene Weissinger +30 Raivis Belohvosciks +25 Addy Engels +24 Bjorn Schroder +21 Rigoberto Uran +21 Gustav Erik Larsson +19 Mathieu Perget +19 David Lopez Garcia +18 Tanel Kangert Biggest losers by position : -50 David De La Fuente Rasilla -46 Thomas Vedel Kvist -41 Anthony Charteau -41 Paul Martens -34 Koos Moerenhout -34 Pablo Lastras Garcia -33 Hector Gonzalez -26 Jens Voigt -24 Amael Moinard -23 Matthias Russ -23 Remi Pauriol Biggest gainers by time : Biggest losers by time : -17:32 Thomas Vedel Kvist -12:10 Rene Haselbacher -12:00 Alexander Efimkin -12:00 Amael Moinard -12:00 Andre Greipel -12:00 Andre Korff -12:00 Anthony Charteau -12:00 Benoit Vaugrenard -12:00 Bernhard Kohl -12:00 Bert Grabsch -12:00 Christophe Mengin Favourites by position : +21 Rigoberto Uran +17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck +16 Johan Van Summeren +9 Maxime Monfort +2 Leonardo Bertagnolli -2 Markus Fothen -4 Vladimir Karpets -4 Matteo Carrara -15 Bernhard Kohl -23 Remi Pauriol -26 Jens Voigt Favourites by time : -0:39 Markus Fothen -0:45 Vladimir Karpets -0:45 Jurgen Van Den Broeck -3:41 Johan Van Summeren -12:00 Remi Pauriol -12:00 Matteo Carrara -12:00 Jens Voigt -12:00 Bernhard Kohl -12:10 Rene Haselbacher Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Linus Gerdemann 13.56.11 2 Thomas Lovkvist 0.17 3 Janez Brajkovic 0.20 ..... 13 Markus Fothen 2.42 14 Leonardo Bertagnolli 2.51 ..... 19 Vladimir Karpets 3.28 ..... 28 Maxime Monfort 6.04 ..... 54 Rigoberto Uran 12.07 ..... 70 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 16.02 ..... 82 Johan Van Summeren 19.44 ..... 92 Jens Voigt 23.00 ..... 95 Remi Pauriol 23.21 ..... 101 Bernhard Kohl 26.53 ..... 115 Matteo Carrara 29.08 ..... 140 Rene Haselbacher 35.27 Retirements to date : Stage Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 1 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 <<< Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 Total retirements : 5