Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2 Biggest gainers by position : +17 Alessandro Petacchi +12 Robert Förster +10 Cyrille Monnerais +9 Thor Hushovd +9 Oscar Gatto +9 Benat Albizuri Aransolo +9 Arnaud Labbe +8 Sven Krauss +8 Steve Morabito +8 Iban Velasco Biggest losers by position : -81 Fabian Cancellara -68 Mikhail Ignatiev -57 Gregory Henderson -50 Giovanni Visconti -42 Alessandro Cortinovis -36 Elio Aggiano -22 Mirco Lorenzetto -18 Mathieu Perget -17 Arnaud Gérard -15 Alexandre Pichot -9 Nick Gates Biggest gainers by time : +0:20 Alessandro Petacchi +0:12 Robert Förster +0:08 Maximiliano Richeze +0:02 Arnaud Labbe Biggest losers by time : -15:07 Alexandre Pichot -15:07 Nick Gates -14:22 Anton Luengo Celaya -14:22 Elio Aggiano -14:22 Gregory Henderson -13:59 Nikolai Trusov -3:32 Alessandro Cortinovis -3:32 Timothy Gudsell -3:26 Giovanni Visconti -2:10 Christophe Kern -2:10 Fabian Cancellara Favourites by position : +5 Thomas Voeckler +2 Franco Pellizotti +2 Davide Rebellin +2 Dario David Cioni +2 Andrea Noe' +1 Yaroslav Popovych +1 Stefano Garzelli +1 Riccardo Ricco +1 Pietro Caucchioli +1 Paolo Bettini +1 Iban Mayo Diez +1 Gilberto Simoni -1 Danilo Di Luca -81 Fabian Cancellara Favourites by time : -2:10 Fabian Cancellara Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Enrico Gasparotto 10.03.48 2 Danilo Di Luca 0.00 3 Andrea Noe' 0.00 4 Franco Pellizotti 0.00 ..... 7 Paolo Savoldelli 0.13 ..... 17 Damiano Cunego 0.42 ..... 22 Yaroslav Popovych 0.49 ..... 25 Stefano Garzelli 1.02 ..... 36 Pietro Caucchioli 1.13 37 Paolo Bettini 1.14 ..... 43 Gilberto Simoni 1.25 44 Riccardo Ricco 1.25 45 Iban Mayo Diez 1.25 ..... 47 Leonardo Piepoli 1.25 ..... 52 Dario David Cioni 1.28 ..... 55 Davide Rebellin 1.32 ..... 95 Fabian Cancellara 2.40 ..... 127 Thomas Voeckler 4.24 Retirements to date : Gerolsteiner Volker Ordowski Quickstep - Innergetic Andrea Tonti Rabobank Graeme Brown T-Mobile Team Adam Hansen " Michael Barry Total retirements : 5