Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2
Biggest gainers by position :
+20 Mathieu Perget
+19 Timothy Gudsell
+19 Nikolay Trusov
+19 Mathew Hayman
+19 Luciano Andre Pagliarini Mendonca
+19 Francis De Greef
+19 Alexander Serov
+19 Alberto Loddo
+18 Steve Zampieri
+18 Robert Forster
Biggest losers by position :
-91 Charles Wegelius
-91 Dario Cataldo
-90 Vasili Kiryienka
-58 Serguei Klimov
-49 Dries Devenyns
-49 Kevin Seeldraeyers
-47 Stuart O'Grady
-44 Jason McCartney
-40 Julian Dean
-39 Jeremy Roy
-36 Ivan Velasco Murillo
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Daniele Bennati
+0:12 Erik Zabel
+0:08 Danilo Hondo
Biggest losers by time :
-8:07 Dominique Cornu
-8:03 Tom Stubbe
-8:00 Enrico Poitschke
-8:00 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty
-8:00 Stuart O'Grady
-8:00 Vasili Kiryienka
-7:58 Jeremy Roy
-7:57 Andre Greipel
-7:57 Bram De Groot
-7:57 Charles Wegelius
-7:57 Dario Cataldo
Favourites by position :
+15 Daniele Bennati
+8 Vladimir Karpets
+6 Tadej Valjavec
+5 Leonardo Piepoli
+5 Gilberto Simoni
+4 Denis Menchov
+3 Andreas Kloden
+3 Alberto Contador Velasco
+2 Paolo Savoldelli
+2 Levi Leipheimer
+2 Davide Rebellin
+1 Marzio Bruseghin
+1 Danilo Di Luca
-24 Jens Voigt
Favourites by time :
+0:20 Daniele Bennati
-0:37 Jens Voigt
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Franco Pellizotti 11.52.17
2 Christian Vande Velde 0.01
3 Danilo Di Luca 0.07
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8 Paolo Savoldelli 0.19
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13 Andreas Kloden 0.28
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16 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.30
17 Daniele Bennati 0.32
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20 Davide Rebellin 0.37
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23 Levi Leipheimer 0.40
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28 Marzio Bruseghin 0.46
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35 Leonardo Piepoli 1.01
36 Gilberto Simoni 1.02
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38 Jens Voigt 1.05
39 Denis Menchov 1.05
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55 Tadej Valjavec 1.30
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72 Vladimir Karpets 2.04
Retirements to date : Stage
Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattol 1
David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2
Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 3 <<<
Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 2
Total retirements : 4