Stage 3 : Mar 11, Toucy - Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, 180 km
1 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 4.27.26
2 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
4 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
6 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
7 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr
8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
9 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
10 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team
Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+111 Luca Wackermann
+48 Alexey Tsatevich
+12 Zdenek Stybar
+11 Florian Vachon
+11 Cyril Gautier
+10 Andy Schleck
+9 Sebastien Hinault
+8 Simon Yates
+8 Maxime Monfort
+8 Damiano Caruso
Biggest losers by position :
-73 Fabio Felline
-43 Jos van Emden
-36 Bryan Nauleau
-27 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios
-18 Cedric Pineau
-15 Luke Rowe
-12 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-11 Marko Kump
-10 Jonathan Hivert
-10 Peter Velits
-9 Davide Villella
Biggest gainers by time :
+2:19 Alexey Tsatevich
+1:37 Luca Wackermann
+0:02 John Degenkolb
Biggest losers by time :
-3:41 Luke Rowe
-3:41 Thomas Voeckler
-3:36 Julien Fouchard
-3:11 Cedric Pineau
-3:11 David Lopez Garcia
-3:11 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-3:11 Geoffrey Soupe
-3:11 Jonathan Hivert
-3:11 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios
-3:11 Matteo Bono
-3:11 Matti Breschel
Favourites by position :
+10 Andy Schleck
+8 Maxime Monfort
+7 Przemyslaw Niemiec
+4 Wilco Kelderman
+3 Rafal Majka
+2 Michael Albasini
+2 Frank Schleck
-1 Lieuwe Westra
-3 Vincenzo Nibali
-3 Mathias Frank
-4 Thomas Voeckler
-9 Simon Spilak
Favourites by time :
-0:08 Wilco Kelderman
-0:08 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:08 Simon Spilak
-0:08 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
-0:08 Rafal Majka
-0:08 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-0:08 Maxime Monfort
-0:08 Mathias Frank
-0:08 Lieuwe Westra
-0:08 Frank Schleck
-0:08 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
-0:08 Andy Schleck
-3:11 Michael Albasini
-3:41 Thomas Voeckler
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 John Degenkolb 13:14:01 (was 2nd at 0:02)
2 Nacer Bouhanni 0:08 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Moreno Hofland 0:12 (was 3rd at 0:04)
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 0:18 (was 6th at 0:14)
5 Geraint Thomas 0:21 (was 4th at 0:13)
6 Bryan Coquard 0:22 (was 5th at 0:14)
7 Alexander Kristoff 0:22 (was 7th at 0:14)
8 Nikolai Trusov 0:22 (was 8th at 0:14)
9 Samuel Dumoulin 0:22 (was 9th at 0:14)
10 Marco Marcato 0:22 (was 11th at 0:14)
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15 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 0:27 (was 15th at 0:19)
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25 Vincenzo Nibali 0:29 (was 22nd at 0:21)
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28 Rafal Majka 0:29 (was 31st at 0:21)
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32 Wilco Kelderman 0:29 (was 36th at 0:21)
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34 Simon Spilak 0:29 (was 25th at 0:21)
35 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 0:29 (was 35th at 0:21)
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40 Maxime Monfort 0:29 (was 48th at 0:21)
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76 Mathias Frank 0:40 (was 73rd at 0:32)
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107 Lieuwe Westra 1:49 (was 106th at 1:41)
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109 Frank Schleck 1:49 (was 111st at 1:41)
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112 Przemyslaw Niemiec 1:49 (was 119th at 1:41)
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137 Thomas Voeckler 6:14 (was 133rd at 2:33)
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152 Andy Schleck 8:58 (was 162nd at 8:50)
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163 Michael Albasini 12:41 (was 165th at 9:30)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 John Degenkolb 39 (was 2nd with 24 points)
2 Nacer Bouhanni 28 (was 1st with 24 points)
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 17 (was 6th with 8 points)
4 Moreno Hofland 16 (was 4th with 15 points)
5 Gianni Meersman 16 (was 3rd with 16 points)
6 Alexander Kristoff 12 (was 7th with 7 points)
7 Matthew Harley Goss 12 (was 0 points)
8 Bryan Coquard 10 (was 5th with 10 points)
9 Thor Hushovd 9 (was 8th with 6 points)
10 Borut Bozic 7 (was 0 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Christophe Laborie 9 (unchanged)
2 Romain Feillu 4 (was 0 points)
3 Aleksejs Saramotins 4 (was 2nd with 4 points)
4 Perrig Quemeneur 3 (was 6th with 2 points)
5 Simon Yates 2 (was 3rd with 2 points)
6 Przemyslaw Niemiec 2 (was 4th with 2 points)
7 Julien Fouchard 2 (was 0 points)
8 Anthony Delaplace 2 (was 5th with 2 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 3 <<<
Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3 <<<
Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 3 <<<
Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 4