Stage 3 : March 06, 2018 Bourges - Chatel-Guyon 210 km 1 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie 5.22.49 2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0.01 3 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 4 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0.38 5 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 6 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 7 Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team 8 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 9 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 10 Felix Grosschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 : Biggest gainers by position : +43 Pierre-Luc Perichon +43 Mitchell Docker +43 Jonathan Hivert +42 Antonio Nibali +40 Jasper De Buyst +39 Sebastian Langeveld +39 Olivier Le Gac +39 Nicolas Edet +38 Luka Pibernik +38 Edward Theuns Biggest losers by position : -95 John Degenkolb -84 Alexander Kristoff -74 Christophe Laporte -73 Ivan Garcia Cortina -63 Carlos Barbero Cuesta -50 Amund Grondahl Jansen -45 Chris Hamilton -44 Ben King -43 Elia Viviani -43 Mathew Hayman -41 Thomas De Gendt Biggest gainers by time : +0:21 Jonathan Hivert +0:15 Luis Leon Sanchez +0:13 Remy Di Gregorio Biggest losers by time : -17:49 Alexander Kristoff -15:08 David Lopez Garcia -15:08 Erik Baska -15:08 Ignatas Konovalovas -15:08 Lars Boom -15:08 Mickael Delage -15:08 Thomas De Gendt -15:06 Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz -15:05 Jay Robert Thomson -11:08 Alex Edmondson -11:08 Cyril Lemoine Favourites by position : +21 Jakob Fuglsang +14 Ilnur Zakarin +6 David de la Cruz +5 Bauke Mollema +1 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya -1 Jon Izagirre Insausti -1 Gorka Izagirre Insausti -2 Daniel Martin -3 Wout Poels -3 Marc Soler -4 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio -7 Simon Yates Favourites by time : -0:25 Jakob Fuglsang -0:28 Wout Poels -0:28 Simon Yates -0:28 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya -0:28 Marc Soler -0:28 Julian Alaphilippe -0:28 Jon Izagirre Insausti -0:28 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio -0:28 Ilnur Zakarin -0:28 Gorka Izagirre Insausti -0:28 David de la Cruz -0:28 Daniel Martin -0:28 Bauke Mollema Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Luis Leon Sanchez 13:21:56 (was 11th at 0:15) 2 Arnaud Demare 0:28 (was 1st at 0:00) 3 Gorka Izagirre Insausti 0:35 (was 2nd at 0:07) 4 Julian Alaphilippe 0:38 (was 4th at 0:10) 5 Mike Teunissen 0:41 (was 5th at 0:13) 6 Tim Wellens 0:41 (was 6th at 0:13) 7 Roman Kreuziger 0:41 (was 19th at 0:15) 8 Heinrich Haussler 0:43 (was 10th at 0:15) 9 Felix GroAŸschartner 0:43 (was 16th at 0:15) 10 Jon Izagirre Insausti 0:43 (was 9th at 0:15) ..... 12 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 0:43 (was 8th at 0:15) ..... 15 Marc Soler 0:43 (was 12th at 0:15) ..... 17 Wout Poels 0:43 (was 14th at 0:15) ..... 23 Daniel Martin 0:43 (was 21st at 0:15) 24 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 0:43 (was 25th at 0:15) ..... 27 Simon Yates 0:43 (was 20th at 0:15) ..... 29 Bauke Mollema 0:43 (was 34th at 0:15) ..... 38 David de la Cruz 1:09 (was 44th at 0:41) ..... 52 Ilnur Zakarin 2:00 (was 66th at 1:32) ..... 56 Jakob Fuglsang 2:16 (was 77th at 1:51) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Arnaud Demare 31 (was 1st with 24 points) 2 Mike Teunissen 17 (was 5th with 11 points) 3 Jonathan Hivert 16 (was 0 points) 4 Dylan Groenewegen 15 (was 2nd with 15 points) 5 Andre Greipel 14 (was 7th with 9 points) 6 Luis Leon Sanchez 12 (was 0 points) 7 Gorka Izagirre Insausti 12 (was 3rd with 12 points) 8 Elia Viviani 12 (was 4th with 12 points) 9 Julian Alaphilippe 10 (was 8th with 8 points) 10 Christophe Laporte 10 (was 6th with 10 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Pierre-Luc Perichon 8 (unchanged) 2 Fabien Grellier 8 (was 0 points) 3 Arnaud Demare 4 (was 2nd with 4 points) 4 Julian Alaphilippe 4 (was 0 points) 5 Pierre Rolland 4 (was 3rd with 4 points) 6 Jay Robert Thomson 3 (was 0 points) 7 Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz 3 (was 0 points) 8 Gorka Izagirre Insausti 2 (was 4th with 2 points) 9 Tim Wellens 2 (was 0 points) 10 Jurgen Roelandts 2 (was 5th with 2 points) Retirements to date : Stage Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 3 <<< Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 3 <<< Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 2 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 Total retirements : 4