Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2
Biggest gainers by position :
+58 Gorik Gardeyn
+54 Maarten Wynants
+49 Alessandro Bertolini
+46 Aitor Galdos Alonso
+41 Paolo Bettini
+40 Tom Stubbe
+40 Leonardo Piepoli
+40 Egoi Martinez De Esteban
+39 Frederic Guesdon
+35 Martin Elmiger
Biggest losers by position :
-78 Riccardo Ricco
-64 Oscar Freire Gomez
-55 Alessandro Petacchi
-53 Robbie McEwen
-48 Mikhail Ignatiev
-47 Joost Posthuma
-43 Danilo Hondo
-42 Eros Capecchi
-40 Filippo Savini
-40 Matti Breschel
-38 Vasili Kiryienka
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Joaquim Rodriguez
+0:04 Danilo Di Luca
+0:02 Niklas Axelsson
Biggest losers by time :
-15:57 Francesco Tomei
-15:51 Alberto Loddo
-15:51 Claudio Cucinotta
-15:46 Daniele Contrini
-15:46 Riccardo Ricco
-15:43 Frank Hoj
-15:28 Luciano Andre Pagliarini Mendonca
-15:28 Magnus Backstedt
-15:22 Francisco Javier Aramendia
-15:17 Francesco Chicchi
-15:17 Oscar Freire Gomez
Favourites by position :
+40 Leonardo Piepoli
+28 Kim Kirchen
+20 Franco Pellizotti
+15 Vladimir Efimkin
+12 Tadej Valjavec
+6 Stuart O'Grady
+1 Danilo Di Luca
+1 Andy Schleck
-1 Linus Gerdemann
-1 George Hincapie
-9 Paolo Savoldelli
-10 David Zabriskie
-11 Marzio Bruseghin
-18 Vladimir Karpets
-26 Stijn Devolder
Favourites by time :
+0:04 Danilo Di Luca
-0:07 Leonardo Piepoli
-0:16 Tadej Valjavec
-0:18 Linus Gerdemann
-0:34 Vladimir Efimkin
-0:51 Franco Pellizotti
-1:59 George Hincapie
-2:27 Paolo Savoldelli
-2:34 Kim Kirchen
-3:10 Stijn Devolder
-7:02 Marzio Bruseghin
-7:08 Stuart O'Grady
-7:08 Andy Schleck
-10:45 Vladimir Karpets
-13:17 David Zabriskie
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Niklas Axelsson 13.56.14
2 Enrico Gasparotto 0.10
3 Joaquim Rodriguez 0.18
4 Linus Gerdemann 0.24
5 Danilo Di Luca 0.32
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9 Tadej Valjavec 0.54
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23 Leonardo Piepoli 1.43
24 Vladimir Efimkin 1.46
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28 Franco Pellizotti 2.03
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33 Paolo Savoldelli 3.05
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35 George Hincapie 3.11
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41 Stijn Devolder 3.48
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51 Marzio Bruseghin 8.14
52 Andy Schleck 8.20
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56 Kim Kirchen 11.03
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63 Vladimir Karpets 11.57
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71 David Zabriskie 14.29
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79 Stuart O'Grady 15.37
Retirements to date : Stage
Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattol 1
Antton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2
Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2
Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 3 <<<
Total retirements : 4