Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2
Biggest gainers by position :
+19 Borut Bozic
+16 Julian Dean
+14 Robert Hunter
+14 Gabriele Bosisio
+13 Rony Martias
+13 Mattia Gavazzi
+13 Francesco Ginanni
+12 Yauheni Hutarovich
+12 Chris Sutton
+11 Sergey Klimov
Biggest losers by position :
-44 Angel Madrazo
-36 Bingen Fernandez
-33 Lieuwe Westra
-31 Sergey Renev
-29 Dmitriy Muravyev
-29 Jean Eudes Demaret
-28 Maurizio Biondo
-28 Pierrick Fedrigo
-25 Tadej Valjavec
-20 Vasil Kiryienka
-19 Marc De Maar
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Tyler Farrar
+0:06 Mark Cavendish
+0:04 Enrico Rossi
Biggest losers by time :
-7:25 Fabian Cancellara
-7:01 Angel Madrazo
-7:01 Bingen Fernandez
-7:01 Jean Eudes Demaret
-7:01 Maryan Hary
-7:01 Nico Sijmens
-6:48 Marc De Maar
-3:27 Alessandro Bertolini
-3:27 Sergey Renev
-3:24 Lieuwe Westra
-3:16 Dmitriy Muravyev
Favourites by position :
+11 Ivan Gutierrez
+9 Johan Van Summeren
+9 Andreas Kloden
+6 Danilo Di Luca
+5 Thomas Dekker
+5 Marzio Bruseghin
+1 Thomas Lovkvist
-1 Robert Gesink
-1 Fabian Cancellara
-2 Franco Pellizotti
-5 Davide Rebellin
-18 Gilberto Simoni
-25 Tadej Valjavec
Favourites by time :
-1:08 Gilberto Simoni
-1:54 Tadej Valjavec
-7:25 Fabian Cancellara
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Julien El Fares 12.00.20
2 Alessandro Petacchi 0.15
3 Daniele Bennati 0.15
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19 Thomas Lovkvist 0.25
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25 Andreas Kloden 0.25
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28 Davide Rebellin 0.25
29 Danilo Di Luca 0.25
30 Johan Van Summeren 0.25
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33 Andy Schleck 0.25
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37 Robert Gesink 0.25
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39 Franco Pellizotti 0.25
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60 Gilberto Simoni 1.33
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72 Ivan Gutierrez 2.10
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81 Thomas Dekker 2.33
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85 Tadej Valjavec 3.23
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115 Marzio Bruseghin 8.18
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196 Fabian Cancellara 26.58
Retirements to date : Stage
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 2
Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis 2
Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 <<<
Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2
Total retirements : 4