Stage 3 : Mar 8, Indicatore - Narni Scalo, 190 km
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 5.15.12
2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
3 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol
4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka
5 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
6 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
7 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp
8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
9 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+53 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
+52 Hayden Roulston
+51 Lars Petter Nordhaug
+50 Manuel Belletti
+49 Mauro Finetto
+49 Grega Bole
+48 Gert Steegmans
+47 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa
+46 Zakkari Dempster
+46 Oscar Gatto
Biggest losers by position :
-117 Jens Mouris
-107 Manuele Boaro
-105 Tiziano Dall'Antonia
-103 Fabio Sabatini
-94 Alessandro Vanotti
-94 Svein Tuft
-77 Maciej Bodnar
-76 John Degenkolb
-73 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
-73 Matthieu Sprick
-73 Stephen Cummings
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:04 Peter Sagan
Biggest losers by time :
-16:21 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski
-11:06 Jay Robert Thomson
-8:59 Dmitriy Gruzdev
-8:59 Francesco Chicchi
-8:59 Greg Henderson
-8:59 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
-8:59 Ignatas Konovalovas
-8:59 Jens Mouris
-8:59 John Degenkolb
-8:59 Kevin Hulsmans
-8:59 Koen De Kort
Favourites by position :
+44 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+24 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+17 Bauke Mollema
+14 Christopher Horner
+11 Roman Kreuziger
+11 Michael Rogers
+11 Damiano Cunego
+10 Rigoberto Uran Uran
+10 Alberto Contador Velasco
+9 Christopher Froome
+5 Vincenzo Nibali
-2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-3 Andy Schleck
Favourites by time :
-0:06 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:06 Tony Martin
-0:06 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-0:06 Roman Kreuziger
-0:06 Rigoberto Uran Uran
-0:06 Michael Rogers
-0:06 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-0:06 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-0:06 Damiano Cunego
-0:06 Christopher Horner
-0:06 Christopher Froome
-0:06 Cadel Evans
-0:06 Bauke Mollema
-0:06 Alberto Contador Velasco
-5:06 Andy Schleck
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Mark Cavendish 11:23:08 (unchanged)
2 Michal Kwiatkowski 0:07 (was 2nd at 0:02)
3 Niki Terpstra 0:09 (was 3rd at 0:03)
4 Tony Martin 0:09 (was 4th at 0:03)
5 Zdenek Stybar 0:09 (was 5th at 0:03)
6 Peter Sagan 0:18 (was 19th at 0:22)
7 Alex Dowsett 0:20 (was 7th at 0:14)
8 Giovanni Visconti 0:20 (was 6th at 0:14)
9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 0:20 (was 9th at 0:14)
10 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 0:20 (was 8th at 0:14)
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17 Cadel Evans 0:25 (was 17th at 0:19)
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20 Vincenzo Nibali 0:29 (was 25th at 0:23)
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31 Christopher Froome 0:34 (was 40th at 0:28)
32 Rigoberto Uran Uran 0:34 (was 42nd at 0:28)
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34 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:38 (was 44th at 0:32)
35 Roman Kreuziger 0:38 (was 46th at 0:32)
36 Michael Rogers 0:38 (was 47th at 0:32)
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39 Damiano Cunego 0:44 (was 50th at 0:38)
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42 Christopher Horner 0:45 (was 56th at 0:39)
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46 Bauke Mollema 0:46 (was 63rd at 0:40)
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53 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:53 (was 77th at 0:47)
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79 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 1:15 (was 123rd at 1:09)
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138 Andy Schleck 6:36 (was 135th at 1:30)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 21 (was 2nd with 11 points)
2 Matthew Harley Goss 18 (was 1st with 12 points)
3 Gerald Ciolek 15 (was 4th with 8 points)
4 Peter Sagan 14 (was 13th with 2 points)
5 Andre Greipel 12 (was 9th with 4 points)
6 Manuel Belletti 12 (was 3rd with 10 points)
7 Cesare Benedetti 11 (was 12th with 3 points)
8 Francesco Failli 8 (was 0 points)
9 Roberto Ferrari 7 (was 5th with 7 points)
10 Maciej Bodnar 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Bram Tankink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 3 <<<
Nick Nuyens (Bel) Garmin-Sharp 3 <<<
Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre-Merida 3 <<<
Total retirements : 3