Stage 3 : March 13, 2015 Cascina - Arezzo 203 km 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 4.58.17 2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 3 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step 4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 6 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 7 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 8 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 9 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step 10 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 : Biggest gainers by position : +79 Giampaolo Caruso +78 Dennis Vanendert +76 Mikel Nieve Ituralde +76 Enrico Battaglin +74 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez +66 Jelle Vanendert +66 Enrico Barbin +65 Pierre Rolland +59 Daniel Martin +58 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver Biggest losers by position : -146 Damien Gaudin -121 Johan Le Bon -117 Maciej Bodnar -106 Daniel Oss -99 Sam Bennett -98 Michael Hepburn -92 Manuel Quinziato -92 Matthieu Ladagnous -92 Rick Flens -91 Danilo Wyss -89 Jeremy Roy Biggest gainers by time : +0:02 Greg Van Avermaet Biggest losers by time : -9:05 Carlos Quintero -9:05 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi -9:05 Matthew Harley Goss -8:59 Nicola Boem -7:56 Damien Gaudin -6:33 Alexis Vuillermoz -6:33 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez -6:33 Christophe Riblon -4:49 Christopher Juul Jensen -4:49 Jeremy Roy -4:49 Jorge Camilo Castiblanco Cubides Favourites by position : +65 Pierre Rolland +59 Daniel Martin +58 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver +57 Przemyslaw Niemiec +39 Domenico Pozzovivo +37 Michele Scarponi +35 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas +29 Alberto Contador Velasco +23 Bauke Mollema +20 Roman Kreuziger +17 Thibaut Pinot +9 Vincenzo Nibali +8 Rigoberto Uran +2 Daniel Moreno Fernandez -12 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez Favourites by time : -0:08 Vincenzo Nibali -0:08 Thibaut Pinot -0:08 Roman Kreuziger -0:08 Rigoberto Uran -0:08 Przemyslaw Niemiec -0:08 Pierre Rolland -0:08 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas -0:08 Michele Scarponi -0:08 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver -0:08 Domenico Pozzovivo -0:08 Daniel Martin -0:08 Bauke Mollema -0:08 Alberto Contador Velasco -0:56 Daniel Moreno Fernandez -6:33 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Greg Van Avermaet 8:34:31 (was 4th at 0:02) 2 Peter Sagan 0:02 (was 2nd at 0:00) 3 Adriano Malori 0:08 (was 1st at 0:00) 4 Fabian Cancellara 0:09 (was 3rd at 0:01) 5 Matthias Brandle 0:10 (was 5th at 0:02) 6 Ramunas Navardauskas 0:13 (was 8th at 0:05) 7 Stephen Cummings 0:14 (was 9th at 0:06) 8 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas 0:16 (was 13th at 0:08) 9 Edvald Boasson Hagen 0:16 (was 14th at 0:08) 10 Andriy Grivko 0:17 (was 18th at 0:09) ..... 13 Rigoberto Uran 0:18 (was 21st at 0:10) 14 Vincenzo Nibali 0:19 (was 23rd at 0:11) ..... 20 Thibaut Pinot 0:21 (was 37th at 0:13) ..... 22 Roman Kreuziger 0:22 (was 42nd at 0:14) ..... 24 Bauke Mollema 0:23 (was 47th at 0:15) ..... 32 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:27 (was 61st at 0:19) ..... 39 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 0:29 (was 74th at 0:21) 40 Michele Scarponi 0:30 (was 77th at 0:22) ..... 42 Domenico Pozzovivo 0:30 (was 81st at 0:22) ..... 53 Przemyslaw Niemiec 0:37 (was 110th at 0:29) ..... 55 Daniel Martin 0:38 (was 114th at 0:30) ..... 57 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:39 (was 115th at 0:31) 58 Pierre Rolland 0:41 (was 123rd at 0:33) ..... 160 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 7:21 (was 148th at 0:48) ..... 169 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 10:05 (was 171st at 9:09) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Peter Sagan 20 (was 3rd with 10 points) 2 Greg Van Avermaet 14 (was 15th with 2 points) 3 Jens Debusschere 12 (was 1st with 12 points) 4 Patrick Konrad 10 (was 2nd with 10 points) 5 Nicola Boem 10 (was 0 points) 6 Fabian Cancellara 9 (was 11th with 3 points) 7 Zdenek Stybar 8 (was 0 points) 8 Sam Bennett 8 (was 4th with 8 points) 9 Filippo Pozzato 7 (was 0 points) 10 Alexander Porsev 7 (was 5th with 7 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Danilo Wyss 18 (was 1st with 8 points) 2 Carlos Quintero 14 (was 2nd with 8 points) 3 Patrick Konrad 4 (unchanged) 4 Chad Haga 3 (was 0 points) 5 Edoardo Zardini 2 (was 4th with 2 points) 6 Rick Flens 2 (was 0 points) 7 Nicola Boem 1 (was 0 points) Retirements to date : Stage Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 3 <<< Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 3 <<< Total retirements : 2