Stage 3 : March 15, 2019 Pomerance - Foligno 224 km
1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 5.26.45
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
3 Fernando Gaviria (Col) UAE Team Emirates
4 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Dimension Data
5 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal
6 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
7 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
9 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Pro Team
10 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Neri Sottolia€“Selle Italiaa€“KTM
Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+13 Kenneth Van Bilsen
+13 Elia Viviani
+12 Peter Sagan
+12 Paolo Simion
+12 Alexander Porsev
+11 Phil Bauhaus
+11 Paul Martens
+11 Giacomo Nizzolo
+10 Salvatore Puccio
+10 Nikolai Cherkasov
Biggest losers by position :
-62 Kasper Asgreen
-19 Rohan Dennis
-18 Victor Campenaerts
-16 Damien Howson
-15 Taylor Phinney
-15 Tom Jelte Slagter
-15 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
-13 Stephen Cummings
-13 Tiesj Benoot
-11 Koen Bouwman
-9 Benjamin King
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Elia Viviani
+0:06 Peter Sagan
+0:04 Fernando Gaviria
Biggest losers by time :
-5:10 Victor Campenaerts
-3:50 Kasper Asgreen
-2:52 Benjamin King
-2:52 Taylor Phinney
-2:36 Stephen Cummings
-2:35 Damien Howson
-2:19 Matthias Brandle
-2:19 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
-2:17 Stepan Kurianov
-1:50 Alex Edmondson
-1:50 Christopher Juul Jensen
Favourites by position :
+5 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+4 Vincenzo Nibali
+3 Richard Carapaz
+3 Rafal Majka
+3 Geraint Thomas
+3 Davide Formolo
+2 Thibaut Pinot
+2 Jakob Fuglsang
+1 Wout Poels
+1 Tom Dumoulin
+1 Sam Oomen
-13 Tiesj Benoot
Favourites by time :
-0:34 Tiesj Benoot
-1:27 Rafal Majka
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Adam Yates 10:37:19 (unchanged)
2 Brent Bookwalter 0:00 (unchanged)
3 Primoz Roglic 0:07 (unchanged)
4 Laurens De Plus 0:07 (unchanged)
5 Tom Dumoulin 0:22 (was 6th at 0:22)
6 Sam Oomen 0:22 (was 7th at 0:22)
7 Soren Kragh Andersen 0:22 (was 5th at 0:22)
8 Julian Alaphilippe 0:27 (unchanged)
9 Wout Poels 0:47 (was 10th at 0:47)
10 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas 0:47 (was 11th at 0:47)
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14 Thibaut Pinot 0:58 (was 16th at 0:58)
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19 Jakob Fuglsang 1:13 (was 21st at 1:13)
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22 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 1:19 (was 27th at 1:19)
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25 Vincenzo Nibali 1:25 (was 29th at 1:25)
26 Tiesj Benoot 1:28 (was 13th at 0:54)
27 Richard Carapaz 1:32 (was 30th at 1:32)
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34 Davide Formolo 1:57 (was 37th at 1:57)
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38 Geraint Thomas 2:10 (was 41st at 2:10)
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156 Rafal Majka 17:59 (was 159th at 16:32)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mirco Maestri 16 (was 2nd with 10 points)
2 Stepan Kurianov 14 (was 10th with 4 points)
3 Julian Alaphilippe 12 (was 1st with 12 points)
4 Elia Viviani 12 (was 0 points)
5 Greg Van Avermaet 10 (was 3rd with 10 points)
6 Peter Sagan 10 (was 0 points)
7 Alberto Bettiol 8 (was 4th with 8 points)
8 Fernando Gaviria 8 (was 0 points)
9 Tiesj Benoot 7 (was 5th with 7 points)
10 Giacomo Nizzolo 7 (was 0 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Natnael Berhane 20 (was 2nd with 10 points)
2 Julian Alaphilippe 15 (was 1st with 15 points)
3 Sebastian Schonberger 12 (was 5th with 6 points)
4 Greg Van Avermaet 10 (was 3rd with 10 points)
5 Alberto Bettiol 7 (was 4th with 7 points)
6 Tiesj Benoot 5 (unchanged)
7 Alexander Cataford 4 (was 0 points)
8 Mirco Maestri 4 (was 9th with 3 points)
9 Adam Yates 3 (was 7th with 3 points)
10 Markel Irizar Aranburu 3 (was 8th with 3 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 3 <<<
Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 3 <<<
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 3 <<<
Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky 2
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 2
Total retirements : 5