Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2
            
           Biggest gainers by position :
                +119   William Frischkorn 
                 +90   Bernhard Kohl 
                 +68   Paolo Longo Borghini 
                 +67   Gert Steegmans 
                 +64   Samuel Dumoulin 
                 +57   Romain Feillu 
                 +44   Leif Hoste 
                 +36   Sebastien Chavanel 
                 +36   Nicolas Portal 
                 +35   Arnaud Gerard 
            
           Biggest losers by position :
                -103   Nicki Sorensen 
                 -70   Luis Leon Sanchez 
                 -62   Ryder Hesjedal 
                 -62   Trent Lowe 
                 -55   Fabian Wegmann 
                 -51   Eduardo Gonzalo 
                 -49   Aurelien Passeron 
                 -49   Moises Duenas 
                 -45   Dmitriy Fofonov 
                 -44   Juan Jose Cobo 
                 -43   Christophe Moreau 
            
           Biggest gainers by time :
               +0:18   William Frischkorn 
               +0:18   Samuel Dumoulin 
               +0:18   Romain Feillu 
               +0:14   Bernhard Kohl 
               +0:04   Paolo Longo Borghini 
            
           Biggest losers by time :
              -13:06   Nicki Sorensen 
              -12:02   Matthieu Sprick 
               -7:39   Wim Vansevenant 
               -4:37   Aleksandr Kuschynski 
               -4:37   Amael Moinard 
               -4:37   Amets Txurruka 
               -4:37   Aurelien Passeron 
               -4:37   Bjorn Schroder 
               -4:37   Brett Lancaster 
               -4:37   Chris Froome 
               -4:37   Christophe Le Mevel 
            
           Favourites by position :
                  +8   Damiano Cunego 
                  +7   Vladimir Efimkin 
                  +5   George Hincapie 
                  +2   Stijn Devolder 
                  +1   Manuel Beltran 
                  -1   Oscar Pereiro 
                  -2   Samuel Sanchez 
                  -2   Frank Schleck 
                  -3   Kim Kirchen 
                  -3   Andy Schleck 
                  -3   Alejandro Valverde 
                  -4   Carlos Sastre 
                  -4   Cadel Evans 
                 -17   Jens Voigt 
                 -27   Denis Menchov 
                 -41   Riccardo Ricco 
                 -43   Christophe Moreau 
            
           Favourites by time :
               -1:45   Vladimir Efimkin 
               -1:45   Stijn Devolder 
               -1:45   Samuel Sanchez 
               -1:45   Oscar Pereiro 
               -1:45   Manuel Beltran 
               -1:45   Kim Kirchen 
               -1:45   George Hincapie 
               -1:45   Frank Schleck 
               -1:45   Damiano Cunego 
               -1:45   Carlos Sastre 
               -1:45   Cadel Evans 
               -1:45   Andy Schleck 
               -1:45   Alejandro Valverde 
               -2:23   Riccardo Ricco 
               -2:23   Jens Voigt 
               -2:23   Denis Menchov 
               -4:37   Christophe Moreau 
            
           Top 3 and favourites standings :
                   1  Romain Feillu                              13.27.05
                   2  Paolo Longo Borghini                           0.35
                   3  William Frischkorn                             1.42
                   4  Alejandro Valverde                             1.45
                   5  Kim Kirchen                                    1.46
                   .....
                   9  Cadel Evans                                    1.46
                   .....
                  11  Frank Schleck                                  1.46
                  12  Oscar Pereiro                                  1.46
                   .....
                  18  Samuel Sanchez                                 1.52
                  19  George Hincapie                                1.52
                  20  Andy Schleck                                   1.52
                   .....
                  27  Manuel Beltran                                 1.52
                   .....
                  31  Carlos Sastre                                  1.52
                  32  Stijn Devolder                                 1.52
                   .....
                  35  Damiano Cunego                                 1.52
                   .....
                  40  Vladimir Efimkin                               2.03
                   .....
                  49  Riccardo Ricco                                 2.24
                   .....
                  52  Denis Menchov                                  2.30
                   .....
                  56  Jens Voigt                                     2.30
                   .....
                 114  Christophe Moreau                              5.16
            
           Retirements to date :                              Stage
              Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott         3 <<<
              Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis                 1
            Total retirements : 2