Stage 3 : Monday, July 6 2009, Marseille - La Grande-Motte, 196.5 km
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC 5.01.24
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
3 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano
4 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
5 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Quick Step
6 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank
7 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram
8 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
9 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel
10 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram
Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+83 Cycril Lemoine
+80 Thor Hushovd
+78 Yaroslav Popovych
+78 Fabian Wegmann
+76 Mark Renshaw
+72 Ruben Perez Moreno
+72 Kim Kirchen
+69 Koen de Kort
+68 Thierry Huppond
+68 Stephane Auge
Biggest losers by position :
-133 Danny Pate
-80 Charles Wegelius
-74 Stef Clement
-72 David Moncoutie
-72 Jussi Veikkanen
-71 Christophe Riblon
-71 Nicolas Vogondy
-67 Martijn Maaskant
-56 Dmitriy Muravyev
-50 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro
-47 Sebastien Minard
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-13:49 Alan Perez Lezaun
-13:49 Dmitriy Muravyev
-4:25 Charles Wegelius
-4:25 Daniele Righi
-4:25 Danny Pate
-4:25 Martijn Maaskant
-3:48 Albert Timmer
-3:25 Staf Scheirlinckx
-1:40 Peter Wrolich
-1:20 Amael Moinard
-1:20 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza
Favourites by position :
+72 Kim Kirchen
+7 Lance Armstrong
-2 Franco Pellizotti
-2 Alberto Contador Velasco
-3 Robert Gesink
-3 Jens Voigt
-3 Frank Schleck
-3 Denis Menchov
-3 Cadel Evans
-4 Levi Leipheimer
-5 Vladimir Karpets
-5 Roman Kreuziger
-5 Carlos Sastre Candil
-6 Andy Schleck
-37 Marzio Bruseghin
Favourites by time :
-0:41 Vladimir Karpets
-0:41 Roman Kreuziger
-0:41 Robert Gesink
-0:41 Levi Leipheimer
-0:41 Jens Voigt
-0:41 Frank Schleck
-0:41 Franco Pellizotti
-0:41 Denis Menchov
-0:41 Carlos Sastre Candil
-0:41 Cadel Evans
-0:41 Andy Schleck
-0:41 Alberto Contador Velasco
-1:01 Marzio Bruseghin
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Fabian Cancellara 9.50.58
2 Tony Martin 0.33
3 Lance Armstrong 0.40
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.59
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8 Cadel Evans 1.04
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10 Levi Leipheimer 1.11
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12 Roman Kreuziger 1.13
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24 Andy Schleck 1.41
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26 Carlos Sastre Candil 1.47
27 Vladimir Karpets 1.48
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34 Robert Gesink 1.56
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37 Kim Kirchen 1.57
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41 Jens Voigt 2.03
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56 Denis Menchov 2.12
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63 Franco Pellizotti 2.14
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70 Frank Schleck 2.17
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72 Marzio Bruseghin 2.18
Retirements to date : Stage
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 3 <<<
Total retirements : 1