Stage 3 : Jul 6, Wanze - Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, 213 km
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 4.49.38
2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
4 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions
5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
6 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank
7 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Transitions 0.53
8 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
10 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+96 Thor Hushovd
+79 Andy Schleck
+55 Serge Pauwels
+55 Robbie McEwen
+54 Sebastien Minard
+52 John Gadret
+47 Arkaitz Duran Daroca
+44 Thomas Voeckler
+44 Pierre Rolland
+44 Eduard Vorganov
Biggest losers by position :
-106 Francesco Bellotti
-102 Brent Bookwalter
-75 Simon Gerrans
-73 Maxime Bouet
-73 Ruben Plaza Molina
-72 Francesco Reda
-69 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-69 Linus Gerdemann
-56 Carlos Barredo Llamazales
-56 Daniel Oss
-54 Damien Monier
Biggest gainers by time :
+2:57 Thor Hushovd
+2:57 Ryder Hesjedal
+2:57 Geraint Thomas
+2:57 Fabian Cancellara
+2:57 Cadel Evans
+2:57 Andy Schleck
+2:04 Nicolas Roche
+2:04 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+2:04 Johan Van Summeren
+2:04 Denis Menchov
Biggest losers by time :
-19:59 Adriano Malori
-14:06 Charles Wegelius
-14:06 Chris Anker Sorensen
-14:06 Damiano Cunego
-14:06 Dries Devenyns
-14:06 Francesco Bellotti
-14:06 Francesco Reda
-14:06 Grega Bole
-14:06 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde
-14:06 Mathieu Perget
-14:06 Nicki Sorensen
Favourites by position :
+79 Andy Schleck
+43 Bradley Wiggins
+41 Denis Menchov
+20 Joaquin Rodriguez
+16 Cadel Evans
+4 Ivan Basso
+3 Carlos Sastre
+1 Roman Kreuziger
+1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-2 Robert Gesink
-2 Alberto Contador Velasco
-13 Lance Armstrong
-14 Andreas Kloden
-16 Levi Leipheimer
Favourites by time :
+2:57 Cadel Evans
+2:57 Andy Schleck
+2:04 Denis Menchov
+2:04 Bradley Wiggins
+1:44 Alberto Contador Velasco
+1:11 Roman Kreuziger
+1:11 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+0:49 Lance Armstrong
+0:32 Robert Gesink
+0:32 Levi Leipheimer
+0:32 Joaquin Rodriguez
+0:32 Ivan Basso
+0:32 Carlos Sastre
+0:32 Andreas Kloden
Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Fabian Cancellara 14:54:00 (was 2nd at 2:57)
2 Geraint Thomas 0:23 (was 6th at 3:20)
3 Cadel Evans 0:39 (was 19th at 3:36)
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6 Andy Schleck 1:09 (was 85th at 4:06)
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9 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:40 (was 7th at 3:24)
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13 Denis Menchov 1:49 (was 54th at 3:53)
14 Bradley Wiggins 1:49 (was 57th at 3:53)
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16 Roman Kreuziger 2:24 (was 17th at 3:35)
17 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 2:25 (was 18th at 3:36)
18 Lance Armstrong 2:30 (was 5th at 3:19)
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24 Levi Leipheimer 2:53 (was 8th at 3:25)
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29 Andreas Kloden 3:01 (was 15th at 3:33)
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43 Robert Gesink 3:16 (was 41st at 3:48)
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48 Carlos Sastre 3:19 (was 51st at 3:51)
49 Ivan Basso 3:20 (was 53rd at 3:52)
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60 Joaquin Rodriguez 3:33 (was 80th at 4:05)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Thor Hushovd 63 (was 5th with 26 points)
2 Geraint Thomas 49 (was 12th with 17 points)
3 Sylvain Chavanel 44 (was 1st with 44 points)
4 Robbie McEwen 38 (was 6th with 24 points)
5 Fabian Cancellara 37 (was 14th with 15 points)
6 Jurgen Roelandts 36 (was 3rd with 34 points)
7 Alessandro Petacchi 35 (was 2nd with 35 points)
8 Ryder Hesjedal 30 (was 0 points)
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 30 (was 9th with 19 points)
10 Mark Renshaw 30 (was 4th with 30 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Jerome Pineau 13 (unchanged)
2 Sylvain Chavanel 8 (unchanged)
3 Rein Taaramae 8 (unchanged)
4 Maxime Monfort 5 (unchanged)
5 Matthew Lloyd 4 (unchanged)
6 Ryder Hesjedal 3 (was 0 points)
7 Jurgen Roelandts 3 (was 6th with 3 points)
8 Steven Cummings 2 (was 0 points)
9 Carlos Barredo Llamazales 2 (was 7th with 2 points)
10 Marcus Burghardt 2 (was 9th with 2 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Transitions 3 <<<
David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 <<<
Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 3 <<<
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3 <<<
Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 2
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2
Manuel Cardoso (Spa) Footon-Servetto 1
Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 8