Stage 3 : Apr 29, Thierrens - Neuchatel, 165.7 km 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 3.47.55 2 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 4 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 6 Davide Vigano (Ita) Leopard Trek 7 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack 8 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 10 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 : Biggest gainers by position : +21 Julien Loubet +21 Fabio Sabatini +15 Alan Marangoni +11 Matteo Bono +11 Danilo Wyss +9 Tiziano Dall'Antonia +9 Marco Corti +9 Maarten Neyens +9 Alan Perez Lezaun +9 Adam Blythe Biggest losers by position : -37 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas -29 Tom Stamsnijder -26 Stef Clement -24 Jack Bobridge -22 Richie Porte -21 Branislau Samoilau -14 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez -13 Joost Van Leijen -11 Jean-Christophe Peraud -11 Petr Ignatenko -10 Matthias Brandle Biggest gainers by time : +0:10 Alexandre Vinokourov +0:06 Mikael Cherel +0:04 Tony Martin Biggest losers by time : -15:01 Addy Engels -15:01 Artem Ovechkin -15:01 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez -15:01 Bert Grabsch -15:01 Christopher Sutton -15:01 Enrique Sanz -15:01 Francesco Chicchi -15:01 Gerald Ciolek -15:01 Jack Bobridge -15:01 Jan Tratnik -15:01 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas Favourites by position : +3 Tony Martin +3 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil +3 Bradley Wiggins +2 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre +1 Vladimir Karpets +1 Linus Gerdemann -1 Roman Kreuziger -1 Cadel Evans -22 Richie Porte Favourites by time : +0:04 Tony Martin -0:56 Roman Kreuziger -15:01 Richie Porte Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Pavel Brutt 12:31:34 (unchanged) 2 Alexandre Vinokourov 0:32 (was 4th at 0:42) 3 Damiano Cunego 0:38 (was 2nd at 0:38) 4 Cadel Evans 0:42 (was 3rd at 0:42) 5 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui 0:46 (unchanged) 6 Steve Morabito 0:50 (unchanged) 7 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 0:51 (unchanged) 8 Oliver Zaugg 0:51 (unchanged) 9 Pieter Weening 0:51 (unchanged) 10 Thomas Rohregger 0:52 (unchanged) ..... 17 Janez Brajkovic 0:58 (unchanged) ..... 19 Denis Menchov 1:03 (unchanged) ..... 21 Tony Martin 1:18 (was 24th at 1:22) ..... 25 Linus Gerdemann 1:39 (was 26th at 1:39) ..... 32 Ivan Basso 2:24 (unchanged) ..... 39 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 3:09 (was 41st at 3:09) ..... 54 David Zabriskie 4:20 (unchanged) 55 Vladimir Karpets 4:26 (was 56th at 4:26) ..... 65 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 6:18 (was 68th at 6:18) ..... 70 Roman Kreuziger 7:20 (was 69th at 6:24) ..... 72 Bradley Wiggins 7:50 (was 75th at 7:50) ..... 123 Richie Porte 29:44 (was 101st at 14:43) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Dario David Cioni 7 (was 2nd with 6 points) 2 Pavel Brutt 6 (was 1st with 6 points) 3 Chris Anker Sorensen 6 (was 0 points) 4 Jerome Cousin 6 (was 0 points) 5 Christophe Kern 6 (was 4th with 6 points) 6 Jack Bobridge 6 (was 3rd with 6 points) 7 Ignatas Konovalovas 6 (was 0 points) 8 Oleksandr Kvachuk 4 (was 5th with 4 points) 9 Branislau Samoilau 4 (was 6th with 4 points) 10 David Millar 3 (was 7th with 3 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Oleksandr Kvachuk 28 (unchanged) 2 Pavel Brutt 22 (unchanged) 3 Branislau Samoilau 22 (unchanged) 4 Chris Anker Sorensen 20 (was 0 points) 5 Ignatas Konovalovas 14 (was 0 points) 6 Roman Kreuziger 12 (was 4th with 12 points) 7 Jack Bobridge 12 (was 5th with 12 points) 8 Aliaksandr Kuchynski 10 (was 0 points) 9 Egoi Martinez De Esteban 8 (was 6th with 8 points) 10 Christophe Kern 8 (was 7th with 8 points) Retirements to date : Stage Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3 <<< Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack 2 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack 2 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek 1 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 1 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 1 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 1 Total retirements : 9