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