Stage 3 : Apr 27, La Neuveville - Charmey, 157.6 km 1 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 3.58.29 2 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 3 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 4 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 7 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 8 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 9 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 : Biggest gainers by position : +22 Mathieu Perget +19 Gianni Meersman +16 Angelo Tulik +15 Marco Marzano +14 Pavel Brutt +14 John Gadret +14 Fumiyuki Beppu +14 Arthur Vichot +14 Andrey Kashechkin +13 Jorge Azanza Soto Biggest losers by position : -40 Maciej Bodnar -40 Thomas De Gendt -19 Kenny Dehaes -19 Rob Ruijgh -16 Allan Davis -16 Michael Matthews -15 Jonathan Hivert -15 Martin Velits -14 Christian Meier -14 Manuele Boaro -13 Morris Possoni Biggest gainers by time : +0:10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil +0:06 Gianni Meersman +0:04 Paolo Tiralongo Biggest losers by time : -13:46 Kenny Dehaes -12:33 Geraint Thomas -12:33 Mark Cavendish -6:33 Christopher Froome -6:33 Danny Pate -6:15 Alan Perez Lezaun -6:15 Alex Rasmussen -6:15 Christian Meier -6:15 Danilo Hondo -6:15 Davide Cimolai -6:15 Maarten Wijnants Favourites by position : +14 John Gadret +9 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo +4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil +3 Christopher Froome +2 Ivan Basso +1 Ryder Hesjedal +1 Roman Kreuziger +1 Janez Brajkovic -1 Michael Rogers -1 Bauke Mollema Favourites by time : +0:10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil -6:33 Christopher Froome Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Bradley Wiggins 12:40:31 (unchanged) 2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 0:01 (was 6th at 0:11) 3 Michael Rogers 0:07 (was 2nd at 0:07) 4 Bauke Mollema 0:09 (was 3rd at 0:09) 5 Stef Clement 0:09 (was 4th at 0:09) 6 Andrew Talansky 0:11 (was 5th at 0:11) 7 Wilco Kelderman 0:11 (unchanged) 8 David Zabriskie 0:12 (unchanged) 9 Simon Spilak 0:12 (unchanged) 10 Ruben Plaza Molina 0:12 (unchanged) ..... 22 Andreas Kloden 0:18 (unchanged) ..... 24 Ryder Hesjedal 0:18 (was 25th at 0:18) ..... 27 Roman Kreuziger 0:19 (was 28th at 0:19) 28 Janez Brajkovic 0:19 (was 29th at 0:19) ..... 31 Cadel Evans 0:21 (unchanged) ..... 48 Ivan Basso 0:26 (was 50th at 0:26) ..... 65 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 1:33 (was 74th at 1:33) ..... 74 John Gadret 3:02 (was 88th at 3:02) ..... 147 Christopher Froome 24:39 (was 150th at 18:06) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Gatis Smukulis 12 (was 0 points) 2 Stef Clement 7 (was 1st with 7 points) 3 Fabrice Jeandesboz 6 (was 2nd with 6 points) 4 Christian Meier 6 (was 3rd with 6 points) 5 Jimmy Engoulvent 6 (was 4th with 6 points) 6 Leigh Howard 4 (was 0 points) 7 Kenny De Haes 4 (was 5th with 4 points) 8 Peter Stetina 3 (was 6th with 3 points) 9 Chris Anker Sorensen 3 (was 7th with 3 points) 10 Lars Bak 3 (was 8th with 3 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Lars Bak 21 (unchanged) 2 Fabrice Jeandesboz 15 (unchanged) 3 Gatis Smukulis 13 (was 0 points) 4 Martin Kohler 12 (was 3rd with 12 points) 5 Tosh Van Der Sande 10 (was 11th with 4 points) 6 Christian Meier 9 (was 4th with 9 points) 7 Leigh Howard 9 (was 0 points) 8 Anders Lund 8 (was 0 points) 9 Matthew Brammeier 7 (was 0 points) 10 Thomas Rohregger 7 (was 5th with 7 points) Retirements to date : Stage Jakob Fuglsang (Den) RadioShack-Nissan 3 <<< Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2 Travis Meyer (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 1 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1 Total retirements : 7