Stage 3 : Apr 26, Payerne, 181 km
1 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 4.19.03
2 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge
4 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano
5 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
6 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale
8 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
9 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Argos-Shimano
10 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Katusha
Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+34 Roberto Ferrari
+30 Brett Lancaster
+29 Travis Meyer
+29 Dmitriy Gruzdev
+26 Cyril Gautier
+22 Paolo Longo Borghini
+22 Mikel Landa Meana
+21 Remi Cusin
+21 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
+19 Johnny Hoogerland
Biggest losers by position :
-63 Eros Capecchi
-58 Sylvester Szmyd
-50 Maxime Bouet
-36 Joshua Edmondson
-30 Julien Berard
-29 Francis De Greef
-19 Peio Bilbao
-18 Andrey Zeits
-16 Vasil Kiryienka
-15 Egor Silin
-14 Peter Kennaugh
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Gianni Meersman
+0:06 Francesco Gavazzi
+0:04 Michael Albasini
Biggest losers by time :
-18:16 Alexandre Geniez
-18:16 Aliaksandr Kuchynski
-18:16 Andrey Zeits
-18:16 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-18:16 Bert Grabsch
-18:16 Brian Bulgac
-18:16 Christopher Sutton
-18:16 Egor Silin
-18:16 Elia Viviani
-18:16 Fabio Sabatini
-18:16 Gabriel Rasch
Favourites by position :
+9 Michael Albasini
+8 Peter Velits
+5 Ivan Basso
+4 John Gadret
+2 Roman Kreuziger
+2 Robert Gesink
+2 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+2 Damiano Cunego
+1 Tony Martin
+1 Steven Kruijswijk
+1 Janez Brajkovic
-1 Thomas Danielson
-1 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
Favourites by time :
+0:04 Michael Albasini
-0:37 Peter Velits
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 13:53:16 (unchanged)
2 Andrew Talansky 0:06 (unchanged)
3 Gianni Meersman 0:09 (was 13th at 0:19)
4 Robert Kiserlovski 0:13 (was 3rd at 0:13)
5 Richie Porte 0:15 (was 4th at 0:15)
6 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 0:16 (was 5th at 0:16)
7 Thibaut Pinot 0:17 (was 6th at 0:17)
8 Stef Clement 0:17 (was 7th at 0:17)
9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:17 (was 8th at 0:17)
10 Thomas Danielson 0:17 (was 9th at 0:17)
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16 Tony Martin 0:29 (was 17th at 0:29)
17 Janez Brajkovic 0:30 (was 18th at 0:30)
18 Steven Kruijswijk 0:31 (was 19th at 0:31)
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26 Robert Gesink 0:35 (was 28th at 0:35)
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29 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:40 (was 31st at 0:40)
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33 Damiano Cunego 0:47 (was 35th at 0:47)
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41 Michael Albasini 0:50 (was 50th at 0:54)
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43 Roman Kreuziger 0:51 (was 45th at 0:51)
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51 Ivan Basso 1:02 (was 56th at 1:02)
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57 John Gadret 1:08 (was 61st at 1:08)
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88 Peter Velits 4:56 (was 96th at 4:19)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Marcus Burghardt 22 (was 6th with 6 points)
2 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide 21 (was 1st with 16 points)
3 Julien Berard 18 (was 5th with 6 points)
4 Pierre Rolland 11 (was 2nd with 11 points)
5 Peio Bilbao 10 (was 14th with 2 points)
6 Hubert Dupont 8 (was 3rd with 8 points)
7 Johnny Hoogerland 8 (was 4th with 8 points)
8 Matthias Brandle 6 (was 10th with 4 points)
9 Christopher Froome 5 (was 7th with 5 points)
10 Simone Stortoni 5 (was 0 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 3 <<<
Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha 3 <<<
Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard 3 <<<
Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 <<<
Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 3 <<<
Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3 <<<
Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 3 <<<
Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale 2
Yann Huguet (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano 2
Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1
Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1
Total retirements : 11