Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2
            
           Biggest gainers by position :
                 +76   Janez Brajkovic 
                 +72   Vladimir Efimkin 
                 +72   Jon Bru Pascal 
                 +71   John Gadret 
                 +71   Andreas Klöden 
                 +68   Thomas Frei 
                 +67   Mariusz Witecki 
                 +67   David Lopez Garcia 
                 +66   Damiano Cunego 
                 +62   Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos 
            
           Biggest losers by position :
                -105   Daniele Bennati 
                -104   William Bonnet 
                 -92   Gianni Meersman 
                 -90   Markus Zberg 
                 -89   Alessandro Ballan 
                 -89   Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano 
                 -85   Alexandre Usau 
                 -82   Robbie Mcewen 
                 -78   Erik Zabel 
                 -76   Stuart O'grady 
                 -71   Franco Pellizotti 
            
           Biggest gainers by time :
               +0:19   Alessandro Proni 
               +0:06   Xavier Florencio Cabre 
               +0:04   Kim Kirchen 
            
           Biggest losers by time :
              -30:52   Tristan Valentin 
              -29:48   Anton Luengo Celaya 
              -28:56   Andoni Aranaga Azkune 
              -28:56   Benat Albizuri Aransolo 
              -28:56   Francesco C. Bellotti 
              -28:56   Pieter Jacobs 
              -28:56   Roger Hammond 
              -28:56   Sébastien Portal 
              -22:41   Alberto Ongarato 
              -22:41   Alexandre Usau 
              -22:41   Aurélien Clerc 
            
           Favourites by position :
                 +71   Andreas Klöden 
                 +66   Damiano Cunego 
                 +24   Giuseppe Guerini 
                 +23   Michael Rogers 
                 +23   Frank Schleck 
                 +18   Gilberto Simoni 
                 +13   Vladimir Karpets 
                 +13   Michael Boogerd 
                  +9   Kim Kirchen 
                  -6   Carlos Sastre Candil 
                 -17   José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios 
                 -18   Vladimir Gusev 
                 -22   Marzio Bruseghin 
                 -38   Jens Voigt 
                 -71   Franco Pellizotti 
            
           Favourites by time :
               +0:04   Kim Kirchen 
               -0:14   Vladimir Gusev 
               -0:14   José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios 
               -0:14   Giuseppe Guerini 
               -0:14   Carlos Sastre Candil 
               -0:45   Gilberto Simoni 
               -3:22   Marzio Bruseghin 
               -7:25   Michael Boogerd 
               -7:25   Jens Voigt 
               -7:25   Franco Pellizotti 
            
           Top 3 and favourites standings :
                   1  Fabian Cancellara                          10.11.34
                   2  Alessandro Proni                               0.02
                   3  Kim Kirchen                                    0.14
                   .....
                   9  Vladimir Karpets                               0.21
                   .....
                  12  Michael Rogers                                 0.23
                  13  Frank Schleck                                  0.23
                   .....
                  20  José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios                   0.29
                   .....
                  24  Vladimir Gusev                                 0.30
                   .....
                  27  Damiano Cunego                                 0.34
                   .....
                  33  Carlos Sastre Candil                           0.36
                   .....
                  39  Giuseppe Guerini                               0.42
                   .....
                  48  Gilberto Simoni                                1.14
                  49  Andreas Klöden                                 1.15
                   .....
                  70  Marzio Bruseghin                               3.48
                   .....
                  89  Franco Pellizotti                              7.45
                   .....
                  91  Jens Voigt                                     7.52
                   .....
                  99  Michael Boogerd                                8.04
            
           Retirements to date :
               Bouygues Telecom                        Saďd Haddou 
               Euskaltel - Euskadi                     Aitor Galdos Alonso 
               Française Des Jeux                      Jussi Veikkanen 
                  "                                    Thierry Marichal 
               Liquigas                                Francesco Chicchi 
            Total retirements : 5