Stage 3 : Mar 26, Banyoles - La Molina, 162.9 km
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha 4.50.55
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 0.05
3 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 0.09
4 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.11
5 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0.13
6 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0.14
7 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
8 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin Sharp
9 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 0.20
Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+104 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
+97 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez
+93 Pierre Rolland
+84 Przemyslaw Niemiec
+83 Marcos Garcia
+79 Sander Armee
+79 Lawrence Warbasse
+76 Thibaut Pinot
+75 Igor Anton Hernandez
+74 Ivan Basso
Biggest losers by position :
-156 Leigh Howard
-144 Roberto Ferrari
-140 Brett Lancaster
-132 Stephane Poulhies
-125 Julian Alaphilippe
-125 Luka Mezgec
-124 Boris Vallee
-124 Maxim Belkov
-123 Anthony Roux
-123 Samuel Dumoulin
-120 Tosh Van der Sande
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:23 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+0:18 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:14 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
+0:12 Tejay van Garderen
+0:10 Christopher Froome
+0:09 Wilco Kelderman
+0:09 Romain Bardet
+0:09 Domenico Pozzovivo
+0:09 Andrew Talansky
+0:03 Przemyslaw Niemiec
Biggest losers by time :
-34:30 Leigh Howard
-33:43 Ji Cheng
-31:44 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-31:44 Brett Lancaster
-31:44 Giacomo Nizzolo
-31:44 Sam Bewley
-31:44 Stephane Poulhies
-21:31 Anthony Roux
-21:31 Danny Pate
-21:31 Pablo Lastras Garcia
-21:31 Thomas Peterson
Favourites by position :
+74 Ivan Basso
+74 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+55 Thomas Danielson
+55 Andrew Talansky
+54 Thomas De Gendt
+40 Rigoberto Uran
+38 Ryder Hesjedal
+36 Tejay van Garderen
+29 Christopher Froome
+28 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+22 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+19 Alberto Contador Velasco
+14 Daniel Martin
+12 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
Favourites by time :
+0:23 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+0:18 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:12 Tejay van Garderen
+0:10 Christopher Froome
+0:09 Andrew Talansky
-0:08 Ivan Basso
-0:08 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-0:08 Daniel Martin
-0:34 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-0:38 Thomas Danielson
-0:45 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-6:05 Thomas De Gendt
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 12:58:00 (was 29th at 0:23)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:05 (was 21st at 0:23)
3 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 0:09 (was 54th at 0:23)
4 Tejay van Garderen 0:11 (was 40th at 0:23)
5 Christopher Froome 0:13 (was 34th at 0:23)
6 Wilco Kelderman 0:14 (was 19th at 0:23)
7 Romain Bardet 0:14 (was 18th at 0:23)
8 Andrew Talansky 0:14 (was 63rd at 0:23)
9 Domenico Pozzovivo 0:14 (was 79th at 0:23)
10 Przemyslaw Niemiec 0:20 (was 94th at 0:23)
11 Ryder Hesjedal 0:23 (was 49th at 0:23)
12 Rigoberto Uran 0:23 (was 52nd at 0:23)
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18 Daniel Martin 0:31 (was 32nd at 0:23)
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27 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:31 (was 101st at 0:23)
28 Ivan Basso 0:31 (was 102nd at 0:23)
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45 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 0:57 (was 67th at 0:23)
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48 Thomas Danielson 1:01 (was 103rd at 0:23)
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50 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 1:08 (was 62nd at 0:23)
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96 Thomas De Gendt 7:09 (was 150th at 1:04)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Jack Bobridge 46 (was 0 points)
2 Andrey Zeits 33 (was 0 points)
3 Branislau Samoilau 30 (was 0 points)
4 Rudy Molard 28 (was 0 points)
5 Kevin Reza 18 (was 0 points)
6 Michel Koch 18 (was 10th with 4 points)
7 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 16 (was 0 points)
8 Tomasz Marczynski 16 (was 2nd with 16 points)
9 Boris Vallee 16 (was 3rd with 16 points)
10 Alberto Contador Velasco 12 (was 0 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 3 <<<
Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3 <<<
Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 3 <<<
Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 3 <<<
Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 3 <<<
Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 3 <<<
Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3 <<<
Sebastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 <<<
Danilo Hondo (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 2
Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 2
Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 2
Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 2
Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 2
Total retirements : 13