Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2
Biggest gainers by position :
+40 Allan Davis
+26 Baden Cooke
+16 Gregory Rast
+15 Victor Hugo Peña
+15 Thorwald Veneberg
+15 Stéphane Augé
+15 Marcel Strauss
+15 Julián Sánchez
+15 Julien Mazet
+15 Jaime Castañeda
Biggest losers by position :
-158 Magnus Backstedt
-124 Guido Trenti
-106 Giuseppe Guerini
-106 Mark Cavendish
-102 Scott Davis
-58 Claudio Corioni
-57 Paolo Bossoni
-43 Andoni Aranaga
-21 Sébastien Portal
-19 Antonio Cruz
-19 Igor Astarloa
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Allan Davis
+0:06 Baden Cooke
+0:06 Aaron Kemps
+0:05 Julián Sánchez
+0:04 Leonardo Duque
+0:04 Daniele Bennati
Biggest losers by time :
-14:03 Igor Astarloa
-11:17 Guido Trenti
-11:17 Magnus Backstedt
-11:07 Giuseppe Guerini
-10:57 Antonio Cruz
-10:57 Dominique Cornu
-10:57 Paolo Fornaciari
-10:57 Scott Davis
-10:57 Sébastien Portal
-10:47 Mark Cavendish
-7:06 Andoni Aranaga
Favourites by position :
+10 Iker Flores
+9 Samuel Sánchez
+9 Michael Boogerd
+9 Denis Menchov
+9 Christophe Moreau
+8 Unai Etxebarria
+6 Francisco Mancebo
+5 Santiago Perez
+5 Oscar Sevilla
+4 Isidro Nozal
+3 Marcos Serrano
-1 Serguei Ivanov
-2 Iñigo Cuesta
-19 Igor Astarloa
-106 Giuseppe Guerini
Favourites by time :
-11:07 Giuseppe Guerini
-14:03 Igor Astarloa
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Imanol Erviti 8.48.06
2 Iván Gutiérrez 0.01
3 Vladimir Karpets 0.01
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5 Oscar Pereiro 0.01
6 Florent Brard 0.01
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12 Iñigo Cuesta 0.17
13 Alexander Vinokourov 0.18
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15 Serguei Ivanov 0.18
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61 Isidro Nozal 0.37
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63 Marcos Serrano 0.37
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76 Francisco Mancebo 0.42
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79 Oscar Sevilla 0.43
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81 Santiago Perez 0.43
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88 Denis Menchov 0.48
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90 Michael Boogerd 0.48
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99 Christophe Moreau 0.52
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125 Samuel Sánchez 1.00
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127 Unai Etxebarria 1.00
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137 Iker Flores 1.06
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185 Giuseppe Guerini 11.48
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191 Igor Astarloa 16.21
Retirements to date :
Euskaltel-Euskadi Andoni Lafuente
Gerolsteiner Markus Zberg
Milram Erik Zabel
T-Mobile Jakob Piil
Total retirements : 4