Stage 3 - May 20: Roses - La Pobla de lillet, 182.9km
First 10 finishers :
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.46.53 (38.232 km/h)
2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto
3 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream
4 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
5 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur
6 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank
7 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team
8 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana
10 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana
Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+67 Inigo Cuesta
+58 Adrian Palomares
+52 Tomas Vaitkus
+49 Christian Meier
+48 John Gadret
+47 Javier Ramirez
+46 Roman Kireyev
+44 Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios
+44 Cameron Wurf
+39 Stephane Auge
Biggest losers by position :
-67 Remi Pauriol
-51 Sebastien Minard
-50 Karsten Kroon
-48 Hubert Schwab
-48 Juan Antonio Flecha
-47 Jerome Pineau
-43 Jerome Coppel
-38 Sylvain Chavanel
-37 Greg Henderson
-37 Ivan Velasco
-37 Xabier Zandio
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-19:43 Jose Ruiz
-18:02 Christophe Kern
-18:02 Maciej Bodnar
-17:41 Alexandre Pichot
-17:41 Alexei Markov
-17:41 Angelo Furlan
-17:41 Anthony Geslin
-17:41 Arkaitz Duran
-17:41 Arnaud Labbe
-17:41 Benat Intxausti
-17:41 Benoit Vaugrenard
Favourites by position :
+27 Xavier Tondo
+19 Vladimir Efimkin
+10 Mikel Astarloza
+7 Samuel Sanchez
+7 Rigoberto Uran
+6 Haimar Zubeldia
-7 Vladimir Karpets
-7 Thomas Dekker
-10 Igor Anton
-25 Stuart O'Grady
-38 Sylvain Chavanel
-67 Remi Pauriol
Favourites by time :
-0:10 Xavier Tondo
-0:10 Samuel Sanchez
-0:10 Mikel Astarloza
-0:10 Haimar Zubeldia
-1:22 Vladimir Karpets
-1:22 Vladimir Efimkin
-1:22 Rigoberto Uran
-1:22 Kim Kirchen
-3:22 Igor Anton
-4:27 Sylvain Chavanel
-10:37 Thomas Dekker
-15:09 Stuart O'Grady
-17:41 Remi Pauriol
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alejandro Valverde 9.03.05
2 Haimar Zubeldia 0.14
3 Samuel Sanchez 0.15
4 Mikel Astarloza 0.17
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8 Xavier Tondo 0.23
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16 Vladimir Karpets 1.26
17 Kim Kirchen 1.30
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20 Rigoberto Uran 1.32
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24 Vladimir Efimkin 1.38
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39 Igor Anton 3.33
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42 Sylvain Chavanel 4.29
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69 Thomas Dekker 11.43
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83 Stuart O'Grady 16.14
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88 Remi Pauriol 17.49
Retirements to date : Stage
Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto 3 <<<
Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3 <<<
Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3 <<<
Jose Herrada (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 2
Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 3 <<<
Total retirements : 5