Stage 3 : March 24, La Vall d'En Bas - La Seu d'Urgell, 185.9 km
1 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 4.43.23
2 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
3 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.48
4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.20
5 Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions
6 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
7 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
8 Aitor Perez (Spa) Footon-Servetto
9 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana
10 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+113 Chris Sorensen
+109 Vladimir Efimkin
+104 Martin Pedersen
+100 Robert Kiserlovski
+91 Pieter Weening
+88 Jose Alberto Benitez
+88 Cyril Dessel
+86 Amael Moinard
+84 Ivan Velasco
+82 Gorazd Stangelj
Biggest losers by position :
-141 Mark Cavendish
-127 Jose Ivan Gutierrez
-120 Tomas Vaitkus
-114 Robert Forster
-113 Bjorn Selander
-113 Steven Cozza
-108 Aitor Galdos
-96 Samuel Dumoulin
-94 Juan Jose Haedo
-93 Jaroslaw Marycz
-92 Andrei Kunitski
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:06 Xavier Tondo
+0:06 Joaquin Rodriguez
Biggest losers by time :
-33:32 Jason McCartney
-30:32 John-Lee Augustyn
-28:17 Andreas Stauff
-27:57 Andrei Kunitski
-27:57 Angelo Furlan
-27:57 Artur Gajek
-27:57 Bjorn Selander
-27:57 Gustavo Cesar
-27:57 Joao Correia
-27:57 Jose Antonio De Segovia
-27:57 Jose Ivan Gutierrez
Favourites by position :
+67 Ivan Basso
+60 Denis Menchov
+57 Xavier Tondo
+41 Vladimir Karpets
+24 Frank Schleck
+12 Jens Voigt
+9 Roman Kreuziger
+8 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-21 Levi Leipheimer
-29 Andreas Kloden
Favourites by time :
+0:06 Xavier Tondo
-0:42 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-1:14 Vladimir Karpets
-1:14 Roman Kreuziger
-1:59 Levi Leipheimer
-1:59 Ivan Basso
-1:59 Frank Schleck
-2:18 Jens Voigt
-2:18 Andreas Kloden
-4:18 Denis Menchov
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Joaquin Rodriguez 9.04.12
2 Xavier Tondo 0.10
3 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 0.48
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8 Roman Kreuziger 1.22
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15 Vladimir Karpets 1.30
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23 Levi Leipheimer 2.00
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26 Frank Schleck 2.14
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32 Andreas Kloden 2.20
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35 Ivan Basso 2.22
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41 Jens Voigt 2.33
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56 Denis Menchov 4.43
Retirements to date : Stage
Aleksej Saramontins (Lat) Team HTC - Columbia 3 <<<
Danielle Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 3 <<<
Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Radioshack 3 <<<
Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 3 <<<
Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne 3 <<<
Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 2
Total retirements : 6