Stage 3 : Saturday, August 8 2009, FundAŁo - Gouveia, 164.3 km
1 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 4.07.12
2 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD 0.09
3 Tiago Machado (Por) Madeinox Boavista
4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 0.13
5 Bruno Pires (Por) Barbot - Siper
6 Danail Petrov (Bul) Madeinox Boavista
7 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros
8 Candido Barbosa (Por) Palmeiras Resort / Tavira
9 Hector Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros
10 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.
Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+26 Joaquim Sampaio
+22 Joao Benta
+22 Carlos Nozal
+20 Frederic Amorison
+20 Damiano Caruso
+18 Pedro Lopes
+17 Pedro Fernandez
+17 David Vaz
+16 Pedro Soeiro M.
+16 Enrico Magazzini
Biggest losers by position :
-51 Celestino Pinho
-50 Francisco Jose Pacheco
-36 Martin Mares
-29 Juan F. Mouron
-28 Jose A. Lopez
-28 Manuel Calvente
-27 Dario Cioni
-26 Samuel Caldeira
-23 Javier Ramirez
-22 Antonio Piedra
-22 Bruno Pinto
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:23 Patrik Sinkewitz
+0:10 Ruslan Pidgornyy
+0:08 Tiago Machado
Biggest losers by time :
-27:27 Alejandro Paleo
-19:48 Oscar Gatto
-19:38 Alesandro Colo
-19:38 Bruno Sancho
-19:38 Claudio Cucinotta
-19:38 Cristian Benenati
-19:38 Dirk Bellemakers
-19:38 Eloy Teruel
-19:38 Francisco Jose Pacheco
-19:38 Hector Espasandin
-19:38 Ivan Rana
Favourites by position :
+14 Carlos Castano
+6 Tiago Machado
+5 Eladio Jimenez
-1 David Bernabeu
-4 Damiano Cunego
Favourites by time :
+0:08 Tiago Machado
-0:14 Damiano Cunego
-1:06 Carlos Castano
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Candido Barbosa 14.38.09
2 Danilo Hondo 0.12
3 Hector Guerra 0.15
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6 Mauro Santambrogio 0.20
7 Ruben Plaza 0.20
8 David Blanco 0.25
9 Tiago Machado 0.25
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12 David Bernabeu 0.29
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21 Eladio Jimenez 0.40
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23 Damiano Cunego 0.49
.....
68 Carlos Castano 5.24
Retirements to date : Stage
David Calatayud (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 3 <<<
David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2
Dioni Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 2
Total retirements : 3