Stage 3 : Apr 9, Urdazubi - Gasteiz, 194.5 km
1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 5.02.09
2 Kevin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar
3 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
4 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky
5 Paul Martens (Ger) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team
6 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
7 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale
8 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
9 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
10 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol
Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+12 Jonathan Hivert
+12 Alexsandr Dyachenko
+10 Davide Malacarne
+9 Pierrick Fedrigo
+9 Michael Morkov
+9 Kevin Reza
+9 Jan Polanc
+9 Benjamin King
+8 Tim Wellens
+8 Stef Clement
Biggest losers by position :
-41 Ruben Fernandez
-33 Danny Pate
-18 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-17 Peter Kennaugh
-16 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado
-15 Vasil Kiryienka
-14 Bob Jungels
-13 Alessandro Vanotti
-11 Antonio Piedra Perez
-11 Nelson Oliveira
-10 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-12:05 Peter Kennaugh
-9:52 Ruben Fernandez
-8:37 Danny Pate
-8:37 Jack Bobridge
-7:38 Christophe Riblon
-5:56 Alberto Bettiol
-5:56 Bob Jungels
-5:56 Bruno Pires
-5:56 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado
-5:56 Jens Voigt
-5:56 Jesper Hansen
Favourites by position :
+7 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+6 Pieter Weening
+3 Maxime Monfort
-1 Tony Martin
-1 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-1 Mikel Nieve Ituralde
-1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-8 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
Favourites by time :
-2:32 Tony Martin
-3:17 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 12:54:03 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:14 (unchanged)
3 Michal Kwiatkowski 0:34 (unchanged)
4 Damiano Cunego 0:36 (unchanged)
5 Cadel Evans 0:36 (unchanged)
6 Jean-Christophe Peraud 0:36 (unchanged)
7 Yury Trofimov 0:36 (was 8th at 0:36)
8 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 0:36 (was 7th at 0:36)
9 Roman Kreuziger 0:54 (unchanged)
10 Mikel Landa Meana 0:54 (unchanged)
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20 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:58 (was 19th at 0:58)
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22 Robert Kiserlovski 0:58 (unchanged)
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27 Lars Petter Nordhaug 1:34 (unchanged)
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37 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 4:15 (was 36th at 4:15)
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50 Maxime Monfort 8:03 (was 53rd at 8:03)
51 Pieter Weening 8:54 (was 57th at 8:54)
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54 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 9:28 (was 46th at 6:11)
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65 Tony Martin 13:38 (was 64th at 11:06)
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76 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 15:45 (was 83rd at 15:45)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Michal Kwiatkowski 48 (was 1st with 32 points)
2 Ben Swift 34 (was 6th with 20 points)
3 Michael Matthews 32 (was 15th with 7 points)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 30 (was 2nd with 30 points)
5 Damiano Cunego 26 (was 3rd with 26 points)
6 Alberto Contador Velasco 25 (was 4th with 25 points)
7 Tony Martin 25 (was 5th with 25 points)
8 Paul Martens 24 (was 9th with 12 points)
9 Yukiya Arashiro 22 (was 8th with 12 points)
10 Kevin Reza 20 (was 0 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Davide Villella 37 (was 1st with 30 points)
2 Jan Bakelants 28 (was 2nd with 25 points)
3 Matteo Montaguti 22 (was 3rd with 20 points)
4 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti 13 (was 4th with 12 points)
5 Romain Sicard 10 (unchanged)
6 Tony Martin 10 (unchanged)
7 Davide Malacarne 9 (unchanged)
8 Alberto Contador Velasco 7 (was 9th with 6 points)
9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 7 (was 16th with 1 points)
10 Maxime Monfort 7 (was 8th with 7 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr FDJ.fr 3 <<<
Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol Lotto Belisol 3 <<<
Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing Trek Factory Racing 3 <<<
Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Team Katusha Team Katusha 3 <<<
Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale 2
Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Shimano Team Giant-Shimano 2
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team Astana Pro Team 2
Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin Sharp Garmin Sharp 2
Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Ph 1
Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha Team Katusha 1
Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA Caja Rural - Seguros RG 1
Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick 1
Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quic 1
Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick- 1
Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - 1
Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick- 1
Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick-S 1
Wouter Poels (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick- 1
Total retirements : 18