Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2
            
           Biggest gainers by position :
                 +20   Manuel Calvente 
                 +20   Carlos Manuel Pinho Oliveira 
                 +19   Helder Oliveira 
                 +19   Byron Patricio Guama De La Cruz 
                 +18   Joseba Larralde Alzugarai 
                 +18   Guillaume Le Floch 
                 +16   Rafael Valls Ferri 
                 +16   Nuno Ribeiro 
                 +16   Javier Mejias 
                 +16   Edgar Pinto 
            
           Biggest losers by position :
                 -91   Sergiy Matveyev 
                 -48   Benjamin Noval 
                 -48   Jose Antonio Carrasco 
                 -39   Igor Anton 
                 -36   Hans Dekkers 
                 -33   Jose Vicente Garcia 
                 -32   Pablo Urtasun 
                 -24   Fred Rodriguez 
                 -22   Francisco Mancebo 
                 -21   Igor Abakoumov 
                 -21   Jose Antonio Lopez 
            
           Biggest gainers by time :
            
           Biggest losers by time :
              -11:36   Sergiy Matveyev 
               -9:10   Antonio Amorim 
               -9:10   Benjamin Noval 
               -9:10   Tomas Vaitkus 
               -7:14   Hans Dekkers 
               -7:14   Igor Abakoumov 
               -7:14   Jose Antonio Carrasco 
               -7:14   Jose Antonio Lopez 
               -5:55   Damien Gaudin 
               -5:52   Enrique Mata Cabello 
               -5:52   Fred Rodriguez 
            
           Favourites by position :
                  +3   Juan Jose Cobo 
                  +2   Haimar Zubeldia 
                  +1   Carlos Sastre 
                  -8   Ricardo Serrano 
                 -22   Francisco Mancebo 
                 -39   Igor Anton 
            
           Favourites by time :
               -2:20   Francisco Mancebo 
               -4:36   Ricardo Serrano 
               -5:20   Igor Anton 
            
           Top 3 and favourites standings :
                   1  Levi Leipheimer                             8.33.26
                   2  Alberto Contador                               0.16
                   3  David Zabriskie                                0.22
                   .....
                   5  Denis Menchov                                  0.55
                   .....
                   7  Ivan Gutierrez                                 1.17
                   8  Oscar Sevilla                                  1.33
                   .....
                  15  Xavier Tondo                                   1.51
                   .....
                  19  Ezequiel Mosquera                              2.01
                  20  Alejandro Valverde                             2.07
                   .....
                  32  Carlos Sastre                                  2.32
                   .....
                  38  Haimar Zubeldia                                2.45
                   .....
                  41  Juan Jose Cobo                                 2.54
                   .....
                  75  Francisco Mancebo                              5.24
                   .....
                  90  Igor Anton                                     8.23
                   .....
                  93  Ricardo Serrano                                9.05
            
           Retirements to date :                                                      Stage
              Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                                                1
              William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                  1
            Total retirements : 2