Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2 Biggest gainers by position : +96 Elia Rigotto +95 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla +91 Karsten Kroon +85 Michael Blaudzun +83 Leonardo Piepoli +83 José Luis Rubiera +82 Jussi Veikkanen +82 Franco Pellizotti +76 Volodymir Gustov +76 Leonardo Bertagnolli Biggest losers by position : -162 Alessandro Petacchi -162 Aurélien Clerc -159 Angelo Furlan -157 Tom Boonen -142 Haimar Zubeldia -106 Markus Fothen -103 Erki Pütsep -100 Rony Martias -96 Pedro Horrillo Munoz -92 Eduard Vorganov -90 Alexandre Usov Biggest gainers by time : Biggest losers by time : -11:00 Haimar Zubeldia -8:16 Alessandro Petacchi -8:16 Alexandre Usov -8:16 André Korff -8:16 Angelo Furlan -8:16 Aurélien Clerc -8:16 Bert Roesems -8:16 Bradley McGee -8:16 Fabio Sabatini -8:16 Francesco Chicchi -8:16 Ian McLeod Favourites by position : +83 Leonardo Piepoli +83 José Luis Rubiera +82 Franco Pellizotti +74 Oscar Pereiro Sio +71 Ińigo Cuesta +68 Samuel Sánchez +68 Andreas Klier +48 Stefan Schumacher +48 Santiago Perez +41 Damiano Cunego +35 Vladimir Karpets +22 Davide Rebellin +17 Cadel Evans +14 Denis Menchov +11 Manuel Beltrán +3 Carlos Sastre -23 Pietro Caucchioli Favourites by time : -0:28 Santiago Perez -0:28 Ińigo Cuesta -0:34 Damiano Cunego -1:04 Pietro Caucchioli Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Oscar Freire Gomez 11.22.54 2 Leonardo Duque 0.00 3 Erik Zabel 0.00 ..... 6 Cadel Evans 0.00 7 Manuel Beltrán 0.00 ..... 15 Denis Menchov 0.00 16 Carlos Sastre 0.00 ..... 19 Davide Rebellin 0.00 ..... 32 Vladimir Karpets 0.00 ..... 47 Stefan Schumacher 0.00 48 Samuel Sánchez 0.00 ..... 50 Oscar Pereiro Sio 0.00 ..... 52 Franco Pellizotti 0.00 ..... 61 Andreas Klier 0.00 ..... 66 Leonardo Piepoli 0.00 67 José Luis Rubiera 0.00 ..... 82 Santiago Perez 0.28 ..... 85 Ińigo Cuesta 0.28 ..... 101 Damiano Cunego 0.34 ..... 113 Pietro Caucchioli 1.04 Retirements to date : Bouygues Telecom Mathieu Claude Total retirements : 1