Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2 Biggest gainers by position : +123 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez +44 Davide Vigano +42 Claudio Corioni +38 Erik Zabel +34 Valerio Agnoli +26 Jelle Vanendert +24 Nick Nuyens +22 Maryan Hary +22 Lloyd Mondory +16 Tom Boonen Biggest losers by position : -110 Imanol Erviti Ollo -102 Ruben Perez Moreno -99 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez -93 Pedro Horrillo Munoz -88 Matti Breschel -75 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales -63 Heinrich Haussler -30 Arnaud Labbe -24 Remy Di Gregorio -19 Christian Kux -19 Matej Jurco Biggest gainers by time : +3:14 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez +0:13 Tom Boonen +0:13 Daniele Bennati +0:01 Erik Zabel Biggest losers by time : -14:50 Aurelien Clerc -14:50 Oscar Gatto -14:50 Stef Clement -11:44 Alexandre Usov -11:44 Artur Gajek -11:44 Assan Bazayev -11:44 Bart Dockx -11:44 Christophe Kern -11:44 Dimitri Champion -11:44 Dmitriy Muravyev -11:44 Emanuele Bindi Favourites by position : +8 Yaroslav Popovych +7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez +6 Marzio Bruseghin +6 Damiano Cunego +5 Stefan Schumacher +4 Robert Gesink +4 Levi Leipheimer +4 Andreas Kloden +4 Alberto Contador Velasco +2 Alessandro Ballan -1 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau -1 Carlos Sastre Candil -1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte -2 Igor Anton Hernandez Favourites by time : -0:07 Yaroslav Popovych -0:07 Stefan Schumacher -0:07 Robert Gesink -0:07 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau -0:07 Marzio Bruseghin -0:07 Levi Leipheimer -0:07 Igor Anton Hernandez -0:07 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez -0:07 Davide Rebellin -0:07 Damiano Cunego -0:07 Carlos Sastre Candil -0:07 Andreas Kloden -0:07 Alessandro Ballan -0:07 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte -0:07 Alberto Contador Velasco Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Daniele Bennati 8.56.27 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0.07 3 Tom Boonen 0.10 ..... 6 Davide Rebellin 0.26 ..... 10 Igor Anton Hernandez 0.28 11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau 0.28 ..... 20 Alessandro Ballan 0.31 ..... 22 Carlos Sastre Candil 0.31 ..... 31 Robert Gesink 0.33 ..... 37 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.34 38 Levi Leipheimer 0.34 ..... 40 Andreas Kloden 0.34 ..... 42 Stefan Schumacher 0.38 ..... 45 Marzio Bruseghin 0.39 46 Damiano Cunego 0.39 ..... 54 Yaroslav Popovych 0.40 ..... 73 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez 0.44 Retirements to date : Stage Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1 Total retirements : 1