Stage 3 : Aug 30, Marbella - Malaga, 157.3 km
1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4.06.12
2 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0.03
3 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.13
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0.15
5 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini
6 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La Mondiale
7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.18
8 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.19
9 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
10 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+115 Grega Bole
+112 Mikel Nieve
+107 Thomas Peterson
+105 Thomas Lofkvist
+105 Laurens Ten Dam
+105 Guillaume Bonnafond
+103 Sergey Renev
+103 Grischa Niermann
+102 Oscar Pujol
+96 Javier Moreno
Biggest losers by position :
-146 Frederik Willems
-145 Lars-Ytting Bak
-144 Thor Hushovd
-137 Mark Cavendish
-134 Matthew Goss
-133 Hayden Roulston
-133 Tyler Farrar
-130 Jacopo Guarnieri
-127 Yauheni Hutarovich
-120 Stuart O'Grady
-117 Dominik Klemme
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:29 Philippe Gilbert
+0:18 Joaquin Rodriguez
+0:04 Igor Anton
Biggest losers by time :
-25:51 Mauricio Ardila
-25:40 Andreas Stauff
-25:40 Peter Kennaugh
-25:40 Rinaldo Nocentini
-25:37 Kevin De Weert
-25:23 Frederik Willems
-25:23 Lars-Ytting Bak
-25:23 Sebastian Langeveld
-25:23 Thor Hushovd
-25:21 Jose Vicente Toribio
-25:21 Kjell Carlstrom
Favourites by position :
+86 Denis Menchov
+50 Joaquin Rodriguez
+50 Ezequiel Mosquera
+49 Ruben Plaza
+48 David Arroyo
+37 Luis-Leon Sanchez
+20 Frank Schleck
+10 Xavier Tondo
+6 Carlos Sastre
+5 Vincenzo Nibali
+2 Roman Kreuziger
-29 Allan Davis
-40 David Zabriskie
-60 Christian Vande Velde
-67 Andy Schleck
Favourites by time :
+0:18 Joaquin Rodriguez
-0:06 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:09 Denis Menchov
-0:10 Xavier Tondo
-0:10 Ruben Plaza
-0:10 Frank Schleck
-0:10 Ezequiel Mosquera
-0:10 David Arroyo
-0:16 Luis-Leon Sanchez
-0:21 Roman Kreuziger
-0:21 Carlos Sastre
-14:01 Christian Vande Velde
-14:01 Andy Schleck
-24:54 Allan Davis
-25:18 David Zabriskie
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Philippe Gilbert 8:55:56 (was 36th at 0:29)
2 Joaquin Rodriguez 0:14 (was 52nd at 0:32)
3 Kanstantin Sivtsov 0:22 (was 2nd at 0:12)
4 Tejay Van Garderen 0:26 (was 4th at 0:12)
5 Vincenzo Nibali 0:28 (was 10th at 0:22)
6 Peter Velits 0:28 (was 3rd at 0:12)
7 Igor Anton 0:35 (was 81st at 0:39)
8 Xavier Tondo 0:35 (was 18th at 0:25)
9 Frank Schleck 0:36 (was 29th at 0:26)
10 Xavier Florencio 0:41 (was 19th at 0:25)
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13 Roman Kreuziger 0:43 (was 15th at 0:22)
14 Carlos Sastre 0:46 (was 20th at 0:25)
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16 David Arroyo 0:47 (was 64th at 0:37)
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18 Ruben Plaza 0:47 (was 67th at 0:37)
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22 Ezequiel Mosquera 0:48 (was 72nd at 0:38)
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28 Luis-Leon Sanchez 0:53 (was 65th at 0:37)
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33 Denis Menchov 0:57 (was 119th at 0:48)
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98 Andy Schleck 14:27 (was 31st at 0:26)
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100 Christian Vande Velde 14:30 (was 40th at 0:29)
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160 Allan Davis 25:47 (was 131st at 0:53)
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169 David Zabriskie 26:10 (was 129th at 0:52)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Philippe Gilbert 25 (was 0 points)
2 Yauheni Hutarovich 25 (was 1st with 25 points)
3 Joaquin Rodriguez 20 (was 0 points)
4 Mark Cavendish 20 (was 2nd with 20 points)
5 Igor Anton 16 (was 0 points)
6 Tyler Farrar 16 (was 3rd with 16 points)
7 Vincenzo Nibali 14 (was 0 points)
8 Alessandro Petacchi 14 (was 4th with 14 points)
9 Grega Bole 12 (was 0 points)
10 Manuel Cardoso 12 (was 5th with 12 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Serafin Martinez 13 (was 0 points)
2 David Moncoutie 6 (was 0 points)
3 Niki Terpstra 5 (was 0 points)
4 Egoi Martinez 5 (was 0 points)
5 Mickael Delage 3 (was 1st with 3 points)
6 Mikael Cherel 2 (was 0 points)
7 Javier Ramirez 2 (was 2nd with 2 points)
8 Blel Kadri 1 (was 0 points)
9 Johnnie Walker 1 (was 3rd with 1 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Benjamin Swift (GBR) Team Sky 3 <<<
John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Sky 3 <<<
Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank 3 <<<
Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 3 <<<
Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Footon-Servetto 2
Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 2
Total retirements : 6