Stage 3 : Aug 20, Faustino V - Arrate (Eibar), 155.3 km
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 3.49.37
2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team
3 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
5 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team 0.06
6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
7 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
8 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team
9 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Sharp
10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+104 Andrew Talansky
+104 Alexandre Geniez
+101 Christophe Le Mevel
+100 Arnaud Courteille
+95 Laurent Didier
+89 Ivan Velasco
+87 Marcos Garcia
+86 Alexsandr Dyachenko
+85 Hernani Broco
+82 Sergey Lagutin
Biggest losers by position :
-142 Angel Vicioso Arcos
-137 Dennis van Winden
-132 Jens Debusschere
-124 Lars Boom
-116 Wouter Mol
-115 Allan Davis
-110 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
-106 Imanol Erviti Ollo
-89 Nacer Bouhanni
-88 Philippe Gilbert
-86 Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:01 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
Biggest losers by time :
-16:34 Angel Vicioso Arcos
-16:34 Ben Swift
-16:34 Imanol Erviti Ollo
-16:34 Jens Debusschere
-16:34 Joost van Leijen
-16:34 Juan Lobato Del Valle
-16:34 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso
-16:34 Martijn Keizer
-16:34 Martijn Maaskant
-16:34 Matti Breschel
-16:34 Nacer Bouhanni
Favourites by position :
+64 Maxime Monfort
+45 Damiano Cunego
+40 Tony Martin
+35 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+29 John Gadret
+27 Alberto Contador Velasco
+21 Thomas De Gendt
+21 Rigoberto Uran
+20 Christopher Froome
+8 Robert Gesink
+8 Bauke Mollema
-3 Denis Menchov
-7 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-21 Cameron Meyer
-35 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
Favourites by time :
-0:04 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-0:08 Christopher Froome
-0:10 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:18 Robert Gesink
-0:18 Rigoberto Uran
-0:18 Bauke Mollema
-1:02 Maxime Monfort
-1:02 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-1:30 John Gadret
-1:40 Damiano Cunego
-2:04 Denis Menchov
-2:19 Thomas De Gendt
-3:35 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-4:02 Cameron Meyer
-6:54 Tony Martin
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 8:46:56 (was 4th at 0:01)
2 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 0:18 (was 5th at 0:01)
3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:19 (was 38th at 0:15)
4 Christopher Froome 0:20 (was 24th at 0:12)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:24 (was 32nd at 0:14)
6 Bauke Mollema 0:28 (was 14th at 0:10)
7 Robert Gesink 0:28 (was 15th at 0:10)
8 Rigoberto Uran 0:30 (was 29th at 0:12)
9 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:33 (was 40th at 0:15)
10 Igor Anton Hernandez 0:46 (was 46th at 0:28)
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13 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 1:06 (was 6th at 0:04)
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29 Maxime Monfort 1:57 (was 93rd at 0:55)
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31 John Gadret 2:04 (was 60th at 0:34)
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39 Denis Menchov 2:19 (was 36th at 0:15)
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42 Damiano Cunego 2:34 (was 87th at 0:54)
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44 Thomas De Gendt 2:54 (was 65th at 0:35)
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60 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 3:47 (was 25th at 0:12)
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73 Cameron Meyer 4:35 (was 52nd at 0:33)
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149 Tony Martin 10:44 (was 189th at 3:50)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 25 (was 0 points)
2 John Degenkolb 25 (was 1st with 25 points)
3 Allan Davis 20 (was 2nd with 20 points)
4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 20 (was 0 points)
5 Ben Swift 16 (was 3rd with 16 points)
6 Christopher Froome 16 (was 0 points)
7 Alberto Contador Velasco 15 (was 18th with 1 points)
8 Elia Viviani 14 (was 4th with 14 points)
9 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 12 (was 0 points)
10 Klaas Lodewyck 12 (was 5th with 12 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Pim Ligthart 11 (was 0 points)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 10 (was 0 points)
3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 6 (was 0 points)
4 Philippe Gilbert 6 (was 0 points)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 4 (was 0 points)
6 Javier Chacon 3 (was 1st with 3 points)
7 Christopher Froome 2 (was 0 points)
8 Andrey Zeits 2 (was 0 points)
9 Nico Sijmens 2 (was 0 points)
10 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente 2 (was 2nd with 2 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 1
Total retirements : 1