Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2 Biggest gainers by position : +35 Mario De Sarraga +34 Rodrigo Garcia +31 Miguel Ochoa +20 Steve Morabito +18 Daniel Navarro +17 Isidro Nozal +17 David Abal +14 Sébastien Portal +13 Koldo Gil +12 Pablo de Pedro Biggest losers by position : -37 Gorka Amuriza -33 Michal Golas -30 Unai Uribarri -25 Mathieu Perget -18 Beñat Intxausti -17 Victor Hugo Peña -15 Denis Menchov -14 Antonio Olmo -14 Claudio José Casas -13 Ruben Lobato -12 Andrea Masciarelli Biggest gainers by time : Biggest losers by time : -1:45 David Muñoz -1:45 Julian Sanchez -1:40 Gorka Amuriza -1:20 Mathieu Perget -1:03 José Angel Gomez -0:33 Unai Uribarri -0:23 Michal Golas -0:13 Victor Hugo Peña Favourites by position : +17 Isidro Nozal +13 Koldo Gil +11 Andrey Kashechkin +6 Oscar Sevilla +4 Haimar Zubeldia +3 Stefano Garzelli +3 Alejandro Valverde +2 Paolo Savoldelli +2 Damiano Cunego +1 Jens Voigt +1 Iker Flores -4 Marcos A. Serrano -5 Vladimir Karpets -10 Gilberto Simoni -15 Denis Menchov Favourites by time : Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Baden Cooke 7.43.38 2 Graeme Brown 0.00 3 Danilo Napolitano 0.00 ..... 5 Alejandro Valverde 0.00 ..... 10 Oscar Sevilla 0.00 11 Haimar Zubeldia 0.00 12 Jens Voigt 0.00 ..... 15 Vladimir Karpets 0.00 ..... 19 Stefano Garzelli 0.00 ..... 22 Isidro Nozal 0.00 23 Koldo Gil 0.00 ..... 28 Damiano Cunego 0.00 29 Denis Menchov 0.00 ..... 47 Iker Flores 3.05 ..... 57 Andrey Kashechkin 6.19 ..... 61 Paolo Savoldelli 6.19 ..... 71 Gilberto Simoni 6.19 ..... 79 Marcos A. Serrano 6.19 ..... 84 Inigo Cuesta 6.19 Retirements to date : Fuerteventura-Canarias Javier Cherro Rabobank Leon Van Bon Team CSC Carlos Sastre Total retirements : 3