Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2
Biggest gainers by position :
+25 Michael Albasini
+22 Juan Manuel Garate
+22 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza
+21 Andy Schleck
+20 Nicki Sorensen
+19 Marzio Bruseghin
+19 Egoi Martinez De Esteban
+18 Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio
+17 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro
+17 David Arroyo Duran
Biggest losers by position :
-65 Morris Possoni
-61 Valerio Agnoli
-58 Serguei Yakovlev
-40 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-37 Paul Martens
-36 Sebastian Schwager
-33 Fabian Wegmann
-30 Juan Francisco Mouron
-30 Riccardo Ricco
-19 Jose Rujano Guillen
-18 Maxim Iglinskiy
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-16:09 Evgeny Sokolov
-16:07 Alejandro Paleo
-16:07 Sebastien Portal
-12:50 Addy Engels
-12:50 Ivan Santaromita
-12:50 Matthias Russ
-12:50 Philip Deignan
-12:50 Sebastian Schwager
-12:50 Valerio Agnoli
-9:05 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-9:05 Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil
Favourites by position :
+21 Andy Schleck
+19 Marzio Bruseghin
+16 Leonardo Piepoli
+5 Vladimir Efimkin
+5 Davide Rebellin
+3 Vladimir Karpets
+3 Manuel Beltran
+2 Stefan Schumacher
+1 Leonardo Bertagnolli
+1 Kim Kirchen
-1 Thomas Dekker
-1 Frank Schleck
-1 Cadel Evans
-2 Maxime Monfort
Favourites by time :
-0:23 Leonardo Piepoli
-5:01 Leonardo Bertagnolli
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 12.14.28
2 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez 0.03
3 David Herrero Llorente 0.08
4 Damiano Cunego 0.08
5 Kim Kirchen 0.08
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8 Cadel Evans 0.08
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12 Maxime Monfort 0.08
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17 Thomas Dekker 0.08
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19 Davide Rebellin 0.08
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22 Frank Schleck 0.08
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46 Stefan Schumacher 0.48
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52 Manuel Beltran 1.07
53 Vladimir Karpets 1.07
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61 Vladimir Efimkin 1.19
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75 Leonardo Piepoli 2.22
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79 Marzio Bruseghin 3.44
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98 Andy Schleck 7.15
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125 Leonardo Bertagnolli 14.38
Retirements to date : Stage
Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 3 <<<
Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3 <<<
Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 3 <<<
Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 <<<
Total retirements : 4