Tour de France, stage 3 summary
 

Stage 3 : July 03, 2017 Verviers - Longwy 212.5 km

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 5.07.19
2 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
3 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors
4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
5 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 0.02
6 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ
7 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
8 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
9 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
10 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+88 Elie Gesbert
+84 Guillaume Martin
+84 Daniel Navarro Garcia
+75 George Bennett
+70 Brice Feillu
+67 Tiesj Benoot
+67 Thomas Degand
+65 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
+65 Angelo Tulik
+63 Robert Kiserlovski

Biggest losers by position :
-146 Jasha Sutterlin
-121 Taylor Phinney
-120 Romain Sicard
-117 Alessandro De Marchi
-97 Robert Gesink
-96 Nils Politt
-92 Robert Wagner
-90 Marcel Kittel
-87 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-87 Nathan Brown
-83 Maciej Bodnar

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:12 Peter Sagan
+0:08 Michael Matthews
+0:06 Daniel Martin
+0:02 Greg Van Avermaet

Biggest losers by time :
-24:08 Olivier Le Gac
-12:27 Jasha Sutterlin
-12:27 Julien Vermote
-12:27 Juraj Sagan
-12:27 Rudiger Selig
-11:52 Frederik Backaert
-11:52 Nathan Brown
-11:52 Romain Sicard
-11:44 Adam Hansen
-11:44 Albert Timmer
-9:26 Borut Bozic

Favourites by position :
+61 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio
+37 Daniel Martin
+35 Alberto Contador Velasco
+33 Fabio Aru
+32 Romain Bardet
+27 Nairo Quintana
+26 Rafal Majka
+24 Richie Porte
+8 Simon Yates
+7 Andrew Talansky
+4 Christopher Froome
-3 Bauke Mollema
-69 Thibaut Pinot

Favourites by time :
+0:06 Daniel Martin
-0:08 Simon Yates
-0:23 Andrew Talansky
-2:34 Bauke Mollema
-3:05 Thibaut Pinot

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Geraint Thomas 10:00:31 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 0:12 (was 6th at 0:12)
3 Michael Matthews 0:12 (was 15th at 0:20)
4 Peter Sagan 0:13 (was 17th at 0:25)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 0:16 (was 9th at 0:16)
6 Pierre Latour 0:25 (was 16th at 0:25)
7 Philippe Gilbert 0:30 (was 19th at 0:30)
8 Michal Kwiatkowski 0:32 (was 8th at 0:15)
9 Tim Wellens 0:32 (was 22nd at 0:32)
10 Nikias Arndt 0:34 (was 10th at 0:16)
.....
15 Daniel Martin 0:43 (was 52nd at 0:49)
.....
18 Simon Yates 0:45 (was 26th at 0:37)
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20 Richie Porte 0:47 (was 44th at 0:47)
21 Nairo Quintana 0:48 (was 48th at 0:48)
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23 Rafal Majka 0:49 (was 49th at 0:49)
24 Romain Bardet 0:51 (was 56th at 0:51)
.....
26 Fabio Aru 0:52 (was 59th at 0:52)
27 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:54 (was 62nd at 0:54)
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43 Andrew Talansky 1:12 (was 50th at 0:49)
44 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 1:13 (was 105th at 1:13)
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121 Bauke Mollema 3:52 (was 118th at 1:18)
.....
123 Thibaut Pinot 3:55 (was 54th at 0:50)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Marcel Kittel 66 (was 1st with 63 points)
2 Arnaud Demare 57 (was 2nd with 38 points)
3 Peter Sagan 50 (was 15th with 14 points)
4 Michael Matthews 44 (was 10th with 17 points)
5 Sonny Colbrelli 32 (was 4th with 24 points)
6 Geraint Thomas 31 (was 7th with 20 points)
7 Mark Cavendish 31 (was 5th with 22 points)
8 Andre Greipel 30 (was 3rd with 25 points)
9 Daniel Martin 22 (was 0 points)
10 Ben Swift 22 (was 13th with 15 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Nathan Brown 3 (was 0 points)
2 Peter Sagan 2 (was 0 points)
3 Taylor Phinney 2 (was 1st with 2 points)
4 Nils Politt 2 (was 0 points)
5 Lilian Calmejane 1 (was 0 points)
6 Michael Matthews 1 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-Scott 2
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 1
Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 1
Total retirements : 3


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