Cycling & bikes - Paris-Nice stage 3 summary

Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2

Biggest gainers by position :
+113 Luis Sanchez
+83 Alberto Contador
+77 Gustav Larsson
+77 Daniel Navarro
+74 Thierry Marichal
+72 Aivaras Baranauskas
+69 Koos Moerenhout
+69 Jurgen Van De Walle
+69 Cyril Dessel
+66 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea

Biggest losers by position :
-104 Samuel Dumoulin
-91 Allan Davis
-85 Matej Mugerli
-83 JÚr¶me Pineau
-77 Aleixei Markov
-77 David Zabriskie
-77 Nicolas Jalabert
-75 Francesco Failli
-68 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-65 Didier Rous
-65 Martin Elmiger

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:29 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea
+0:25 Floyd Landis

Biggest losers by time :
-24:22 Bj÷rn Schr÷der
-24:22 Danilo Napolitano
-24:22 Eddy Mazzoleni
-24:22 Hans Dekkers
-24:22 Javier Meijas
-24:22 Koldo Fernandez
-24:22 Mark Renshaw
-24:22 Michael Albasini
-24:22 Renaud Dion
-24:22 Samuel Dumoulin
-24:22 Sebastian Siedler

Favourites by position :
+32 JosÚ Luis Rubiera
+32 Aitor Osa
+23 Pietro Caucchioli
+17 Haimar Zubeldia
+12 JosÚ Azevedo
+7 Yaroslav Popovych
+7 Floyd Landis
+5 Carlos Sastre
-50 Bobby Julich
-77 David Zabriskie

Favourites by time :
+0:25 Floyd Landis
-1:07 Pietro Caucchioli
-1:07 JosÚ Luis Rubiera
-1:07 JosÚ Azevedo
-1:07 Haimar Zubeldia
-3:26 Aitor Osa
-8:27 Bobby Julich
-9:18 Yaroslav Popovych
-21:41 David Zabriskie
-21:41 Carlos Sastre

Favourites standings :
1 Floyd Landis 14.46.28
6 JosÚ Azevedo 1.35
7 Haimar Zubeldia 1.37
8 Pietro Caucchioli 1.39
10 JosÚ Luis Rubiera 1.40
21 Aitor Osa 4.02
52 Bobby Julich 8.44
57 Yaroslav Popovych 9.55
99 David Zabriskie 22.11
117 Carlos Sastre 23.28

Retirements to date :
Agritubel Manuel Calvente DNF 3
Bouygues Telecom Pierrick Fedrigo DNF 2
Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone Ivan Ramiro Parra HD 2
Credit Agricole Anthony Charteau DNF 3
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Jason Mccartney DNF 1
Franþaise des Jeux Bradley Mc Gee DNF 3
Gerolsteiner Sven Montgomery DNF 2
" Torsten Hiekmann DNS 3
Lampre-Fondital Mauro Santambrogio DNF 3
Liquigas Daniele Colli HD 3
" Nicola Loda DNF 3
Phonak Hearing Systems AurÚlien Clerc HD 3
" Robert Hunter DNF 3
Rabobank Gerben L÷wik DNS 2
" Graeme Brown DNF 3
Saunier Duval-Prodir David De La Fuente DNF 3
" Ramos Fernandez De La Puebla HD 3
T-Mobile Team Kim Kirchen DNF 3
" Thomas Ziegler DNF 3
Team CSC Christian Vandevelde DNF 2
" MichaÙl Blaudzun DNF 3
Team Milram Mirco Lorenzetto DNF 3
" Mirko Celestino DNF 2
" Simone Cadamuro HD 3
Total retirements : 24