Stage 3 : Jun 9, Monteux - Sorgues (ITT), 49 km

1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack 1.01.51
2 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions 0.26
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0.43
4 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC - Columbia 0.53
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.55
6 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 1.46
7 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 1.56
8 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2.09
9 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Team Katusha 2.14
10 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 2.15


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+81 Denis Menchov
+68 Edvald Boasson Hagen
+60 Laszlo Bodrogi
+60 Kanstantsin Siutsou
+52 Maarten Tjallingii
+52 Brian Vandborg
+52 Bert Grabsch
+49 Koos Moerenhout
+45 Pierrick Fedrigo
+40 Patrick Gretsch

Biggest losers by position :
-73 Samuel Dumoulin
-67 Oscar Pujol Munoz
-67 Stefan Denifl
-53 Anders Lund
-48 Grega Bole
-45 Thibault Pinot
-43 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-39 Steve Chainel
-36 Kevin Seeldrayers
-33 Inaki Isasi Flores
-27 Christophe Le Mevel

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:05 Janez Brajkovic

Biggest losers by time :
-12:57 Joaquin Novoa Menedez
-12:00 Andre Steensen
-10:27 Samuel Dumoulin
-9:52 Oscar Pujol Munoz
-8:50 Sebastien Minard
-8:46 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso
-8:44 Giovanni Bernaudeau
-8:33 Roy Sentjens
-8:32 Enrique Mata Cabello
-8:32 Julien Loubet
-8:22 Jeremie Galland

Favourites by position :
+81 Denis Menchov
+24 Johan Van Summeren
+8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+8 David Millar
+7 Lars Ytting Bak
+6 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+2 Janez Brajkovic
-13 Remi Pauriol
-16 Ruben Plaza Molina
-19 Cyril Dessel
-22 Daniel Navarro Garcia

Favourites by time :
+0:05 Janez Brajkovic
-0:21 David Millar
-0:50 Denis Menchov
-2:42 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-3:23 Remi Pauriol
-3:28 Johan Van Summeren
-3:36 Lars Ytting Bak
-4:03 Ruben Plaza Molina
-5:39 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-6:21 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-6:32 Cyril Dessel

Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Janez Brajkovic 10:22:04 (was 3rd at 0:05)
2 David Millar 0:36 (was 10th at 0:15)
3 Tejay Van Garderen 0:50 (was 2nd at 0:02)
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8 Denis Menchov 2:47 (was 89th at 1:57)
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13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 3:03 (was 21st at 0:21)
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19 Remi Pauriol 3:35 (was 6th at 0:12)
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29 Ruben Plaza Molina 4:20 (was 13th at 0:17)
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38 Johan Van Summeren 5:01 (was 62nd at 1:33)
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60 Daniel Navarro Garcia 6:12 (was 38th at 0:33)
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97 Cyril Dessel 8:22 (was 78th at 1:50)
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149 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 14:03 (was 155th at 7:42)
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157 Lars Ytting Bak 16:01 (was 164th at 12:25)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Geraint Thomas 64 (was 2nd with 50 points)
2 Grega Bole 52 (was 1st with 52 points)
3 Janez Brajkovic 45 (was 12th with 20 points)
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 40 (was 5th with 25 points)
5 Tejay Van Garderen 40 (was 9th with 22 points)
6 Christian Knees 38 (was 8th with 25 points)
7 David Millar 33 (was 26th with 11 points)
8 Christophe Riblon 30 (was 4th with 26 points)
9 Steve Chainel 27 (was 3rd with 27 points)
10 Dario Cataldo 26 (was 7th with 25 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Bram Tankink 23 (unchanged)
2 Guillaume Bonnafond 22 (unchanged)
3 Cyril Gautier 20 (unchanged)
4 Inaki Isasi Flores 18 (unchanged)
5 Anthony Delaplace 14 (unchanged)
6 Stephane Auge 13 (unchanged)
7 Matthieu Ladagnous 9 (unchanged)
8 Janez Brajkovic 4 (was 0 points)
9 Kevin Seeldrayers 4 (was 8th with 4 points)
10 Alberto Contador Velasco 3 (was 9th with 3 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 3
Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions 3
Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia 3
Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank 2
Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Team Radioshack 2
Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 2
Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 2
Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 2
Total retirements : 8


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