Stage 3 : Mar 14, Cascina - Arezzo, 210 km

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 5.10.17
2 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
3 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
5 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge
6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
7 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol
8 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano
9 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0.04
10 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+50 Sacha Modolo
+50 Lloyd Mondory
+49 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+46 Giampaolo Caruso
+46 Andriy Grivko
+43 Bartosz Huzarski
+42 Rinaldo Nocentini
+41 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+40 Tiago Machado
+40 Iker Camano Ortuzar

Biggest losers by position :
-147 Alex Dowsett
-132 Mark Renshaw
-113 Michael Hepburn
-99 Manuele Boaro
-98 Alessandro Petacchi
-79 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
-78 Robert Wagner
-69 Matteo Tosatto
-65 Marcel Kittel
-47 Roy Curvers
-44 Nicola Boem

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:04 Peter Sagan

Biggest losers by time :
-13:42 Dmitriy Gruzdev
-9:16 Alex Dowsett
-9:16 Marcel Kittel
-9:16 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
-9:16 Tom Leezer
-9:14 Nicola Boem
-6:21 Andreas Stauff
-6:16 Jay Robert Thomson
-3:40 Roy Curvers
-3:37 Bjorn Thurau
-3:36 Cesare Benedetti

Favourites by position :
+49 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+39 Damiano Cunego
+33 Michele Scarponi
+31 Andrew Talansky
+29 Cadel Evans
+24 Robert Gesink
+21 Bauke Mollema
+19 Richie Porte
+12 Alberto Contador Velasco
+10 Ivan Basso
+4 Roman Kreuziger
+2 Daniel Martin
+1 Rigoberto Uran
-32 Bradley Wiggins

Favourites by time :
-0:10 Rigoberto Uran
-0:12 Robert Gesink
-0:12 Richie Porte
-0:12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-0:12 Damiano Cunego
-0:12 Cadel Evans
-0:12 Bauke Mollema
-0:12 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:20 Roman Kreuziger
-0:20 Michele Scarponi
-0:20 Ivan Basso
-0:20 Andrew Talansky
-0:55 Daniel Martin
-0:55 Bradley Wiggins

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Michal Kwiatkowski 9:26:36 (was 2nd at 0:00)
2 Rigoberto Uran 0:10 (was 3rd at 0:00)
3 Simon Clarke 0:13 (was 7th at 0:11)
4 Tony Martin 0:15 (was 6th at 0:03)
5 Daryl Impey 0:17 (was 8th at 0:11)
6 Peter Sagan 0:22 (was 28th at 0:26)
7 Andre Greipel 0:30 (was 21st at 0:24)
8 Daniele Bennati 0:30 (was 24th at 0:24)
9 Luke Durbridge 0:31 (was 12th at 0:11)
10 Cameron Meyer 0:31 (was 13th at 0:11)
11 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:36 (was 23rd at 0:24)
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16 Richie Porte 0:39 (was 35th at 0:27)
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18 Roman Kreuziger 0:44 (was 22nd at 0:24)
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22 Ivan Basso 0:46 (was 32nd at 0:26)
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29 Robert Gesink 0:49 (was 53rd at 0:37)
30 Bauke Mollema 0:49 (was 51st at 0:37)
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36 Cadel Evans 0:59 (was 65th at 0:47)
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43 Damiano Cunego 1:05 (was 82nd at 0:53)
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62 Michele Scarponi 1:14 (was 95th at 0:54)
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65 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:18 (was 114th at 1:06)
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71 Bradley Wiggins 1:22 (was 39th at 0:27)
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74 Andrew Talansky 1:24 (was 105th at 1:04)
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106 Daniel Martin 1:59 (was 108th at 1:04)

Top 10 on Points table
1 Peter Sagan 18
2 Matteo Pelucchi 12
3 Andre Greipel 12
4 Alex Dowsett 10
5 Michal Kwiatkowski 10
6 Arnaud Demare 10
7 Jay Thomson 8
8 Simon Clarke 8
9 Philippe Gilbert 7
10 Sam Bennett 7

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Marco Canola 25
2 Daniel Teklehaimanot 8
3 Cesare Benedetti 6
4 David De La Cruz Melgarejo 6
5 Nicola Boem 4
6 Alex Dowsett 3
7 Bjorn Thurau 2
8 Davide Malacarne 1

Retirements to date : Stage
Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky 3
Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3
Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) MTN - Qhubeka 3
Total retirements : 4


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