Stage 3 : July 07, 2014, Cambridge - London, 155 km

1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 3.38.30
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale
3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
4 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar
5 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
6 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing
7 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
9 Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement
10 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+31 Mathew Hayman
+28 Daniele Bennati
+22 Kevin Reza
+21 Michal Golas
+21 Matteo Trentin
+21 Johan Vansummeren
+21 Heinrich Haussler
+21 Cyril Lemoine
+13 Svein Tuft
+13 Michael Schar

Biggest losers by position :
-41 Blel Kadri
-35 Christophe Riblon
-34 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-30 Edward King
-28 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel
-28 Michael Morkov
-27 Rafal Majka
-20 Jean-Marie Bideau
-19 Jerome Pineau
-17 Alex Howes
-17 Leopold Konig

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-7:25 Edward King
-7:25 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-5:54 Michael Morkov
-5:54 Rafal Majka
-5:08 Christophe Riblon
-4:00 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel
-4:00 Julien Simon
-3:55 Jean-Marie Bideau
-3:18 Blel Kadri
-2:04 Alessandro De Marchi
-2:04 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga

Favourites by position :
+3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+2 Christopher Horner
+1 Mathias Frank
+1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-1 Simon Spilak
-2 Tejay van Garderen
-2 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
-2 Richie Porte
-2 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-14 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-27 Rafal Majka

Favourites by time :
-1:58 Simon Spilak
-2:04 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-5:54 Rafal Majka

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 13:31:13 (unchanged)
2 Peter Sagan 0:02 (unchanged)
3 Michael Albasini 0:02 (was 4th at 0:02)
4 Greg Van Avermaet 0:02 (was 3rd at 0:02)
5 Christopher Froome 0:02 (unchanged)
6 Bauke Mollema 0:02 (unchanged)
7 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:02 (was 8th at 0:02)
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:02 (was 11th at 0:02)
9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:02 (was 7th at 0:02)
10 Romain Bardet 0:02 (was 14th at 0:02)
11 Tejay van Garderen 0:02 (was 9th at 0:02)
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15 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 0:02 (was 13th at 0:02)
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18 Richie Porte 0:02 (was 16th at 0:02)
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21 Andrew Talansky 0:02 (unchanged)
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26 Mathias Frank 0:16 (was 27th at 0:16)
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28 Christopher Horner 0:16 (was 30th at 0:16)
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71 Simon Spilak 6:32 (was 70th at 4:34)
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150 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 16:52 (was 136th at 14:48)
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187 Rafal Majka 23:03 (was 160th at 17:09)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 117 (was 1st with 69 points)
2 Marcel Kittel 90 (was 3rd with 45 points)
3 Bryan Coquard 88 (was 2nd with 47 points)
4 Alexander Kristoff 47 (was 8th with 25 points)
5 Greg Van Avermaet 40 (was 4th with 31 points)
6 Ramunas Navardauskas 38 (was 6th with 30 points)
7 Vincenzo Nibali 30 (was 5th with 30 points)
8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 30 (was 21st with 14 points)
9 Mark Renshaw 30 (was 0 points)
10 Michael Albasini 29 (was 7th with 27 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Cyril Lemoine 6 (unchanged)
2 Blel Kadri 5 (unchanged)
3 Jens Voigt 4 (unchanged)
4 Nicolas Edet 4 (unchanged)
5 Pierre Rolland 2 (unchanged)
6 Tom Jelte Slagter 2 (unchanged)
7 Perrig Quemeneur 2 (unchanged)
8 Thomas Voeckler 2 (unchanged)
9 David De La Cruz Melgarejo 2 (unchanged)
10 Christopher Froome 1 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 2
Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2
Total retirements : 2


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