Tour-de-France stage 3 summary

Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2

Biggest gainers by position :
+82 Matthias Kessler
+64 Luca Paolini
+61 Salvatore Commesso
+60 Pietro Caucchioli
+60 Frank Schleck
+58 Georg Totschnig
+54 Eduardo Gonzalo
+53 Riccardo Ricco
+53 Maxim Iglinskiy
+50 Patxi Vila

Biggest losers by position :
-149 Stuart O'Grady
-123 Christopher Horner
-123 Victor Hugo Pena
-119 Isaac Galvez
-109 Joost Posthuma
-99 Manuel Quinziato
-95 Gustav Larsson
-91 Sebastian Lang
-80 Florent Brard
-77 Robert Hunter
-73 José Alberto Martinez

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:30 Matthias Kessler
+0:17 Michael Rogers
+0:13 Daniele Bennati
+0:05 Xabier Zandio
+0:05 Walter Beneteau
+0:05 Vladimir Karpets
+0:05 Tom Boonen
+0:05 Stefano Garzelli
+0:05 Serguei Gonchar
+0:05 Sandy Casar

Biggest losers by time :
-18:26 Filippo Pozzato
-18:26 Magnus Backstedt
-14:34 Jimmy Casper
-12:01 Anthony Charteau
-12:01 Jimmy Engoulvent
-12:01 Kjelt Carlström
-12:01 Sébastien Joly
-11:25 Stuart O'Grady
-10:36 Aitor Hernandez
-10:36 Stéphane Auge
-7:55 Arnaud Coyot

Favourites by position :
+60 Pietro Caucchioli
+58 Georg Totschnig
+43 Michael Boogerd
+36 Stefano Garzelli
+35 Damiano Cunego
+21 Denis Menchov
+21 Carlos Sastre
+20 Gilberto Simoni
+20 David Moncoutié
+18 Iban Mayo
+10 Levi Leipheimer
+9 Andreas Klöden
+7 Michael Rogers
+5 Serguei Gonchar
+5 Paolo Savoldelli
+5 Christophe Moreau
+5 Cadel Evans
+4 Floyd Landis
+1 George Hincapie

Favourites by time :
+0:17 Michael Rogers
+0:05 Stefano Garzelli
+0:05 Serguei Gonchar
+0:05 Pietro Caucchioli
+0:05 Paolo Savoldelli
+0:05 Michael Boogerd
+0:05 Levi Leipheimer
+0:05 Gilberto Simoni
+0:05 George Hincapie
+0:05 Georg Totschnig
+0:05 Floyd Landis
+0:05 Denis Menchov
+0:05 Christophe Moreau
+0:05 Carlos Sastre
+0:05 Cadel Evans
+0:05 Andreas Klöden
-0:07 Iban Mayo
-0:07 Damiano Cunego
-1:19 David Moncoutié

Favourites standings :
2 Michael Rogers 0.01
3 George Hincapie 0.05
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5 Paolo Savoldelli 0.15
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7 Floyd Landis 0.16
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9 Serguei Gonchar 0.17
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11 Cadel Evans 0.20
12 Christophe Moreau 0.20
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16 Andreas Klöden 0.24
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25 Levi Leipheimer 0.28
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31 Gilberto Simoni 0.32
32 Denis Menchov 0.33
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34 Carlos Sastre 0.33
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41 Stefano Garzelli 0.38
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44 Michael Boogerd 0.41
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62 Georg Totschnig 0.50
63 Iban Mayo 0.51
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66 Pietro Caucchioli 0.53
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75 Damiano Cunego 1.00
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107 David Moncoutié 2.17

Retirements to date :
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Alejandro Valverde DNF 3
Davitamon-Lotto Fred Rodriguez DNF 3
Liquigas Danilo Di Luca DNS 2
Rabobank Erik Dekker DNF 3
Total retirements : 4