Tour of California, stage 3 summary

Stage 3 : May 14, Palmdale - Santa Clarita, 177.7 km

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 4.20.31
2 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp
4 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
5 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
7 Alexander Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
9 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team NetApp-Endura
10 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+6 Jacobe Keough
+5 Thor Hushovd
+5 Thomas De Gendt
+5 Guillaume Boivin
+5 Gregor Gazvoda
+4 Zakkari Dempster
+4 Tyler Farrar
+4 Robert Sweeting
+4 John Murphy
+4 James Driscoll

Biggest losers by position :
-16 Kevin De Weert
-12 Rohan Dennis
-7 Carson Miller
-6 Maciej Bodnar
-2 Gavin Mannion
-2 Johan Vansummeren
-2 Marsh Cooper
-1 Lucas Euser

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Peter Sagan
+0:06 Michael Matthews
+0:06 Lieuwe Westra
+0:04 Tyler Farrar
+0:03 Chad Beyer
+0:01 Andy Schleck

Biggest losers by time :
-7:09 Carson Miller
-3:58 Johan Vansummeren
-3:58 Kevin De Weert
-3:35 Maciej Bodnar
-2:55 Rohan Dennis
-1:08 James Oram
-1:08 Jason McCartney
-1:08 Marsh Cooper
-1:08 Thomas Soladay
-1:06 Gavin Mannion
-0:58 Matteo Tosatto

Favourites by position :
+5 Thomas De Gendt
+2 Sylvain Chavanel
+2 Lieuwe Westra
+1 David Zabriskie

Favourites by time :
+0:06 Lieuwe Westra
+0:01 Andy Schleck

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 13:59:50 (unchanged)
2 Tejay van Garderen 0:12 (unchanged)
3 Philip Deignan 0:27 (unchanged)
4 Mathias Frank 0:45 (unchanged)
5 Michael Rogers 0:55 (unchanged)
6 Francisco Mancebo Perez 1:03 (unchanged)
7 Chad Haga 1:13 (unchanged)
8 Matthew Busche 1:15 (unchanged)
9 Lawson Craddock 1:32 (unchanged)
10 Cameron Meyer 1:40 (unchanged)
.....
29 Lieuwe Westra 9:19 (was 31st at 9:25)
30 Andy Schleck 9:21 (was 30th at 9:22)
.....
32 David Zabriskie 10:14 (was 33rd at 10:14)
.....
59 Sylvain Chavanel 21:54 (was 61st at 21:54)
.....
94 Thomas De Gendt 30:45 (was 99th at 30:45)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Carter Jones 25 (was 1st with 21 points)
2 James Stemper 16 (unchanged)
3 Lucas Euser 12 (unchanged)
4 Marsh Cooper 12 (unchanged)
5 Chad Beyer 11 (was 0 points)
6 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 10 (was 5th with 10 points)
7 Ben Jacques-Maynes 10 (was 6th with 10 points)
8 Andy Schleck 10 (was 0 points)
9 Zakkari Dempster 10 (was 7th with 10 points)
10 Tejay van Garderen 9 (was 8th with 9 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3
Guido Emanuel Palma (Arg) Jamis-Hagens Berman 3
Phil Gaimon (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3
Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3
Tom Zirbel (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 3
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Jamis-Hagens Berman 2
Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2
Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica-GreenEdge 1
Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1
Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1
Taylor Sheldon (USA) 5 Hour Energy p/b Kenda 1
Total retirements : 12


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