Tour de Suisse, stage 3 summary

Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2

Biggest gainers by position :
+21 Robbie McEwen
+17 Robert Forster
+12 Danilo Wyss
+12 Andre Korff
+10 Sebastian Langeveld
+10 Mark Renshaw
+10 Gert Steegmans
+10 Danilo Napolitano
+9 Sebastien Hinault
+8 Morris Possoni

Biggest losers by position :
-38 Jurgen Roelandts
-19 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez
-16 Frank Hoj
-16 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea
-15 Herve Duclos-Lassalle
-15 Martin Muller
-15 Philip Deignan
-13 Eros Capecchi
-13 Matteo Bono
-13 Rene Weissinger
-11 Jeffry Louder

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Robbie McEwen
+0:06 Oscar Freire Gomez
+0:04 Gerald Ciolek

Biggest losers by time :
-11:09 Jurgen Roelandts
-4:19 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez
-4:19 Hector Gonzalez Baeza
-4:02 Frank Hoj
-4:02 Matteo Bono
-4:00 Pablo Lastras Garcia
-3:59 Andoni Lafuente
-3:57 Philip Deignan
-3:57 Sylvain Calzati
-3:57 Wim Vansevenant
-3:56 Herve Duclos-Lassalle

Favourites by position :
+5 Bobby Julich
+4 Fabian Cancellara
+3 Stuart O'Grady
+3 Stefan Schumacher
+2 Sylvain Chavanel
+2 Erik Zabel
+2 Alessandro Ballan
-1 Jens Voigt
-4 Thomas Dekker

Favourites by time :
-0:24 Jens Voigt
-0:35 Sylvain Chavanel
-0:45 Stuart O'Grady
-1:03 Thomas Dekker

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Igor Anton Hernandez 12.32.34
2 Kim Kirchen 0.06
3 Damiano Cunego 0.12
4 Frank Schleck 0.16
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7 Stijn Devolder 0.22
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9 Andy Schleck 0.40
10 Andreas Kloden 0.40
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29 Stefan Schumacher 2.39
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45 Jens Voigt 5.36
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61 Erik Zabel 9.53
62 Sylvain Chavanel 10.28
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71 Fabian Cancellara 13.10
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83 Bobby Julich 16.08
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110 Stuart O'Grady 20.31
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123 Alessandro Ballan 22.39
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150 Thomas Dekker 28.42

Retirements to date : Stage
Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1
Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 3
David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1
Total retirements : 3

In article ,
Bob Martin wrote:

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Igor Anton Hernandez 12.32.34
2 Kim Kirchen 0.06
3 Damiano Cunego 0.12
4 Frank Schleck 0.16
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7 Stijn Devolder 0.22
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9 Andy Schleck 0.40
10 Andreas Kloden 0.40
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29 Stefan Schumacher 2.39
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45 Jens Voigt 5.36
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61 Erik Zabel 9.53
62 Sylvain Chavanel 10.28
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71 Fabian Cancellara 13.10
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83 Bobby Julich 16.08
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110 Stuart O'Grady 20.31
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123 Alessandro Ballan 22.39
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150 Thomas Dekker 28.42


And Cancellara guaranteed me a victory after
Leipheimer smoked him in California. I'm disappointed.

--
Michael Press