Volta a Catalunya, stage 3 summary

Stage 3 : Mar 21, La Vall d'en Bas (Sant Esteve d'en Bas) - Port-Aine, 210.9 km

1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana 0.00.01
2 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma - QuickStep
3 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
4 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
6 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Barracuda
7 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) RadioShack-Nissan
8 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team
9 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
10 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+33 Vladimir Karpets
+33 Marzio Bruseghin
+33 Julian Sanchez Pimienta
+33 Jacek Morajko
+31 Jussi Veikkanen
+29 Victor Cabedo
+29 Marco Bandiera
+29 Andrey Kashechkin
+29 Aitor Galdos Alonso
+27 Kristof Vandewalle

Biggest losers by position :

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Marzio Bruseghin

Biggest losers by time :
-0:20 Branislau Samoilau

Favourites by position :
+12 David Arroyo Duran
+3 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+3 Janez Brajkovic
+1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+1 Robert Gesink
+1 Levi Leipheimer
+1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+1 Jakob Fuglsang
+1 Denis Menchov
+1 Damiano Cunego

Favourites by time :

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Michael Albasini 7:12:12 (unchanged)
2 Ryder Hesjedal 1:32 (unchanged)
3 Mickael Cherel 1:32 (unchanged)
4 Steve Morabito 1:32 (unchanged)
5 Arnold Jeannesson 1:32 (unchanged)
6 Daniel Martin 1:32 (unchanged)
7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 1:32 (was 8th at 1:32)
8 Jakob Fuglsang 1:32 (was 9th at 1:32)
9 Damiano Cunego 1:32 (was 10th at 1:32)
10 Thomas Danielson 1:32 (was 11th at 1:32)
.....
13 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 1:32 (was 14th at 1:32)
.....
19 Robert Gesink 1:32 (was 20th at 1:32)
.....
21 Denis Menchov 1:32 (was 22nd at 1:32)
.....
23 Levi Leipheimer 1:32 (was 24th at 1:32)
.....
33 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 2:23 (was 36th at 2:23)
.....
38 Janez Brajkovic 2:23 (was 41st at 2:23)
.....
72 David Arroyo Duran 3:41 (was 84th at 3:41)

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Chris Anker Sorensen 28
2 Michael Albasini 25
3 Michal Golas 20
4 Ben Gastauer 17
5 Daniel Martin 16
6 Thomas Rohregger 16
7 Steven Kruijswijk 16
8 Johann Tschopp 12
9 Matteo Carrara 10
10 Levi Leipheimer 10

Retirements to date : Stage
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 3
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
Amir Zargari (Ira) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 3
Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 3
Ben Hermans (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 3
Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 3
Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 3
Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Team Saxo Bank 3
Daniel Teklehaymanot (Eri) GreenEdge Cycling Team 3
Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente (Spa) Caja Rural 3
Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 3
Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 3
Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 3
Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team 3
Jeremy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 3
Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team 3
Julian Dean (NZl) GreenEdge Cycling Team 3
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 3
Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 3
Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 3
Mehdi Sohrabi (Ira) Lotto Belisol Team 3
Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 3
Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo Bank 3
Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 3
Roger Kluge (Ger) Project 1t4i 3
Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 3
Sebastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Garmin-Barracuda 3
Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 3
Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 3
Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Project 1t4i 3
Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3
Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan 3
Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
Tom Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 3
Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Team Saxo Bank 2
Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1
BULGAC Brian (Ned) Lotto Belisol Team 1
Total retirements : 42


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Bob Martin wrote:
1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana 0.00.01

The fastest stage in cycling history.

On 22/03/2012 09:42, Simply Fred wrote:
Bob Martin wrote:
1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana 0.00.01

The fastest stage in cycling history.

Yeah, shame for him as it looks like it won't count, apparently the
peleton is sulking about having to ride thru 6 foot snow drifts. Goddam
wusses.

Bob Martin wrote:
1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana 0.00.01

Simply Fred wrote:
The fastest stage in cycling history.

atriage wrote:
Yeah, shame for him as it looks like it won't count, apparently the
peleton is sulking about having to ride thru 6 foot snow drifts. Goddam
wusses.

That would never have happened in the good old days when Hampsten won
that stage over the Gavia.