Giro d'Italia stage 3 summary

Stage 3 : May 9, Reggio Emilia - Rapallo, 173 km

1 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Androni Giocattoli 3.57.38
2 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo
3 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
4 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team
5 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo
6 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0.12
7 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
8 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0.21
9 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
10 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+72 Jerome Pineau
+72 Angel Vicioso Arcos
+68 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+67 Mickael Cherel
+67 Eduard Vorganov
+65 Cristiano Salerno
+64 Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa
+60 Sylvester Szmyd
+60 Morris Possoni
+60 Johnny Hoogerland

Biggest losers by position :
-167 Graeme Brown
-160 Robbie McEwen
-148 Tiziano Dall'antonia
-143 Simon Spilak
-141 Jos van Emden
-137 Stef Clement
-137 Tyler Farrar
-136 Laurent Didier
-136 Michael Christiansen Morkov
-134 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen
-133 Mark Renshaw

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:44 Angel Vicioso Arcos
+0:36 David Millar
+0:32 Pablo Lastras Garcia
+0:24 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+0:24 Christophe Le Mevel
+0:12 Jerome Pineau
+0:12 Bram Tankink
+0:05 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:03 Yaroslav Popovych
+0:03 Volodymir Gustov

Biggest losers by time :
-13:09 Chris Barton
-13:09 Graeme Brown
-9:09 Adam Blyth
-9:09 Claudio Corioni
-9:09 Jorge Azanza Soto
-9:09 Patrick Gretsch
-6:19 Alessandro Spezialetti
-6:19 Alex Rasmussen
-6:19 Brett Lancaster
-6:19 Cameron Meyer
-6:19 Daniele Righi

Favourites by position :
+68 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+51 Stefano Garzelli
+49 Danilo Di Luca
+42 Denis Menchov
+40 Roman Kreuziger
+23 David Arroyo Duran
+20 Thomas Lovkvist
+16 Richie Porte
+16 Alberto Contador Velasco
+13 Carlos Sastre Candil
+7 Michele Scarponi
+2 Vincenzo Nibali
-5 Frantisek Rabon
-118 Lars Ytting Bak

Favourites by time :
+0:24 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+0:05 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:03 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:03 Thomas Lovkvist
+0:03 Stefano Garzelli
+0:03 Roman Kreuziger
+0:03 Richie Porte
+0:03 Michele Scarponi
+0:03 Denis Menchov
+0:03 David Arroyo Duran
+0:03 Danilo Di Luca
-0:50 Carlos Sastre Candil
-2:56 Lars Ytting Bak
-6:19 Frantisek Rabon

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 David Millar 10:04:29 (was 33rd at 0:36)
2 Angel Vicioso Arcos 0:07 (was 74th at 0:51)
3 Kanstantsin Siutsou 0:09 (was 2nd at 0:12)
4 Marco Pinotti 0:09 (was 4th at 0:12)
5 Craig Lewis 0:09 (was 3rd at 0:12)
6 Christophe Le Mevel 0:12 (was 27th at 0:36)
7 Alessandro Petacchi 0:13 (was 6th at 0:16)
8 Pablo Lastras Garcia 0:18 (was 62nd at 0:50)
9 Yaroslav Popovych 0:19 (was 9th at 0:22)
10 Tiago Machado 0:19 (was 10th at 0:22)
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14 Vincenzo Nibali 0:31 (was 16th at 0:34)
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19 Michele Scarponi 0:33 (was 26th at 0:36)
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25 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:37 (was 41st at 0:42)
26 Richie Porte 0:39 (was 42nd at 0:42)
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32 Thomas Lovkvist 0:46 (was 52nd at 0:49)
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38 David Arroyo Duran 0:47 (was 61st at 0:50)
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64 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:52 (was 132nd at 1:16)
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70 Roman Kreuziger 0:59 (was 110th at 1:02)
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75 Denis Menchov 1:02 (was 117th at 1:05)
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86 Danilo Di Luca 1:13 (was 135th at 1:16)
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90 Stefano Garzelli 1:16 (was 141st at 1:19)
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106 Carlos Sastre Candil 1:55 (was 119th at 1:05)
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123 Lars Ytting Bak 3:08 (was 5th at 0:12)
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196 Frantisek Rabon 9:35 (was 191st at 3:16)

Top 10 on Points table
1 Sebastian Lang 5
2 Matteo Tosatto 5
3 Marco Marzano 4
4 Jan Bakelandts 3
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 3
6 Alan Marangoni 2
7 Aliaksandr Kuchynski 2
8 Valerio Agnoli 1
9 Danilo Hondo 1

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Gianluca Brambilla 5
2 Christophe Le Mevel 3
3 Sebastian Lang 3
4 Pavel Brutt 3
5 Pablo Lastras Garcia 2
6 Valerio Agnoli 2
7 Bart De Clercq 2
8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1
9 Cristiano Salerno 1
10 Davide Ricci Bitti 1

Retirements to date : Stage
Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek 3
Total retirements : 1

On May 9, 9:44*pm, Bob Martin wrote:
Stage 3 : May 9, Reggio Emilia - Rapallo, 173 km

Retirements to date : * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Stage
* *Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek * * * * * * * * * * * * * *3
*Total retirements : 1

I suppose it's early retirement.

-ilan

On May 9, 1:49*pm, ilan wrote:
On May 9, 9:44*pm, Bob Martin wrote:

Stage 3 : May 9, Reggio Emilia - Rapallo, 173 km

Retirements to date : * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Stage
* *Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek * * * * * * * * * * * * * *3
*Total retirements : 1

I suppose it's early retirement.

Yes, of the worst imaginable kind.
DR