Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, stage 3 summary

Stage 3 : Mar 23, La Vall d'En Bas - Andorra-Vallnord, 183.9 km

1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 4.45.31
2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0.23
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack
4 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0.35
5 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack
6 Alex Cano Ardila (Col) Colombia Es Pasion - Cafe De Colombia
7 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0.38
8 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
9 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0.50


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+57 Alex Cano Ardila
+56 Michele Scarponi
+55 Xavier Tondo Volpini
+50 Francesco Masciarelli
+48 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez
+47 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado
+46 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez
+46 Pieter Weening
+46 Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez
+46 Denis Menchov

Biggest losers by position :
-116 Alessandro Petacchi
-92 Gatis Smukulis
-75 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
-69 Stef Clement
-66 Jelle Vanendert
-64 Remi Cusin
-60 Sebastien Minard
-54 Carlos Barredo Llamazales
-52 Dario Cataldo
-49 Steven Kruijswijk
-48 Mauricio Ardila Cano

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:28 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:05 Michele Scarponi
+0:05 Levi Leipheimer

Biggest losers by time :
-23:00 Aitor Galdos
-23:00 Alan Perez Lezaun
-23:00 Andre Steensen
-23:00 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-23:00 Carlos Sastre Candil
-23:00 Diego Milan Jimenez
-23:00 Frederique Robert
-23:00 Jon Izaguirre Insausti
-23:00 Julian Dean
-23:00 Nicki Sorensen
-23:00 Pierre Cazaux

Favourites by position :
+56 Michele Scarponi
+55 Xavier Tondo Volpini
+46 Denis Menchov
+45 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
+43 Levi Leipheimer
+36 Ivan Basso
+24 Christian Vande Velde
+18 Janez Brajkovic
+15 Daniel Martin
+10 Danilo Di Luca
+8 Alberto Contador Velasco
+5 Vladimir Karpets
+2 Frantisek Rabon
+1 Linus Gerdemann
-8 Carlos Sastre Candil

Favourites by time :
+0:28 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:05 Michele Scarponi
+0:05 Levi Leipheimer
-0:07 Daniel Martin
-0:10 Xavier Tondo Volpini
-0:10 Ivan Basso
-0:44 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
-0:52 Janez Brajkovic
-0:52 Danilo Di Luca
-1:09 Christian Vande Velde
-7:16 Linus Gerdemann
-8:33 Vladimir Karpets
-8:33 Denis Menchov
-16:27 Frantisek Rabon
-23:00 Carlos Sastre Candil

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 13:05:55 (was 9th at 0:28)
2 Levi Leipheimer 0:23 (was 45th at 0:28)
3 Michele Scarponi 0:23 (was 59th at 0:28)
4 Daniel Martin 0:35 (was 19th at 0:28)
5 Christopher Horner 0:35 (was 23rd at 0:28)
6 Rigoberto Uran Uran 0:38 (was 38th at 0:28)
7 Ivan Basso 0:38 (was 43rd at 0:28)
8 Xavier Tondo Volpini 0:38 (was 63rd at 0:28)
9 Cadel Evans 0:50 (was 14th at 0:28)
10 Bauke Mollema 1:12 (was 10th at 0:28)
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15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 1:12 (was 60th at 0:28)
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17 Danilo Di Luca 1:20 (was 27th at 0:28)
18 Janez Brajkovic 1:20 (was 36th at 0:28)
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23 Christian Vande Velde 1:37 (was 47th at 0:28)
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57 Linus Gerdemann 7:44 (was 58th at 0:28)
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71 Vladimir Karpets 9:01 (was 76th at 0:28)
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131 Denis Menchov 23:22 (was 177th at 14:49)
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143 Frantisek Rabon 29:44 (was 145th at 13:17)
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177 Carlos Sastre Candil 36:17 (was 169th at 13:17)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 42 (was 0 points)
2 Nairo Quintana Rojas 42 (was 0 points)
3 Steven Kruijswijk 40 (was 0 points)
4 Julian Sanchez Pimienta 39 (was 1st with 34 points)
5 Michele Scarponi 35 (was 0 points)
6 Gatis Smukulis 28 (was 2nd with 28 points)
7 Christopher Horner 22 (was 0 points)
8 Levi Leipheimer 21 (was 0 points)
9 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman 20 (was 4th with 20 points)
10 Ben Gastauer 20 (was 5th with 20 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3
David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Caja Rural 3
Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling 3
Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 3
Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1
Total retirements : 6


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