Tour de Suisse, stage 3 summary

Stage 3 : Jun 13, Brig-Glis - Grindelwald, 107.6 km

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 3.09.47
2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD
3 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0.21
4 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
5 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0.48
6 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 1.04
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
8 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
9 Juan Mauricio Soler (Col) Movistar Team
10 Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+90 Mickael Cherel
+44 Matthew Harley Goss
+44 Matteo Montaguti
+42 Peter Sagan
+40 Simon Clarke
+39 Mathew Hayman
+38 Mads Christensen
+35 Nelson Oliveira
+35 Christian Vande Velde
+34 Ruben Perez Moreno

Biggest losers by position :
-37 Bartosz Huzarski
-37 Kristof Vandewalle
-35 Artem Ovechkin
-35 Damiano Caruso
-34 Sylvain Chavanel
-31 Lloyd Mondory
-31 Tom Slagter
-30 Dominique Nerz
-29 Jack Bobridge
-27 Adam Hansen
-27 Nick Nuyens

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Peter Sagan
+0:16 Damiano Cunego

Biggest losers by time :
-24:11 Oleksandr Kvachuk
-24:08 Kristof Vandewalle
-23:43 Robbie McEwen
-22:23 Jack Bobridge
-22:19 Alessandro Bazzana
-22:19 Baden Cooke
-22:19 Bernhard Eisel
-22:19 Bert Grabsch
-22:19 Daniele Calligarin
-22:19 Gregory Henderson
-22:19 Jaroslaw Marycz

Favourites by position :
+35 Christian Vande Velde
+29 Andreas Kloden
+21 Alessandro Ballan
+20 Ryder Hesjedal
+14 Fabian Cancellara
+6 Andy Schleck
+2 Linus Gerdemann
+1 Damiano Cunego
-1 Frank Schleck
-1 Danilo Di Luca
-3 Stuart O'Grady
-4 Levi Leipheimer
-10 Jens Voigt
-34 Sylvain Chavanel

Favourites by time :
+0:16 Damiano Cunego
-0:54 Frank Schleck
-1:14 Danilo Di Luca
-1:18 Linus Gerdemann
-1:32 Levi Leipheimer
-3:31 Andy Schleck
-3:35 Ryder Hesjedal
-7:29 Christian Vande Velde
-7:30 Andreas Kloden
-13:44 Alessandro Ballan
-14:05 Fabian Cancellara
-18:32 Jens Voigt
-18:35 Stuart O'Grady
-20:39 Sylvain Chavanel

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Damiano Cunego 7:43:16 (was 2nd at 0:16)
2 Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez 0:54 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Bauke Mollema 1:16 (was 3rd at 0:22)
4 Laurens ten Dam 1:19 (was 12th at 1:08)
5 Tejay Van Garderen 1:21 (was 4th at 0:27)
6 Frank Schleck 1:25 (was 5th at 0:31)
7 Jakob Fuglsang 1:32 (was 13th at 1:26)
8 Danilo Di Luca 1:53 (was 7th at 0:39)
9 Steven Kruijswijk 2:00 (was 11th at 1:06)
10 Levi Leipheimer 2:10 (was 6th at 0:38)
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14 Linus Gerdemann 3:09 (was 16th at 1:51)
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20 Andy Schleck 6:10 (was 26th at 2:39)
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26 Ryder Hesjedal 9:58 (was 46th at 6:23)
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42 Andreas Kloden 18:16 (was 71st at 10:46)
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51 Christian Vande Velde 20:40 (was 86th at 13:11)
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74 Sylvain Chavanel 26:26 (was 40th at 5:47)
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86 Jens Voigt 29:36 (was 76th at 11:04)
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88 Fabian Cancellara 31:31 (was 102nd at 17:26)
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92 Alessandro Ballan 31:52 (was 113rd at 18:08)
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108 Stuart O'Grady 36:34 (was 105th at 17:59)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Lloyd Mondory 12 (unchanged)
2 Jan Bakelants 6 (was 0 points)
3 Jens Voigt 6 (was 0 points)
4 Jose Gutierrez Palacios 6 (was 2nd with 6 points)
5 Daryl Impey 3 (was 0 points)
6 Enrico Gasparotto 3 (was 0 points)
7 Jakob Fuglsang (was 0 points)
8 Christian Vandevelde (was 0 points)
9 Andre Greipel (was 3rd with 1 points)
10 Alessandro Bazzana (was 4th with 1 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Laurens Ten Dam 31 (was 5th with 8 points)
2 Damiano Cunego 24 (was 8th with 4 points)
3 Matti Breschel 20 (was 1st with 20 points)
4 Ryder Hesjedal 15 (was 0 points)
5 Mathias Frank 12 (was 3rd with 12 points)
6 Wouter Poels 12 (was 0 points)
7 Jakob Fuglsang 10 (was 0 points)
8 Damiano Caruso 10 (was 4th with 10 points)
9 Levi Leipheimer 6 (was 6th with 6 points)
10 Andy Schleck 6 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre - ISD 3
Allan Davis (Aus) Pro Team Astana 3
Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3
Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3
Total retirements : 6


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