Giro d'Italia stage 3 summary

Stage 3 - Enna Etna

1 Jonathan Klever Caicedo (Ecu) EF Pro Cycling 4:02:33
2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Vini Zabu - KTM 0:21
3 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:30
4 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:39
5 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:51
6 Rafal Majka (Pol) BORA - hansgrohe 0:51
7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek - Segafredo 0:51
8 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) INEOS Grenadiers 0:51
9 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling 0:51
10 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:56


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+108 Jonathan Castroviejo
+101 Oscar Rodriguez
+94 Geoffrey Bouchard
+77 Mikkel Bjerg
+71 Salvatore Puccio
+70 Giovanni Visconti
+68 Ben Swift
+58 Thomas De Gendt
+58 Julien Bernard
+58 Jaakko Hanninen

Biggest losers by position :
-102 Josef Cerny
-97 Michael Matthews
-86 Filippo Ganna
-82 Matteo Sobrero
-77 Jan Tratnik
-73 Eros Capecchi
-71 Peter Sagan
-66 Diego Ulissi
-66 Tobias Foss
-59 Rick Zabel
-58 Simone Consonni

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:35 Jonathan Klever Caicedo
+1:12 Giovanni Visconti
+0:59 Harm Vanhoucke
+0:46 Wilco Kelderman
+0:34 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:34 Rafal Majka
+0:34 Jonathan Castroviejo
+0:34 Jakob Fuglsang
+0:34 Domenico Pozzovivo
+0:29 Steven Kruijswijk

Biggest losers by time :
-30:52 Michael Hepburn
-30:21 Rudy Barbier
-29:59 Benjamin Thomas
-28:58 Albert Torres
-28:58 Alex Dowsett
-28:58 Alvaro Jose Hodeg
-28:58 Arnaud Demare
-28:58 Brent Bookwalter
-28:58 Davide Cimolai
-28:58 Edoardo Affini
-28:58 Elia Viviani

Favourites by position :
+47 Rafal Majka
+43 Rohan Dennis
+37 Jakob Fuglsang
+34 Steven Kruijswijk
+26 Wilco Kelderman
+26 Domenico Pozzovivo
+25 Vincenzo Nibali
+18 Carl Fredrik Hagen
+15 Fausto Masnada
+14 Patrick Konrad
+13 Jack Haig
-17 Simon Yates
-50 Geraint Thomas

Favourites by time :
+0:46 Wilco Kelderman
+0:34 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:34 Rafal Majka
+0:34 Jakob Fuglsang
+0:34 Domenico Pozzovivo
+0:29 Steven Kruijswijk
-0:04 Patrick Konrad
-0:06 Fausto Masnada
-2:57 Simon Yates
-2:57 Jack Haig
-6:14 Carl Fredrik Hagen
-10:54 Geraint Thomas
-17:42 Rohan Dennis

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joao Almeida 7:44:25 (was 2nd at 0:22)
2 Jonathan Klever Caicedo 0:00 (was 35th at 1:35)
3 Pello Bilbao 0:37 (was 14th at 0:59)
4 Wilco Kelderman 0:42 (was 30th at 1:28)
5 Harm Vanhoucke 0:53 (was 52nd at 1:52)
6 Vincenzo Nibali 0:55 (was 31st at 1:29)
7 Domenico Pozzovivo 0:59 (was 33rd at 1:33)
8 Brandon McNulty 1:11 (was 12th at 0:59)
9 Jakob Fuglsang 1:13 (was 46th at 1:47)
10 Steven Kruijswijk 1:15 (was 44th at 1:44)
11 Rafal Majka 1:26 (was 58th at 2:00)
12 Patrick Konrad 1:26 (was 26th at 1:22)
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14 Fausto Masnada 1:32 (was 29th at 1:26)
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25 Simon Yates 3:46 (was 8th at 0:49)
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30 Jack Haig 4:39 (was 43rd at 1:42)
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45 Carl Fredrik Hagen 8:21 (was 63rd at 2:07)
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53 Geraint Thomas 11:17 (was 3rd at 0:23)
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118 Rohan Dennis 26:05 (was 161st at 8:23)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Diego Ulissi 25 (unchanged)
2 Jonathan Klever Caicedo 23 (was 0 points)
3 Peter Sagan 19 (was 2nd with 19 points)
4 Joao Almeida 17 (was 3rd with 17 points)
5 Giovanni Visconti 16 (was 0 points)
6 Filippo Ganna 15 (was 4th with 15 points)
7 Josip Rumac 12 (was 0 points)
8 Thomas De Gendt 12 (was 5th with 12 points)
9 Mikkel Frolich Honore 12 (was 6th with 12 points)
10 Mikkel Bjerg 10 (was 7th with 9 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Jonathan Klever Caicedo 40 (was 0 points)
2 Giovanni Visconti 18 (was 0 points)
3 Harm Vanhoucke 12 (was 0 points)
4 Wilco Kelderman 9 (was 0 points)
5 Jakob Fuglsang 6 (was 0 points)
6 Rafal Majka 4 (was 0 points)
7 Peter Sagan 4 (was 1st with 4 points)
8 Diego Ulissi 3 (was 2nd with 3 points)
9 Thomas De Gendt 3 (was 4th with 3 points)
10 Rick Zabel 3 (was 3rd with 3 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Deceuninck - Quick Step 23:15:40 (was 2nd at 1:03)
2 Team Sunweb 3:02 (was 5th at 1:16)
3 Trek - Segafredo 4:38 (was 13th at 2:43)
4 INEOS Grenadiers 5:34 (was 1st at 11:02:32)
5 Team Jumbo-Visma 5:48 (was 3rd at 1:05)
6 NTT Pro Cycling 7:05 (was 7th at 1:36)
7 Mitchelton-Scott 7:43 (was 8th at 1:40)
8 AG2R La Mondiale 9:16 (was 11th at 2:19)
9 BORA - hansgrohe 9:17 (was 12th at 2:31)
10 EF Pro Cycling 9:30 (was 6th at 1:25)
11 Bahrain - McLaren 11:29 (was 10th at 2:07)
12 Movistar Team 12:42 (was 14th at 3:37)
13 UAE-Team Emirates 13:47 (was 4th at 1:14)
14 Lotto Soudal 15:00 (was 15th at 4:41)
15 CCC Team 15:33 (was 9th at 1:41)
16 Astana Pro Team 22:44 (was 21th at 10:00)
17 Vini Zabu - KTM 33:18 (was 19th at 7:58)
18 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 37:23 (was 17th at 6:26)
19 Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec 43:28 (was 18th at 6:55)
20 Bardiani-CSF-Faizane 44:59 (was 20th at 9:14)
21 Israel Start-Up Nation 55:26 (was 16th at 5:13)
22 Groupama - FDJ 1:07:35 (was 22th at 10:14)

Retirements to date : Stage
Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana Pro Team) 2
Luca Covili (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) 1
Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana Pro Team) 1
Total retirements : 3


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