Tirreno Adriatico, stage 3 summary

Stage 3 : Mar 9, Indicatore - Terni, 178 km

1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 4.45.31
2 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Barracuda
5 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team
7 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
8 Francisco Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
9 Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
10 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0.03


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+101 Danilo Napolitano
+35 Andre Greipel
+19 Peter Sagan
+19 Elia Favilli
+14 Gert Steegmans
+14 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi
+14 Anthony Roux
+13 Yaroslav Popovych
+13 Tomas Vaitkus
+13 Philippe Gilbert

Biggest losers by position :
-151 Alex Rasmussen
-150 Andrew Talansky
-129 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
-100 Simone Ponzi
-100 Vicente Reynes Mimo
-76 Borut Bozic
-52 Jens Debusschere
-48 Marco Marcato
-35 Giacomo Nizzolo
-34 Simone Stortoni
-31 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:47 Danilo Napolitano
+0:10 Edvald Boasson Hagen
+0:06 Andre Greipel
+0:04 Peter Sagan

Biggest losers by time :
-11:33 Alex Rasmussen
-11:33 Andrew Talansky
-11:33 Jarlinson Pantano
-11:33 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez
-11:33 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
-11:33 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales
-11:33 Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres
-7:11 Darwin Atapuma
-7:11 Jens Debusschere
-7:11 Mikhail Ignatyev
-7:11 Vicente Reynes Mimo

Favourites by position :
+11 Cadel Evans
+10 Vincenzo Nibali
+10 Stefano Garzelli
+10 George Hincapie
+10 Domenico Pozzovivo
+9 Steven Kruijswijk
+9 Peter Velits
+9 Marco Pinotti
+9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
+8 Michele Scarponi
+7 Roman Kreuziger
+4 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+1 Cameron Meyer

Favourites by time :
-0:03 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:03 Steven Kruijswijk
-0:03 Stefano Garzelli
-0:03 Roman Kreuziger
-0:03 Peter Velits
-0:03 Michele Scarponi
-0:03 Marco Pinotti
-0:03 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-0:03 George Hincapie
-0:03 Domenico Pozzovivo
-0:03 Christopher Horner
-0:03 Cameron Meyer
-0:03 Cadel Evans
-0:03 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Matthew Harley Goss 11:36:44 (unchanged)
2 Stuart O'Grady 0:03 (was 2nd at 0:00)
3 Cameron Meyer 0:03 (was 4th at 0:00)
4 Sebastiaan Langeveld 0:03 (was 3rd at 0:00)
5 Tyler Farrar 0:13 (was 6th at 0:13)
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 0:13 (was 18th at 0:23)
7 Mark Cavendish 0:14 (was 5th at 0:13)
8 Christopher Horner 0:20 (was 8th at 0:17)
9 Daniele Bennati 0:20 (was 7th at 0:17)
10 Fabian Cancellara 0:20 (was 9th at 0:17)
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16 Roman Kreuziger 0:33 (was 23rd at 0:30)
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33 Stefano Garzelli 0:42 (was 43rd at 0:39)
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45 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:43 (was 49th at 0:40)
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60 Michele Scarponi 0:49 (was 68th at 0:46)
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74 Peter Velits 0:54 (was 83rd at 0:51)
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81 Vincenzo Nibali 0:58 (was 91st at 0:55)
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86 Steven Kruijswijk 1:00 (was 95th at 0:57)
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92 George Hincapie 1:01 (was 102nd at 0:58)
93 Cadel Evans 1:01 (was 104th at 0:58)
94 Marco Pinotti 1:01 (was 103rd at 0:58)
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103 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:12 (was 113rd at 1:09)
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116 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 1:21 (was 125th at 1:18)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 15 (was 1st with 12 points)
2 Tyler Farrar 15 (was 4th with 8 points)
3 Peter Sagan 15 (was 5th with 7 points)
4 Diego Caccia 13 (was 2nd with 10 points)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 12 (was 0 points)
6 Filippo Savini 10 (was 0 points)
7 Oscar Freire Gomez 10 (was 3rd with 10 points)
8 Andre Greipel 10 (was 0 points)
9 Kenny Robert Van Hummel 9 (was 8th with 5 points)
10 Manuel Belletti 6 (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stefano Pirazzi 13 (was 1st with 10 points)
2 Diego Caccia 6 (unchanged)
3 Jarlinson Pantano 6 (was 3rd with 4 points)
4 Filippo Savini 5 (was 0 points)
5 Svein Tuft 2 (was 4th with 2 points)
6 Wilson Marentes Torres 1 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 3
Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Barracuda 3
Total retirements : 2


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