Paris Nice, stage 3 summary

Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2

Biggest gainers by position :
+70 Alexandr Kolobnev
+19 Tom Boonen
+19 Roger Hammond
+18 Maxim Iglinsky
+10 Juan Antonio Flecha
+9 Nicolas Vogondy
+9 Fabio Baldato
+8 Stéphane Augé
+8 Matthew White
+7 Rubén Pérez

Biggest losers by position :
-113 Gert Steegmans
-93 Alessandro Vanotti
-67 Pietro Caucchioli
-44 Thorwald Veneberg
-22 Christophe Detilloux
-16 Angelo Furlan
-7 Wilfried Cretskens
-6 Igor Astarloa
-6 Joaquím Rodríguez
-6 Tomas Vaitkus
-5 Alberto Contador

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:28 Alexandr Kolobnev
+0:12 Tom Boonen
+0:06 Tyler Farrar
+0:06 Sylvain Chavanel
+0:06 Rubén Pérez
+0:06 Roger Hammond
+0:06 Murilo Fischer
+0:06 Maxim Iglinsky
+0:06 Jurgen Van den Broeck
+0:06 Juan Antonio Flecha

Biggest losers by time :
-17:57 Alessandro Vanotti
-17:57 Benoît Vaugrenard
-13:00 Angelo Furlan
-13:00 Christophe Detilloux
-13:00 Gert Steegmans
-13:00 Pietro Caucchioli
-13:00 Thorwald Veneberg
-13:00 Wilfried Cretskens
-0:54 Kevin Van Impe

Favourites by position :
+4 Yaroslav Popovych
-1 David Millar
-1 Chris Horner
-2 Thomas Fothen
-2 Davide Rebellin
-2 Cadel Evans
-3 Luca Paolini
-3 Bobby Julich
-4 Tadej Valjavec
-4 Samuel Sánchez
-4 Levi Leipheimer
-4 Fränk Schleck
-5 Alberto Contador
-6 Joaquím Rodríguez
-6 Igor Astarloa
-67 Pietro Caucchioli

Favourites by time :
-13:00 Pietro Caucchioli

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Franco Pellizotti 13.32.59
2 Daniele Bennati 0.02
3 David Millar 0.06
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8 Thomas Voeckler 0.11
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11 Davide Rebellin 0.13
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15 Samuel Sánchez 0.15
16 Tadej Valjavec 0.15
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19 Igor Astarloa 0.16
20 Joaquím Rodríguez 0.16
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29 Fränk Schleck 0.23
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33 Alberto Contador 0.25
34 Levi Leipheimer 0.26
35 Luca Paolini 0.27
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40 Bobby Julich 0.29
41 Cadel Evans 0.31
42 Thomas Fothen 0.31
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60 Chris Horner 0.35
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124 Yaroslav Popovych 1.12
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152 Pietro Caucchioli 13.43

Retirements to date :
Caisse d'Epargne Vicente Reynes
Rabobank Kai Reus
Total retirements : 2

Bob Martin wrote:
Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2

Biggest gainers by position :
+70 Alexandr Kolobnev
+19 Tom Boonen

Boonen's celebration was funny.

"Robert Chung" wrote in message
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Bob Martin wrote:
Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2

Biggest gainers by position :
+70 Alexandr Kolobnev
+19 Tom Boonen

Boonen's celebration was funny.


Kolobnev's effort was impressive.