Tour de Suisse, stage 3 summary

Stage 3 : Jun 14, Sierre - Schwarzenburg, 196.6 km

1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 5.02.21
2 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne
3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 0.03
4 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
5 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank
7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
8 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team
9 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+42 Edouard Vorganov
+40 Christian Vandevelde
+39 Amets Txurruka
+38 Mikhaylo Khalilov
+36 Cameron Meyer
+35 Alessandro Ballan
+31 Peter Wrolich
+30 Marzio Bruseghin
+30 Bjorn Schroder
+30 Alessandro Vanotti

Biggest losers by position :
-54 Matthias Russ
-53 Roman Kreuziger
-49 Martijn Maaskant
-46 Matti Breschel
-42 Aitor Hernandez
-42 Jens Voigt
-41 Lars Petter Nordhaug
-40 Marco Marcato
-40 Mathias Frank
-39 Karsten Kroon
-30 Mirco Lorenzetto

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:16 Frank Schleck
+0:12 Rigoberto Uran
+0:07 Bauke Mollema
+0:05 Steve Morabito
+0:03 Tony Martin
+0:03 Thomas Lovkvist
+0:03 Robert Gesink
+0:03 Nicolas Roche
+0:03 Matteo Carrara
+0:03 Juan Manuel Garate

Biggest losers by time :
-17:53 Aitor Hernandez
-17:53 Andreas Klier
-17:53 Angelo Furlan
-17:53 Gerben Lowik
-17:53 Jeremie Hunt
-17:53 Jonas Ljungblad
-17:53 Karsten Kroon
-17:53 Koldo Fernandez
-17:53 Kurt Asle Arvesen
-17:53 Martijn Maaskant
-17:53 Matteo Bono

Favourites by position :
+40 Christian Vandevelde
+30 Marzio Bruseghin
+29 Frank Schleck
+20 Robert Gesink
+17 Allan Davis
+12 Lance Armstrong
+9 Andreas Kloden
+6 Kim Kirchen
+2 Tony Martin
-1 Levi Leipheimer
-1 Fabian Cancellara
-5 Andy Schleck
-42 Jens Voigt
-53 Roman Kreuziger

Favourites by time :
+0:16 Frank Schleck
+0:03 Tony Martin
+0:03 Robert Gesink
-0:01 Levi Leipheimer
-0:01 Lance Armstrong
-0:01 Fabian Cancellara
-0:13 Andy Schleck
-0:13 Andreas Kloden
-1:01 Kim Kirchen
-1:58 Roman Kreuziger
-4:20 Jens Voigt
-6:08 Christian Vandevelde
-7:30 Marzio Bruseghin
-9:54 Allan Davis

Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tony Martin 9:38:04 (was 3rd at 0:03)
2 Fabian Cancellara 0:01 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Thomas Lovkvist 0:09 (was 6th at 0:12)
.....
6 Frank Schleck 0:13 (was 35th at 0:29)
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13 Levi Leipheimer 0:19 (was 12th at 0:18)
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17 Robert Gesink 0:27 (was 37th at 0:30)
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21 Lance Armstrong 0:30 (was 33rd at 0:29)
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27 Andy Schleck 0:37 (was 22nd at 0:24)
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31 Andreas Kloden 0:45 (was 40th at 0:32)
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55 Roman Kreuziger 1:59 (was 2nd at 0:01)
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62 Kim Kirchen 3:13 (was 68th at 2:12)
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73 Jens Voigt 4:48 (was 31st at 0:28)
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124 Christian Vandevelde 18:38 (was 164th at 12:30)
125 Marzio Bruseghin 18:57 (was 155th at 11:27)
.....
136 Allan Davis 21:08 (was 153rd at 11:14)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Heinrich Haussler 20 (was 1st with 25 points)
2 Pablo Urtasun Perez 20 (unchanged)
3 Fabian Cancellara 19 (unchanged)
4 Marco Marcato 16 (unchanged)
5 Frank Schleck 15 (was 0 points)
6 Tony Martin 13 (was 9th with 10 points)
7 Oscar Freire Gomez 13 (was 5th with 13 points)
8 Rigoberto Uran 12 (was 0 points)
9 Simon Gerrans 12 (was 7th with 12 points)
10 Roman Kreuziger 12 (was 6th with 12 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Alexandre Pliuschin 17 (was 0 points)
2 Aitor Hernandez 16 (was 2nd with 12 points)
3 Mathias Frank 15 (was 1st with 13 points)
4 Matthias Russ 8 (was 3rd with 8 points)
5 Ermanno Capelli 8 (was 0 points)
6 Pavel Brutt 7 (was 4th with 7 points)
7 Jussi Veikkanen 6 (was 0 points)
8 Wouter Poels 3 (was 0 points)
9 Jacob Fuglsang 2 (was 0 points)
10 Robert Gesink 1 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
David Vitoria (Swi) Footon-Servetto 3
Dominique Nerz (Ger) Team Milram 3
Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto 3
Joao Correia (Por) Cervelo Test Team 3
Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 3
Pedro Merino Criado (Spa) Footon-Servetto 3
Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo 3
Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 3
Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 2
Total retirements : 9


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