Tour de France, stage 3 summary

Stage 3 : Jul 3, Orchies - Boulogne-sur-Mer, 197 km

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 4.42.58
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0.01
3 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan
5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
7 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
9 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+80 Marcus Burghardt
+78 Alexander Vinokourov
+76 Kris Boeckmans
+76 Gregory Henderson
+75 Andre Greipel
+74 Pierrick Fedrigo
+74 Michael Schar
+74 Martin Velits
+67 Richie Porte
+67 Hubert Dupont

Biggest losers by position :
-115 Simon Gerrans
-106 Giampaolo Caruso
-98 Simone Stortoni
-97 Philippe Gilbert
-92 Thomas Danielson
-84 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-76 Roy Curvers
-73 Koen de Kort
-71 Brett Lancaster
-67 Dominique Nerz
-66 Lieuwe Westra

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:01 Peter Sagan

Biggest losers by time :
-16:28 Albert Timmer
-16:28 Brice Feillu
-16:28 Marcel Kittel
-16:28 Patrick Gretsch
-16:28 Roy Curvers
-16:25 Giampaolo Caruso
-16:25 Pablo Urtasun Perez
-16:25 Simone Stortoni
-10:56 Karsten Kroon
-10:36 Brett Lancaster
-10:36 Jerome Pineau

Favourites by position :
+31 Christopher Froome
+13 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+13 Levi Leipheimer
+12 Frank Schleck
+11 Michele Scarponi
+8 Ivan Basso
+7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+6 Robert Gesink
+1 Vincenzo Nibali
+1 Ryder Hesjedal
+1 Cadel Evans
+1 Bauke Mollema
-84 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo

Favourites by time :
-10:36 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Fabian Cancellara 14:45:30 (unchanged)
2 Bradley Wiggins 0:07 (unchanged)
3 Sylvain Chavanel 0:07 (unchanged)
4 Tejay Van Garderen 0:10 (unchanged)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 0:11 (unchanged)
6 Denis Menchov 0:13 (unchanged)
7 Cadel Evans 0:17 (was 8th at 0:17)
8 Vincenzo Nibali 0:18 (was 9th at 0:18)
9 Ryder Hesjedal 0:18 (was 10th at 0:18)
10 Andreas Kloden 0:19 (was 11th at 0:19)
11 Bauke Mollema 0:21 (was 12th at 0:21)
.....
22 Robert Gesink 0:26 (was 28th at 0:26)
23 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:28 (was 30th at 0:28)
.....
25 Ivan Basso 0:29 (was 33rd at 0:29)
.....
29 Michele Scarponi 0:37 (was 40th at 0:37)
30 Frank Schleck 0:38 (was 42nd at 0:38)
.....
32 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 0:40 (was 45th at 0:40)
.....
37 Levi Leipheimer 0:45 (was 50th at 0:45)
.....
51 Christopher Froome 1:41 (was 82nd at 1:41)
.....
152 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 11:43 (was 68th at 1:07)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 116 (was 1st with 78 points)
2 Fabian Cancellara 74 (was 3rd with 55 points)
3 Mark Cavendish 73 (was 2nd with 63 points)
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen 67 (was 5th with 42 points)
5 Matthew Harley Goss 55 (was 4th with 52 points)
6 Andre Greipel 42 (unchanged)
7 Michael Morkov 40 (was 10th with 25 points)
8 Mark Renshaw 36 (was 8th with 31 points)
9 Philippe Gilbert 33 (was 7th with 33 points)
10 Peter Velits 32 (was 35th with 10 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Michael Morkov 9 (was 1st with 4 points)
2 Ivan Basso 2 (was 0 points)
3 Peter Sagan 2 (was 2nd with 1 points)
4 Pablo Urtasun Perez 1 (was 3rd with 1 points)
5 Tony Gallopin 1 (was 0 points)
6 Sebastien Minard 1 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 3
Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 3
Total retirements : 2


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