Tour de Romandie, stage 3 summary

Stage 3 : Apr 29, Thierrens - Neuchatel, 165.7 km

1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 3.47.55
2 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
3 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad
4 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
6 Davide Vigano (Ita) Leopard Trek
7 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack
8 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
9 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD
10 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+21 Julien Loubet
+21 Fabio Sabatini
+15 Alan Marangoni
+11 Matteo Bono
+11 Danilo Wyss
+9 Tiziano Dall'Antonia
+9 Marco Corti
+9 Maarten Neyens
+9 Alan Perez Lezaun
+9 Adam Blythe

Biggest losers by position :
-37 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-29 Tom Stamsnijder
-26 Stef Clement
-24 Jack Bobridge
-22 Richie Porte
-21 Branislau Samoilau
-14 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-13 Joost Van Leijen
-11 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-11 Petr Ignatenko
-10 Matthias Brandle

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Alexandre Vinokourov
+0:06 Mikael Cherel
+0:04 Tony Martin

Biggest losers by time :
-15:01 Addy Engels
-15:01 Artem Ovechkin
-15:01 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-15:01 Bert Grabsch
-15:01 Christopher Sutton
-15:01 Enrique Sanz
-15:01 Francesco Chicchi
-15:01 Gerald Ciolek
-15:01 Jack Bobridge
-15:01 Jan Tratnik
-15:01 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas

Favourites by position :
+3 Tony Martin
+3 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+3 Bradley Wiggins
+2 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
+1 Vladimir Karpets
+1 Linus Gerdemann
-1 Roman Kreuziger
-1 Cadel Evans
-22 Richie Porte

Favourites by time :
+0:04 Tony Martin
-0:56 Roman Kreuziger
-15:01 Richie Porte

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Pavel Brutt 12:31:34 (unchanged)
2 Alexandre Vinokourov 0:32 (was 4th at 0:42)
3 Damiano Cunego 0:38 (was 2nd at 0:38)
4 Cadel Evans 0:42 (was 3rd at 0:42)
5 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui 0:46 (unchanged)
6 Steve Morabito 0:50 (unchanged)
7 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 0:51 (unchanged)
8 Oliver Zaugg 0:51 (unchanged)
9 Pieter Weening 0:51 (unchanged)
10 Thomas Rohregger 0:52 (unchanged)
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17 Janez Brajkovic 0:58 (unchanged)
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19 Denis Menchov 1:03 (unchanged)
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21 Tony Martin 1:18 (was 24th at 1:22)
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25 Linus Gerdemann 1:39 (was 26th at 1:39)
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32 Ivan Basso 2:24 (unchanged)
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39 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 3:09 (was 41st at 3:09)
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54 David Zabriskie 4:20 (unchanged)
55 Vladimir Karpets 4:26 (was 56th at 4:26)
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65 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 6:18 (was 68th at 6:18)
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70 Roman Kreuziger 7:20 (was 69th at 6:24)
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72 Bradley Wiggins 7:50 (was 75th at 7:50)
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123 Richie Porte 29:44 (was 101st at 14:43)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Dario David Cioni 7 (was 2nd with 6 points)
2 Pavel Brutt 6 (was 1st with 6 points)
3 Chris Anker Sorensen 6 (was 0 points)
4 Jerome Cousin 6 (was 0 points)
5 Christophe Kern 6 (was 4th with 6 points)
6 Jack Bobridge 6 (was 3rd with 6 points)
7 Ignatas Konovalovas 6 (was 0 points)
8 Oleksandr Kvachuk 4 (was 5th with 4 points)
9 Branislau Samoilau 4 (was 6th with 4 points)
10 David Millar 3 (was 7th with 3 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Oleksandr Kvachuk 28 (unchanged)
2 Pavel Brutt 22 (unchanged)
3 Branislau Samoilau 22 (unchanged)
4 Chris Anker Sorensen 20 (was 0 points)
5 Ignatas Konovalovas 14 (was 0 points)
6 Roman Kreuziger 12 (was 4th with 12 points)
7 Jack Bobridge 12 (was 5th with 12 points)
8 Aliaksandr Kuchynski 10 (was 0 points)
9 Egoi Martinez De Esteban 8 (was 6th with 8 points)
10 Christophe Kern 8 (was 7th with 8 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3
Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack 2
Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack 2
Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2
Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 2
Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek 1
Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 1
Nicki Sorensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 1
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 1
Total retirements : 9


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