Tour de France, stage 3 summary

Stage 3 : Jul 1, Ajaccio - Calvi, 145.5 km

1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 3.41.24
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
4 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
6 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
8 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun
10 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+104 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+47 Christian Vandevelde
+45 Michael Albasini
+44 Tony Martin
+41 Simon Clarke
+39 Samuel Dumoulin
+39 Cameron Meyer
+37 Peter Velits
+37 David Lopez Garcia
+34 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni

Biggest losers by position :
-117 Imanol Erviti
-96 Davide Cimolai
-85 Daniele Bennati
-79 Arthur Vichot
-66 Tony Gallopin
-62 Yukiya Arashiro
-61 Christophe Riblon
-60 Cyril Gautier
-60 Jon Izaguirre Insausti
-54 Tom Veelers
-43 Albert Timmer

Biggest gainers by time :
+17:34 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa

Biggest losers by time :
-26:00 Imanol Erviti
-16:44 Nacer Bouhanni
-16:44 Tom Veelers
-9:15 Adriano Malori
-9:15 Albert Timmer
-9:15 Alexey Lutsenko
-9:15 Andre Greipel
-9:15 Arthur Vichot
-9:15 Assan Bazayev
-9:15 Brian Vandborg
-9:15 Danny Van Poppel

Favourites by position :
+104 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+30 Richie Porte
+29 Andy Schleck
+27 Damiano Cunego
+20 Christopher Froome
+18 Michael Rogers
+16 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+14 Bauke Mollema
+13 Cadel Evans
+12 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+3 Ryder Hesjedal
-7 Robert Gesink
-11 Tejay Van Garderen
-22 Alberto Contador Velasco

Favourites by time :
+17:34 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-8:26 Robert Gesink

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Jan Bakelants 12:21:27 (unchanged)
2 Julien Simon 0:01 (was 6th at 0:01)
3 Simon Gerrans 0:01 (was 16th at 0:01)
4 Michal Kwiatkowski 0:01 (was 3rd at 0:01)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 0:01 (unchanged)
6 Daryl Impey 0:01 (was 8th at 0:01)
7 David Millar 0:01 (was 13th at 0:01)
8 Sergey Lagutin 0:01 (was 10th at 0:01)
9 Cadel Evans 0:01 (was 22nd at 0:01)
10 Romain Bardet 0:01 (was 26th at 0:01)
.....
12 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:01 (was 28th at 0:01)
.....
15 Christopher Froome 0:01 (was 35th at 0:01)
16 Damiano Cunego 0:01 (was 43rd at 0:01)
.....
19 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:01 (was 31st at 0:01)
.....
24 Richie Porte 0:01 (was 54th at 0:01)
.....
26 Ryder Hesjedal 0:01 (was 29th at 0:01)
.....
36 Bauke Mollema 0:01 (was 50th at 0:01)
.....
38 Tejay Van Garderen 0:01 (was 27th at 0:01)
.....
45 Andy Schleck 0:01 (was 74th at 0:01)
.....
48 Michael Rogers 0:01 (was 66th at 0:01)
.....
54 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 0:01 (was 158th at 17:35)
.....
60 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:01 (was 38th at 0:01)
.....
96 Robert Gesink 8:27 (was 89th at 0:01)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 74 (was 2nd with 43 points)
2 Marcel Kittel 57 (was 1st with 47 points)
3 Alexander Kristoff 48 (was 3rd with 41 points)
4 Michal Kwiatkowski 41 (was 8th with 22 points)
5 Lars Boom 40 (was 4th with 40 points)
6 Danny van Poppel 39 (was 0 points)
7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 36 (was 24th with 14 points)
8 Simon Gerrans 32 (was 42nd with 2 points)
9 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni 32 (was 18th with 17 points)
10 Jan Bakelants 30 (was 6th with 30 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Pierre Rolland 10 (was 1st with 5 points)
2 Simon Clarke 5 (was 0 points)
3 Blel Kadri 5 (was 2nd with 5 points)
4 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 3 (was 0 points)
5 Cyril Gautier 2 (was 3rd with 2 points)
6 Lars Boom 2 (was 4th with 2 points)
7 Lars Petter Nordhaug 2 (was 0 points)
8 Brice Feillu 2 (was 5th with 2 points)
9 Alexis Vuillermoz 2 (was 0 points)
10 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle 1 (was 6th with 1 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 3
Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3
Total retirements : 2


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On 01/07/2013 5:43 PM, Bob Martin wrote:

Stage 3 : Jul 1, Ajaccio - Calvi, 145.5 km

1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 3.41.24
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
4 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
6 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
8 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun
10 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi



Many thanks, Bob. Beats the **** out of other sources! (Had to snip or
my post had too many quoted lines, sorry.)

--
Chris

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