Tour de Romandie, stage 3 summary

Stage 3 : Apr 27, La Neuveville - Charmey, 157.6 km

1 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 3.58.29
2 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
3 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana
4 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Barracuda
5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
7 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
8 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team
9 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
10 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+22 Mathieu Perget
+19 Gianni Meersman
+16 Angelo Tulik
+15 Marco Marzano
+14 Pavel Brutt
+14 John Gadret
+14 Fumiyuki Beppu
+14 Arthur Vichot
+14 Andrey Kashechkin
+13 Jorge Azanza Soto

Biggest losers by position :
-40 Maciej Bodnar
-40 Thomas De Gendt
-19 Kenny Dehaes
-19 Rob Ruijgh
-16 Allan Davis
-16 Michael Matthews
-15 Jonathan Hivert
-15 Martin Velits
-14 Christian Meier
-14 Manuele Boaro
-13 Morris Possoni

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+0:06 Gianni Meersman
+0:04 Paolo Tiralongo

Biggest losers by time :
-13:46 Kenny Dehaes
-12:33 Geraint Thomas
-12:33 Mark Cavendish
-6:33 Christopher Froome
-6:33 Danny Pate
-6:15 Alan Perez Lezaun
-6:15 Alex Rasmussen
-6:15 Christian Meier
-6:15 Danilo Hondo
-6:15 Davide Cimolai
-6:15 Maarten Wijnants

Favourites by position :
+14 John Gadret
+9 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+3 Christopher Froome
+2 Ivan Basso
+1 Ryder Hesjedal
+1 Roman Kreuziger
+1 Janez Brajkovic
-1 Michael Rogers
-1 Bauke Mollema

Favourites by time :
+0:10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-6:33 Christopher Froome

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 12:40:31 (unchanged)
2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 0:01 (was 6th at 0:11)
3 Michael Rogers 0:07 (was 2nd at 0:07)
4 Bauke Mollema 0:09 (was 3rd at 0:09)
5 Stef Clement 0:09 (was 4th at 0:09)
6 Andrew Talansky 0:11 (was 5th at 0:11)
7 Wilco Kelderman 0:11 (unchanged)
8 David Zabriskie 0:12 (unchanged)
9 Simon Spilak 0:12 (unchanged)
10 Ruben Plaza Molina 0:12 (unchanged)
.....
22 Andreas Kloden 0:18 (unchanged)
.....
24 Ryder Hesjedal 0:18 (was 25th at 0:18)
.....
27 Roman Kreuziger 0:19 (was 28th at 0:19)
28 Janez Brajkovic 0:19 (was 29th at 0:19)
.....
31 Cadel Evans 0:21 (unchanged)
.....
48 Ivan Basso 0:26 (was 50th at 0:26)
.....
65 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 1:33 (was 74th at 1:33)
.....
74 John Gadret 3:02 (was 88th at 3:02)
.....
147 Christopher Froome 24:39 (was 150th at 18:06)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Gatis Smukulis 12 (was 0 points)
2 Stef Clement 7 (was 1st with 7 points)
3 Fabrice Jeandesboz 6 (was 2nd with 6 points)
4 Christian Meier 6 (was 3rd with 6 points)
5 Jimmy Engoulvent 6 (was 4th with 6 points)
6 Leigh Howard 4 (was 0 points)
7 Kenny De Haes 4 (was 5th with 4 points)
8 Peter Stetina 3 (was 6th with 3 points)
9 Chris Anker Sorensen 3 (was 7th with 3 points)
10 Lars Bak 3 (was 8th with 3 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Lars Bak 21 (unchanged)
2 Fabrice Jeandesboz 15 (unchanged)
3 Gatis Smukulis 13 (was 0 points)
4 Martin Kohler 12 (was 3rd with 12 points)
5 Tosh Van Der Sande 10 (was 11th with 4 points)
6 Christian Meier 9 (was 4th with 9 points)
7 Leigh Howard 9 (was 0 points)
8 Anders Lund 8 (was 0 points)
9 Matthew Brammeier 7 (was 0 points)
10 Thomas Rohregger 7 (was 5th with 7 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Jakob Fuglsang (Den) RadioShack-Nissan 3
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2
Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2
Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2
Travis Meyer (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 2
Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 1
Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1
Total retirements : 7


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