Giro d'Italia, stage 3 summary

Stage 3 - Monday, May 11: Grado - Valdobbiadene, 198km

First 10 finishers :
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 4.45.27 (41.618km/h)
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
3 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.
4 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto
7 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD
8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad
9 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank
10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo


Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+90 Francesco Failli
+78 Francesco De Bonis
+77 Jose Serpa
+76 Davide Malacarne
+75 Andrea Masciarelli
+71 Christophe Brandt
+69 Marco Marzano
+67 Ignatas Konovalovas
+65 Jens Voigt
+61 Andrey Zeits

Biggest losers by position :
-125 Mark Renshaw
-121 Jeremy Hunt
-110 Francesco Bellotti
-104 Ian Stannard
-100 Steve Chainel
-91 Bram De Groot
-86 Juan Jose Haedo
-83 Thomas Danielson
-82 Riccardo Chiarini
-76 Thomas Fothen
-69 Matteo Bono

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:16 Alessandro Petacchi
+0:08 Tyler Farrar
+0:04 Francesco Gavazzi

Biggest losers by time :
-13:35 Ricardo Serrano
-10:53 Alberto Fernandez
-10:53 Alessandro Donati
-10:53 Arnold Jeannesson
-10:53 Bart Dockx
-10:53 Dario Andriotto
-10:53 Davide Vigano
-10:53 Evgeny Sokolov
-10:53 Gonzalo Rabunal
-10:53 Gustavo Cesar Veloso
-10:53 Jean-Charles Senac

Favourites by position :
+65 Jens Voigt
+43 Stefano Garzelli
+28 Gilberto Simoni
+21 Ivan Basso
+17 Damiano Cunego
+17 Carlos Sastre
+16 Marzio Bruseghin
+14 Franco Pellizotti
+10 Levi Leipheimer
+8 Danilo Di Luca
+5 Lance Armstrong
-47 Fabian Cancellara

Favourites by time :
-0:04 Thomas Lovkvist
-0:04 Stefano Garzelli
-0:04 Marzio Bruseghin
-0:04 Levi Leipheimer
-0:04 Lance Armstrong
-0:04 Jens Voigt
-0:04 Ivan Basso
-0:04 Gilberto Simoni
-0:04 Franco Pellizotti
-0:04 Danilo Di Luca
-0:04 Damiano Cunego
-0:04 Carlos Sastre
-0:28 Denis Menchov
-4:15 Fabian Cancellara

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alessandro Petacchi 8.50.06
2 Tyler Farrar 0.08
3 Michael Rogers 0.18
4 Thomas Lovkvist 0.18
5 Lance Armstrong 0.31
6 Danilo Di Luca 0.40
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8 Levi Leipheimer 0.44
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15 Franco Pellizotti 0.58
16 Damiano Cunego 1.00
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18 Marzio Bruseghin 1.00
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23 Carlos Sastre 1.07
24 Ivan Basso 1.11
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27 Denis Menchov 1.20
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29 Gilberto Simoni 1.24
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42 Stefano Garzelli 1.39
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108 Jens Voigt 3.47
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139 Fabian Cancellara 5.55

Retirements to date : Stage
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3
Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 2
Total retirements : 2