Tour de Suisse, stage 3 summary

Stage 3 : June 12, 2017 Menziken - Bern 159.3 km

1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 3.49.48
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
3 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
4 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-Scott
6 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac
7 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
8 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
9 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+43 Jakub Kaczmarek
+43 Adrian Kurek
+38 Hugh Carthy
+36 Jesper Asselman
+34 Tim Wellens
+33 Enrico Gasparotto
+32 Matti Breschel
+31 Lawrence Warbasse
+29 Simone Consonni
+29 Michal Kolar

Biggest losers by position :
-75 Rohan Dennis
-57 Lasse Norman Hansen
-56 Sebastien Reichenbach
-55 Philip Deignan
-53 Luke Durbridge
-46 Lars Petter Nordhaug
-45 Nico Denz
-42 Lars Boom
-34 Felix GroAŸschartner
-32 Michael Schar
-28 Hugo Houle

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:01 Michael Matthews

Biggest losers by time :
-8:38 Albert Timmer
-8:38 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-8:38 Jonathan Dibben
-8:38 Juraj Sagan
-8:38 Lawson Craddock
-8:38 Martijn Keizer
-8:38 Matthias Brandle
-8:38 Philip Deignan
-8:38 Rohan Dennis
-8:38 Sebastien Reichenbach
-8:32 Elmar Reinders

Favourites by position :
+13 Mikel Nieve Ituralde
+12 Mathias Frank
+9 Steven Kruijswijk
+9 Domenico Pozzovivo
+4 Miguel Angel Lopez
+2 Marc Soler
+2 Jon Izagirre Insausti
+2 Fabio Felline
+2 Damiano Caruso
+1 Tom Dumoulin
+1 Tejay van Garderen
-6 David de la Cruz
-7 Darwin Atapuma
-21 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-75 Rohan Dennis

Favourites by time :
-0:09 Tom Dumoulin
-0:09 Steven Kruijswijk
-0:09 Mikel Nieve Ituralde
-0:09 Mathias Frank
-0:09 Marc Soler
-0:09 Jon Izagirre Insausti
-0:09 Fabio Felline
-0:09 Domenico Pozzovivo
-0:09 Damiano Caruso
-0:28 Tejay van Garderen
-0:35 Miguel Angel Lopez
-3:51 David de la Cruz
-3:51 Darwin Atapuma
-8:38 Rohan Dennis
-8:38 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Michael Matthews 8:18:47 (was 2nd at 0:01)
2 Tom Dumoulin 0:10 (was 3rd at 0:01)
3 Peter Sagan 0:11 (was 5th at 0:08)
4 Damiano Caruso 0:19 (was 6th at 0:10)
5 Michael Albasini 0:20 (was 7th at 0:11)
6 Patrick Bevin 0:22 (was 9th at 0:13)
7 Matteo Trentin 0:23 (was 10th at 0:14)
8 John Degenkolb 0:24 (was 17th at 0:19)
9 Jon Izagirre Insausti 0:25 (was 11th at 0:16)
10 Marc Soler 0:25 (was 12th at 0:16)
11 Fabio Felline 0:25 (was 13th at 0:16)
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25 Steven Kruijswijk 0:32 (was 34th at 0:23)
26 Domenico Pozzovivo 0:33 (was 35th at 0:24)
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31 Mathias Frank 0:39 (was 43rd at 0:30)
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33 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 0:42 (was 46th at 0:33)
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45 Miguel Angel Lopez 1:11 (was 49th at 0:36)
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59 Tejay van Garderen 4:06 (was 60th at 3:38)
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74 David de la Cruz 9:49 (was 68th at 5:58)
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77 Darwin Atapuma 10:24 (was 70th at 6:33)
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156 Rohan Dennis 18:23 (was 81st at 9:45)
.....
161 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas 21:08 (was 140th at 12:30)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Michael Matthews 14 (was 10th with 4 points)
2 Nick Dougall 12 (was 0 points)
3 Elmar Reinders 12 (was 0 points)
4 Philippe Gilbert 10 (was 2nd with 10 points)
5 Rohan Dennis 10 (was 3rd with 10 points)
6 Stefan Kung 10 (was 4th with 8 points)
7 Peter Sagan 8 (was 0 points)
8 Patrick Bevin 8 (was 5th with 8 points)
9 Damiano Caruso 6 (was 6th with 6 points)
10 Michael Albasini 6 (was 11th with 4 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Lasse Norman Hansen 33 (was 1st with 24 points)
2 Nick Van Der Lijke 20 (was 2nd with 18 points)
3 Antoine Duchesne 9 (unchanged)
4 Jan Bakelants 8 (unchanged)
5 Nick Dougall 7 (was 0 points)
6 Rui Costa 6 (unchanged)
7 Conor Dunne 5 (unchanged)
8 Damiano Caruso 4 (unchanged)
9 Elmar Reinders 4 (was 0 points)
10 Steven Kruijswijk 2 (was 9th with 2 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Steven Lammertink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 2
Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 1
Total retirements : 2


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