Tour de Romandie stage 3 summary

Stage 3 - Estavayer-Estavayer 168.7 km

1 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 3:58:35
2 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education - Nippo 0:22
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA - hansgrohe 0:22
4 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain - Victorious 0:22
5 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Astana - Premier Tech 0:22
6 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE-Team Emirates 0:22
7 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM 0:22
8 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:22
9 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Astana - Premier Tech 0:22
10 Rui Costa (Por) UAE-Team Emirates 0:22


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+24 Joel Suter
+22 Robert Power
+22 Marc Soler
+21 Matthew Holmes
+21 Mathias Fluckiger
+21 Andrey Amador
+20 Simon Pellaud
+20 Kobe Goossens
+19 Johan Jacobs
+18 Stefan Bissegger

Biggest losers by position :
-72 Jack Haig
-44 Niklas Eg
-32 Chris Froome
-32 Jan Tratnik
-31 Sander Armee
-25 Chad Haga
-23 Antwan Tolhoek
-23 Miguel Angel Lopez
-22 Mathias Reutimann
-22 Rohan Dennis
-20 Dario Cataldo

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:27 Marc Soler
+0:01 Magnus Cort

Biggest losers by time :
-18:56 Albert Torres
-18:44 Alexis Gougeard
-18:44 Antwan Tolhoek
-18:44 Chad Haga
-18:44 Chris Froome
-18:44 Claudio Imhof
-18:44 Cyrille Thiery
-18:44 Davide Martinelli
-18:44 Elia Viviani
-18:44 Fabian Lienhard
-18:44 Fabio Sabatini

Favourites by position :
+22 Marc Soler
+10 Lucas Hamilton
+5 Michael Woods
+4 Ion Izagirre
+4 Fausto Masnada
+2 Wilco Kelderman
+1 Richie Porte
+1 Geraint Thomas
-7 Steven Kruijswijk
-7 Jan Hirt
-20 Tejay Van Garderen
-22 Rohan Dennis
-23 Miguel Angel Lopez
-72 Jack Haig

Favourites by time :
+0:27 Marc Soler
-0:05 Wilco Kelderman
-0:05 Richie Porte
-0:05 Michael Woods
-0:05 Lucas Hamilton
-0:05 Ion Izagirre
-0:05 Geraint Thomas
-0:05 Fausto Masnada
-1:04 Steven Kruijswijk
-1:04 Rohan Dennis
-2:33 Miguel Angel Lopez
-7:08 Tejay Van Garderen
-7:08 Jan Hirt
-18:44 Jack Haig

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Marc Soler 12:38:40 (was 23rd at 0:27)
2 Geraint Thomas 0:14 (was 3rd at 0:09)
3 Richie Porte 0:14 (was 4th at 0:09)
4 Sonny Colbrelli 0:14 (was 5th at 0:09)
5 Marc Hirschi 0:16 (was 6th at 0:11)
6 Mattia Cattaneo 0:20 (was 8th at 0:15)
7 Wilco Kelderman 0:21 (was 9th at 0:16)
8 Ilan Van Wilder 0:21 (was 10th at 0:16)
9 Sepp Kuss 0:21 (was 11th at 0:16)
10 Rui Costa 0:24 (was 12th at 0:19)
11 Ion Izagirre 0:26 (was 15th at 0:21)
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14 Fausto Masnada 0:28 (was 18th at 0:23)
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16 Michael Woods 0:30 (was 21st at 0:25)
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21 Lucas Hamilton 0:35 (was 31st at 0:30)
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23 Rohan Dennis 1:04 (was 1st at 0:00)
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26 Steven Kruijswijk 1:28 (was 19th at 0:24)
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36 Miguel Angel Lopez 2:52 (was 13th at 0:19)
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54 Tejay Van Garderen 7:40 (was 34th at 0:32)
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71 Jan Hirt 12:18 (was 64th at 5:10)
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86 Jack Haig 19:03 (was 14th at 0:19)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Sonny Colbrelli 98 (was 1st with points)
2 Peter Sagan 70 (was 2nd with points)
3 Marc Soler 57 (was 33rd with points)
4 Magnus Cort 46 (was 17th with points)
5 Marc Hirschi 36 (was 4th with points)
6 Rohan Dennis 30 (was 5th with points)
7 Manuele Boaro 30 (was 6th with points)
8 Diego Ulissi 30 (was 16th with points)
9 Ilan Van Wilder 29 (was 14th with points)
10 Stefan Bissegger 27 (was 15th with points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Joel Suter 38 (unchanged)
2 Davide Villella 34 (unchanged)
3 Rein Taaramae 26 (unchanged)
4 Kobe Goossens 25 (was 0 points)
5 Antwan Tolhoek 20 (was 4th with 20 points)
6 Manuele Boaro 19 (was 5th with 19 points)
7 Robert Power 14 (was 6th with 14 points)
8 Rohan Dennis 12 (was 7th with 12 points)
9 Stefan Kung 12 (was 0 points)
10 Thymen Arensman 11 (was 8th with 11 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 UAE-Team Emirates 37:57:11 (was 2nd at 0:38)
2 INEOS Grenadiers 0:21 (was 1st at 25:59:42)
3 Movistar Team 1:57 (was 4th at 0:59)
4 Team Jumbo-Visma 2:45 (was 6th at 1:25)
5 Trek - Segafredo 3:05 (was 8th at 1:45)
6 Team DSM 3:11 (was 5th at 1:23)
7 Bahrain - Victorious 3:40 (was 3rd at 0:39)
8 Astana - Premier Tech 5:21 (was 14th at 5:00)
9 Team BikeExchange 5:28 (was 11th at 2:00)
10 Israel Start-Up Nation 5:37 (was 7th at 1:34)
11 EF Education - Nippo 6:08 (was 13th at 2:08)
12 AG2R Citroen Team 6:48 (was 9th at 1:52)
13 Groupama - FDJ 6:53 (was 10th at 1:54)
14 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 8:10 (was 12th at 2:02)
15 Deceuninck - Quick Step 8:19 (was 15th at 7:58)
16 BORA - hansgrohe 8:50 (was 16th at 8:29)
17 Lotto Soudal 11:41 (was 17th at 10:05)
18 Team Qhubeka ASSOS 19:33 (was 19th at 13:39)
19 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 21:46 (was 18th at 12:12)
20 Swiss Cycling 26:49 (was 20th at 21:50)

Retirements to date : Stage
Patrick Bevin (Israel Start-Up Nation) 3
Riccardo Minali (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 3
Romain Seigle (Groupama - FDJ) 3
Alexey Lutsenko (Astana - Premier Tech) 2
Chris Hamilton (Team DSM) 2
Dries Devenyns (Deceuninck - Quick Step) 2
Erik Baska (BORA - hansgrohe) 2
Sam Bewley (Team BikeExchange) 2
Harry Tanfield (Team Qhubeka ASSOS) 1
Total retirements : 9


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