Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2
Biggest gainers by position :
+52 Tadej Valjavec
+49 Manuel Beltrán
+46 Bernhard Kohl
+43 Pierrick Fédrigo
+43 Johan Van Summeren
+42 Grischa Niermann
+30 Guido TrentiN
+28 Stéphane Goubert
+27 Aleksandr Kuschynski
+26 Volodimir Gustov
Biggest losers by position :
-79 Thor Hushovd
-58 Ronny Scholz
-44 Igor Antón
-41 Leonardo Duque
-37 Alexandre Botcharov
-30 Bradley Wiggins
-29 Cédric Vasseur
-29 Oscar Pereiro
-28 Geoffroy Lequatre
-28 Mauro Da Dalto
-24 Anthony Geslin
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:33 Alexander Vinokourov
+0:24 Andrey Kashechkin
Biggest losers by time :
-12:14 Alexandre Botcharov
-12:03 Remmert Wielinga
-8:10 Thor Hushovd
-7:59 Preben Van Hecke
-7:53 Rémi Pauriol
-7:46 Julien Loubet
-7:34 Gert Steegmans
-7:31 Morris Possoni
-7:10 Igor Antón
-6:59 Blaise Sonnery
-6:58 Jorge Azanza
Favourites by position :
+52 Tadej Valjavec
+49 Manuel Beltrán
+20 Cadel Evans
+19 Alexander Vinokourov
+17 Denis Menchov
+14 Iñigo Cuesta
+7 Leonardo Piepoli
+5 David Zabriskie
+3 Haimar Zubeldia
+3 Bobby Julich
+3 Andrey Kashechkin
+1 David Millar
-2 Levi Leipheimer
-2 Alejandro Valverde
-6 George Hincapie
-10 Serguei Ivanov
-11 Alberto Contador
-14 Christophe Moreau
-17 Mikel Astarloza
-29 Oscar Pereiro
Favourites by time :
+0:33 Alexander Vinokourov
+0:24 Andrey Kashechkin
-0:05 David Zabriskie
-0:06 Cadel Evans
-0:07 Denis Menchov
-0:38 Levi Leipheimer
-0:45 Alejandro Valverde
-1:03 David Millar
-1:12 Tadej Valjavec
-1:37 George Hincapie
-2:20 Christophe Moreau
-2:29 Bobby Julich
-2:46 Haimar Zubeldia
-2:49 Alberto Contador
-2:51 Manuel Beltrán
-3:06 Mikel Astarloza
-3:07 Iñigo Cuesta
-3:42 Serguei Ivanov
-4:05 Oscar Pereiro
-5:06 Leonardo Piepoli
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alexander Vinokourov 10.23.23
2 Andrey Kashechkin 0.02
3 David Zabriskie 0.32
4 Denis Menchov 0.40
5 Cadel Evans 0.41
6 Levi Leipheimer 1.03
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9 Alejandro Valverde 1.12
10 David Millar 1.33
11 Tadej Valjavec 1.57
12 George Hincapie 2.03
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15 Christophe Moreau 2.20
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24 Bobby Julich 3.04
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28 Alberto Contador 3.21
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31 Haimar Zubeldia 3.25
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36 Mikel Astarloza 3.39
37 Manuel Beltrán 3.44
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39 Iñigo Cuesta 3.49
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47 Serguei Ivanov 4.22
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53 Oscar Pereiro 4.39
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85 Leonardo Piepoli 6.14
Retirements to date :
Discovery Channel Tom Danielson
Lampre-Fondital Jaime Castañeda
" Massimiliano Mori
Liquigas Roberto Petito
Milram Igor Astarloa
Predictor-Lotto Christophe Brandt
Rabobank Graeme Brown
" Marc De Maar
" Theo Eltink
T-Mobile André Korff
Total retirements : 10