Tour de France, stage 3 summary

[Bob Martin]

Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2

Biggest gainers by position :
+119 William Frischkorn
+90 Bernhard Kohl
+68 Paolo Longo Borghini
+67 Gert Steegmans
+64 Samuel Dumoulin
+57 Romain Feillu
+44 Leif Hoste
+36 Sebastien Chavanel
+36 Nicolas Portal
+35 Arnaud Gerard

Biggest losers by position :
-103 Nicki Sorensen
-70 Luis Leon Sanchez
-62 Ryder Hesjedal
-62 Trent Lowe
-55 Fabian Wegmann
-51 Eduardo Gonzalo
-49 Aurelien Passeron
-49 Moises Duenas
-45 Dmitriy Fofonov
-44 Juan Jose Cobo
-43 Christophe Moreau

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:18 William Frischkorn
+0:18 Samuel Dumoulin
+0:18 Romain Feillu
+0:14 Bernhard Kohl
+0:04 Paolo Longo Borghini

Biggest losers by time :
-13:06 Nicki Sorensen
-12:02 Matthieu Sprick
-7:39 Wim Vansevenant
-4:37 Aleksandr Kuschynski
-4:37 Amael Moinard
-4:37 Amets Txurruka
-4:37 Aurelien Passeron
-4:37 Bjorn Schroder
-4:37 Brett Lancaster
-4:37 Chris Froome
-4:37 Christophe Le Mevel

Favourites by position :
+8 Damiano Cunego
+7 Vladimir Efimkin
+5 George Hincapie
+2 Stijn Devolder
+1 Manuel Beltran
-1 Oscar Pereiro
-2 Samuel Sanchez
-2 Frank Schleck
-3 Kim Kirchen
-3 Andy Schleck
-3 Alejandro Valverde
-4 Carlos Sastre
-4 Cadel Evans
-17 Jens Voigt
-27 Denis Menchov
-41 Riccardo Ricco
-43 Christophe Moreau

Favourites by time :
-1:45 Vladimir Efimkin
-1:45 Stijn Devolder
-1:45 Samuel Sanchez
-1:45 Oscar Pereiro
-1:45 Manuel Beltran
-1:45 Kim Kirchen
-1:45 George Hincapie
-1:45 Frank Schleck
-1:45 Damiano Cunego
-1:45 Carlos Sastre
-1:45 Cadel Evans
-1:45 Andy Schleck
-1:45 Alejandro Valverde
-2:23 Riccardo Ricco
-2:23 Jens Voigt
-2:23 Denis Menchov
-4:37 Christophe Moreau

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Romain Feillu 13.27.05
2 Paolo Longo Borghini 0.35
3 William Frischkorn 1.42
4 Alejandro Valverde 1.45
5 Kim Kirchen 1.46
.....
9 Cadel Evans 1.46
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11 Frank Schleck 1.46
12 Oscar Pereiro 1.46
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18 Samuel Sanchez 1.52
19 George Hincapie 1.52
20 Andy Schleck 1.52
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27 Manuel Beltran 1.52
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31 Carlos Sastre 1.52
32 Stijn Devolder 1.52
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35 Damiano Cunego 1.52
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40 Vladimir Efimkin 2.03
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49 Riccardo Ricco 2.24
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52 Denis Menchov 2.30
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56 Jens Voigt 2.30
.....
114 Christophe Moreau 5.16

Retirements to date : Stage
Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 3 <<<
Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 1
Total retirements : 2

[Bob Martin]

Looks like this didn't make it last night, probably something to do with
the 4 power cuts we had.