Criterium du Dauphine, stage 3 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 3 : Jun 8, Grenoble, 42.5 km

1 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0.55.27
2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.11
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0.43
4 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0.58
5 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack 1.17
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 1.20
7 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 1.36
8 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.37
9 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1.56
10 Rui Alberto Faria Costa (Por) Movistar Team 2.00

Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+59 Edvald Boasson Hagen
+41 Tony Martin
+38 Brian Vandborg
+33 Jeremy Roy
+32 David Zabriskie
+31 Adriano Malori
+29 Maxime Bouet
+25 Matthew Busche
+25 Imanol Erviti Ollo

Biggest losers by position :
-42 Grega Bole
-37 Jelle Vanendert
-36 Yannick Talabardon
-35 Nicolas Vogondy
-28 Cyril Gautier
-28 Mirko Selvaggi
-27 Tristan Valentin
-26 Francesco Bellotti
-25 Pierre Rolland
-23 Santo Anza
-22 Ivan Santaromita

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:22 Tony Martin
+0:11 Bradley Wiggins

Biggest losers by time :
-10:04 Oscar Pujol Munoz
-8:23 Santo Anza
-8:22 Sebastien Chavanel
-8:20 Samuel Dumoulin
-8:12 Frederik Willems
-8:08 John Murphy
-8:02 Kenny Dehaes
-7:57 Vitaliy Kondrut
-7:55 Ivan Santaromita
-7:47 Andy Cappelle
-7:29 Tyler Farrar

Favourites by position :
+41 Tony Martin
+32 David Zabriskie
+23 Rein Taaramae
+19 Robert Gesink
+10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+4 Janez Brajkovic
+2 Cadel Evans
+2 Bradley Wiggins
-1 Daniel Martin
-2 Ivan Basso
-3 Alexander Vinokourov
-4 Frantisek Rabon
-5 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-5 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre

Favourites by time :
+0:22 Tony Martin
+0:11 Bradley Wiggins
-0:36 David Zabriskie
-0:55 Janez Brajkovic
-0:58 Cadel Evans
-1:34 Rein Taaramae
-1:56 Alexander Vinokourov
-2:27 Robert Gesink
-3:05 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-3:16 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-4:30 Daniel Martin
-5:32 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre
-5:54 Ivan Basso
-7:03 Frantisek Rabon

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 8:41:37 (was 3rd at 0:11)
2 Cadel Evans 1:11 (was 4th at 0:13)
3 Janez Brajkovic 1:21 (was 7th at 0:26)
4 Alexander Vinokourov 1:56 (was 1st at 0:00)
5 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 2:12 (was 10th at 0:34)
6 Geraint Thomas 2:25 (was 20th at 1:11)
7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 2:28 (was 2nd at 0:11)
8 Christophe Riblon 2:45 (was 32nd at 1:30)
9 Ben Hermans 2:46 (was 11th at 0:42)
10 Jerome Coppel 2:52 (was 16th at 1:06)
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17 Rein Taaramae 3:53 (was 40th at 2:19)
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24 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 4:15 (was 19th at 1:10)
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28 Robert Gesink 4:56 (was 47th at 2:29)
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90 Tony Martin 10:09 (was 131st at 10:31)
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94 Ivan Basso 10:41 (was 92nd at 4:47)
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96 David Zabriskie 10:51 (was 128th at 10:15)
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100 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 11:43 (was 110th at 8:27)
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118 Daniel Martin 13:40 (was 117th at 9:10)
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135 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 16:02 (was 130th at 10:30)
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172 Frantisek Rabon 25:32 (was 168th at 18:29)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Bradley Wiggins 40 (was 4th with 28 points)
2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 38 (was 1st with 38 points)
3 Alexandre Vinokourov 37 (was 2nd with 37 points)
4 John Degenkolb 33 (was 3rd with 33 points)
5 Cadel Evans 29 (was 8th with 24 points)
6 Nicolas Roche 28 (was 5th with 28 points)
7 Thomas Voeckler 27 (was 6th with 27 points)
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 25 (was 7th with 25 points)
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen 25 (was 15th with 15 points)
10 Rob Ruijgh 23 (was 9th with 23 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 10
2 Leonardo Fabio Duque 10
3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 9
4 Brice Feillu 8
5 Cadel Evans 8
6 Jurgen Van De Walle 7
7 Alexandre Vinokourov 7
8 Sven Vandousselaere 7
9 Nicolas Roche 6
10 Edvald Boasson Hagen 5

Retirements to date : Stage
Total retirements : 0

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