Volta a Catalunya, stage 3 summary

Bob Martin

Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2

Biggest gainers by position :
+41 Frederik Willems
+38 Igor Anton Hernandez
+37 Mathias Frank
+36 Luca Barla
+34 Michael Barry
+33 Emanuele Bindi
+31 Michael Rogers
+31 Craig Lewis
+29 Thomas Danielson
+28 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz

Biggest losers by position :
-46 Christophe Riblon
-41 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
-40 Chris Horner
-38 Cyril Dessel
-31 Markus Zberg
-31 William Bonnet
-26 Alexandr Kolobnev
-26 Ludovic Turpin
-26 Thomas Voeckler
-25 Alessandro Ballan
-25 Sylvain Chavanel

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:39 Pierrick Fedrigo
+0:35 Alexandre Botcharov
+0:33 Gustavo Cesar
+0:29 Jelle Vanendert
+0:29 Daniel Navarro Garcia
+0:22 Michael Barry
+0:18 Yaroslav Popovych
+0:18 Xavier Florencio Cabre
+0:18 William Walker
+0:18 Volodymir Gustov

Biggest losers by time :
-14:27 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez
-14:27 Alessandro Ballan
-14:27 Andry Grivko
-14:27 Aurelien Passeron
-14:27 Bart Dockx
-14:27 Benoit Salmon
-14:27 Benoit Vaugrenard
-14:27 Bernhard Eisel
-14:27 Brett Lancaster
-14:27 Carlo Westphal
-14:27 Christophe Riblon

Favourites by position :
+31 Michael Rogers
+29 Thomas Danielson
+19 Maxime Monfort
+10 Christophe Moreau
+5 Sandy Casar
+4 George Hincapie
+1 Vladimir Efimkin
+1 Sebastian Lang
+1 Janez Brajkovic
-5 Fabian Cancellara
-20 Thor Hushovd
-25 Sylvain Chavanel
-25 Alessandro Ballan
-26 Thomas Voeckler
-38 Cyril Dessel

Favourites by time :
+0:18 Vladimir Efimkin
+0:18 Thomas Danielson
+0:18 Sandy Casar
+0:18 Michael Rogers
+0:18 Maxime Monfort
+0:18 Janez Brajkovic
+0:18 George Hincapie
+0:18 Christophe Moreau
-2:26 Cyril Dessel
-9:56 Thomas Voeckler
-9:56 Sebastian Lang
-14:27 Thor Hushovd
-14:27 Sylvain Chavanel
-14:27 Fabian Cancellara
-14:27 Alessandro Ballan

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Remi Pauriol 14.29.33
2 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 0.07
3 Janez Brajkovic 0.08
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17 Vladimir Efimkin 0.42
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24 George Hincapie 1.40
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26 Sandy Casar 1.47
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30 Christophe Moreau 1.55
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39 Cyril Dessel 2.26
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48 Maxime Monfort 5.02
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62 Thomas Voeckler 12.05
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89 Sebastian Lang 23.42
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96 Thomas Danielson 24.43
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98 Michael Rogers 24.48
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102 Sylvain Chavanel 25.43
103 Alessandro Ballan 25.50
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130 Thor Hushovd 38.53
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144 Fabian Cancellara 39.50

Retirements to date : Stage
Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2
John Devine (USA) Team High Road 1
Antton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2
Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 3 <<<
Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 1
Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 2
Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 2
Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2
Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 2
Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2
Jason Donald (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2
Total retirements : 11