Volta a Catalunya, stage 3 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 3 : Mar 21, La Vall d'en Bas (Sant Esteve d'en Bas) - Port-Aine, 210.9 km

1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana 0.00.01
2 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma - QuickStep
3 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
4 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
6 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Barracuda
7 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) RadioShack-Nissan
8 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team
9 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
10 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+33 Vladimir Karpets
+33 Marzio Bruseghin
+33 Julian Sanchez Pimienta
+33 Jacek Morajko
+31 Jussi Veikkanen
+29 Victor Cabedo
+29 Marco Bandiera
+29 Andrey Kashechkin
+29 Aitor Galdos Alonso
+27 Kristof Vandewalle

Biggest losers by position :

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Marzio Bruseghin

Biggest losers by time :
-0:20 Branislau Samoilau

Favourites by position :
+12 David Arroyo Duran
+3 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+3 Janez Brajkovic
+1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+1 Robert Gesink
+1 Levi Leipheimer
+1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+1 Jakob Fuglsang
+1 Denis Menchov
+1 Damiano Cunego

Favourites by time :

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Michael Albasini 7:12:12 (unchanged)
2 Ryder Hesjedal 1:32 (unchanged)
3 Mickael Cherel 1:32 (unchanged)
4 Steve Morabito 1:32 (unchanged)
5 Arnold Jeannesson 1:32 (unchanged)
6 Daniel Martin 1:32 (unchanged)
7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 1:32 (was 8th at 1:32)
8 Jakob Fuglsang 1:32 (was 9th at 1:32)
9 Damiano Cunego 1:32 (was 10th at 1:32)
10 Thomas Danielson 1:32 (was 11th at 1:32)
.....
13 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 1:32 (was 14th at 1:32)
.....
19 Robert Gesink 1:32 (was 20th at 1:32)
.....
21 Denis Menchov 1:32 (was 22nd at 1:32)
.....
23 Levi Leipheimer 1:32 (was 24th at 1:32)
.....
33 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 2:23 (was 36th at 2:23)
.....
38 Janez Brajkovic 2:23 (was 41st at 2:23)
.....
72 David Arroyo Duran 3:41 (was 84th at 3:41)

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Chris Anker Sorensen 28
2 Michael Albasini 25
3 Michal Golas 20
4 Ben Gastauer 17
5 Daniel Martin 16
6 Thomas Rohregger 16
7 Steven Kruijswijk 16
8 Johann Tschopp 12
9 Matteo Carrara 10
10 Levi Leipheimer 10

Retirements to date : Stage
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 3 <<<
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 <<<
Amir Zargari (Ira) AG2R La Mondiale 3 <<<
Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 3 <<<
Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 3 <<<
Ben Hermans (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 3 <<<
Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 3 <<<
Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3 <<<
Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 3 <<<
Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Team Saxo Bank 3 <<<
Daniel Teklehaymanot (Eri) GreenEdge Cycling Team 3 <<<
Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente (Spa) Caja Rural 3 <<<
Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 3 <<<
Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 3 <<<
Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 3 <<<
Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3 <<<
Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team 3 <<<
Jeremy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 3 <<<
Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team 3 <<<
Julian Dean (NZl) GreenEdge Cycling Team 3 <<<
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 3 <<<
Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 3 <<<
Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 3 <<<
Mehdi Sohrabi (Ira) Lotto Belisol Team 3 <<<
Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 3 <<<
Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 <<<
Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo Bank 3 <<<
Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 3 <<<
Roger Kluge (Ger) Project 1t4i 3 <<<
Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 3 <<<
Sebastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 <<<
Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Garmin-Barracuda 3 <<<
Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 3 <<<
Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 3 <<<
Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Project 1t4i 3 <<<
Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3 <<<
Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan 3 <<<
Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 3 <<<
Tom Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 3 <<<
Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Team Saxo Bank 2
Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1
BULGAC Brian (Ned) Lotto Belisol Team 1
Total retirements : 42


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[Simply Fred]

Bob Martin wrote:
> 1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana 0.00.01

The fastest stage in cycling history.

[atriage[_6_]]

On 22/03/2012 09:42, Simply Fred wrote:
> Bob Martin wrote:
>> 1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana 0.00.01
>
> The fastest stage in cycling history.

Yeah, shame for him as it looks like it won't count, apparently the
peleton is sulking about having to ride thru 6 foot snow drifts. Goddam
wusses.

[Simply Fred]

Bob Martin wrote:
>>> 1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana 0.00.01

Simply Fred wrote:
>> The fastest stage in cycling history.

atriage wrote:
> Yeah, shame for him as it looks like it won't count, apparently the
> peleton is sulking about having to ride thru 6 foot snow drifts. Goddam
> wusses.

That would never have happened in the good old days when Hampsten won
that stage over the Gavia.