Volta ao Algarve, stage 3 summary
 

Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2

Biggest gainers by position :
+165 Lars Boom
+137 Tom Stubbe
+80 Volodymyr Dyudya
+72 Staf Scheirlinckx
+71 Nick Nuyens
+70 Addy Engels
+68 Sébastien Minard
+67 Robert Hunter
+65 Stijn Vandenbergh
+64 Matthias Kessler

Biggest losers by position :
-124 Jimmy Casper
-123 Tyler Farrar
-114 Giosuè Bonomi
-111 Bruno Sa
-108 Roy Sentjens
-96 Helder Oliveira
-95 Nelson Hugo Rocha
-93 Martyn Maaskant
-86 Pedro Costa
-83 Rob Ruijgh
-77 Carlos Nozal Vega

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:27 Lars Boom
+0:07 Alessandro Petacchi
+0:03 Bernhard Eisel
+0:02 Tom Stubbe
+0:01 Tomas Vaitkus
+0:01 Philippe Gilbert

Biggest losers by time :
-22:06 Evgeny Popov
-22:06 Rob Ruijgh
-22:06 Simon Kelly
-22:06 Virgilo Neves
-13:03 Alejandro M. Marques
-13:03 Alessandro Cortinovis
-13:03 Bruno Sa
-13:03 Carlos Nozal Vega
-13:03 Claus Michael Möller
-13:03 Davide Viganò
-13:03 Devi Vervaeke

Favourites by position :
+64 Matthias Kessler
+43 Sergio Paulinho
+36 Andreas Klöden
+25 Wim Van Huffel
+25 Thomas Fothen
+24 José Azevedo
+18 Sébastien Chavanel
+16 Pedro Cardoso
+15 Steffen Wesemann
+11 Davide Rebellin
+3 Yaroslav Popovych
+3 Stefan Schumacher
+3 Andreas Klier
-2 Gert Steegmans
-35 Jeremy Hunt
-59 Serguei Ivanov

Favourites by time :
-0:03 Yaroslav Popovych
-0:03 Wim Van Huffel
-0:03 Sébastien Chavanel
-0:03 Steffen Wesemann
-0:03 Stefan Schumacher
-0:03 Pedro Cardoso
-0:03 Matthias Kessler
-0:03 José Azevedo
-0:03 Gert Steegmans
-0:03 Davide Rebellin
-0:03 Andreas Klöden
-0:03 Andreas Klier
-1:44 Sergio Paulinho
-12:33 Thomas Fothen
-12:34 Serguei Ivanov
-13:03 Jeremy Hunt
-13:03 Claus Michael Möller

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Bernhard Eisel 14.12.52
2 Alessandro Petacchi 0.03
3 Gert Steegmans 0.03
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27 Yaroslav Popovych 0.16
28 Sébastien Chavanel 0.16
29 Davide Rebellin 0.16
30 Andreas Klier 0.16
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39 Stefan Schumacher 0.16
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57 Pedro Cardoso 0.16
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62 José Azevedo 0.16
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69 Wim Van Huffel 0.16
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73 Andreas Klöden 0.16
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75 Steffen Wesemann 0.16
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92 Matthias Kessler 0.16
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107 Sergio Paulinho 1.57
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115 Serguei Ivanov 12.47
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149 Thomas Fothen 13.16
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153 Jeremy Hunt 13.16
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160 Claus Michael Möller 13.16

Retirements to date :
Barbot-Halcon Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres
Duja-Tavira Daniel Petrov
" Samuel José Caldeira
Milram Alberto Ongarato
Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kell Christophe Beddegenoots
" Glenn Bak
" Mark Cassidy
" Tim Meeusen
Paredes Rota dos Móveis Marcio Correia
" Pedro Barnabe
Quickstep-Innergetic Juan Manuel Gárate
" Peter Van Petegem
T-Mobile André Korff
Vitória-ASC Micael Isidoro
" Ng Yong Li
Total retirements : 15