Stage 3 : August 25, 2014, Cadiz - Arcos de la Frontera, 197.8 km

1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge 5.12.14
2 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin Sharp
3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha
4 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
5 Paul Martens (Ger) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
7 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr
9 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha
10 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+100 Giampaolo Caruso
+95 Laurens ten Dam
+89 Paul Martens
+74 Andrey Zeits
+73 Yannick Martinez
+73 Romain Sicard
+69 Pim Ligthart
+64 David Arroyo Duran
+63 Daniel Navarro Garcia
+63 Christophe Le Mevel

Biggest losers by position :
-174 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-160 Jesse Sergent
-121 Jacopo Guarnieri
-113 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
-92 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
-92 Peter Sagan
-91 Adam Yates
-88 Fabian Cancellara
-86 Johan Le Bon
-79 Tony Martin
-77 Nikolas Maes

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:06 Michael Matthews
+0:02 Daniel Martin

Biggest losers by time :
-27:06 Matteo Pelucchi
-21:37 Luke Rowe
-21:37 Vasil Kiryienka
-20:23 Bryan Nauleau
-20:23 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
-20:23 Jimmy Engoulvent
-16:39 Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente
-16:39 Jacopo Guarnieri
-16:39 Jay Robert Thomson
-16:39 Jesse Sergent
-16:39 Johan Le Bon

Favourites by position :
+59 Daniel Martin
+57 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+48 Andrew Talansky
+46 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+35 Fabio Aru
+35 Christopher Froome
+30 Przemyslaw Niemiec
+29 Cadel Evans
+24 Wilco Kelderman
+22 Alberto Contador Velasco
+21 Rigoberto Uran
+16 Thibaut Pinot
-2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-22 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez

Favourites by time :
+0:02 Daniel Martin
-0:04 Wilco Kelderman
-0:04 Rigoberto Uran
-0:04 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
-0:04 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-0:04 Christopher Froome
-0:04 Cadel Evans
-0:04 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:11 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-0:11 Fabio Aru
-0:11 Andrew Talansky
-0:11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-4:25 Thibaut Pinot
-20:23 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Michael Matthews 9:27:53 (was 8th at 0:06)
2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 0:04 (was 2nd at 0:00)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:11 (was 1st at 0:00)
4 Rigoberto Uran 0:15 (was 25th at 0:11)
5 Damiano Caruso 0:17 (was 9th at 0:06)
6 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 0:17 (was 13th at 0:06)
7 George Bennett 0:20 (was 17th at 0:09)
8 Julian Arredondo 0:20 (was 20th at 0:09)
9 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 0:20 (was 19th at 0:09)
10 Gianluca Brambilla 0:22 (was 29th at 0:11)
11 Wilco Kelderman 0:23 (was 35th at 0:19)
12 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:23 (was 34th at 0:19)
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15 Cadel Evans 0:25 (was 44th at 0:21)
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17 Christopher Froome 0:31 (was 52nd at 0:27)
18 Przemyslaw Niemiec 0:36 (was 48th at 0:25)
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20 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:38 (was 77th at 0:38)
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24 Daniel Martin 0:39 (was 83rd at 0:41)
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27 Fabio Aru 0:41 (was 62nd at 0:30)
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32 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:42 (was 78th at 0:38)
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37 Andrew Talansky 0:52 (was 85th at 0:41)
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176 Thibaut Pinot 7:16 (was 192nd at 2:51)
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194 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 22:11 (was 172nd at 1:48)

Top 10 on Points table
1 Nacer Bouhanni 33
2 Michael Matthews 29
3 Daniel Martin 20
4 John Degenkolb 20
5 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 16
6 Roberto Ferrari 16
7 Wilco Kelderman 14
8 Jasper Stuyven 14
9 Lloyd Mondory 12
10 Paul Martens 12

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Luis Mas Bonet 9 (was 0 points)
2 Jerome Cousin 9 (was 0 points)
3 Danilo Wyss 6 (was 0 points)
4 Nathan Haas 3 (was 1st with 3 points)
5 Kristian Sbaragli 2 (was 2nd with 2 points)
6 Valerio Conti 1 (was 3rd with 1 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Total retirements : 0


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