Changes in stage 3 compared to stage 2

Biggest gainers by position :
+86 Bert Roesems
+72 Jaan Kirsipuu
+63 Max Van Heeswijk
+22 Piotr Chmielewski
+21 Mirko Celestino
+18 Grischa Niermann
+17 Janek Tombak
+15 Joost Posthuma
+14 Alessandro Ballan
+13 Jens Voigt

Biggest losers by position :
-68 Thomas Bruun Eriksen
-35 Kevin Hulsmans
-35 Servais Knaven
-33 Jose C. Julia
-29 Stefano Zanini
-22 Marco Righetto
-17 Wim De Vocht
-13 Daniel Navarro
-12 Bram Tankink
-12 Frank Schleck
-12 Walter Beneteau

Biggest gainers by time :
+7:38 Bert Roesems
+0:07 Bram Schmitz
+0:04 Jaan Kirsipuu

Biggest losers by time :
-11:03 Jose C. Julia
-7:57 Kevin Hulsmans
-7:57 Servais Knaven
-7:01 Thomas Bruun Eriksen
-2:50 Anton Luengo
-2:50 Beat Zberg
-2:50 Daniele Righi
-2:50 Iker Flores
-2:50 Jonathan Patrick McCarty
-2:50 Oleksandr Kvachuk
-2:50 Rubens Bertogliati

Favourites by position :
+13 Jens Voigt
+13 Filippo Pozzato
+9 Cadel Evans
+6 J÷rg Jaksche
+6 David Etxebarria
+4 Fabian Cancellara
+2 Danilo Di Luca
+1 Michael Boogerd
-2 Yaroslav Popovych
-2 Serhiy Honchar
-2 Fabian Wegmann
-3 Peter Luttenberger
-3 Andrea Noe'
-5 Bobby Julich
-6 Serguei Ivanov
-6 Roger Hammond

Favourites by time :
-0:06 Yaroslav Popovych
-0:06 Serhiy Honchar
-0:06 Serguei Ivanov
-0:06 Roger Hammond
-0:06 Peter Luttenberger
-0:06 Michael Boogerd
-0:06 J÷rg Jaksche
-0:06 Jens Voigt
-0:06 Filippo Pozzato
-0:06 Fabian Wegmann
-0:06 Fabian Cancellara
-0:06 David Etxebarria
-0:06 Danilo Di Luca
-0:06 Cadel Evans
-0:06 Bobby Julich
-0:06 Andrea Noe'

Favourites standings :
1 Luca Paolini 14.53.51
21 Yaroslav Popovych 0.18
23 Fabian Wegmann 0.18
26 Roger Hammond 0.18
28 Danilo Di Luca 0.18
31 Bobby Julich 0.18
32 Filippo Pozzato 0.18
33 David Etxebarria 0.18
41 Serguei Ivanov 0.18
47 Andrea Noe' 0.18
52 Peter Luttenberger 0.18
56 Jens Voigt 0.18
72 Michael Boogerd 0.18
78 Serhiy Honchar 0.18
121 Cadel Evans 3.08
131 Fabian Cancellara 6.00
153 J÷rg Jaksche 19.04

Retirements to date :
Bouygues Telecom Franck Bouyer
Gerolsteiner Davide Rebellin
Miche Maurizio Carta
Phonak Hearing Systems Bert Grabsch DNF 2
Saunier Duval-Prodir Fabian Jeker
Total retirements : 5