USA Pro Cycling Challenge, stage 3 summary

Stage 3 : Aug 25, Vail (ITT), 16.1 km

1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0.25.47
2 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
3 Rafael Infantino Abreu (Col) EPM - UNE 0.04
4 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0.33
5 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0.40
6 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0.51
7 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0.59
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek 1.01
9 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
10 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.11


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+14 Rafael Infantino Abreu
+13 Jens Voigt
+10 Rafael Montiel
+10 Peter Velits
+9 Stef Clement
+8 Hayden Roulston
+8 Grischa Niermann
+8 Danny Pate
+7 Rubens Bertogliati
+7 Laurens Ten Dam

Biggest losers by position :
-11 Edward Stiver Ortiz Caro
-10 Francois Parisien
-9 Robert Gesink
-8 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
-6 Bruno Langlois
-6 Carlos Alberto Ospina Hernandes
-6 Matt Cooke
-6 Oscar Sevilla Ribera
-6 Thomas Bonnin
-5 Anders Lund
-5 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:34 Levi Leipheimer
+0:34 Christian Vande Velde
+0:30 Rafael Infantino Abreu
+0:01 Thomas Danielson

Biggest losers by time :
-5:35 Fabio Calabria
-4:59 Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar
-4:44 Ben Hermans
-4:43 Andrew Dahlheim
-4:28 Bruno Langlois
-4:24 Kenny Robert Van Hummel
-4:23 Carlos Alberto Ospina Hernandes
-4:14 Francois Parisien
-4:10 Thomas Bonnin
-4:07 Oscar Alvarez
-4:05 Philipp Ries

Favourites by position :
+13 Jens Voigt
+10 Peter Velits
+7 Laurens Ten Dam
+5 Andy Schleck
+3 Levi Leipheimer
+3 David Zabriskie
+1 Sylvester Szmyd
+1 Ivan Basso
-1 Ryder Hesjedal
-1 Frank Schleck
-1 Cadel Evans
-2 Tejay Van Garderen
-3 Pieter Weening
-9 Robert Gesink

Favourites by time :
+0:34 Levi Leipheimer
-0:17 Tejay Van Garderen
-0:25 David Zabriskie
-0:27 Jens Voigt
-0:27 Cadel Evans
-0:41 Rory Sutherland
-1:01 Frank Schleck
-1:06 Sylvester Szmyd
-1:12 Peter Velits
-1:35 Ryder Hesjedal
-1:37 Andy Schleck
-1:38 Ivan Basso
-1:42 Robert Gesink
-1:48 Laurens Ten Dam
-2:35 Pieter Weening

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Levi Leipheimer 10:30:29 (was 4th at 0:34)
2 Christian Vande Velde 0:11 (was 5th at 0:45)
3 Tejay Van Garderen 0:17 (was 1st at 0:00)
4 Thomas Danielson 0:21 (was 3rd at 0:22)
5 George Hincapie 0:53 (was 2nd at 0:16)
6 Rafael Infantino Abreu 1:14 (was 20th at 1:44)
7 Cadel Evans 1:18 (was 6th at 0:51)
8 Stef Clement 1:42 (was 17th at 1:36)
9 Bruno Pires 1:49 (was 9th at 1:08)
10 Rory Sutherland 1:50 (was 10th at 1:09)
.....
13 Frank Schleck 2:17 (was 12th at 1:16)
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17 Robert Gesink 2:46 (was 8th at 1:04)
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28 Ryder Hesjedal 5:08 (was 27th at 3:33)
29 Ivan Basso 5:25 (was 30th at 3:47)
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35 Jens Voigt 6:17 (was 48th at 5:50)
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39 Andy Schleck 6:59 (was 44th at 5:22)
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42 Pieter Weening 7:36 (was 39th at 5:01)
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57 Peter Velits 10:07 (was 67th at 8:55)
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71 David Zabriskie 13:53 (was 74th at 13:28)
72 Sylvester Szmyd 14:22 (was 73rd at 13:16)
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80 Laurens Ten Dam 17:09 (was 87th at 15:21)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Levi Leipheimer 17 (unchanged)
2 Tejay Van Garderen 17 (unchanged)
3 George Hincapie 15 (unchanged)
4 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 12 (unchanged)
5 Thomas Danielson 11 (unchanged)
6 Cadel Evans 11 (unchanged)
7 Frank Schleck 10 (was 8th with 10 points)
8 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 10 (was 7th with 10 points)
9 Elia Viviani 8 (unchanged)
10 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez 7 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Walter Pedraza 24 (unchanged)
2 Sander Oostlander 15 (unchanged)
3 Rafael Montiel 14 (unchanged)
4 Rafael Infantino Abreu 12 (unchanged)
5 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez 11 (unchanged)
6 Levi Leipheimer 10 (unchanged)
7 Alejandro Ramirez Calderon 10 (unchanged)
8 Andre Steensen 9 (unchanged)
9 Bradley White 9 (unchanged)
10 Christian Vande Velde 8 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Giovany Manuel Baez Alvarez (Col) EPM - UNE 3
Andrew Randell (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 2
Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 2
Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 2
Ken Hanson (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 2
Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 2
Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 7


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