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Stage 3 : Vila Real de Santo Antonio > Tavira (192.2 km)

1 Wout Van Aert (Bel) 4:50:57
2 Rui Oliveira (Por) 0:00
3 Marius Mayrhofer (Ger) 0:00
4 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) 0:00
5 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) 0:00
6 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) 0:00
7 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) 0:00
8 Magnus Cort (Den) 0:00
9 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) 0:00
10 Santiago Mesa (Col) 0:00


Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+10 Joao Matias
+9 Michal Schlegel
+9 Marius Mayrhofer
+9 Joao Martins
+9 Erik Nordsater Resell
+8 Goncalo Carvalho
+8 Francisco Campos
+8 Diogo Narciso
+8 Diogo Barbosa
+8 Cesar Martingil

Biggest losers by position :
-47 Raul Rota
-31 Afonso Eulalio
-17 Cesar Fonte
-17 Tomas Martins
-9 Luis Mendonca
-6 Tiago Ferreira
-2 Antonio Ferreira
-2 Daan Hoole
-2 Francisco Morais
-2 James Knox
-2 Rodrigo Caixas

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Wout Van Aert
+0:06 Rui Oliveira
+0:06 Carlos Miguel Salgueiro
+0:04 Marius Mayrhofer

Biggest losers by time :
-27:24 Diogo Oliveira
-27:14 Euclides Chingui
-10:35 Afonso Eulalio
-10:35 Antonio Ferreira
-10:33 Tiago Ferreira
-10:30 Duarte Mixao
-10:30 Francisco Morais
-10:30 Francois Vie
-10:30 Raul Rota
-10:30 Tomas Martins
-0:07 Bruno Silva

Favourites by position :
+1 Thomas Pidcock
-1 Thymen Arensman
-1 Tao Geoghegan Hart
-1 Mikel Landa
-1 Geraint Thomas
-2 James Knox

Favourites by time :
-0:07 James Knox

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Daniel Felipe Martinez 14:23:11 (unchanged)
2 Remco Evenepoel 0:04 (unchanged)
3 Sepp Kuss 0:12 (unchanged)
4 Sergio Higuita 0:16 (unchanged)
5 Jan Tratnik 0:18 (unchanged)
6 Thomas Pidcock 0:18 (was 7th at 0:18)
7 Tao Geoghegan Hart 0:18 (was 6th at 0:18)
8 Wout Van Aert 0:22 (was 14th at 0:32)
9 Thymen Arensman 0:23 (was 8th at 0:23)
10 Mikel Landa 0:23 (was 9th at 0:23)
.....
17 Bob Jungels 0:36 (unchanged)
.....
19 Stefan Kung 0:53 (unchanged)
.....
30 James Knox 2:25 (was 28th at 2:18)
.....
47 Andreas Leknessund 4:25 (unchanged)
.....
49 Thibault Guernalec 4:27 (unchanged)
.....
52 Filippo Ganna 5:32 (unchanged)
.....
55 Geraint Thomas 5:32 (was 54th at 5:32)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Gerben Thijssen 38 (was 1st with 25 points)
2 Wout Van Aert 29 (was 17th with 4 points)
3 Rui Oliveira 28 (was 10th with 8 points)
4 Marius Mayrhofer 16 (was 0 points)
5 Jordi Meeus 16 (was 3rd with 16 points)
6 Daniel Felipe Martinez 15 (was 4th with 15 points)
7 Lars Boven 13 (was 5th with 13 points)
8 Remco Evenepoel 12 (was 6th with 12 points)
9 Jasper Stuyven 12 (was 14th with 6 points)
10 Sepp Kuss 10 (was 7th with 10 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Daniel Felipe Martinez 10 (unchanged)
2 German Nicolas Tivani 8 (was 0 points)
3 Remco Evenepoel 8 (was 2nd with 8 points)
4 Aleksandr Grigorev 7 (was 3rd with 7 points)
5 Tomas Contte 7 (was 4th with 7 points)
6 Andreas Leknessund 6 (was 5th with 6 points)
7 Sepp Kuss 6 (was 6th with 6 points)
8 Martin Urianstad Bugge 6 (was 7th with 6 points)
9 Carlos Miguel Salgueiro 5 (was 0 points)
10 Sergio Higuita 4 (was 8th with 4 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 BORA - hansgrohe 43:10:35 (was 1st at 28:37:44)
2 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0:08 (unchanged)
3 INEOS Grenadiers 1:01 (unchanged)
4 UAE Team Emirates 1:40 (unchanged)
5 Soudal - Quick Step 1:51 (unchanged)
6 Astana Qazaqstan Team 2:43 (unchanged)
7 EF Education - EasyPost 2:47 (unchanged)
8 Lidl - Trek 5:52 (unchanged)
9 Uno-X Mobility 6:15 (unchanged)
10 Tudor Pro Cycling Team 9:21 (unchanged)
11 Groupama - FDJ 9:44 (unchanged)
12 Radio Popular - Paredes - Boavista 11:25 (unchanged)
13 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 12:15 (unchanged)
14 Alpecin - Deceuninck 12:41 (unchanged)
15 Arkea - B&B Hotels 17:24 (unchanged)
16 Intermarche - Wanty 18:31 (unchanged)
17 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 19:54 (unchanged)
18 Efapel Cycling 20:25 (unchanged)
19 Kelly / Simoldes / UDO 25:10 (unchanged)
20 Aviludo - Louletano - Loule Concelho 27:04 (unchanged)
21 Sabgal / Anicolor 33:42 (unchanged)
22 Credibom / LA Aluminios / Marcos Car 34:07 (was 22th at 34:00)
23 APHotels & Resorts / Tavira / SC Farense 37:59 (unchanged)
24 ABTF Betao - Feirense 38:21 (was 24th at 38:14)
25 Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortagua 53:09 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Marijn Van Den Berg (EF Education - EasyPost (WT)) 3 <<<
Rui Costa (EF Education - EasyPost (WT)) 3 <<<
Sam Oomen (Lidl - Trek (WT)) 3 <<<
Alexander Hajek (BORA - hansgrohe (WT)) 2
Goncalo Amado (Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortagua (CT)) 2
Total retirements : 5


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