Stage 3 - Almodovar-Faro

1 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 4:54:51
2 Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00
3 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis 0:00
4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 0:00
5 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Team Arkea Samsic 0:00
6 Clement Russo (Fra) Team Arkea Samsic 0:00
7 Jordi Meeus (Bel) BORA - hansgrohe 0:00
8 Michele Gazzoli (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:00
9 Colin Joyce (USA) Human Powered Health 0:00
10 Leangel Linarez (Ven) Tavfer-Mortagua-Ovos Matinados 0:00

Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+15 Helder Goncalves
+11 Joao Macedo
+11 Goncalo Leaca
+10 Leangel Linarez
+10 Goncalo Carvalho
+9 Tobias Bayer
+9 Jhojan Garcia
+9 Colin Joyce
+8 Venceslau Fernandes
+8 Oliviero Troia

Biggest losers by position :
-20 Nicolas Saenz
-16 Fabio Costa
-16 Jay Vine
-15 Pedro Andrade
-13 David Livramento
-12 Txomin Juaristi
-10 Oscar Riesebeek
-9 Nahuel Omar D'Aquila
-9 Rafael Silva
-8 Afonso Eulalio
-8 Rafael Lourenco

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-6:28 Jay Vine
-6:22 Francisco Pereira
-6:22 Nahuel Omar D'Aquila
-6:22 Nicolas Saenz
-6:22 Pedro Andrade
-4:03 Oscar Riesebeek
-3:40 David Livramento
-3:15 Hector Saez
-2:29 Fabio Costa
-2:25 Afonso Eulalio
-2:18 Kyle Murphy

Favourites by position :
+1 Warren Barguil
+1 Sergio Higuita
-2 Daniel Felipe Martinez

Favourites by time :
-0:33 Geraint Thomas

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 David Gaudu 14:42:11 (unchanged)
2 Brandon Mcnulty 0:01 (unchanged)
3 Ethan Hayter 0:01 (was 4th at 0:01)
4 Remco Evenepoel 0:01 (was 3rd at 0:01)
5 Sven Erik Bystrom 0:01 (was 7th at 0:01)
6 Julien Bernard 0:01 (unchanged)
7 Daniel Felipe Martinez 0:01 (was 5th at 0:01)
8 Tony Gallopin 0:08 (unchanged)
9 Thomas Pidcock 0:17 (unchanged)
10 Dylan Van Baarle 0:18 (unchanged)
.....
13 Sergio Higuita 0:36 (was 14th at 0:36)
14 Warren Barguil 0:36 (was 15th at 0:36)
.....
17 Tobias Foss 0:41 (unchanged)
.....
62 Geraint Thomas 12:21 (was 62nd at 11:48)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Fabio Jakobsen 50 (was 1st with 25 points)
2 Bryan Coquard 36 (was 2nd with 20 points)
3 Alexander Kristoff 29 (was 3rd with 16 points)
4 Tim Merlier 20 (was 0 points)
5 Michele Gazzoli 17 (was 5th with 13 points)
6 David Gaudu 15 (was 4th with 15 points)
7 Samuele Battistella 12 (was 6th with 12 points)
8 Remco Evenepoel 11 (was 7th with 11 points)
9 Brandon Mcnulty 10 (was 8th with 10 points)
10 Ethan Hayter 10 (was 9th with 10 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Joao Matias 12 (was 2nd with 9 points)
2 David Gaudu 10 (was 1st with 10 points)
3 Ethan Hayter 9 (unchanged)
4 Samuele Battistella 8 (unchanged)
5 Hugo Nunes 7 (was 6th with 5 points)
6 Ben Tulett 6 (was 5th with 6 points)
7 Tomas Contte 4 (unchanged)
8 Brandon Mcnulty 4 (unchanged)
9 Jonathan Castroviejo 4 (unchanged)
10 Asier Etxeberria 4 (unchanged)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 INEOS Grenadiers 44:06:46 (was 1st at 29:22:13)
2 Trek - Segafredo 0:32 (was 2nd at 0:17)
3 Team Arkea Samsic 1:44 (unchanged)
4 Groupama - FDJ 2:47 (unchanged)
5 Jumbo-Visma 8:25 (was 5th at 8:10)
6 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 9:15 (unchanged)
7 BORA - hansgrohe 9:35 (unchanged)
8 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 11:37 (unchanged)
9 Efapel Cycling 12:56 (was 9th at 12:41)
10 W52 / FC Porto 13:00 (was 10th at 12:45)
11 UAE Team Emirates 13:11 (unchanged)
12 Radio Popular - Paredes - Boavista 16:01 (was 12th at 15:31)
13 Kelly / Simoldes / UDO 16:46 (was 13th at 16:23)
14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 16:50 (was 15th at 16:35)
15 Astana Qazaqstan Team 16:55 (was 14th at 16:30)
16 Alpecin-Fenix 19:29 (was 16th at 18:59)
17 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 21:21 (unchanged)
18 Atum general / Tavira / Maria Nova Hotel 25:33 (was 18th at 24:48)
19 Tavfer-Mortagua-Ovos Matinados 28:33 (was 20th at 28:03)
20 Aviludo - Louletano - Loule Concelho 28:51 (was 19th at 27:53)
21 Glassdrive Q8 Anicolor 29:51 (was 21th at 29:11)
22 Cofidis 30:38 (unchanged)
23 L.A. Aluminios / Credibom / Marcos Car 40:56 (was 23th at 40:26)
24 Human Powered Health 41:50 (was 24th at 41:17)
25 ABTF - Feirense 42:30 (was 25th at 41:50)

Retirements to date : Stage
Andrea Pasqualon (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 3 <<<
Jonathan Lastra (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA) 3 <<<
Luis-Joe Luhrs (BORA - hansgrohe) 3 <<<
Michal Schlegel (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA) 3 <<<
Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) 2
Lars Van Den Berg (Groupama - FDJ) 2
Nils Politt (BORA - hansgrohe) 2
Tim Declercq (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 2
Filippo Baroncini (Trek - Segafredo) 1
Francisco Campos (Efapel Cycling) 1
Jelle Wallays (Cofidis) 1
Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates) 1
Ricardo Mestre (W52 / FC Porto) 1
Wessel Krul (Human Powered Health) 1
Total retirements : 15

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