2010 UCI ProTour 2010 UCI World Ranking, race 1 of 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dates | 5–10 April | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 888 km (551.8 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 23h 27' 30" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2010 Tour of the Basque Country, was the 50th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country cycling stage race. It started on 5 April and ended on 10 April. Chris Horner won the race 7 seconds ahead of Alejandro Valverde after winning the sixth and final stage which was an individual time trial 8 seconds ahead of Valverde. Valverde's results were subsequently removed after a retroactive suspension was applied. [1]
Two time defending champion, Alberto Contador announced that he would not be taking part in the 2010 Tour. Instead he put his focus at the Critérium International. [2] 2009 Tour de France runner up Andy Schleck and his brother, Fränk Schleck as well as 2009 Vuelta a España champion Alejandro Valverde were heavy favourites. However other favourites also included Team RadioShack's Andreas Klöden, Italy's Damiano Cunego and Samuel Sánchez from Spain. [3]
There are 20 teams competing in the 2010 Tour of the Basque Country. They are: [4]
Alejandro Valverde was awarded the opening stage after Óscar Freire, who crossed the line first, was disqualified for interfering with him in the sprint. After the subsequent removal of Valverde's results, Freire was reinstated as stage winner. [5] Pre-race favourite, Samuel Sánchez missed a decisive split in the peloton and finished 1:38 behind the peloton, making a victory for him seem very unlikely. [6]
Stage 1 results
| General classification after Stage 1
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Stage 2 Results
| General classification after Stage 2
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Stage 3 Results
| General classification after Stage 3
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After missing a decisive split that put him over 1:30 behind the race leader, it was the Olympic Champion Samuel Sánchez who won the hilliest stage of this year's tour.
Samuel Sánchez caught Chris Horner at the top of the Alto de Usartza climb and then dived down the short descent to the finish to win by two seconds. Alejandro Valverde and Robert Gesink also caught Chris Horner who barely managed to stay with them.
The victory put Alejandro Valverde only one second ahead of Chris Horner and Robert Gesink respectively. The overall favourites knew they had to wait for the Alto de Usartza, that ended just two kilometres from the finish.
Samuel Sánchez's victory was Euskaltel–Euskadi's first victory of the 2010 cycling year as well. [7]
Stage 4 Results
| General classification after Stage 4
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Joaquim Rodríguez soloed across the finish line, taking 14 seconds off of race leader Alejandro Valverde and put him comfortably in 3rd place. 2008 Champion Samuel Sánchez came in 2nd place, just ahead of race leader Alejandro Valverde.
A large attack group including mountains classification leader Amets Txurruka spent much of the day ahead of the peloton. On the penultimate climb Txurruka attacked solo, but crashed on the descent towards the final climb. He was able to complete the stage, but broke his collarbone in the incident and had to drop out before the final time trial.
Robert Gesink who was in 3rd place after the previous stage, is now in 8th place after experiencing a crash on the final climb. His team (Rabobank) reported that he may have broken a bone in his hand.
Joaquim Rodríguez had attacked out of the chasing peloton with about 20 km to go, passing the remnants of an earlier escape group. He had come into the stage 48 seconds down on the general ranking, dangerous enough for Valverde, Horner and Sánchez to give chase.
Joaquim Rodríguez was happy with the result and the ITT is different than normal because it has a hilly finish. His dream is to take the GC. [8]
Stage 6 Results
| General classification after Stage 6
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Stage | Winner | General classification | Points Classification | Mountains Classification | Sprints Classification | Team Classification |
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1 | Óscar Freire | Óscar Freire | Óscar Freire | Gonzalo Rabuñal | Christian Meier | Team RadioShack |
2 | Óscar Freire | |||||
3 | Francesco Gavazzi | Óscar Freire | Óscar Freire | |||
4 | Samuel Sánchez | Chris Horner | Samuel Sánchez | Amets Txurruka | ||
5 | Joaquim Rodríguez | |||||
6 | Chris Horner | Chris Horner | Gonzalo Rabuñal | Team HTC–Columbia | ||
Final | Chris Horner | Samuel Sánchez | Gonzalo Rabuñal | Christian Meier | Team HTC–Columbia |
Rider | Team | Time | |
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1 | Chris Horner (USA) | Team RadioShack | 23h 27' 30" |
2 | Beñat Intxausti (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 58" |
3 | Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) | Team Katusha | + 1' 06" |
4 | Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA) | Omega Pharma–Lotto | + 1' 10" |
5 | Marco Pinotti (ITA) | Team HTC–Columbia | + 1' 18" |
6 | Sandy Casar (FRA) | Française des Jeux | + 1' 47" |
7 | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 1' 58" |
8 | Robert Gesink (NED) | Rabobank | + 1' 59" |
9 | Dries Devenyns (BEL) | Quick-Step | + 2' 27" |
10 | Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) | Omega Pharma–Lotto | + 2' 37" |
Rider | Team | Points | |
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1 | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 79 |
3 | Óscar Freire (ESP) | Rabobank | 60 |
4 | Chris Horner (USA) | Team RadioShack | 53 |
5 | Francesco Gavazzi (ITA) | Lampre–Farnese Vini | 51 |
6 | Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) | Team Katusha | 46 |
7 | Beñat Intxausti (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 34 |
8 | Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) | Garmin–Transitions | 33 |
9 | Sandy Casar (FRA) | Française des Jeux | 26 |
10 | Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA) | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 24 |
Rider | Team | Points | |
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1 | Gonzalo Rabuñal (ESP) | Xacobeo–Galicia | 23 |
2 | José Alberto Benítez (ESP) | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 19 |
3 | Michael Albasini (SUI) | Team HTC–Columbia | 16 |
4 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Team Saxo Bank | 16 |
5 | Johannes Fröhlinger (GER) | Team Milram | 14 |
6 | Chris Horner (USA) | Team RadioShack | 13 |
7 | Michael Rogers (AUS) | Team HTC–Columbia | 12 |
8 | Ivan Santaromita (ITA) | Liquigas–Doimo | 11 |
9 | Robert Gesink (NED) | Rabobank | 9 |
10 | Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) | Team Katusha | 8 |
Rider | Team | Points | |
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1 | Christian Meier (CAN) | Garmin–Transitions | 14 |
2 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Team Saxo Bank | 9 |
3 | Egoi Martínez (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 9 |
4 | Michael Albasini (SUI) | Team HTC–Columbia | 9 |
5 | Serguei Klimov (RUS) | Team Katusha | 8 |
6 | Iban Mayoz (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 4 |
7 | Michael Rogers (AUS) | Team HTC–Columbia | 4 |
8 | Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ) | Astana | 3 |
9 | Rémy Di Gregorio (FRA) | Française des Jeux | 3 |
10 | Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) | Garmin–Transitions | 2 |
Pos. | Team | Time |
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1 | Team HTC–Columbia | 70h 28′ 40″ |
2 | Team RadioShack | + 17″ |
3 | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 2′ 14″ |
4 | Caisse d'Epargne | + 6′ 09″ |
5 | Team Katusha | + 14′ 32″ |
6 | Française des Jeux | + 18′ 08″ |
7 | Rabobank | + 20′ 44″ |
8 | Omega Pharma–Lotto | + 21′ 43″ |
9 | Quick-Step | + 23′ 29″ |
10 | Team Saxo Bank | + 24′ 17″ |
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