The 2010 Giro d'Italia began on May 8 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and ended on May 30 in Verona. Twenty-two professional cycling teams entered the race, who each entered a squad of nine riders. This group includes 15 UCI ProTour teams and seven UCI Professional Continental teams. Sixteen teams were guaranteed entry by a September 2008 contract between the UCI and the organizers of the season's three Grand Tours. [1] Two from this group – Euskaltel–Euskadi and Française des Jeux – declined to participate in the race, freeing up spots for two more teams. [2] Two new teams joined the ProTour in 2010, but only one, Team Sky, participated in the Giro, as Team RadioShack opted instead to send their best riders to the 2010 Tour of California, which was partly concurrent to the Giro. [3]
Of the seven Professional Continental teams in the race, two, Bbox Bouygues Telecom and Cofidis, were covered by the September 2008 contract, as they were members of the ProTour at that time. The other five Professional Continental teams had to be selected by race organizers. [4] There was minor controversy in that although the Giro begins in the Netherlands, the only Dutch-registered team in the race was Rabobank, which was guaranteed entry. Skil–Shimano and Vacansoleil both sought places in the race, but did not receive them. [5]
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No. | Starting number worn by the rider during the Giro [6] |
Pos. | Position in the general classification [7] |
† | Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1985 eligible for the Young rider classification [8] |
DNS | Denotes a rider who did not start, followed by the stage before which he withdrew [9] |
DNF | Denotes a rider who did not finish, followed by the stage in which he withdrew [9] |
Age correct as of 8 May 2010, the date on which the Giro began [6] |
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No. | Starting number worn by the rider during the Giro |
Pos. | Position in the general classification |
† | Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1985 eligible for the Young rider classification |
Denotes the winner of the General classification | |
Denotes the winner of the Points classification | |
Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification | |
Denotes the winner of the Young rider classification (eligibility indicated by †) | |
DNS | Denotes a rider who did not start, followed by the stage before which he withdrew |
DNF | Denotes a rider who did not finish, followed by the stage in which he withdrew |
Age correct as of 8 May 2010, the date on which the Giro began |
No. | Rider | Nationality | Team | Age | Pos. |
1 | Cadel Evans | Australia | BMC Racing Team | 33 | 5 |
2 | Brent Bookwalter | United States | BMC Racing Team | 26 | 95 |
3 | Martin Kohler | Switzerland | BMC Racing Team | 24† | DNF-2 |
4 | Jeff Louder | United States | BMC Racing Team | 32 | DNF-11 |
5 | Mauro Santambrogio | Italy | BMC Racing Team | 25 | DNF-11 |
6 | John Murphy | United States | BMC Racing Team | 25 | DNF-8 |
7 | Michael Schär | Switzerland | BMC Racing Team | 23† | 99 |
8 | Florian Stalder | Switzerland | BMC Racing Team | 27 | 81 |
9 | Danilo Wyss | Switzerland | BMC Racing Team | 24† | 97 |
11 | Stefano Garzelli | Italy | Acqua & Sapone | 36 | DNF-20 |
12 | Dario Andriotto | Italy | Acqua & Sapone | 37 | 132 |
13 | Massimo Codol | Italy | Acqua & Sapone | 37 | 43 |
14 | Alessandro Donati | Italy | Acqua & Sapone | 31 | 75 |
15 | Francesco Failli | Italy | Acqua & Sapone | 26 | 65 |
16 | Andrea Masciarelli | Italy | Acqua & Sapone | 27 | DNF-8 |
17 | Francesco Masciarelli | Italy | Acqua & Sapone | 24† | DNF-8 |
18 | Vladimir Miholjević | Croatia | Acqua & Sapone | 35 | 25 |
19 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Colombia | Acqua & Sapone | 23† | 47 |
21 | Guillaume Bonnafond | France | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 22† | DNF-6 |
22 | Hubert Dupont | France | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 29 | 20 |
23 | Alexander Efimkin | Russia | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 28 | 19 |
24 | John Gadret | France | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 31 | 13 |
25 | Sébastien Hinault | France | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 36 | 100 |
26 | Yuriy Krivtsov | Ukraine | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 31 | 83 |
27 | Rene Mandri | Estonia | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 26 | DNF-11 |
28 | Anthony Ravard | France | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 26 | DNF-13 |
29 | Ludovic Turpin | France | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 35 | 67 |
31 | Michele Scarponi | Italy | Androni Giocattoli | 30 | 4 |
32 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Italy | Androni Giocattoli | 32 | DNS-16 |
33 | Alessandro Bertolini | Italy | Androni Giocattoli | 38 | 115 |
34 | Rubens Bertogliati | Switzerland | Androni Giocattoli | 30 | 66 |
35 | Alberto Loddo | Italy | Androni Giocattoli | 31 | DNF-11 |
36 | Carlos José Ochoa | Venezuela | Androni Giocattoli | 29 | 52 |
37 | Jackson Rodríguez | Venezuela | Androni Giocattoli | 25† | 51 |
38 | José Serpa | Colombia | Androni Giocattoli | 31 | 30 |
39 | Cameron Wurf | Australia | Androni Giocattoli | 26 | 77 |
41 | Alexander Vinokourov | Kazakhstan | Astana | 36 | 6 |
42 | Paolo Tiralongo | Italy | Astana | 32 | DNF-6 |
43 | Enrico Gasparotto | Italy | Astana | 28 | DNF-11 |
44 | Andriy Hryvko | Ukraine | Astana | 26 | 70 |
45 | Josep Jufré | Spain | Astana | 34 | 42 |
46 | Roman Kireyev | Kazakhstan | Astana | 23† | 87 |
47 | Valentin Iglinsky | Kazakhstan | Astana | 28 | DNF-11 |
48 | Gorazd Štangelj | Slovenia | Astana | 37 | 92 |
49 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Kazakhstan | Astana | 26 | DNF-11 |
51 | Thomas Voeckler | France | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 30 | 23 |
52 | Yukiya Arashiro | Japan | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 25 | 93 |
53 | William Bonnet | France | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 27 | DNF-20 |
54 | Anthony Charteau | France | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 30 | DNF-8 |
55 | Mathieu Claude | France | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 27 | DNF-20 |
56 | Damien Gaudin | France | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 23† | 136 |
57 | Guillaume Le Floch | France | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 25† | 110 |
58 | Yuri Trofimov | Russia | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 26 | 28 |
59 | Johann Tschopp | Switzerland | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 27 | 34 |
61 | Marzio Bruseghin | Italy | Caisse d'Epargne | 35 | DNS-7 |
62 | Andrey Amador | Costa Rica | Caisse d'Epargne | 23† | 41 |
63 | David Arroyo | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne | 30 | 2 |
64 | Arnold Jeannesson | France | Caisse d'Epargne | 24† | DNF-19 |
65 | Vasil Kiryienka | Belarus | Caisse d'Epargne | 28 | 37 |
66 | Pablo Lastras | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne | 34 | 113 |
67 | Alberto Losada | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne | 28 | 53 |
68 | Rigoberto Urán | Colombia | Caisse d'Epargne | 23† | 35 |
69 | Xabier Zandio | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne | 33 | 62 |
71 | Carlos Sastre | Spain | Cervélo TestTeam | 35 | 8 |
72 | Íñigo Cuesta | Spain | Cervélo TestTeam | 40 | 85 |
73 | Volodymir Gustov | Ukraine | Cervélo TestTeam | 33 | 61 |
74 | Ted King | United States | Cervélo TestTeam | 27 | 114 |
75 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Lithuania | Cervélo TestTeam | 24† | 106 |
76 | Daniel Lloyd | Great Britain | Cervélo TestTeam | 29 | 103 |
77 | Marcel Wyss | Switzerland | Cervélo TestTeam | 23† | 38 |
78 | Gabriel Rasch | Norway | Cervélo TestTeam | 34 | DNF-20 |
79 | Xavier Tondó | Spain | Cervélo TestTeam | 31 | DNF-20 |
81 | David Moncoutié | France | Cofidis | 35 | 68 |
82 | Guillaume Blot | France | Cofidis | 25† | DNF-15 |
83 | Mickaël Buffaz | France | Cofidis | 30 | DNF-16 |
84 | Rémi Cusin | France | Cofidis | 24† | 82 |
85 | Leonardo Duque | Colombia | Cofidis | 30 | 63 |
86 | Julien Fouchard | France | Cofidis | 23† | 119 |
87 | Kalle Kriit | Estonia | Cofidis | 26 | 98 |
88 | Nico Sijmens | Belgium | Cofidis | 31 | 104 |
89 | Damien Monier | France | Cofidis | 27 | 89 |
91 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Italy | Colnago–CSF Inox | 27 | DNF-13 |
92 | Manuel Belletti | Italy | Colnago–CSF Inox | 24† | DNF-15 |
93 | Sacha Modolo | Italy | Colnago–CSF Inox | 22† | DNF-8 |
94 | Alessandro Bisolti | Italy | Colnago–CSF Inox | 25† | 74 |
95 | Federico Canuti | Italy | Colnago–CSF Inox | 24† | DNF-17 |
96 | Marco Frapporti | Italy | Colnago–CSF Inox | 25† | 138 |
97 | Alan Marangoni | Italy | Colnago–CSF Inox | 25 | 107 |
98 | Simone Stortoni | Italy | Colnago–CSF Inox | 24† | 73 |
99 | Stefano Pirazzi | Italy | Colnago–CSF Inox | 23† | 120 |
101 | Ermanno Capelli | Italy | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 24† | DNF-16 |
102 | Matthias Brändle | Austria | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 20† | 90 |
103 | Eros Capecchi | Italy | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 23† | DNS-7 |
104 | Giampaolo Cheula | Italy | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 30 | DNF-15 |
105 | Markus Eibegger | Austria | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 25 | 48 |
106 | Iban Mayoz | Spain | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 28 | 22 |
107 | Marco Corti | Italy | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 24† | 139 |
108 | Michele Merlo | Italy | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 25 | DNF-6 |
109 | Martin Pedersen | Denmark | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 27 | DNF-11 |
111 | David Millar | Great Britain | Garmin–Transitions | 33 | DNF-13 |
112 | Christian Vande Velde | United States | Garmin–Transitions | 33 | DNF-3 |
113 | Tyler Farrar | United States | Garmin–Transitions | 25 | DNS-15 |
114 | Jack Bobridge | Australia | Garmin–Transitions | 20† | DNS-13 |
115 | Julian Dean | New Zealand | Garmin–Transitions | 35 | DNS-19 |
116 | Murilo Fischer | Brazil | Garmin–Transitions | 30 | 112 |
117 | Dan Martin | Ireland | Garmin–Transitions | 23† | 57 |
118 | Cameron Meyer | Australia | Garmin–Transitions | 22† | 137 |
119 | Svein Tuft | Canada | Garmin–Transitions | 32 | 125 |
121 | Damiano Cunego | Italy | Lampre–Farnese Vini | 28 | 11 |
122 | Alessandro Petacchi | Italy | Lampre–Farnese Vini | 36 | DNF-8 |
123 | Gilberto Simoni | Italy | Lampre–Farnese Vini | 38 | 69 |
124 | Matteo Bono | Italy | Lampre–Farnese Vini | 26 | 86 |
125 | Danilo Hondo | Germany | Lampre–Farnese Vini | 36 | DNS-19 |
126 | Marco Marzano | Italy | Lampre–Farnese Vini | 29 | 80 |
127 | David Loosli | Switzerland | Lampre–Farnese Vini | 30 | DNF-17 |
128 | Daniele Righi | Italy | Lampre–Farnese Vini | 34 | 49 |
129 | Alessandro Spezialetti | Italy | Lampre–Farnese Vini | 35 | 118 |
131 | Ivan Basso | Italy | Liquigas–Doimo | 32 | 1 |
132 | Vincenzo Nibali | Italy | Liquigas–Doimo | 25 | 3 |
133 | Valerio Agnoli | Italy | Liquigas–Doimo | 25† | 32 |
134 | Maciej Bodnar | Poland | Liquigas–Doimo | 25† | 127 |
135 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Italy | Liquigas–Doimo | 26 | 91 |
136 | Robert Kišerlovski | Croatia | Liquigas–Doimo | 23† | 10 |
137 | Fabio Sabatini | Italy | Liquigas–Doimo | 25† | 101 |
138 | Sylwester Szmyd | Poland | Liquigas–Doimo | 32 | 60 |
139 | Alessandro Vanotti | Italy | Liquigas–Doimo | 29 | 76 |
141 | Sebastian Lang | Germany | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 30 | 71 |
142 | Jan Bakelants | Belgium | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 24† | 36 |
143 | Adam Blythe | Great Britain | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 20† | DNF-11 |
144 | Francis De Greef | Belgium | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 25† | 21 |
145 | Michiel Elijzen | Netherlands | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 27 | 111 |
146 | Olivier Kaisen | Belgium | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 27 | 122 |
147 | Matthew Lloyd | Australia | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 26 | 50 |
148 | Daniel Moreno | Spain | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 28 | 26 |
149 | Charly Wegelius | Great Britain | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 32 | 29 |
151 | Dario Cataldo | Italy | Quick-Step | 25† | DNF-19 |
152 | Addy Engels | Netherlands | Quick-Step | 32 | 126 |
153 | Mauro Facci | Italy | Quick-Step | 27 | 121 |
154 | Jérôme Pineau | France | Quick-Step | 30 | 58 |
155 | Francesco Reda | Italy | Quick-Step | 27 | DNF-17 |
156 | Branislau Samoilau | Belarus | Quick-Step | 24† | 39 |
157 | Matteo Tosatto | Italy | Quick-Step | 35 | 56 |
158 | Marco Velo | Italy | Quick-Step | 36 | 108 |
159 | Wouter Weylandt | Belgium | Quick-Step | 25 | DNS-12 |
161 | Steven Kruijswijk | Netherlands | Rabobank | 22† | 18 |
162 | Mauricio Ardila | Colombia | Rabobank | 30 | 15 |
163 | Graeme Brown | Australia | Rabobank | 31 | 130 |
164 | Rick Flens | Netherlands | Rabobank | 27 | 135 |
165 | Dmitry Kozonchuk | Russia | Rabobank | 26 | DNF-8 |
166 | Tom Stamsnijder | Netherlands | Rabobank | 24† | 109 |
167 | Bauke Mollema | Netherlands | Rabobank | 23† | 12 |
168 | Jos van Emden | Netherlands | Rabobank | 25† | 116 |
169 | Pieter Weening | Netherlands | Rabobank | 29 | 24 |
171 | Bradley Wiggins | Great Britain | Team Sky | 30 | 40 |
172 | Michael Barry | Australia | Team Sky | 35 | 44 |
173 | Dario Cioni | Italy | Team Sky | 35 | 17 |
174 | Steve Cummings | Great Britain | Team Sky | 29 | 55 |
175 | Chris Froome | Great Britain | Team Sky | 24† | DSQ-19 |
176 | Mathew Hayman | Australia | Team Sky | 32 | 105 |
177 | Greg Henderson | New Zealand | Team Sky | 33 | 88 |
178 | Morris Possoni | Italy | Team Sky | 25 | DNF-13 |
179 | Christopher Sutton | Australia | Team Sky | 25 | 133 |
181 | André Greipel | Germany | Team HTC–Columbia | 27 | DNS-19 |
182 | Marco Pinotti | Italy | Team HTC–Columbia | 34 | 9 |
183 | Michael Albasini | Switzerland | Team HTC–Columbia | 29 | 123 |
184 | Matthew Goss | Australia | Team HTC–Columbia | 23† | DNF-15 |
185 | Adam Hansen | Australia | Team HTC–Columbia | 28 | DNF-11 |
186 | Craig Lewis | United States | Team HTC–Columbia | 25† | 78 |
187 | František Raboň | Czech Republic | Team HTC–Columbia | 26 | 134 |
188 | Vicente Reynés | Spain | Team HTC–Columbia | 28 | 117 |
189 | Marcel Sieberg | Germany | Team HTC–Columbia | 28 | DNF-19 |
191 | Filippo Pozzato | Italy | Team Katusha | 28 | 45 |
192 | Vladimir Karpets | Russia | Team Katusha | 29 | 14 |
193 | Robbie McEwen | Australia | Team Katusha | 37 | DNS-15 |
194 | Giampaolo Caruso | Italy | Team Katusha | 29 | 46 |
195 | Joan Horrach | Spain | Team Katusha | 36 | 54 |
196 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Russia | Team Katusha | 25† | 131 |
197 | Luca Mazzanti | Italy | Team Katusha | 36 | 79 |
198 | Evgeni Petrov | Russia | Team Katusha | 31 | 31 |
199 | Sergey Klimov | Russia | Team Katusha | 29 | 94 |
201 | Linus Gerdemann | Germany | Team Milram | 27 | 16 |
202 | Robert Förster | Germany | Team Milram | 32 | 96 |
203 | Markus Fothen | Germany | Team Milram | 28 | 102 |
204 | Luke Roberts | Australia | Team Milram | 33 | 124 |
205 | Dominik Roels | Germany | Team Milram | 23† | DNS-12 |
206 | Thomas Rohregger | Austria | Team Milram | 27 | DNF-11 |
207 | Matthias Russ | Germany | Team Milram | 26 | 84 |
208 | Paul Voss | Germany | Team Milram | 24† | DNF-15 |
209 | Fabian Wegmann | Germany | Team Milram | 29 | DNF-8 |
211 | Anders Lund | Denmark | Team Saxo Bank | 25† | 64 |
212 | Baden Cooke | Australia | Team Saxo Bank | 31 | DNS-9 |
213 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Denmark | Team Saxo Bank | 25 | 27 |
214 | Nicki Sørensen | Denmark | Team Saxo Bank | 34 | 72 |
215 | Gustav Larsson | Sweden | Team Saxo Bank | 29 | 59 |
216 | Laurent Didier | Luxembourg | Team Saxo Bank | 25 | 33 |
217 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Argentina | Team Saxo Bank | 27 | 128 |
218 | Michael Mørkøv | Denmark | Team Saxo Bank | 25† | 129 |
219 | Richie Porte | Australia | Team Saxo Bank | 25† | 7 |
Country | No. of riders | Finishers | Stage wins |
Italy | 53 | 32 (60.38%) | 7 (Filippo Pozzato, Manuel Belletti, Vincenzo Nibali, Ivan Basso, Stefano Garzelli, Michele Scarponi + Liquigas–Doimo) |
France | 20 | 12 (60.00%) | 2 (Jérôme Pineau, Damien Monier) |
Australia | 15 | 10 (66.67%) | 3 (Matthew Lloyd, Cadel Evans, Matthew Goss) |
Spain | 12 | 11 (91.67%) | 0 |
Germany | 11 | 5 (45.45%) | 1 ˙(André Greipel) |
Switzerland | 9 | 7 (77.78%) | 1 (Johann Tschopp) |
Netherlands | 8 | 8 (100.00%) | 0 |
Great Britain | 7 | 4 (57.14%) | 1 (Bradley Wiggins) |
Russia | 7 | 6 (85.71%) | 1 (Evgeni Petrov) |
United States | 7 | 3 (42.86%) | 2 (Tyler Farrar x2) |
Belgium | 5 | 4 (80.00%) | 1 (Wouter Weylandt) |
Colombia | 5 | 5 (100.00%) | 0 |
Denmark | 5 | 4 (80.00%) | 1 (Chris Anker Sørensen) |
Kazakhstan | 4 | 2 (50.00%) | 0 |
Austria | 3 | 2 (66.67%) | 0 |
Ukraine | 3 | 3 (100.00%) | 0 |
Belarus | 2 | 2 (100.00%) | 0 |
Croatia | 2 | 2 (100.00%) | 0 |
Estonia | 2 | 1 (50.00%) | 0 |
New Zealand | 2 | 1 (50.00%) | 0 |
Poland | 2 | 2 (100.00%) | 0 |
Venezuela | 2 | 2 (100.00%) | 0 |
Argentina | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 0 |
Brazil | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 0 |
Canada | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 0 |
Costa Rica | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 0 |
Czech Republic | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 0 |
Ireland | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 0 |
Japan | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 0 |
Lithuania | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 0 |
Luxembourg | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 0 |
Norway | 1 | 0 (00.00%) | 0 |
Slovenia | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 0 |
Sweden | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 1 (Gustav Larsson) |
TOTAL' | 198 | 139 (70.20%) | 21 |
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