The 2010 Tour de France was the 97th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. This Tour featured 22 cycling teams. Eighteen of the teams invited to the Tour were a part of the UCI ProTour, the other four teams were Professional Continental teams. The Tour will begin in Rotterdam, which is located in the Netherlands on 3 July, and finish on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 25 July.
Twenty-two teams have been invited to participate in the 2010 Tour de France. Sixteen teams, including two which are no longer part of the UCI ProTour, are covered by a September 2008 agreement with the Union Cycliste Internationale. The sixteen teams are: [1]
Qualified teams
Invited teams
* Teams not part of the ProTour.
No. | Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour [3] |
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Pos. | Position in the general classification |
‡ | Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1985 eligible for the young rider classification |
HD | Denotes a rider finished outside the time limit, followed by the stage in which they did so |
DNS | Denotes a rider who did not start, followed by the stage before which they withdrew |
DNF | Denotes a rider who did not finish, followed by the stage in which they withdrew |
DSQ | Denotes a rider who was disqualified, followed by the stage in which they were withdrawn |
Legend | |
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No. | Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour |
Pos. | Position in the general classification |
‡ | Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1985 eligible for the Young rider classification |
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 3 July 2010, the date on which the Tour began |
No. | Rider | Nationality | Team | Age | Pos. |
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1 | Alberto Contador | Spain | Astana | 27 | 1 |
2 | David de la Fuente | Spain | Astana | 29 | 110 |
3 | Andriy Hryvko | Ukraine | Astana | 26 | 136 |
4 | Jesús Hernández | Spain | Astana | 28 | 140 |
5 | Maxim Iglinsky | Kazakhstan | Astana | 29 | 131 |
6 | Daniel Navarro | Spain | Astana | 26 | 49 |
7 | Benjamín Noval | Spain | Astana | 31 | 104 |
8 | Paolo Tiralongo | Italy | Astana | 32 | 54 |
9 | Alexander Vinokourov | Kazakhstan | Astana | 36 | 16 |
11 | Andy Schleck | Luxembourg | Team Saxo Bank | 25‡ | 2 |
12 | Matti Breschel | Denmark | Team Saxo Bank | 25 | 142 |
13 | Fabian Cancellara | Switzerland | Team Saxo Bank | 29 | 121 |
14 | Jakob Fuglsang | Denmark | Team Saxo Bank | 25‡ | 50 |
15 | Stuart O'Grady | Australia | Team Saxo Bank | 36 | 149 |
16 | Fränk Schleck | Luxembourg | Team Saxo Bank | 30 | DNF-3 |
17 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Denmark | Team Saxo Bank | 25 | 69 |
18 | Nicki Sørensen | Denmark | Team Saxo Bank | 35 | 155 |
19 | Jens Voigt | Germany | Team Saxo Bank | 38 | 126 |
21 | Lance Armstrong | United States | Team RadioShack | 38 | 23 |
22 | Janez Brajkovič | Slovenia | Team RadioShack | 26 | 43 |
23 | Chris Horner | United States | Team RadioShack | 38 | 10 |
24 | Andreas Klöden | Germany | Team RadioShack | 35 | 14 |
25 | Levi Leipheimer | United States | Team RadioShack | 36 | 13 |
26 | Dimitry Muravyev | Kazakhstan | Team RadioShack | 30 | 148 |
27 | Sérgio Paulinho | Portugal | Team RadioShack | 30 | 46 |
28 | Yaroslav Popovych | Ukraine | Team RadioShack | 30 | 85 |
29 | Grégory Rast | Switzerland | Team RadioShack | 30 | 114 |
31 | Bradley Wiggins | Great Britain | Team Sky | 30 | 24 |
32 | Michael Barry | Canada | Team Sky | 34 | 99 |
33 | Steve Cummings | Great Britain | Team Sky | 29 | 151 |
34 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Spain | Team Sky | 32 | 89 |
35 | Simon Gerrans | Australia | Team Sky | 30 | DNS-9 |
36 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Norway | Team Sky | 23‡ | 116 |
37 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sweden | Team Sky | 26 | 17 |
38 | Serge Pauwels | Belgium | Team Sky | 26 | 107 |
39 | Geraint Thomas | Great Britain | Team Sky | 24‡ | 67 |
41 | Ivan Basso | Italy | Liquigas–Doimo | 32 | 32 |
42 | Francesco Bellotti | Italy | Liquigas–Doimo | 30 | 122 |
43 | Kristjan Koren | Slovenia | Liquigas–Doimo | 23‡ | 94 |
44 | Roman Kreuziger | Czech Republic | Liquigas–Doimo | 24‡ | 9 |
45 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Belarus | Liquigas–Doimo | 30 | 86 |
46 | Daniel Oss | Italy | Liquigas–Doimo | 23‡ | 124 |
47 | Manuel Quinziato | Italy | Liquigas–Doimo | 30 | 162 |
48 | Sylwester Szmyd | Poland | Liquigas–Doimo | 32 | 61 |
49 | Brian Vandborg | Denmark | Liquigas–Doimo | 28 | 128 |
51 | Christian Vande Velde | United States | Garmin–Transitions | 34 | DNS-3 |
52 | Julian Dean | New Zealand | Garmin–Transitions | 35 | 157 |
53 | Tyler Farrar | United States | Garmin–Transitions | 26 | DNF-12 |
54 | Ryder Hesjedal | Canada | Garmin–Transitions | 29 | 7 |
55 | Robert Hunter | South Africa | Garmin–Transitions | 33 | DNS-11 |
56 | Martijn Maaskant | Netherlands | Garmin–Transitions | 26 | 139 |
57 | David Millar | Great Britain | Garmin–Transitions | 33 | 158 |
58 | Johan Vansummeren | Belgium | Garmin–Transitions | 29 | 30 |
59 | David Zabriskie | United States | Garmin–Transitions | 31 | 101 |
61 | Christophe Le Mével | France | FDJ | 29 | 42 |
62 | Sandy Casar | France | FDJ | 31 | 25 |
63 | Rémy Di Gregorio | France | FDJ | 24‡ | 78 |
64 | Anthony Geslin | France | FDJ | 30 | 146 |
65 | Mathieu Ladagnous | France | FDJ | 25 | 93 |
66 | Anthony Roux | France | FDJ | 23‡ | 167 |
67 | Jérémy Roy | France | FDJ | 27 | 143 |
68 | Wesley Sulzberger | Australia | FDJ | 23‡ | 152 |
69 | Benoît Vaugrenard | France | FDJ | 28 | 96 |
71 | Vladimir Karpets | Russia | Team Katusha | 29 | DNS-9 |
72 | Pavel Brutt | Russia | Team Katusha | 28 | 102 |
73 | Sergei Ivanov | Russia | Team Katusha | 35 | 109 |
74 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Russia | Team Katusha | 29 | 65 |
75 | Robbie McEwen | Australia | Team Katusha | 38 | 165 |
76 | Alexandre Pliușchin | Moldova | Team Katusha | 23‡ | 108 |
77 | Joaquim Rodríguez | Spain | Team Katusha | 31 | 8 |
78 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Belgium | Team Katusha | 26 | HD-7 |
79 | Eduard Vorganov | Russia | Team Katusha | 27 | 79 |
81 | Nicolas Roche | Ireland | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 26 | 15 |
82 | Maxime Bouet | France | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 23‡ | 106 |
83 | Dimitri Champion | France | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 26 | 160 |
84 | Martin Elmiger | Switzerland | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 31 | 75 |
85 | John Gadret | France | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 31 | 19 |
86 | David Lelay | France | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 30 | DNF-3 |
87 | Lloyd Mondory | France | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 28 | 118 |
88 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Italy | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 32 | 98 |
89 | Christophe Riblon | France | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 29 | 28 |
91 | Carlos Sastre | Spain | Cervélo TestTeam | 35 | 20 |
92 | Xavier Florencio | Spain | Cervélo TestTeam | 30 | DNS-P [6] |
93 | Volodymir Gustov | Ukraine | Cervélo TestTeam | 33 | 34 |
94 | Jeremy Hunt | Great Britain | Cervélo TestTeam | 36 | 163 |
95 | Thor Hushovd | Norway | Cervélo TestTeam | 32 | 111 |
96 | Andreas Klier | Germany | Cervélo TestTeam | 35 | 168 |
97 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Lithuania | Cervélo TestTeam | 24‡ | 127 |
98 | Brett Lancaster | Australia | Cervélo TestTeam | 30 | 159 |
99 | Daniel Lloyd | Great Britain | Cervélo TestTeam | 29 | 164 |
101 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Belgium | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 27 | 5 |
102 | Mario Aerts | Belgium | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 35 | 33 |
103 | Francis De Greef | Belgium | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 25‡ | 72 |
104 | Mickaël Delage | France | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 24‡ | DNF-2 |
105 | Sebastian Lang | Germany | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 30 | 80 |
106 | Matthew Lloyd | Australia | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 27 | 47 |
107 | Daniel Moreno | Spain | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 28 | 21 |
108 | Jürgen Roelandts | Belgium | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 25‡ | 120 |
109 | Charly Wegelius | Great Britain | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 32 | DNS-11 |
111 | Mark Cavendish | Great Britain | Team HTC–Columbia | 25‡ | 154 |
112 | Bernhard Eisel | Austria | Team HTC–Columbia | 29 | 156 |
113 | Bert Grabsch | Germany | Team HTC–Columbia | 35 | 169 |
114 | Adam Hansen | Australia | Team HTC–Columbia | 29 | DNS-2 |
115 | Tony Martin | Germany | Team HTC–Columbia | 25‡ | 137 |
116 | Maxime Monfort | Belgium | Team HTC–Columbia | 27 | 55 |
117 | Mark Renshaw | Australia | Team HTC–Columbia | 27 | DSQ-12 |
118 | Michael Rogers | Australia | Team HTC–Columbia | 30 | 37 |
119 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov | Belarus | Team HTC–Columbia | 27 | 39 |
121 | Cadel Evans | Australia | BMC Racing Team | 33 | 26 |
122 | Alessandro Ballan | Italy | BMC Racing Team | 30 | 87 |
123 | Brent Bookwalter | United States | BMC Racing Team | 26 | 147 |
124 | Marcus Burghardt | Germany | BMC Racing Team | 27 | 161 |
125 | Mathias Frank | Switzerland | BMC Racing Team | 23‡ | DNS-1 |
126 | George Hincapie | United States | BMC Racing Team | 37 | 59 |
127 | Karsten Kroon | Netherlands | BMC Racing Team | 34 | 138 |
128 | Steve Morabito | Switzerland | BMC Racing Team | 27 | 51 |
129 | Mauro Santambrogio | Italy | BMC Racing Team | 25 | DNF-15 |
131 | Sylvain Chavanel | France | Quick-Step | 30 | 31 |
132 | Carlos Barredo | Spain | Quick-Step | 29 | 41 |
133 | Kevin De Weert | Belgium | Quick-Step | 28 | 18 |
134 | Dries Devenyns | Belgium | Quick-Step | 26 | 144 |
135 | Jérôme Pineau | France | Quick-Step | 30 | 66 |
136 | Francesco Reda | Italy | Quick-Step | 27 | DNF-18 |
137 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Belgium | Quick-Step | 23‡ | 134 |
138 | Jurgen Van de Walle | Belgium | Quick-Step | 33 | 63 |
139 | Maarten Wynants | Belgium | Quick-Step | 28 | 117 |
141 | Linus Gerdemann | Germany | Team Milram | 27 | 84 |
142 | Gerald Ciolek | Germany | Team Milram | 23‡ | 133 |
143 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Germany | Team Milram | 25‡ | 90 |
144 | Roger Kluge | Germany | Team Milram | 24‡ | DNS-9 |
145 | Christian Knees | Germany | Team Milram | 29 | 91 |
146 | Luke Roberts | Australia | Team Milram | 33 | 103 |
147 | Thomas Rohregger | Austria | Team Milram | 27 | 74 |
148 | Niki Terpstra | Netherlands | Team Milram | 26 | DNS-3 |
149 | Fabian Wegmann | Germany | Team Milram | 30 | 119 |
151 | Thomas Voeckler | France | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 31 | 76 |
152 | Yukiya Arashiro | Japan | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 25 | 112 |
153 | Anthony Charteau | France | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 31 | 44 |
154 | Pierrick Fédrigo | France | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 31 | 57 |
155 | Cyril Gautier | France | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 22‡ | 45 |
156 | Pierre Rolland | France | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 23‡ | 58 |
157 | Matthieu Sprick | France | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 28 | 100 |
158 | Sébastien Turgot | France | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 26 | 113 |
159 | Nicolas Vogondy | France | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 32 | 88 |
161 | Luis León Sánchez | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne | 26 | 11 |
162 | Rui Costa | Portugal | Caisse d'Epargne | 24‡ | 73 |
163 | Imanol Erviti | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne | 26 | 77 |
164 | Iván Gutiérrez | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne | 31 | 48 |
165 | Vasil Kiryienka | Belarus | Caisse d'Epargne | 29 | 60 |
166 | Christophe Moreau | France | Caisse d'Epargne | 39 | 22 |
167 | Mathieu Perget | France | Caisse d'Epargne | 25 | 64 |
168 | Rubén Plaza | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne | 30 | 12 |
169 | José Joaquín Rojas | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne | 25‡ | 68 |
171 | Rein Taaramäe | Estonia | Cofidis | 23‡ | DNF-13 |
172 | Stéphane Augé | France | Cofidis | 35 | 153 |
173 | Samuel Dumoulin | France | Cofidis | 29 | DNS-12 |
174 | Julien El Fares | France | Cofidis | 25‡ | 27 |
175 | Christophe Kern | France | Cofidis | 29 | 97 |
176 | Sébastien Minard | France | Cofidis | 28 | 92 |
177 | Amaël Moinard | France | Cofidis | 28 | 70 |
178 | Damien Monier | France | Cofidis | 27 | 71 |
179 | Rémi Pauriol | France | Cofidis | 28 | 38 |
181 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 32 | 4 |
182 | Iñaki Isasi | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 33 | 115 |
183 | Egoi Martínez | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 32 | 40 |
184 | Juan José Oroz | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 29 | DNS-7 |
185 | Alan Pérez | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 27 | 129 |
186 | Rubén Pérez | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 28 | 95 |
187 | Amets Txurruka | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 27 | DNS-5 |
188 | Iván Velasco | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 30 | 62 |
189 | Gorka Verdugo | Spain | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 31 | 36 |
191 | Denis Menchov | Russia | Rabobank | 32 | 3 |
192 | Lars Boom | Netherlands | Rabobank | 24‡ | 130 |
193 | Óscar Freire | Spain | Rabobank | 34 | 141 |
194 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Spain | Rabobank | 34 | 35 |
195 | Robert Gesink | Netherlands | Rabobank | 24‡ | 6 |
196 | Koos Moerenhout | Netherlands | Rabobank | 36 | 52 |
197 | Grischa Niermann | Germany | Rabobank | 34 | 56 |
198 | Bram Tankink | Netherlands | Rabobank | 31 | DNS-16 |
199 | Maarten Tjallingii | Netherlands | Rabobank | 32 | 132 |
201 | Damiano Cunego | Italy | Lampre–Farnese | 28 | 29 |
202 | Grega Bole | Slovenia | Lampre–Farnese | 24‡ | 125 |
203 | Mauro Da Dalto | Italy | Lampre–Farnese | 29 | 123 |
204 | Francesco Gavazzi | Italy | Lampre–Farnese | 25 | 105 |
205 | Danilo Hondo | Germany | Lampre–Farnese | 36 | 135 |
206 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Italy | Lampre–Farnese | 28 | 166 |
207 | Adriano Malori | Italy | Lampre–Farnese | 22‡ | 170 |
208 | Alessandro Petacchi | Italy | Lampre–Farnese | 36 | 150 |
209 | Simon Špilak | Slovenia | Lampre–Farnese | 24‡ | DNF-17 |
211 | Eros Capecchi | Italy | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 24‡ | 83 |
212 | José Alberto Benítez | Spain | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 28 | 145 |
213 | Manuel Antonio Cardoso | Portugal | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 27 | DNS-1 |
214 | Arkaitz Durán | Spain | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 24‡ | 81 |
215 | Markus Eibegger | Austria | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 25 | DNF-9 |
216 | Fabio Felline | Italy | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 20‡ | DNS-9 |
217 | Iban Mayoz | Spain | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 28 | DNS-16 |
218 | Aitor Pérez | Spain | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 32 | 82 |
219 | Rafael Valls | Spain | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | 23‡ | 53 |
Country | No. of riders | Finishers | Stage wins |
France | 35 | 32 (91.43%) | 6 (Sylvain Chavanel x2, Sandy Casar, Pierrick Fédrigo, Christophe Riblon, Thomas Voeckler) |
Spain | 32 | 28 (87.50%) | 1 (Joaquim Rodríguez) |
Italy | 17 | 14 (82.35%) | 2 (Alessandro Petacchi x2) |
Germany | 15 | 14 (93.34%) | 0 |
Belgium | 13 | 12 (92.31%) | 0 |
Australia | 11 | 8 (72.73%) | 0 |
Netherlands | 8 | 6 (75.00%) | 0 |
Great Britain | 8 | 7 (87.50%) | 5 (Mark Cavendish x5) |
United States | 8 | 6 (75.00%) | 0 |
Russia | 6 | 5 (83.34%) | 0 |
Denmark | 5 | 5 (100.00%) | 0 |
Switzerland | 5 | 4 (80.00%) | 2 (Fabian Cancellara x2) |
Slovenia | 4 | 3 (75.00%) | 0 |
Austria | 3 | 2 (66.67%) | 0 |
Belarus | 3 | 3 (100.00%) | 0 |
Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 (100.00%) | 1 (Alexander Vinokourov) |
Portugal | 3 | 2 (66.67%) | 1 (Sérgio Paulinho) |
Ukraine | 3 | 3 (100.00%) | 0 |
Canada | 2 | 2 (100.00%) | 0 |
Luxembourg | 2 | 1 (50.00%) | 2 (Andy Schleck x2) |
Norway | 2 | 2 (100.00%) | 1 (Thor Hushovd) |
Czech Republic | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 0 |
Estonia | 1 | 0 (00.00%) | 0 |
Ireland | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 0 |
Japan | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 0 |
Lithuania | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 0 |
Moldova | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 0 |
New Zealand | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 0 |
Poland | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 0 |
South Africa | 1 | 0 (00.00%) | 0 |
Sweden | 1 | 1 (100.00%) | 0 |
TOTAL | 198 | 170 (85.86%) | 21 |
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