2010 Tour de France

The 97th edition of the Tour de France took place from 3 to 25 July. The winner was Andy Schleck, because Alberto Contador was disqualified.

Stages

The Prologue is held in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. After Amsterdam in 1954, Scheveningen in 1973, Leiden in 1978 and s'Hertogenbosch in 1996, Rotterdam is the fifth city in the Netherlands to have hosted the start of the Tour de France.

Stage	Date	Course	km	Winner	General classification Leader
Prologue	3 July	Rotterdam (NED) - Rotterdam (NED)	8 (TT)	Fabian Cancellara	Fabian Cancellara
1st stage	4 July	Rotterdam (NED) – Brussels (BEL)	224	Alessandro Petacchi	Fabian Cancellara
2nd stage	5 July	Brussels (BEL) – Spa (BEL)	192	Sylvain Chavanel	Sylvain Chavanel
3rd stage	6 July	Wanze (BEL) – Arenberg-Porte du Hainaut	207	Thor Hushovd	Fabien Cancellara
4th stage	7 July	Cambrai – Reims	150	Mark Cavendish	Fabien Cancellara
5th stage	8 July	Épernay – Montargis	185	Mark Cavendish	Fabien Cancellara
6th stage	9 July	Montargis – Gueugnon	225	Sylvain Chavanel	Sylvain Chavanel
7th stage	10 July	Tournus – Station des Rousses	161
8th stage	11 July	Station des Rousses - Morzine-Avoriaz	189
	12 July	Rest Day
9th stage	13 July	Morzine-Avoriaz - Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne	204
10th stage	14 July	Chambéry – Gap	179
11th stage	15 July	Sisteron – Bourg-lès-Valence	180
12th stage	16 July	Bourg-de-Péage – Mende	210
13th stage	17 July	Rodez – Revel	195
14th stage	18 July	Revel – Ax 3 Domaines	184
15th stage	19 July	Pamiers – Bagnères-de-Luchon	187
16th stage	20 July	Bagnères-de-Luchon – Pau	196
	21 July	Rest Day
17th stage	22 July	Pau – Col du Tourmalet	174
18th stage	23 July	Salies-de-Béarn – Bordeaux	190
19th stage	24 July	Bordeaux – Pauillac	51 (TT)
20th stage	25 July	Longjumeau – Paris (Champs-Élysées)	101

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Best Young rider classification	Team classification	Combativity award
P	Fabian Cancellara	Fabian Cancellara	Fabian Cancellara	no award	Tony Martin	Team RadioShack	no award
1	Alessandro Petacchi	Fabian Cancellara	Alessandro Petacchi	no award		Team RadioShack	Maarten Wynants
2	Sylvain Chavanel	Sylvain Chavanel	Sylvain Chavanel	Jérôme Pineau		Quick Step	Sylvain Chavanel
3	Thor Hushovd	Fabian Cancellara	Thor Hushovd		Geraint Thomas	Team Saxo Bank	Ryder Hesjedal
4	Alessandro Petacchi						Dimitri Champion
5	Mark Cavendish						Iván Gutiérrez
6	Mark Cavendish						Mathieu Perget
7	Sylvain Chavanel	Sylvain Chavanel			Andy Schleck	Astana	Jérôme Pineau
8	Andy Schleck	Cadel Evans				Rabobank	Mario Aerts
9	Sandy Casar	Andy Schleck		Anthony Charteau		Caisse d'Épargne	Luis León Sánchez
10	Sérgio Paulinho			Jérôme Pineau			Mario Aerts
11	Mark Cavendish		Alessandro Petacchi	Jérôme Pineau			Stéphane Augé
12	Joaquim Rodríguez		Thor Hushovd	Anthony Charteau		Team RadioShack	Alexander Vinokourov
13	Alexander Vinokourov		Alessandro Petacchi			Team RadioShack	Juan Antonio Flecha
14	Christophe Riblon					Caisse d'Épargne	Christophe Riblon
15	Thomas Voeckler	Alberto Contador				Team RadioShack	Thomas Voeckler
16	Pierrick Fédrigo		Thor Hushovd				Carlos Barredo
17	Andy Schleck		Thor Hushovd				Alexandr Kolobnev
18	Mark Cavendish		Alessandro Petacchi				Daniel Oss
19	Fabian Cancellara						no award
20	Mark Cavendish						no award
Final Classification		Alberto Contador	Alessandro Petacchi	Anthony Charteau	Andy Schleck	Team RadioShack	Sylvain Chavanel

Current classification

As of 10 July, 2010

General Classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)	Quick Step	33h 01' 23"
2	Cadel Evans (AUS)	BMC Racing Team	+ 1' 25"
3	Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)	Garmin-Transitions	+ 1' 32"
4	Andy Schleck (LUX)	Team Saxo Bank	+ 1' 55"
5	Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)	Astana	+ 2' 17"
6	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Astana	+ 2' 26"
7	Jurgen Van Den Broeck (BEL)	Omega Pharma-Lotto	+ 2' 28"
8	Nicolas Roche (IRL)	Ag2r-La Mondiale	+ 2' 28"
9	Johan Van Summeren (BEL)	Garmin-Transitions	+ 2' 33"
10	Denis Menchov (RUS)	Rabobank	+ 2' 35"

Points Classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	Cervélo TestTeam	118
2	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)	Lampre-Farnese Vini	114
3	Robbie McEwen (AUS)	Team Katusha	105
4	José Joaquín Rojas (ESP)	Caisse d'Épargne	92
5	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	Team HTC-Columbia	85
6	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Team Sky	82
7	Sébastien Turgot (FRA)	Bbox Bouygues Telecom	79
8	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	Team Sky	74
9	Gerald Ciolek (GER)	Team Milram	71
10	Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)	Quick Step	69

Mountains Classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Jérôme Pineau (FRA)	Quick Step	44
2	Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)	Quick Step	36
3	Mathieu Perget (FRA)	Caisse d'Epargne	28
4	Thomas Voeckler (FRA)	Bbox Bouygues Telecom	21
5	Rubén Pérez (ESP)	Euskaltel - Euskadi	20
6	Rafael Valls (ESP)	Footon-Servetto-Fuji	18
7	Juan Manuel Garate (ESP)	Rabobank	16
8	Danilo Hondo (GER)	Lampre-Farnese Vini	16
9	Daniel Moreno Fernandez (ESP)	Omega Pharma-Lotto	12
10	Christian Knees (GER)	Team Milram	11

Best Young Riders' Classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tony Martin (GER)	Team HTC-Columbia	5h 19′ 48″
2	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	Team Sky	+ 0′ 13″
3	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Team Sky	+ 0′ 22″
4	Roman Kreuziger (CZE)	Liquigas-Doimo	+ 0′ 28″
5	Kristjan Koren (SLO)	Liquigas-Doimo	+ 0′ 32″
6	Daniel Oss (ITA)	Liquigas-Doimo	+ 0′ 33″
7	Rui Costa (POR)	Caisse d'Épargne	+ 0′ 39″
8	José Joaquín Rojas Gil (ESP)	Caisse d'Épargne	+ 0′ 39″
9	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Team Saxo Bank	+ 0′ 40″
10	Robert Gesink (NED)	Rabobank	+ 0′ 41″

Team Classification

Pos.	Team	Time
1	Quick Step	30h 11′ 40″
2	Team RadioShack	+ 2′ 51″
3	Team HTC-Columbia	+ 2′ 52″
4	Garmin-Transitions	+ 2′ 53″
5	Team Sky	+ 3′ 07″
6	Astana	+ 3′ 11″
7	Team Saxo Bank	+ 3′ 13″
8	Caisse d'Épargne	+ 3′ 19″
9	BMC Racing Team	+ 3′ 21″
10	Team Milram	+ 3′ 27″

List of paticipants

As of 1st July.

Legend
No.	Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour	Pos.	Position in the general classification
†	Represents riders born on or after 1 January 1985 eligible for the Best Young rider classification	HD	Represents when a rider finished outside the time limit, followed by the stage in which they finished outside the time limit.
DNS	Represents a rider who did not start, followed by the stage before which they withdrew.	DNF	Represents a rider who did not finish, followed by the stage in which they withdrew.

Astana AST
No.		Age	Pos.
1	Alberto Contador (ESP)	28
2	David de la Fuente (ESP)	29
3	Andriy Hryvko (UKR)	27
4	Jesús Hernández (ESP)	29
5	Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ)	29
6	Daniel Navarro (ESP)	27
7	Benjamín Noval (ESP)	31
8	Paolo Tiralongo (ITA)	33
9	Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)	37
Team manager: Yvon Sanquier

Team Saxo Bank SAX
No.		Age	Pos.
11	Andy Schleck (LUX) → Luxembourg national time trial champion	25†
12	Matti Breschel (DEN)	26
13	Fabian Cancellara (SUI) → World time trial champion	29
14	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) → Denmark national time trial champion	25†
15	Stuart O'Grady (AUS)	37
16	Fränk Schleck (LUX) → Luxembourg national road race champion	30
17	Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN)	26
18	Nicki Sørensen (DEN) → Denmark national road race champion	35
19	Jens Voigt (GER)	39
Team manager: Bjarne Riis

Team RadioShack RSH
No.		Age	Pos.
21	Lance Armstrong (USA)	38
22	Janez Brajkovič (SLO)	26
23	Chris Horner (USA)	39
24	Andreas Klöden (GER)	35
25	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	37
26	Dimitry Muravyev (KAZ)	31
27	Sérgio Paulinho (POR)	30
28	Yaroslav Popovych (UKR)	30
29	Grégory Rast (SUI)	30
Team manager: Johan Bruyneel

Team Sky SKY
No.		Age	Pos.
31	Bradley Wiggins (GBR) → Great Britain national time trial champion	30
32	Michael Barry (CAN)	34
33	Steve Cummings (GBR)	29
34	Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP)	32
35	Simon Gerrans (AUS)	30
36	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) → Norway national time trial champion	23†
37	Thomas Löfkvist (SWE)	26
38	Serge Pauwels (BEL)	26
39	Geraint Thomas (GBR) → Great Britain national road race champion	24†
Team manager: Dave Brailsford

Liquigas-Doimo LIQ
No.		Age	Pos.
41	Ivan Basso (ITA)	32
42	Francesco Bellotti (ITA)	30
43	Kristjan Koren (SLO)	24†
44	Roman Kreuziger (CZE)	24†
45	Aleksandr Kuschynski (BLR) → Belarus national road race champion	30
46	Daniel Oss (ITA)	23†
47	Manuel Quinziato (ITA)	30
48	Sylwester Szmyd (POL)	32
49	Brian Vandborg (DEN)	28
Team manager: Roberto Amadio

Garmin-Transitions GRM
No.		Age	Pos.
51	Christian Vande Velde (USA)	34
52	Julian Dean (NZL)	35
53	Tyler Farrar (USA)	26
54	Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)	29
55	Robert Hunter (RSA)	33
56	Martijn Maaskant (NED)	26
57	David Millar (GBR)	33
58	Johan Vansummeren (BEL)	29
59	David Zabriskie (USA) → United States national time trial champion	31
Team manager: Jonathan Vaughters

Française des Jeux FDJ
No.		Age	Pos.
61	Christophe Le Mével (FRA)	29
62	Sandy Casar (FRA)	31
63	Rémy Di Grégorio (FRA)	24†
64	Anthony Geslin (FRA)	30
65	Mathieu Ladagnous (FRA)	25
66	Anthony Roux (FRA)	23
67	Jérémy Roy (FRA)	27
68	Wesley Sulzberger (AUS)	23†
69	Benoît Vaugrenard (FRA)	28
Team manager: Marc Madiot

Team Katusha KAT
No.		Age	Pos.
71	Vladimir Karpets (RUS)	29
72	Pavel Brutt (RUS)	28
73	Sergei Ivanov (RUS)	35
74	Alexandr Kolobnev (RUS) → Russia national road race champion	29
75	Robbie McEwen (AUS)	38
76	Alexandre Pliuschin (MDA) → Moldova national road race champion	23†
77	Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)	31
78	Stijn Vandenbergh (BEL)	26
79	Eduard Vorganov (RUS)	27
Team manager: Andrei Tchmil

Ag2r-La Mondiale ALM
No.		Age	Pos.
81	Nicolas Roche (IRL)	26
82	Maxime Bouet (FRA)	23†
83	Dimitri Champion (FRA)	26
84	Martin Elmiger (SUI) → Switzerland national road race champion	31
85	John Gadret (FRA)	31
86	David Lelay (FRA)	30
87	Lloyd Mondory (FRA)	28
88	Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA)	32
89	Christophe Riblon (FRA)	29
Team manager: Vincent Lavenu

Cervélo TestTeam CTT
No.		Age	Pos.
91	Carlos Sastre (ESP)	35
92	Xavier Florencio (ESP)	30	DNS-P
93	Volodymir Gustov (UKR)	33
94	Jeremy Hunt (GBR)	36
95	Thor Hushovd (NOR) → Norway national road race champion	32
96	Andreas Klier (GER)	34
97	Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU) → Lithuania national time trial champion	24†
98	Brett Lancaster (AUS)	30
99	Daniel Lloyd (GBR)	29
Team manager: Joop Alberda

Omega Pharma-Lotto OLO
No.		Age	Pos.
101	Jurgen Van Den Broeck (BEL)	27
102	Mario Aerts (BEL)	35
103	Francis De Greef (BEL)	25†
104	Mickaël Delage (FRA)	24†
105	Sebastian Lang (GER)	30
106	Matthew Lloyd (AUS)	27
107	Daniel Moreno (ESP)	28
108	Jurgen Roelandts (BEL)	25†
109	Charles Wegelius (GBR)	32
Team manager: Marc Sergeant

Team HTC-Columbia THR
No.		Age	Pos.
111	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	25†
112	Bernhard Eisel (AUT)	29
113	Bert Grabsch (GER)	35
114	Adam Hansen (AUS)	29	DNS-2
115	Tony Martin (GER) → Germany national time trial champion	25†
116	Maxime Monfort (BEL) → Belgium national time trial champion	27
117	Mark Renshaw (AUS)	27
118	Michael Rogers (AUS)	30
119	Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR)	27
Team manager: Bob Stapleton

BMC Racing Team BMC
No.		Age	Pos.
121	Cadel Evans (AUS) → World road race champion	33
122	Alessandro Ballan (ITA)	30
123	Brent Bookwalter (USA)	26
124	Marcus Burghardt (GER)	27
125	Mathias Frank (SUI)	23†	DNS-1
126	George Hincapie (USA) → United States national road race champion	37
127	Karsten Kroon (NED)	34
128	Steve Morabito (SUI)	27
129	Mauro Santambrogio (ITA)	25
Team manager: John Lelangue

Quick Step QST
No.		Age	Pos.
131	Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)	31
132	Carlos Barredo (ESP)	29
133	Kevin De Weert (BEL)	28
134	Dries Devenyns (BEL)	27
135	Jérôme Pineau (FRA)	30
136	Francesco Reda (ITA)	27
137	Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL)	23†
138	Jurgen Van de Walle (BEL)	33
139	Maarten Wijnants (BEL)	28
Team manager: Patrick Lefevere

Team Milram MRM
No.		Age	Pos.
141	Linus Gerdemann (GER)	27
142	Gerald Ciolek (GER)	23†
143	Johannes Fröhlinger (GER)	25†
144	Roger Kluge (GER)	24†
145	Christian Knees (GER) → Germany national road race champion	29
146	Luke Roberts (AUS)	33
147	Thomas Rohregger (AUT)	27
148	Niki Terpstra (NED) → Netherlands national road race champion	26
149	Fabian Wegmann (GER)	30
Team manager: Gerry Van Gerwen

BBox Bouygues Telecom BTL
No.		Age	Pos.
151	Thomas Voeckler (FRA) → France national road race champion	31
152	Yukiya Arashiro (JPN)	25
153	Anthony Charteau (FRA)	31
154	Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA)	31
155	Cyril Gautier (FRA)	22†
156	Pierre Rolland (FRA)	23†
157	Matthieu Sprick (FRA)	28
158	Sébastien Turgot (FRA)	26
159	Nicolas Vogondy (FRA) → France national time trial champion	32
Team manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau

Caisse d'Épargne GCE
No.		Age	Pos.
161	Luis León Sánchez (ESP) → Spain national time trial champion	26
162	Rui Costa (POR) → Portugal national time trial champion	23†
163	Imanol Erviti (ESP)	25
164	Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) → Spain national road race champion	31
165	Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)	29
166	Christophe Moreau (FRA)	39
167	Mathieu Perget (FRA)	28
168	Rubén Plaza (ESP)	30
169	José Joaquín Rojas (ESP)	25†
Team manager: Eusebio Unzue

Cofidis COF
No.		Age	Pos.
171	Rein Taaramäe (EST)	23†
172	Stéphane Augé (FRA)	35
173	Samuel Dumoulin (FRA)	29
174	Julien El Fares (FRA)	25†
175	Christophe Kern (FRA)	29
176	Sébastien Minard (FRA)	28
177	Amaël Moinard (FRA)	28
178	Damien Monier (FRA)	27
179	Rémi Pauriol (FRA)	28
Team manager: Éric Boyer

Euskaltel-Euskadi EUS
No.		Age	Pos.
181	Samuel Sánchez (ESP)	32
182	Iñaki Isasi (ESP)	33
183	Egoi Martínez (ESP)	32
184	Juan José Oroz (ESP)	30
185	Alan Pérez (ESP)	28
186	Rubén Pérez (ESP)	28
187	Amets Txurruka (ESP)	27
188	Iván Velasco (ESP)	30
189	Gorka Verdugo (ESP)	31
Team manager: Igor González de Galdeano

Rabobank RAB
No.		Age	Pos.
191	Denis Menchov (RUS)	32
192	Lars Boom (NED)	24†
193	Óscar Freire (ESP)	34
194	Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP)	34
195	Robert Gesink (NED)	24†
196	Koos Moerenhout (NED)	36
197	Grischa Niermann (GER)	34
198	Bram Tankink (NED)	31
199	Maarten Tjallingii (NED)	32
Team manager: Erik Breukink

Lampre-Farnese Vini LAM
No.		Age	Pos.
201	Damiano Cunego (ITA)	28
202	Grega Bole (SLO)	24†
203	Mauro Da Dalto (ITA)	29
204	Francesco Gavazzi (ITA)	25
205	Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA)	29
206	Danilo Hondo (GER)	36
207	Adriano Malori (ITA)	22†
208	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)	36
209	Simon Špilak (SLO)	24†
Team manager: Giuseppe Saronni

Footon-Servetto FOT
No.		Age	Pos.
211	Eros Capecchi (ITA)	24†
212	José Alberto Benítez (ESP)	28
213	Manuel Antonio Cardoso (POR)	27	DNS-1
214	Arkaitz Durán (ESP)	24†
215	Markus Eibegger (AUT)	25
216	Fabio Felline (ITA)	20†
217	Iban Mayoz (ESP)	28
218	Aitor Pérez (ESP)	33
219	Rafael Valls (ESP)	23†
Team manager: Mauro Gianetti

Race Rules

Prices

During this Tour de France, 3,27 million € are distributed. At the start, each team receives 51 243 €. In return, each team presents in the arrival with at least seven riders obtained a prime of 1 600 € per rider present.

Prices for the different classifications
Classements	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	6^th	7^th	8^th	Note	Per day
General Classification	450 000 €	200 000 €	100 000 €	70 000 €	50 000 €	23 000 €	11 500 €	7 600 €	until the last rider who finished the stage (400 €)	350 €
Points Classification	025 000 €	015 000 €	010 000 €	04 000 €	03 500 €	03 000 €	02 500 €	2 000 €		300 €
Mountain Classification	025.000 €	015.000 €	010.000 €	04.000 €	03.500 €	03.000 €	02.500 €	2.000 €		300 €
Best Young Rider Classification	020 000 €	015 000 €	010 000 €	05 000 €	–					300 €
Team Classification	050 000 €	030 000 €	020 000 €	12 000 €	08 000 €	–
Combativity award	020 000 €	–

Prices for the different stages
Position	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	Note
Stage Winner	8 000 €	4 000 €	2 000 €	until the 20^th rider (200 €)
Time Trial per team	10 000 €	5 000 €	2 500 €	until the 20^th team (200 €)
Intermediate Sprint	0800 €	0450 €	0300 €	48 intermediate sprint in this Tour
Categorized Climb (HC)	0800 €	0450 €	0300 €	4 in this Tour
Categorized Climb 1^st cat.	0650 €	0400 €	0150 €	11 in this Tour
Categorized Climb 2^nd cat.	0500 €	0250 €	–	6 in this Tour
Categorized Climb 3^rd cat..	0300 €	–		18 in this Tour
Categorized Climb 4^th cat.	0200 €	–		25 in this Tour
Best Young Rider	0500 €	–		For the best young rider
Combativity	2 000 €	–		No assigned in the time trial
Team	2 800 €	–		Best team of the stage

Rules

Helmets are obligatory for all stages.

Yellow Jersey

It rewards the overall leader, adding the times achieved on each step. In case of equal time in the general classification, the hundredths of a second recorded by the timekeepers at the time trial "individual" are reintroduced into the total time to separate athletes and decide the attribution of the Yellow jersey.

Points Classification

The points classification is based on the following scale :

Arrival on a flat stage : 35, 30, 26, 24, 22, 20, 19, ... 1 point for the 25th ranked rider.
Arrivals on a medium mountain stage: 25, 22, 20, 18, 16, 15, ... 1 point for the 20th ranked rider.
Arrival on a mountain stage : 20, 17, 15, 13, 12, 10, 9, ... 1 point for the 15th ranked rider.
Arrivals on an individual time-trial: 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point to the first 10 finishers.
Sprints (two or three by stage): 6, 4 and 2 points in the first 3.

Mountain Classification

The classification of the mountain is based on the following scale :

Climb off-categorized : 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6 and 5 points for the first 10 finishers.
Climb of 1^st category : 15, 13, 11, 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5 points for top 8 finishers.
Climb of 2^nd category : 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5 points for the first 6 riders.
Climb of 3^rd category : 4, 3, 2 and 1 point for the first 4 finishers.
Climb of 4^th category : 3, 2 and 1 point for the first 3 finishers.

Points awarded in the climb off-categorized, 1^st and 2^nd categories are doubled when it's the last mountain pass of the stage.

Best Young Rider Classification

The classification is reserved for young riders born in 1985 or later. The first of them in the general classification is declared leader of the best young rider.

Team classification

The general team classification is established by adding the three best individual times from each team in all stages. After the last stage, the team credited with the shortest time is declared the winner of the team standings.

Combativity award

The combativity award reward the rider who was the most generous in the effort and showing the best sportsmanship in the stage. After the last stage a Super Competitor is designated by members of the Jury of the Tour de France.