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	Type	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		Alessandro Petacchi				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				Stéphane Augé
12	Joaquim Rodríguez		Thor Hushovd	Anthony Charteau		Team RadioShack	Alexander Vinokourov
13	Alexander Vinokourov		Alessandro Petacchi				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						Alexandr Kolobnev
18	Mark Cavendish		Alessandro Petacchi				Daniel Oss
19	Fabian Cancellara						no award
20	Mark Cavendish
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	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	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	1st	2nd	3rd	Note
Stage Winner	8 000 €	4 000 €	2 000 €	until the 20th rider (200 €)
Time Trial per team	10 000 €	5 000 €	2 500 €	until the 20th 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 1st cat.	0650 €	0400 €	0150 €	11 in this Tour
Categorized Climb 2nd cat.	0500 €	0250 €	–	6 in this Tour
Categorized Climb 3rd cat..	0300 €	–		18 in this Tour
Categorized Climb 4th 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.