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2010 UCI ProTour
6th season of the cycling tournament
6th season of the cycling tournament
The 2010 UCI ProTour is the sixth series of the UCI ProTour: a series of 16 races in which the ProTour teams, considered the elite teams of the sport, participate alongside a number of invited "wildcard" teams. As in 2009, there is no competitive element to the ProTour of itself, but all its events contribute towards the 2010 UCI World Ranking. The first race was the 2010 Tour Down Under on 19–24 January, and the series will end with two new events, bringing the tour to North America for the first time, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal on 10 September and 12 September respectively.
Two newly formed teams, the American and British based , joined the ProTour, while the licenses of and were not renewed. The team, although it has a ProTour Licence from the UCI valid until 2013, had its annual registration refused, and missed the first event of the tour while the matter remained unresolved. It subsequently received a temporary licence until 31 March, at which stage the full licence was restored. A number of teams have had name changes: became , a second name sponsor saw rename as , and the name of the company, rather than one of its products, is featured in the change from to . Immediately before the Tour de France in July, two more teams altered their names: simplified their name to FDJ, while became .
2010 UCI ProTour races
Source:
| Dates | Race | Winner | [UCI World Ranking](2010-uci-world-ranking) leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19–24 January | AUS [Tour Down Under](2010-tour-down-under) | André Greipel | |
| () | André Greipel | ||
| () | |||
| 22–28 March | ESP [Volta a Catalunya](2010-volta-a-catalunya) | Joaquim Rodríguez | |
| () | Luis León Sánchez | ||
| () | |||
| 28 March | BEL [Gent–Wevelgem](2010-gent-wevelgem) | Bernhard Eisel | |
| () | |||
| 4 April | BEL [Tour of Flanders](2010-tour-of-flanders) | Fabian Cancellara | |
| () | |||
| 5–10 April | ESP [Tour of the Basque Country](2010-tour-of-the-basque-country) | Chris Horner | |
| () | |||
| 18 April | NED [Amstel Gold Race](2010-amstel-gold-race) | Philippe Gilbert | |
| () | |||
| 27 April–2 May | SUI [Tour de Romandie](2010-tour-de-romandie) | Simon Špilak | |
| () | Philippe Gilbert | ||
| () | |||
| 6–13 June | FRA [Critérium du Dauphiné](2010-criterium-du-dauphine) | Janez Brajkovič | |
| () | Cadel Evans | ||
| () | |||
| 12–20 June | SUI [Tour de Suisse](2010-tour-de-suisse) | Fränk Schleck | |
| () | |||
| 31 July | ESP [Clásica de San Sebastián](2010-clasica-de-san-sebastian) | Luis León Sánchez | |
| () | Alberto Contador | ||
| () | |||
| 1–7 August | POL [Tour de Pologne](2010-tour-de-pologne) | Dan Martin | |
| () | |||
| 15 August | GER [Vattenfall Cyclassics](2010-vattenfall-cyclassics) | Tyler Farrar | |
| () | |||
| 17–24 August | BEL / NED [Eneco Tour](2010-eneco-tour) | Tony Martin | |
| () | |||
| 22 August | FRA [GP Ouest-France](2010-gp-ouest-france) | Matthew Goss | |
| () | |||
| 10 September | CAN [Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec](2010-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) | Thomas Voeckler | |
| () | |||
| 12 September | CAN [Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal](2010-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) | Robert Gesink | |
| () |
Teams
Source:
| Code | Team Name | Bike |
|---|---|---|
| `ALM` | FRA | |
| `AST` | KAZ | |
| `GCE` | ESP | |
| `EUS` | ESP | |
| `FOT` | ESP | |
| `FDJ` | FRA | * |
| `GRM` | USA | |
| `LAM` | ITA | # |
| `LIQ` | ITA | |
| `OLO` | BEL | |
| `QST` | BEL | |
| `RAB` | NED | |
| `SKY` | GBR | |
| `THR` | USA | |
| `KAT` | RUS | |
| `MRM` | GER | |
| `RSH` | USA | |
| `SAX` | DEN |
- : known as until 28 June.
- : known as until 2 July.
References
References
- "2010 UCI ProTour Races". UCI.
- Sánchez took the lead in the World Rankings after the [[2010 Paris–Nice]], which is not part of the ProTour
- [[Alejandro Valverde]] was initially credited as winner of the race, but his results were removed as part of a retroactive suspension
- Prior to the Tour de Romandie, Gilbert had taken the lead in the World Rankings after coming third in the [[2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Liège–Bastogne–Liège]], which is not part of the ProTour. Valverde was originally regarded as having taken the lead in the rankings after this race, until the retroactive suspension was applied.
- Contador took the lead in the World Rankings after the [[2010 Tour de France]], which is not part of the ProTour.
- "UCI ProTour: 2010 teams". UCI.
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