2010 Clásica de San Sebastián

2010 Clásica de San Sebastián 2010 UCI World Ranking 18 26 July 31, 2010 1 234 km 5h 47' 13" Luis León Sánchez ESP GCE 2010 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ AST 2010 Carlos Sastre ESP CTT 2010 2009 2011 The 2010 Clásica de San Sebastián was the 30th edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián road cycling race. It took place on 31 July 2010, and will be the tenth event of the 2010 UCI ProTour, and the eighteenth event in the inaugural UCI World Ranking series. It started and finished in San Sebastián, in the Basque Country, Spain. The race covered 234 km 1 on, mainly to the south and east of the city, and entirely within the province of Guipúzcoa. Teams and riders As the race is under the auspices of the UCI ProTour, all eighteen ProTour teams are invited automatically. Three additional wildcard invitations were given to form the event's 21-team peloton. The 21 teams invited to the race were: 22em ALM 2010 ACG 2010 AST 2010 GCE 2010 CTT 2010 EUS 2010 FUJ 2010 FDJ 2010 GRM 2010 LAM 2010 LIQ 2010 SIL 2010 QST 2010 RAB 2010 THR 2010 KAT 2010 MRM 2010 RSH 2010 SAX 2010 SKY 2010 XAC 2010 Teams consisted of up to eight riders, and 168 riders started the event. The event took place less than a week after the conclusion of the 2010 Tour de France, and many of the riders who took part in that event, are scheduled for this race.http://clasica-san-sebastian.diariovasco.com/equipos-ciclistas-clasica-san-sebastian.html Expected riders 2010-07-31 2011-07-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20110710123328/http://clasica-san-sebastian.diariovasco.com/equipos-ciclistas-clasica-san-sebastian.html dead Route The route is an anticlockwise loop, heading southwest from San Sebastián, reaching its highest point, and its farthest from the city at the Alto de Udana (574 m). It then heads back towards the southern suburbs of the start town, before heading east through the Jaizkibel mountains to Hondarribia on the French border, and then back to San Sebastián.http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTU4NDY&ObjTypeCode=IMG&type=IMG&id=NTc1OTI&LangId=1 UCI map of the course 2010-07-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20110807164941/http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTU4NDY&ObjTypeCode=IMG&type=IMG&id=NTc1OTI&LangId=1 2011-08-07 dead Categories As well as the overall race, there were prizes available for amassing most points at five intermediate sprints around the course, and for gaining points at the top of six mountain passes and hilltops. General Standings RankCyclistTeamTimeUCI World RankingPoints1Luis León Sánchez ESPGCE 20105h 47' 13"802Alexander Vinokourov KAZAST 2010s.t.603Carlos Sastre ESPCTT 2010s.t.504Haimar Zubeldia ESPRSH 2010+ 34"405Joaquim Rodríguez ESPKAT 2010+ 37"306Ryder Hesjedal CANGRM 2010+ 37"227Robert Gesink NEDRAB 2010+ 37"148Nicolas Roche IRLA2R 2010+ 37"109Samuel Sánchez ESPEUS 2010+ 37"610Richie Porte AUSSAX 2010+ 37"2 References Category:Clásica de San Sebastián Clasica de San Sebastian San Sebastian Classica de San Sebastian Category:July 2010 sports events in Spain