2010 Tour Down Under

12th edition of the Tour Down Under cycling stage race November 2019 2010 Tour Down Under 2010 UCI World Ranking 1 26 19–24 January 2010 6 794 km 18 h 47 min 05 s André Greipel GER THR 2010 orange Luis León Sánchez ESP GCE 2010 Greg Henderson NZL SKY 2010 André Greipel GER THR 2010 blue Thomas Rohregger AUT MRM 2010 white Jürgen Roelandts BEL OLO 2010 black ALM 2010 blue 2009 2011 The 2010 Tour Down Under was the 12th edition of the Tour Down Under cycling stage race. It was held from 19 to 24 January 2010 in and around Adelaide, South Australia. It was the first event in the 2010 UCI World Calendar. The race was won by André Greipel of THR 2010 after he won the sprint finishes to three of the race's stages.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/8477377.stm André Greipel holds off Team Sky to win Tour Down Under 2010-01-24 BBC Sport 2010-01-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20100127203956/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/8477377.stm 27 January 2010 live Overall favourites As the Tour Down Under has historically been a race which favours sprinters winning the overall classification, several sprinters were tabbed as favourites for victory in the 2010 Tour. These included defending champion Allan Davis, now with AST 2010, Gert Steegmans of RSH 2010, Baden Cooke of SAX 2010, Greg Henderson from SKY 2010, and 2008 champion André Greipel from THR 2010.Greg Johnson http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/tour-down-under-10-riders-who-could-take-the-title Tour Down Under: 10 riders who could take the title 2010-01-15 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100118120611/http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/tour-down-under-10-riders-who-could-take-the-title 18 January 2010 live Greipel specifically shied away from talk of him being a favourite for victory.Greg Johnson http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/greipel-im-not-favourite-for-tdu Greipel: I’m not favourite for TDU 2010-01-17 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20100120083701/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/greipel-im-not-favourite-for-tdu 20 January 2010 live Additionally, GCE 2010 was noted to be bringing a strong squad, including reigning Vuelta a España champion Alejandro Valverde. Valverde's presence was speculated to increase the chances for 2005 Tour Down Under champion Luis León Sánchez, who is riding a program in 2010 meant to lead to victory in Paris–Nice.http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/6882/Valverde-to-lead-Caisse-d-Epargne-at-Tour-Down-Under Valverde to lead Caisse d'Epargne at Tour Down Under 2009-12-17 Cycling Central Special Broadcasting Service 2010-01-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100118163220/http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/6882/Valverde-to-lead-Caisse-d-Epargne-at-Tour-Down-Under 18 January 2010 live Along with Sánchez, Cooke's teammate Stuart O'Grady, Martin Elmiger from ALM 2010, Wesley Sulzberger of FDJ 2010, and GRM 2010 rider Robbie Hunter were also named as contenders. The race also featured reigning World Road Race Champion Cadel Evans and seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong; they were not, however, considered to be contenders in the race as they would focus on later events in the 2010 season. Participating teams As the Tour Down Under is a UCI ProTour event, all ProTour teams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Thus, the event was the debut for the new ProTour entries RSH 2010 and SKY 2010. Additionally, the Australian national team known as UniSA–Australia competed in the event. BMC 2010 also attended, as the first UCI Professional Continental team ever to be granted a wild card. This was likely to allow new world champion Cadel Evans to ride with the rainbow jersey in his home nation.Agence France-Presse http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/cadel-evans-confirms-tour-down-under-start-24333 Cadel Evans confirms Tour Down Under start 2009-12-12 BikeRadar 2009-12-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20091216012216/http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/cadel-evans-confirms-tour-down-under-start-24333 16 December 2009 dead The teams participating in the race were: 18em ALM 2010 AST 2010 BMC 2010 GCE 2010 EUS 2010 FDJ 2010 GRM 2010 LIQ 2010 QST 2010 SIL 2010 RAB 2010 THR 2010 KAT 2010 MRM 2010 RSH 2010 SAX 2010 SKY 2010 UniSA–Australia Tour stages Stage 1 19 January 2010 – Clare to Tanunda, 141 km on The first stage had a sloping profile, with a point-awarding climb coming up Menglers Hill Road at the 114 km on mark. The final 25 km on were totally flat. http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/stage-1 Stage 1 Santos Tour Down Under 2009-12-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20091112003429/http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/stage-1 2009-11-12 dead The first UCI ProTour race of the season began with a crash. About 300 m on after the true beginning of the stage, a EUS 2010 rider crashed in the middle of the peloton and brought half the group down with him. Among the riders caught up was Cadel Evans, riding with the rainbow jersey in his home nation for the first time. The world champion had to have his shoes attached to his bicycle with electrical tape to continue the stage. Timothy Roe, Martin Kohler, and Blel Kadri formed the day's significant breakaway, coming clear of the peloton after 20 km on. They were away through the day's intermediate sprint, and Roe was able to claim the Mengler Hill climb, putting three of the four major jerseys on these riders' shoulders at day's end. In the last 20 km on, a driving THR 2010, led by time trial specialist Bert Grabsch, absorbed all of them back into the peloton. Roe had also crashed while descending Mengler Hill. The group sprint finish was won by HTC-Columbia rider André Greipel. Defending champion Allan Davis all but lost any chance to repeat as Tour champion. His team AST 2010 had come to the race without radios, and therefore his teammates did not know that he was not with the main group during the Mengler Hill climb. Unaware, the Astana team pulled the peloton away from Davis, who finished in the second large group, 8'22" back. Greg Johnson and Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/santos-tour-down-under-upt/stage-1/results Greipel grabs number one in Tanunda 2010-01-19 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20100122020854/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/santos-tour-down-under-upt/stage-1/results 2010-01-22 dead Stage 1 Result CyclistTeamTime1André Greipel GERTHR 2010 3h 15' 30"2Gert Steegmans BELRSH 2010 s.t.3Jürgen Roelandts BELSIL 2010 s.t.4Danilo Wyss SUIBMC 2010 s.t.5Greg Henderson NZLSKY 2010 s.t.6Baden Cooke AUSSAX 2010 s.t.7Graeme Brown AUSRAB 2010 s.t.8Robbie McEwen AUSKAT 2010 s.t.9José Joaquín Rojas ESPGCE 2010 s.t.10Valeriy Dmitriyev KAZAST 2010 s.t. General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime1André Greipel GER 20px|Orange jerseyTHR 2010 3h 15' 20"2Gert Steegmans BELRSH 2010 + 4"3Martin Kohler SUI 20px|Blue jersey 20px|Black jerseyBMC 2010 + 4"4Jürgen Roelandts BELSIL 2010 + 6"5Blel Kadri FRAALM 2010 + 6"6Timothy Roe AUS 20px|White jersey 20px|Red jerseyUniSA–Australia + 8"7Danilo Wyss SUIBMC 2010 + 10"8Greg Henderson NZLSKY 2010 + 10"9Baden Cooke AUSSAX 2010 + 10"10Graeme Brown AUSRAB 2010 + 10" Stage 2 20 January 2010 – Gawler to Hahndorf, 133 km on left|thumb|alt=A pair of cyclists on the road, wearing matching white jerseys with blue and red trim. A car is partly visible behind them, and numerous spectators are on the roadside.|Mickaël Delage and Olivier Kaisen of OLO 2010. After climbing a few hundred meters in the first 30 km on, this stage was mostly flat. There was, as with all stages, a categorized climb, up Checker Hill Road 90 km on in. http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/stage-2 Stage 2 Santos Tour Down Under 2009-12-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20091112002858/http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/stage-2 2009-11-12 dead This stage was mostly similar to the first one. OLO 2010 teammates Mickaël Delage and Olivier Kaisen formed the day's breakaway with UniSA–Australia rider David Kemp. Euskaltel-Euskadi, Team Milram, and Team Saxo Bank tried to send riders to follow, but the peloton did not allow them to get away. Kemp allowed the Omega Pharma-Lotto riders to take the two intermediate sprints so that he would be allowed maximum points on the Checker Hill climb, allowing his teammate Timothy Roe to keep the white jersey. Kemp then tried to solo for the stage win, but Team Sky and Team HTC-Columbia chased him down, with race leader Greipel again coming away with a stage win. Minor controversy followed, as both Greg Henderson and Danilo Wyss accused other riders (namely Robbie McEwen and Graeme Brown) of poaching their leadouts and therefore causing them to lose finishing positions.Greg Johnson http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/santos-tour-down-under-upt/stage-2/results Two's a treat for Greipel 2010-01-20 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20100122021005/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/santos-tour-down-under-upt/stage-2/results 22 January 2010 dead dmy-all Stage 2 Result CyclistTeamTime1André Greipel GER 20px|Orange jerseyTHR 2010 3h 23' 49"2Greg Henderson NZLSKY 2010 s.t.3Robbie McEwen AUSKAT 2010 s.t.4Robbie Hunter RSAGRM 2010 s.t.5Graeme Brown AUSRAB 2010 s.t.6Allan Davis AUSAST 2010 s.t.7Danilo Wyss SUIBMC 2010 s.t.8Luke Roberts AUSMRM 2010 s.t.9Baden Cooke AUSSAX 2010 s.t.10José Joaquín Rojas ESPGCE 2010 s.t. General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime1André Greipel GER 20px|Orange jersey 20px|Blue jerseyTHR 2010 6h 38' 59"2Greg Henderson NZLSKY 2010 + 14"3Gert Steegmans BELRSH 2010 + 14"4Robbie McEwen AUSKAT 2010 + 16"5Jürgen Roelandts BEL 20px|Black jerseySIL 2010 + 16"6Danilo Wyss SUIBMC 2010 + 20"7Graeme Brown AUSRAB 2010 + 20"8Baden Cooke AUSSAX 2010 + 20"9Robbie Hunter RSAGRM 2010 + 20"10José Joaquín Rojas ESPGCE 2010 + 20" Stage 3 21 January 2010 – Unley to Stirling, 132.5 km 1 on This stage contained the Tour's most difficult climb to this point, Wickhams Hill Road, which came just before the 40 km on mark. Afterward, the course remained at approximately the elevation reached after the climb, and undulated. http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/stage-3 Stage 3 Santos Tour Down Under 2009-12-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20091112002632/http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/stage-3 2009-11-12 dead right|thumb|alt=A group of five cyclists on the road. Three, in the foreground, are crouched over their bicycles, while the other two are riding out of the saddle. Spectators are visible on the roadside.|The stage's principal breakaway – Jens Voigt, Simon Clarke, Jack Bobridge, Maciej Paterski, and Karsten Kroon, from left to right. The temperature topped out at over 40 C on this day, which combined with the hilly terrain made the stage very difficult for some riders. A 40-rider group contested the final sprint finish, while half the peloton lost more than a minute and 13 riders lost more than ten minutes. The day's breakaway involved Simon Clarke of UniSA–Australia and Karsten Kroon from BMC Racing Team, who were joined at the 70 km on mark by Maciej Paterski, Jens Voigt, and Jack Bobridge. GCE 2010 yes was the team who worked the hardest to chase them down, thinning the leading group to try to protect Alejandro Valverde, José Joaquín Rojas, or Luis León Sánchez for a stage-winning attack. Portuguese national champion Manuel Cardoso from FOT 2010 broke out of the leading group within the final kilometer and took the stage win away from Valverde or Cadel Evans, who had seemed poised to contest a sprint with Valverde. After the stage, Valverde described holding Evans' wheel, and that a moment of hesitation when he was unsure if Evans was attacking for victory had cost him his chance of catching Cardoso. Cardoso's win was his first as a ProTour rider.Les Clarke and Greg Johnson http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/greipel-im-not-favourite-for-tdu Cardoso claims Footon's first ProTour win 2010-01-21 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20100120083701/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/greipel-im-not-favourite-for-tdu 20 January 2010 live Stage 3 Result CyclistTeamTime1Manuel Cardoso PORFOT 2010 3h 14' 38"2Alejandro Valverde ESPGCE 2010 + 1"3Cadel Evans AUSBMC 2010 s.t.4Peter Sagan SVKLIQ 2010 s.t.5Mauro Finetto ITALIQ 2010 s.t.6Michael Rogers AUSTHR 2010 s.t.7Luke Roberts AUSMRM 2010 s.t.8Markus Fothen GERMRM 2010 s.t.9Anthony Roux FRAFDJ 2010 s.t.10Eduard Vorganov RUSKAT 2010 s.t. General Classification after Stage 3 CyclistTeamTime1André Greipel GER 20px|Orange jersey 20px|Blue jerseyTHR 2010 9h 53' 38"2Greg Henderson NZLSKY 2010 + 14"3Gert Steegmans BELRSH 2010 + 14"4Alejandro Valverde ESPGCE 2010 + 14"5Robbie McEwen AUSKAT 2010 + 16"6Jürgen Roelandts BEL 20px|Black jerseyOLO 2010 + 16"7Cadel Evans AUSBMC 2010 + 16"8Andriy Hryvko UKRAST 2010 + 19"9Graeme Brown AUSRAB 2010 + 20"10Robbie Hunter RSAGRM 2010 + 20" Stage 4 22 January 2010 – Norwood to Goolwa, 149.5 km 1 on This stage began with climbing and ended at lower elevation. The climb up Fox Creek Road, visited after 25 km on, reached over 500 m on in elevation. After a long descent from that height 35 km on later, the last 70 km on were completely flat.http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/stage-4 Stage 4 Santos Tour Down Under 2009-12-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20091111234022/http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/stage-4 11 November 2009 dead dmy-all Seven riders formed a breakaway group shortly after the true beginning of the stage. Among them were the top two men in the mountains classification, David Kemp and Thomas Rohregger, with Rohregger out-climbing Kemp to claim the white jersey at day's end. The group held a maximum advantage of 3'15", but the flat terrain and the strong crosswinds the group faced meant they stood no chance of staying away. Graeme Brown and Robbie McEwen started their sprints earlier than race leader André Greipel, but for the third time the big German was delivered safely first to the line by his leadout train. Greipel specifically mentioned new acquisition Matthew Goss as having been a key asset to him in the sprint.Greg Johnson and Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/santos-tour-down-under-upt/stage-4/results Greipel has the goods in Goolwa Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-22 2010-01-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20100125151558/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/santos-tour-down-under-upt/stage-4/results 25 January 2010 dead dmy-all Stage 4 Result CyclistTeamTime1André Greipel GER 20px|Orange jerseyTHR 2010 3h 30' 29"2Robbie McEwen AUSKAT 2010 s.t.3Graeme Brown AUSRAB 2010 s.t.4Gert Steegmans BELRSH 2010 s.t.5Manuel Cardoso PORFOT 2010 s.t.6Julian Dean NZLGRM 2010 s.t.7Jürgen Roelandts BEL 20px|Black jerseyOLO 2010 s.t.8Matthew Goss AUSTHR 2010 s.t.9Robert Förster GERMRM 2010 s.t.10Yauheni Hutarovich BLRFDJ 2010 s.t. General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime1André Greipel GER 20px|Orange jersey 20px|Blue jersey THR 2010 13h 23' 57"2Robbie McEwen AUSKAT 2010 + 20"3Greg Henderson NZLSKY 2010 + 24"4Gert Steegmans BELRSH 2010 + 24"5Graeme Brown AUSRAB 2010 + 26"6Jürgen Roelandts BEL 20px|Black jerseyOLO 2010 + 26"7Cadel Evans AUSBMC 2010 + 26"8Andriy Hryvko UKRAST 2010 + 29"9Robbie Hunter RSAGRM 2010 + 30"10Baden Cooke AUSSAX 2010 + 30" Stage 5 23 January 2010 – Snapper Point to Willunga, 148 km on This was the Tour's most difficult stage, concluding with a two-lap circuit in Willunga that included two visits to the Old Willunga Hill Road, the hardest climb in the race due to its steepness.http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/stage-5 Stage 5 Santos Tour Down Under 2009-12-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20091112002732/http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/stage-5 12 November 2009 dead dmy-all Adelaide's Sunday Mail newspaper stated that this was "the most exciting day in Tour [Down Under] history".Sports Section, pp.41. Sunday Mail, 24 January 2010. The stage was won by GCE 2010's Luis León Sánchez.http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/21817/STDUStage5ResultsALL.pdf All Classifications after Stage 5, pp 1. Santos Tour Down Under 2010-01-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20100331074806/http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/21817/STDUStage5ResultsALL.pdf 2010-03-31 dead After this grueling stage, André Greipel, with the help of his team, managed to keep both the ochre jerseyhttp://www.tourdownunder.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/21817/STDUStage5ResultsALL.pdf All Classifications after Stage 5, pp 5. Santos Tour Down Under 2010-01-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20100331074806/http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/21817/STDUStage5ResultsALL.pdf 2010-03-31 dead and the blue jersey.http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/21817/STDUStage5ResultsALL.pdf All Classifications after Stage 5, pp 12. Santos Tour Down Under 2010-01-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20100331074806/http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/21817/STDUStage5ResultsALL.pdf 2010-03-31 dead The young Belgian rider Jürgen Roelandts from OLO 2010 still holds the black jersey.http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/21817/STDUStage5ResultsALL.pdf All Classifications after Stage 5, pp 8. Santos Tour Down Under 2010-01-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20100331074806/http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/21817/STDUStage5ResultsALL.pdf 2010-03-31 dead In the mountains classification, Thomas Rohregger of Team Milram held an insurmountable lead with 56 points.http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/21817/STDUStage5ResultsALL.pdf All Classifications after Stage 5, pp 14. Santos Tour Down Under 2010-01-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20100331074806/http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/21817/STDUStage5ResultsALL.pdf 2010-03-31 dead ALM 2010 is the leading team, 2 seconds ahead of GCE 2010.http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/21817/STDUStage5ResultsALL.pdf All Classifications after Stage 5, pp 10. Santos Tour Down Under 2010-01-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20100331074806/http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/21817/STDUStage5ResultsALL.pdf 2010-03-31 dead The principal breakaway of the day occurred on the second ascent of the Old Willunga Hill Road. It included two riders from GCE 2010 in Alejandro Valverde and Luis León Sánchez, who had come to the race eager to earn victories. The other two riders were Peter Sagan from LIQ 2010, who had figured into breakaways in previous stages and in the Cancer Council Helpline Classic earlier in the week, and Cadel Evans. With 4 km on left to race, the four had a lead of 31 seconds, which potentially put Evans in position to take the race lead away from André Greipel. During the final few minutes of the stage, Greipel's teammates Hayden Roulston, Michael Rogers, and Matthew Goss pulled the peloton hard, so that they finished just 9 seconds behind stage winner Sánchez. While THR 2010 pulled, the strain of the breakaway and the final meters of the climb took its toll on the other three members of the leading group, who fell off as Sánchez soloed to the finish line. Greipel's lead was reduced to 11 seconds, but with only a very short flat stage remaining, it was likely to be secure.Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/santos-tour-down-under-upt/stage-5/results Sanchez sensational in thrilling finale 2010-01-23 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20100126071157/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/santos-tour-down-under-upt/stage-5/results 26 January 2010 dead dmy-all Stage 5 Result CyclistTeamTime1Luis León Sánchez ESPGCE 2010 3h 29' 39"2Luke Roberts AUSMRM 2010 + 2"3Alejandro Valverde ESPGCE 2010 + 4"4Cadel Evans AUSBMC 2010 s.t.5Peter Sagan SVKLIQ 2010 + 6"6Markus Fothen GERMRM 2010 s.t.7Sébastien Rosseler BELRSH 2010 s.t.8Cameron Meyer AUSGRM 2010 s.t.9Greg Henderson NZLSKY 2010 + 9"10Fabio Sabatini ITALIQ 2010 s.t. General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistTeamTime1André Greipel GER 20px|Orange jersey20px|Blue jerseyTHR 2010 16h 53' 45"2Luis León Sánchez ESPGCE 2010 + 11"3Luke Roberts AUSMRM 2010 + 17"4Robbie McEwen AUSKAT 2010 + 20"5Cadel Evans AUSBMC 2010 + 21"6Greg Henderson NZLSKY 2010 + 24"7Eduard Vorganov RUSKAT 2010 + 25"8Jürgen Roelandts BEL 20px|Black jerseyOLO 2010 + 26"9Markus Fothen GERMRM 2010 + 27"10Andriy Hryvko UKRAST 2010 + 29" Stage 6 24 January 2010 – Adelaide, 90 km on The Tour concluded with a criterium around the Adelaide City Council. The race was held on a closed road circuit 4.5 km 1 on in length.http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/stage-6 Stage 6 Santos Tour Down Under 2009-12-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20091111235623/http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/stage-6 11 November 2009 dead dmy-all right|thumb|alt=A pair of cyclists on the road, wearing matching black jerseys with steel blue trim. Spectators are visible on the roadside and behind barricades.|The SKY 2010 duo of Christopher Sutton and Greg Henderson, top two finishers in the Adelaide criterium. Robbie McEwen and Greg Henderson formed a breakaway early in the criterium which gave them, respectively, the two intermediate sprints the stage offered. The bonus seconds that came with them propelled them both past Luke Roberts, who began the day in third place overall. Henderson was two seconds better than McEwen, and thus made it to the podium. Later, Wesley Sulzberger, Trent Lowe, and Fabio Sabatini broke away to try for the stage win, riding the last five laps of the criterium ahead of the peloton, but SKY 2010 brought them back before the finish. As they had in the Cancer Council Helpline Classic earlier in the week, the new British team took the top two finishing positions in this stage, with Christopher Sutton ahead of Henderson this time. Though it was his worst performance in a sprint finish in this Tour, in fifth place, André Greipel still emerged as Tour champion. Les Clarke and Greg Johnson http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/santos-tour-down-under-upt/stage-6/results Sutton secures Sky's second 2010-01-24 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20100126082628/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/santos-tour-down-under-upt/stage-6/results 2010-01-26 dead Stage 6 Result CyclistTeamTime1Christopher Sutton AUSSKY 2010 1h 53' 20"2Greg Henderson NZLSKY 2010 s.t.3Graeme Brown AUSRAB 2010 s.t.4Robbie McEwen AUSKAT 2010 s.t.5André Greipel GER20px|Orange jerseyTHR 2010 s.t.6Allan Davis AUSAST 2010 s.t.7Matthew Goss AUSTHR 2010 s.t.8Yauheni Hutarovich BLRFDJ 2010 s.t.9Gert Steegmans BELRSH 2010 s.t.10Anthony Ravard FRAALM 2010 s.t. Final General Classification CyclistTeamTime1André Greipel GER 20px|Orange jersey20px|Blue jerseyTHR 2010 18h 47' 05"2Luis León Sánchez ESPGCE 2010 + 11"3Greg Henderson NZLSKY 2010 + 15"4Robbie McEwen AUSKAT 2010 + 17"5Luke Roberts AUSMRM 2010 + 17"6Cadel Evans AUSBMC 2010 + 21"7Eduard Vorganov RUSKAT 2010 + 25"8Jürgen Roelandts BEL 20px|Black jerseyOLO 2010 + 26"9Robbie Hunter RSAGRM 2010 + 26"10Markus Fothen GERMRM 2010 + 27" Classification leadership In the 2010 Tour Down Under, six different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on each stage and in intermediate sprints, the leader received an ochre jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the Tour Down Under, and the winner is considered the winner of the Tour. right|thumb|alt=A cyclist is presented an orange jersey, and is in the process of donning it. A man wearing white is facing the cyclist and pulling the jersey's sleeves forward around him. Two women in white dresses flank the cyclist.|Tour Down Under champion André Greipel receiving the ochre jersey. Additionally, there was a sprint classification, which awarded a blue jersey. In the sprint classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top three in a stage or intermediate sprint, with the top three finishers in the stage getting 8, 6, and 4 points respectively, and the top three in the intermediate sprints getting 6, 4, and 2. There was also a mountains classification, which awards a white jersey. In the mountains classifications, points were won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. Unlike most other cycling events, there was no categorization of climbs – each awarded the same points (16, 12, 8, 6, and 4) to the first five riders past the summit. The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification. This classification awards a black jersey. Due to UCI rules limiting the number of jersey awards to four, the above were the only jerseys awarded to riders which were then worn the next day during the stage. But there were two other jerseys. The first was the red jersey for the most aggressive rider. This award is comparable to the combativity award of the Tour de France. While the rider received a red jersey on the podium after the stage, he wore his normal jersey (unless holding one of the above four) in the next stage, with the aggressive rider award indicated by a red bib number. The sixth and final jersey was for the teams classification. This jersey was not presented on the podiums daily, but it was awarded to the winning team at the end of the Tour. The teams classification is calculated by adding the times of each team's best four riders per stage per day. The jersey is blue. http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/jerseydescription Jersey Description Santos Tour Down Under 2009-12-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20091112000130/http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/jerseydescription 2009-11-12 dead Stage WinnerGeneral Classification25px|link=|alt=Mountains Classification25px|link=|alt=Sprint Classification25px|link=|alt=Young Rider Classification25px|link=|alt=Team Classification25px|link=|alt=Aggressive Rider25px|link=|alt= 1 André Greipel André Greipel Timothy Roe Martin KohlerMartin Kohler Ag2r–La Mondiale Timothy Roe 2 André Greipel André GreipelJürgen Roelandts David Kemp 3 Manuel CardosoThomas Rohregger Simon Clarke 4 André Greipel Stef Clement 5 Luis León Sánchez Cadel EvansSports Section, pp.44-45. Sunday Mail, 24 January 2010. 6 Christopher Sutton Wesley SulzbergerSports Section, pp.69-70. The Advertiser, 25 January 2010. Final André Greipel Thomas Rohregger André Greipel Jürgen Roelandts Ag2r–La Mondiale — References 2 External links 2010 Tour Down Under Route on Google Maps/Google Earth Tour Down Under 2010 Category:2010 in Australian sport Category:2010 UCI ProTour Category:2010 in Oceanian sport Category:2010 UCI World Ranking Category:January 2010 sports events in Australia