2010 UCI ProTour

6th season of the cycling tournament 2010 UCI ProTour 6 UCI ProTour 19 January – 12 September Australia, Canada and Europe 16 2009 2011 (UCI World Tour) 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 RSH 2010 and British based SKY 2010, joined the ProTour, while the licenses of BBO 2009 and COF 2009 were not renewed. The LAM 2010 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: FUJ 2009 became FUJ 2010, a second name sponsor saw GRM 2009 rename as GRM 2010, and the name of the company, rather than one of its products, is featured in the change from SIL 2009 to SIL 2010. Immediately before the Tour de France in July, two more teams altered their names: FDJ 2010a simplified their name to FDJ, while LAM 2010a became LAM 2010b. 2010 UCI ProTour races Source:http://www.uciprotour.com/templates/UCI/UCI2/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU4MjM&LangId=1 2010 UCI ProTour Races UCI 2010-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20100106120428/http://www.uciprotour.com/templates/UCI/UCI2/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU4MjM&LangId=1 2010-01-06 dead DatesRaceWinnerUCI World Ranking leader19–24 JanuaryAUS Tour Down Under André Greipel GER(THR 2010) André Greipel GER(THR 2010)22–28 MarchESP Volta a Catalunya Joaquim Rodríguez ESP(KAT 2010) Luis León Sánchez ESP(GCE 2010)Sánchez took the lead in the World Rankings after the 2010 Paris–Nice, which is not part of the ProTour28 MarchBEL Gent–Wevelgem Bernhard Eisel AUT(THR 2010)4 AprilBEL Tour of Flanders Fabian Cancellara SUI(SAX 2010) 5–10 AprilESP Tour of the Basque Country Chris Horner USA(RSH 2010)18 AprilNED Amstel Gold Race Philippe Gilbert BEL(SIL 2010)27 April–2 MaySUI Tour de Romandie Simon Špilak SLO(LAM 2010)Alejandro Valverde was initially credited as winner of the race, but his results were removed as part of a retroactive suspension Philippe Gilbert BEL(OLO 2010)Prior to the Tour de Romandie, Gilbert had taken the lead in the World Rankings after coming third in the 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.6–13 JuneFRA Critérium du Dauphiné Janez Brajkovič SLO(RSH 2010) Cadel Evans AUS(BMC 2010)12–20 JuneSUI Tour de Suisse Fränk Schleck LUX(SAX 2010)31 JulyESP Clásica de San Sebastián Luis León Sánchez ESP(GCE 2010) Alberto Contador ESP(AST 2010)Contador took the lead in the World Rankings after the 2010 Tour de France, which is not part of the ProTour.1–7 AugustPOL Tour de Pologne Dan Martin IRL(GRM 2010)15 AugustGER Vattenfall Cyclassics Tyler Farrar USA(GRM 2010)17–24 AugustBEL / NED Eneco Tour Tony Martin GER(THR 2010) 22 AugustFRA GP Ouest-France Matthew Goss AUS(THR 2010) 10 SeptemberCAN Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec Thomas Voeckler FRA(BBO 2010)12 SeptemberCAN Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal Robert Gesink NED(RAB 2010) Teams Source:http://www.uciprotour.com/templates/UCI/UCI2/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU4MzI&LangId=1 UCI UCI ProTour: 2010 teams 2010-01-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20100107162233/http://www.uciprotour.com/templates/UCI/UCI2/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU4MzI&LangId=1 7 January 2010 dead CodeTeam NameBikeALM FRA ALM 2010 KuotaAST KAZ AST 2010 SpecializedGCE ESP GCE 2010 PinarelloEUS ESP EUS 2010 OrbeaFOT ESP FUJ 2010 FujiFDJ FRA FDJ 2010b* LapierreGRM USA GRM 2010 FeltLAM ITA LAM 2010b# WilierLIQ ITA LIQ 2010 CannondaleOLO BEL OLO 2010 CanyonQST BEL QST 2010 Eddy MerckxRAB NED RAB 2010 GiantSKY GBR SKY 2010 PinarelloTHR USA THR 2010 SpecializedKAT RUS KAT 2010 RidleyMRM GER MRM 2010 FocusRSH USA RSH 2010 TrekSAX DEN SAX 2010 Specialized known as LAM 2010a until 28 June. known as FDJ 2010a until 2 July. References External links http://www.uciprotour.com/ * ProTour 2010