2010 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10

none thumb|360px|alt=A physical map of France, with the route of the Tour drawn over it in red lines.|Overview of the stages, showing the path from one host town to the next. The 2010 Tour de France begins on 3 July in Rotterdam in the Netherlands with a prologue time trial, and stage 10 occurs on 14 July, with a medium mountain stage in Gap. LegendJerseys appearing in the table on the left of the page indicate those worn by the cyclist during the particular stage, while those appearing in the table on the right of the page indicate those awarded to the cyclist after the stage.   20px|alt=A yellow jersey   Denotes the leader of the general classification   20px|alt=A green jersey   Denotes the leader of the points classification   20px|alt=A polka-dot jersey   Denotes the leader of the mountains classification   20px|alt=A white jersey   Denotes the leader of the young rider classification   20px|alt=A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background   Denotes a rider representing the leaders of the team classification   20px|alt=A jersey with a white rider number on a red background   Denotes the rider designated as the day's most combative   s.t. indicates that the rider crossed the finish line in the same group as the one receiving the time above him, and was therefore credited with the same finishing time. Prologue 3 July 2010 — Rotterdam (Netherlands), 8.9 km 1 on (individual time trial) This time trial was short and nearly totally flat, with two very small rises in elevation (the first for the crossing of the Erasmus Bridge) occurring in the first half of the course. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/prologue July 3, Prologue: Rotterdam 8.9km 2010-06-16 Cycling News 2010-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100626012011/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/prologue 2010-06-26 dead Tony Martin of THR 2010 led for most of the stage, being the eleventh person to complete the prologue. It was not until world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara, the second-to-last rider of the day, took the course that Martin's time was bettered. Rain showers plagued the middle portion of the stage, but for the riders who started at the end the rain had stopped and the course was primarily dry. This was Cancellara's fourth win in a time trial to start the Tour de France in his career. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/prologue/results Cancellara wins prologue time trial 2010-07-03 Cycling News 2010-07-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20100704102925/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/prologue/results 2010-07-04 dead Martin's efforts did not go unrewarded; he was awarded the white jersey for best young rider. Prologue result and general classification after prologue Rank Rider Team Time 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. 20px|Green jersey SAX 2010 10' 00" 2 Tony Martin GER 20px|White jersey THR 2010 + 10" 3 David Millar GBR GRM 2010 + 20" DSQ Lance Armstrong USA 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background RSH 2010 + 22" 4 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2010 + 23" 5 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2010 + 27" 6 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2010 + 28" 7 Levi Leipheimer USA 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background RSH 2010 + 28" 8 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2010 + 32" 9 Linus Gerdemann GER MRM 2010 + 35" Stage 1 4 July 2010 — Rotterdam (Netherlands) to Brussels (Belgium), 223.5 km 1 on This stage is flat, winding through the islands of Zeeland before heading south into Belgium before the finish in the nation's capital. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-1 July 4, Stage 1: Rotterdam–Brussels 223.5km 2010-06-16 Cycling News 2010-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100706062240/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-1 2010-07-06 dead It was thought that the winds from the North Sea would cause some mayhem for this very flat stage, but this did not happen. Just 100 m on after the peloton passed the stage's true beginning three riders broke away from the pack. Those riders were Lars Boom of RAB 2010, Maarten Wijnants of QST 2010, and EUS 2010's Alan Pérez. The trio stayed in front of the peloton for over 170 km on. With about 30 km on to go, Wijnants sprinted away from the other two breakaway members, who were quickly taken in by the charging peloton. Moldova road race champion Alexandre Pliușchin, representing KAT 2010, escaped from the peloton and joined Wijnants with about 25 km on left in the stage. The two gained a maximum advantage of a minute over the peloton, and were caught with 8 km on to go. As the peloton turned around a right hand bend, with under 3 km on remaining, there was a small crash that took out two top sprinters, Mark Cavendish and Óscar Freire. Further crashes occurred in the stage's final kilometer, and riders high in the overall standings such as Lance Armstrong and Fabian Cancellara were caught up in them, along with many others. The few riders who were in front of the crash sprinted to the line, with LAM 2010b's Alessandro Petacchi claiming his first Tour de France stage win since 2003. Wijnants was named the most combative rider for Stage 1. All 158 riders who were together when the peloton passed through 3 km on to go were given the same time regardless of when they actually finished. Laura Weislo http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-1/results Petacchi emerges from chaos in Brussels 2010-07-04 Cycling News 2010-07-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20100704102334/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-1/results 2010-07-04 dead Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LAM 2010b 5h 09' 38" 2 Mark Renshaw AUS THR 2010 s.t. 3 Thor Hushovd NOR CTT 2010 s.t. 4 Robbie McEwen AUS KAT 2010 s.t. 5 Mathieu Ladagnous FRA FDJ 2010b s.t. 6 Daniel Oss ITA LIQ 2010 + 2" 7 José Joaquín Rojas ESP GCE 2010 + 2" 8 Christian Knees GER MRM 2010 + 2" 9 Rubén Pérez ESP EUS 2010 + 2" 10 Jürgen Roelandts BEL OLO 2010 + 2"General classification after stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. SAX 2010 5h 19' 38" 2 Tony Martin GER 20px|White jersey THR 2010 + 10" 3 David Millar GBR GRM 2010 + 20" 4 Lance Armstrong USA 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background RSH 2010 + 22" 5 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2010 + 23" 6 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2010 + 27" 7 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2010 + 28" 8 Levi Leipheimer USA 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background RSH 2010 + 28" 9 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2010 + 32" 10 Linus Gerdemann GER MRM 2010 + 35" Stage 2 5 July 2010 — Brussels (Belgium) to Spa (Belgium), 201 km on There are six categorized climbs in this stage, three each in the third and fourth categories. The finish comes off the descent of the Rosier Pass, visited 12 km on before the conclusion of the stage. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-2 July 5, Stage 2: Brussels–Spa 201km 2010-06-16 Cycling News 2010-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100626004045/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-2 2010-06-26 dead Just 10 km on after passing through kilometer zero, an eight-man breakaway formed. The riders that made up the breakaway were Sylvain Chavanel and Jerome Pineau of QST 2010, Matthew Lloyd and Jürgen Roelandts both from SIL 2010, BMC 2010's Marcus Burghardt, Sébastien Turgot of BBO 2010, Rein Taaramäe COF 2010, and LAM 2010b's Francesco Gavazzi. As the breakaway passed through the classification four mountains Jerome Pineau picked up enough climbing points to earn the polka dot jersey at the end of the stage, and the first polka jersey of the Tour. By the time the breakaway reached the Stockeu Sylvain Chavanel was by himself, having dropped Jürgen Roelandts who later got reabsorbed into the peloton. As the peloton caught Burghardt, THR 2010's Maxime Monfort jumped off the front of the peloton. On the descent of the Stockeu several crashes occurred. Francesco Gavazzi, who was reabsorbed by the peloton, slipped and fell to the ground causing a crash that took down GC contender Andy Schleck, the points competition leader Alessandro Petacchi, and most of the peloton. The riders that came out of the wreckage unscathed went on with the stage, but began to wait for the other riders that were involved in the crash. Most of the peloton regrouped, but they didn't try to chase down Sylvain Chavanel. While approaching the finish line the peloton caught Monfort, the only remaining escapee other than Chavanel. Fabian Cancellara called for the peloton to not go for the sprint finish, out of fairness to those who had crashed and concern for the safety of the riders who might contest the sprint. As a result, no sprint points were awarded at the finish except to Chavanel, the stage winner, who was not involved in the slowdown.Rupert Guinness 2010-07-05 http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cycling/le-tour-de-crash-big-names-come-tumbling-down-on-another-day-of-carnage-20100706-zxti.html Le Tour de Crash: Big names come tumbling down on another day of carnage The Sydney Morning Herald 2010-07-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20100707005635/http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cycling/le-tour-de-crash-big-names-come-tumbling-down-on-another-day-of-carnage-20100706-zxti.html 7 July 2010 live This was his second career Tour de France stage victory, and along with the stage win he became the overall leader and the leader of the points classification.Barry Ryan http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-2/results Chavanel takes stage and yellow in Spa 2010-07-05 Cycling News 2010-07-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20100706234029/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-2/results 6 July 2010 live Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2010 4h 40' 48" 2 Maxime Bouet FRA ALM 2010 + 3' 56" 3 Fabian Wegmann GER MRM 2010 + 3' 56" 4 Robbie McEwen AUS KAT 2010 + 3' 56" 5 Christian Knees GER MRM 2010 + 3' 56" 6 Jürgen Roelandts BEL OLO 2010 + 3' 56" 7 Thor Hushovd NOR CTT 2010 + 3' 56" 8 Linus Gerdemann GER MRM 2010 + 3' 56" 9 Mathieu Ladagnous FRA FDJ 2010b + 3' 56" 10 Bernhard Eisel AUT THR 2010 + 3' 56"General classification after stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Sylvain Chavanel FRA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. 20px|Green jersey 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background 20px|A jersey with a white rider number on a red background QST 2010 10h 01' 25" 2 Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2010 + 2' 57" 3 Tony Martin GER 20px|White jersey THR 2010 + 3' 07" 4 David Millar GBR GRM 2010 + 3' 17" 5 Lance Armstrong USA RSH 2010 + 3' 19" 6 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2010 + 3' 20" 7 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2010 + 3' 24" 8 Levi Leipheimer USA RSH 2010 + 3' 25" 9 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2010 + 3' 29" 10 Linus Gerdemann GER MRM 2010 + 3' 32" Stage 3 6 July 2010 – Wanze (Belgium) to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, 213 km on This is a difficult stage, incorporating 13 km on of cobblestones in seven cobbled sectors over the last 77.5 km 1 on. The race entered France for the first time midway through the cobbled sections, where Damiano Cunego, David Zabriskie, and a few other riders were caught in a small pileup. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-3 July 6, Stage 3: Wanze–Arenberg Porte du Hainaut 213km 2010-06-16 Cycling News 2010-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100706130524/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-3 2010-07-06 dead 13 km on into the stage, seven men jumped off the front of the peloton to form a breakaway. Steve Cummings of SKY 2010, Ryder Hesjedal of GRM 2010, Pavel Brutt of KAT 2010, Pierre Rolland of BBO 2010, MRM 2010's Roger Kluge, Stéphane Augé of COF 2010 and GCE 2010's Imanol Erviti. The peloton and the breakaway passed over the first few sets of cobbles with no problem. Ryder Hesjedal soon jumped off the front of the breakaway, leaving the remaining to get picked up by the peloton. Then as Fabian Cancellara took the reins of the peloton and began to whip up the pace; a crash occurred. The crash took out most of the peloton, except for the few who were in front of Fränk Schleck. Fränk Schleck and a few other riders went to the ground, taking up the whole road. Later, Fränk Schleck would abandon the Tour with a broken collarbone. As Cancellara, Cadel Evans, Andy Schleck, and Thor Hushovd sped away, the rest of the field was trying to pick their way around the pileup. This created some distance between the GC hopefuls, such as Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong. Initially Contador was knocked off of his bike. As the whole field made its way past the wreckage there were now two pelotons. Armstrong was initially in the first bunch of riders, but dropped off the back after needing a front wheel change. Contador fought back to the first main field, which was further up the road than the second peloton. Armstrong charged back, only to join the second peloton, and ultimately lost two minutes of time to the winners, and one minute to Contador. Ryder Hesjedal was caught by the chase group, led by Cancellara, with 6.7 km on to go in the stage. The group made its way to the line where Thor Hushovd won the stage, also taking the lead in the points classification. Cancellara took the overall lead back from Sylvain Chavanel. Over a minute later Alexander Vinokourov led the second group over the line, with Contador coming in a few seconds later due to a flat tyre. Two minutes after Hushovd crossed the line, the group containing Armstrong crossed the line.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-3/results Carnage on the cobbles! 2010-07-06 Cycling News 2010-07-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20100707232151/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-3/results 7 July 2010 live Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Thor Hushovd NOR CTT 2010 4h 49' 38" 2 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2010 s.t. 3 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 s.t. 4 Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2010 s.t. 5 Andy Schleck LUX SAX 2010 s.t. 6 Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2010 s.t. 7 Johan Vansummeren BEL GRM 2010 + 53" 8 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2010 + 53" 9 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL OLO 2010 + 53" 10 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ AST 2010 + 53"General classification after stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background SAX 2010 14h 54' 00" 2 Geraint Thomas GBR 20px|White jersey SKY 2010 + 23" 3 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 + 39" 4 Ryder Hesjedal CAN 20px|A jersey with a white rider number on a red background GRM 2010 + 46" 5 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2010 + 1' 01" 6 Andy Schleck LUX 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background SAX 2010 + 1' 09" 7 Thor Hushovd NOR 20px|Green jersey CTT 2010 + 1' 19" 8 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ AST 2010 + 1' 31" 9 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2010 + 1' 40" 10 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL OLO 2010 + 1' 42" Stage 4 7 July 2010 — Cambrai to Reims, 153.5 km 1 on This stage is short and mostly flat, undulating gently for its duration and incorporating one fourth-category climb. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-4 July 7, Stage 4: Cambrai–Reims 153.5km 2010-06-16 Cycling News 2010-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100626012038/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-4 2010-06-26 dead The stage got off to a normal start, with a five-man group jumping off the front of the peloton to form a breakaway. Those five riders were Dimitri Champion of ALM 2010, Iban Mayoz of FOT 2010, Nicolas Vogondy of BBO 2010, Francis De Greef of SIL 2010 and EUS 2010's Iñaki Isasi. The peloton would not let the breakaway gain more than three minutes advantage on them, but they stayed out in front until the final kilometres. The breakaway dropped De Greef with just under 6 km on remaining in the stage. As the sprinters teams were gearing up for the sprint finish, they absorbed the remaining breakaway members. As the sprinters came to the line Alessandro Petacchi jumped off of Thor Hushovd's back wheel and sprinted to the line for the stage win. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-4/results Take two for Ale-Jet 2010-07-07 Cycling News 2010-07-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20100708221007/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-4/results 2010-07-08 dead Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LAM 2010b 3h 34' 55" 2 Julian Dean NZL GRM 2010 s.t. 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2010 s.t. 4 Robbie McEwen AUS KAT 2010 s.t. 5 Robert Hunter RSA GRM 2010 s.t. 6 Sébastien Turgot FRA BTL 2010 s.t. 7 José Joaquín Rojas ESP GCE 2010 s.t. 8 Daniel Oss ITA LIQ 2010 s.t. 9 Thor Hushovd NOR 20px|Green jersey CTT 2010 s.t. 10 Óscar Freire ESP RAB 2010 s.t.General classification after stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background SAX 2010 18h 28' 55" 2 Geraint Thomas GBR 20px|White jersey SKY 2010 + 23" 3 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 + 39" 4 Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2010 + 46" 5 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2010 + 1' 01" 6 Andy Schleck LUX 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background SAX 2010 + 1' 09" 7 Thor Hushovd NOR 20px|Green jersey CTT 2010 + 1' 19" 8 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ AST 2010 + 1' 31" 9 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2010 + 1' 40" 10 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL OLO 2010 + 1' 42" Stage 5 8 July 2010 — Épernay to Montargis, 187.5 km 1 on This is another flat stage, with two fourth-category climbs occurring early on. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-5 July 8, Stage 5: Épernay–Montargis 187.5km 2010-06-16 Cycling News 2010-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100626012044/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-5 2010-06-26 dead Stage 5 got off to a normal start, 6 km into the stage the riders broke away from the peloton. Jurgen Van De Walle of QST 2010, José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios of GCE 2010, and COF 2010's Julien El Fares made up the three man breakaway. The breakaway gained a maximum advantage of eight minutes before being pulled back in by the peloton. As the final kilometers were approaching, Van De Walle and El Fares were caught by the peloton. Gutierrez remained out in front for only a little while longer, until being caught. Then the sprinters teams fought for position. As the teams came down to the final stretch; Mark Renshaw lead out Mark Cavendish for the stage win. This was Cavendish's eleventh Tour de France stage win of his career. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-5/results Cavendish vindicated in Montargis! 2010-07-08 Cycling News 2010-07-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20100709013506/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-5/results 2010-07-09 dead Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Mark Cavendish GBR THR 2010 4h 30' 50" 2 Gerald Ciolek GER MRM 2010 s.t. 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2010 s.t. 4 José Joaquín Rojas ESP GCE 2010 s.t. 5 Thor Hushovd NOR 20px|Green jersey CTT 2010 s.t. 6 Sébastien Turgot FRA BTL 2010 s.t. 7 Robbie McEwen AUS KAT 2010 s.t. 8 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LAM 2010b s.t. 9 Lloyd Mondory FRA ALM 2010 s.t. 10 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2010 s.t.General classification after stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background SAX 2010 22h 59' 45" 2 Geraint Thomas GBR 20px|White jersey SKY 2010 + 23" 3 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 + 39" 4 Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2010 + 46" 5 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2010 + 1' 01" 6 Andy Schleck LUX 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background SAX 2010 + 1' 09" 7 Thor Hushovd NOR 20px|Green jersey CTT 2010 + 1' 19" 8 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ AST 2010 + 1' 31" 9 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2010 + 1' 40" 10 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL OLO 2010 + 1' 42" Stage 6 9 July 2010 — Montargis to Gueugnon, 227.5 km 1 on This stage is also classified flat, though it contains a bit more climbing than the previous stages. There are four fourth-category climbs on the course, and other less steep uncategorized rises. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-6 July 9, Stage 6: Montargis–Gueugnon 227.5km 2010-06-16 Cycling News 2010-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100626012048/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-6 2010-06-26 dead Just 3 km after passing through kilometer zero a three-man breakaway formed. Those three riders were Mathieu Perget of GCE 2010, Sebastian Lang of SIL 2010 and EUS 2010's Rubén Pérez. The breakaway would gain a maximum advantage of eight minutes on the day. As the stage went on the gap slowly went down and the sprinters teams started preparing for a sprint finish. With 20 km to go in the stage Dimitri Champion of ALM 2010 and Anthony Charteau of BBO 2010 broke away from the peloton and joined the breakaway. The two riders would help stretch out the gap between the breakaway and the peloton, but not for long. The sprinters teams reeled in the breakaway just after passing under the 10 km to go banner. Then the sprinters and their lead out trains came to the front for the sprint finish. Mark Renshaw led out Mark Cavendish for his second consecutive stage win. Carlos Barredo and Rui Costa came to blows after the stage. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-6/results July 9, Stage 6: Montargis–Gueugnon 227.5km 2010-07-09 Cycling News 2010-07-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20100709045150/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-6/results 2010-07-09 dead Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Mark Cavendish GBR THR 2010 5h 37' 42" 2 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2010 s.t. 3 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LAM 2010b s.t. 4 Robbie McEwen AUS KAT 2010 s.t. 5 Gerald Ciolek GER MRM 2010 s.t. 6 Sébastien Turgot FRA BTL 2010 s.t. 7 José Joaquín Rojas ESP GCE 2010 s.t. 8 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2010 s.t. 9 Robert Hunter RSA GRM 2010 s.t. 10 Thor Hushovd NOR 20px|Green jersey CTT 2010 s.t.General classification after stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background SAX 2010 28h 37' 30" 2 Geraint Thomas GBR 20px|White jersey SKY 2010 + 20" 3 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 + 39" 4 Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2010 + 46" 5 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2010 + 1' 01" 6 Andy Schleck LUX 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background SAX 2010 + 1' 09" 7 Thor Hushovd NOR 20px|Green jersey CTT 2010 + 1' 16" 8 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ AST 2010 + 1' 31" 9 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2010 + 1' 40" 10 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL OLO 2010 + 1' 42" Stage 7 10 July 2010 — Tournus to Station des Rousses, 165.5 km 1 on The Tour's first stage in the mountains has six climbs in the Jura, three in the second category, two in the third, and one in the fourth. The two most difficult climbs are the last two, the Col de la Croix de la Serra and the Lamoura, both second-category climbs reaching over 1000 m on in elevation. 4 km on of flat racing follow the Lamoura climb before the stage finish. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-7 July 10, Stage 7: Tournus–Station des Rousses 165.5km 2010-06-16 Cycling News 2010-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100626004052/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-7 2010-06-26 dead After numerous failed attempts at forming a breakaway; a five-man breakaway formed 2 km into the stage. The breakaway was composed of Danilo Hondo of LAM 2010b, Samuel Dumoulin of COF 2010, Rubén Pérez of EUS 2010, Christian Knees of MRM 2010, and King of the Mountains classification leader Jérôme Pineau of QST 2010. Hondo crossed the first three intermediate sprints of the stage first. Sylvain Chavanel crossed the fourth and final intermediate sprint of the stage first. Pineau crossed the first five classified mountains first, increasing his lead in the King of the Mountains classification. On the ascent of the second to last climb of the day, the Col de la Croix de la Serra, everyone started attacking and other riders started to fall off the back of the peloton at an alarming rate. When the peloton reached the penultimate climb a large group of riders jumped off the front of the peloton to chase after Pineau and the slowing Hondo. When the breakaway reached the final mountain the breakaway only contained two riders, Pineau and Hondo. On the final climb Pineau had climbed away from Hondo; who was beginning to crack. Sylvain Chavanel was a member of the chase group that broke away from the peloton on the Col de la Croix de la Serra. Chavanel attacked and started gaining ground fast, he quickly caught Hondo and then his own teammate Pineau. Chavanel would go on by himself to claim the stage win, his second of this year's Tour, and the maillot jaune. Pineau won the most combative rider of Stage 7. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-7/results Frenchman recaptures yellow 2010-07-10 Cycling News 2010-07-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20100710124938/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-7/results 2010-07-10 dead Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2010 4h 22' 52" 2 Rafael Valls ESP FOT 2010 + 57" 3 Juan Manuel Gárate ESP RAB 2010 + 1' 27" 4 Thomas Voeckler FRA BTL 2010 + 1' 40" 5 Mathieu Perget FRA 20px|A jersey with a white rider number on a red background GCE 2010 + 1' 40" 6 Daniel Moreno ESP OLO 2010 + 1' 40" 7 Pierrick Fédrigo FRA BTL 2010 + 1' 47" 8 Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2010 + 1' 47" 9 Rubén Plaza ESP GCE 2010 + 1' 47" 10 Eros Capecchi ITA FOT 2010 + 1' 47"General classification after stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Sylvain Chavanel FRA 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. QST 2010 33h 01' 23" 2 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 + 1' 25" 3 Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2010 + 1' 32" 4 Andy Schleck LUX 20px|White jersey SAX 2010 + 1' 55" 5 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background AST 2010 + 2' 17" 6 Alberto Contador ESP 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background AST 2010 + 2' 26" 7 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL OLO 2010 + 2' 28" 8 Nicolas Roche IRL ALM 2010 + 2' 28" 9 Johan Vansummeren BEL GRM 2010 + 2' 33" 10 Denis Menchov RUS RAB 2010 + 2' 35" Stage 8 11 July 2010 — Station des Rousses to Morzine-Avoriaz, 189 km on Stage 8 was the Tour's first taste of the Alps. Starting at the previous day's concluding town of Station des Rousses, the stage incorporated two Category 1 climbs: the Col de la Ramaz which crested with 35 km on left to race and the summit finish at Morzine-Avoriaz. As the stage wore on, groups began form off the back of the peloton. SKY 2010 set a blistering pace on the ascent of the Les Gets, this caused a group of elite riders to form a trailing group. Soon Lance Armstrong, after crashing twice in the stage, dropped off the back of the peloton. Once word reached AST 2010 they took control of the lead elite group, whipping up the pace.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jul/11/tour-de-france-2010-lance-armstrong London The Guardian Tour de France 2010: Lance Armstrong enters purgatory on Tour too far William Fotheringham 2010-07-11 12 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100713220142/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/jul/11/tour-de-france-2010-lance-armstrong 13 July 2010 live This group contained Alberto Contador, Andy Schleck, Cadel Evans, and about 30 others. Once the group reached the flamme rouge, attacks began, aiming at the stage win. Andy Schleck attacked, with Samuel Sánchez trailing him. Schleck out-sprinted Sánchez at the finish for his first Tour stage win. Cadel Evans took the yellow jersey gaining from Sylvain Chavanel. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-8 July 11, Stage 8: Station des Rousses–Morzine-Avoriaz 189km 2010-06-16 Cycling News 2010-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100628130000/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-8 2010-06-28 dead http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-8/results Advantage Schleck on first major mountain stage 2010-07-11 Cycling News 2010-07-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20100712140018/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-8/results 2010-07-12 dead Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Andy Schleck LUX 20px|White jersey SAX 2010 4h 54' 11" 2 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2010 s.t. 3 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2010 + 10" 4 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2010 + 10" 5 Alberto Contador ESP 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background AST 2010 + 10" 6 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 + 10" 7 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL OLO 2010 + 10" 8 Levi Leipheimer USA RSH 2010 + 10" 9 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2010 + 10" 10 Denis Menchov RUS RAB 2010 + 10"General classification after stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Cadel Evans AUS 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. BMC 2010 37h 57' 09" 2 Andy Schleck LUX 20px|White jersey SAX 2010 + 20" 3 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2010 + 1' 01" 4 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL OLO 2010 + 1' 03" 5 Denis Menchov RUS 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background RAB 2010 + 1' 10" 6 Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2010 + 1' 11" 7 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2010 + 1' 45" 8 Levi Leipheimer USA RSH 2010 + 2' 14" 9 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2010 + 2' 15" 10 Michael Rogers AUS THR 2010 + 2' 31" Stage 9 13 July 2010 — Morzine-Avoriaz to Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, 204.5 km 1 on After the first rest day, at Morzine-Avoriaz,http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/rest-day-one July 12, Rest day one: Morzine-Avoriaz 2010-06-16 Cycling News 2010-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100628123502/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/rest-day-one 28 June 2010 dead dmy-all the next Alpine stage contains one of this Tour's hardest climbs, the hors catégorie Col de la Madeleine. The Col de la Colombière and the Col des Saisies, both first-category, are visited earlier in the stage, and the finish line comes after the descent from the Madeleine and a short flat section. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-9 July 13, Stage 9: Morzine-Avoriaz–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne 204.5km 2010-06-16 Cycling News 2010-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100708055518/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-9 2010-07-08 dead Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Sandy Casar FRA FDJ 2010b 5h 38' 10" 2 Luis León Sánchez ESP GCE 2010 s.t. 3 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2010b s.t. 4 Christophe Moreau FRA GCE 2010 + 2" 5 Anthony Charteau FRA BTL 2010 + 2" 6 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2010 + 2" 7 Andy Schleck LUX 20px|White jersey SAX 2010 + 2" 8 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2010 + 52" 9 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2010 + 2' 07" 10 Levi Leipheimer USA RSH 2010 + 2' 07"General classification after stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Andy Schleck LUX 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. 20px|White jersey SAX 2010 43h 35' 41" 2 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2010 + 41" 3 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2010 + 2' 45" 4 Denis Menchov RUS RAB 2010 + 2' 58" 5 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL OLO 2010 + 3' 31" 6 Levi Leipheimer USA RSH 2010 + 3' 59" 7 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2010 + 4' 22" 8 Luis León Sánchez ESP 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background 20px|A jersey with a white rider number on a red background GCE 2010 + 4' 41" 9 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2010 + 5' 08" 10 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2010 + 5' 09" Stage 10 14 July 2010 — Chambéry to Gap, 179 km on The Bastille Day stage gives a last taste of the Alps for the 2010 Tour. There are three categorized climbs on course, starting with first-category Côte de Laffrey, and finishing with the second-category Col du Noyer; the tallest of them all. The finish into Gap is on a descent, from the Noyer and then from an uncategorized hill. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-10 July 14, Stage 10: Chambéry–Gap 179km 2010-06-16 Cycling News 2010-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100712023656/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-10 2010-07-12 dead Numerous breakaways tried to form, but none were successful at the beginning of the stage. 36 km into the stage a breakaway finally got clear of the peloton. The break contained Mario Aerts of SIL 2010, Dries Devenyns of QST 2010, Vasil Kiryienka of GCE 2010, and RSH 2010's Sérgio Paulinho. The breakaway was later joined by two Frenchmen, Maxime Bouet of ALM 2010 and Pierre Rolland of BBO 2010. No one in the breakaway was seen as a threat to Andy Schleck, the new wearer of the maillot jaune. The closest rider to him in the break was thirty minutes behind at the start of the stage. The peloton did not really make an effort to catch the breakaway, letting the breakaway's advantage rise to the twelve-minute mark for most of the stage. As the breakaway passed under the 10 km to go banner, the breakaway members began to attack. The first attack was by Devenyns, but he was soon passed. Paulinho sprinted in front of Devenyns, and Kiryienka followed closely behind. The two would gain a minutes advantage over the other riders that were in the chase group. As the finish approached Paulinho sprinted from behind Kiryienka to grab the stage win. Jerome Pineau reclaimed the lead in the King of the Mountains Classification by one point. Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-10/results Kiryienka denied in two-man sprint 2010-07-14 Cycling News 2010-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100715054604/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-10/results 2010-07-15 dead Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Sérgio Paulinho POR RSH 2010 5h 10' 56" 2 Vasil Kiryienka BLR 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background GCE 2010 s.t. 3 Dries Devenyns BEL QST 2010 + 1' 29" 4 Pierre Rolland FRA BTL 2010 + 1' 29" 5 Mario Aerts BEL OLO 2010 + 1' 33" 6 Maxime Bouet FRA ALM 2010 + 3' 20" 7 Nicolas Roche IRL ALM 2010 + 12' 58" 8 Rémi Pauriol FRA COF 2010 + 13' 57" 9 Mark Cavendish GBR THR 2010 + 14' 19" 10 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LAM 2010b + 14' 19"General classification after stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Andy Schleck LUX 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. 20px|White jersey SAX 2010 49h 00' 56" 2 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2010 + 41" 3 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2010 + 2' 45" 4 Denis Menchov RUS RAB 2010 + 2' 58" 5 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL OLO 2010 + 3' 31" 6 Levi Leipheimer USA RSH 2010 + 3' 59" 7 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2010 + 4' 22" 8 Luis León Sánchez ESP 20px|A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background GCE 2010 + 4' 41" 9 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2010 + 5' 08" 10 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2010 + 5' 09" References 30em 2010 Tour de France P 10 11 20 Category:2010 Tour de France Category:Tour de France stages Tour de France Tour de France