2010 Tour of Britain

October 2011 October 2020 2010 Tour of Britain Blue Anchor level crossing cycle tour leader.jpg The intermediate sprint at Blue Anchor, led by Borut Božič 280px UCI Europe Tour 11–18 September 2010 8 1223 km 29h 23' 47" Michael Albasini SUI THR 2010 yellow Borut Božič SLO VAC 2010 Greg Henderson NZL SKY 2010 Greg Henderson NZL SKY 2010 blue Johnny Hoogerland NED VAC 2010 red Michał Gołaś POL VAC 2010 white VAC 2010 2009 2011 The 2010 Tour of Britain was a UCI 2.1http://62.50.72.82/ucisite/uciiframe%5Cevents%5Chtml%5CUciIFrameCalendarROA_2010_EUR_eng.htm 2009–2010 UCI Road Calendar 27 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100527054902/http://62.50.72.82/ucisite/uciiframe%5Cevents%5Chtml%5CUciIFrameCalendarROA_2010_EUR_eng.htm Union Cycliste Internationale dead 20 April 2010 category race of eight stages that was held from 11 to 18 September 2010. The race was the seventh edition of the latest version of the Tour of Britain and the 71st British tour in total. It formed part of the 2009–2010 UCI Europe Tour. The race began in Rochdale and ended with a circuit stage in London.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/apr/20/tour-britain-2010-norfolk-suffolk-essex Tour of Britain 2010 to take in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Wales 20 April 2010 The Guardian UK Simon Burnton 20 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100423151906/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/apr/20/tour-britain-2010-norfolk-suffolk-essex 23 April 2010 live The Tour was won by a THR rider for the second successive year, as Switzerland's Michael Albasini won the race by over a minute.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/sep/18/henderson-tour-britain-team-sky William Fotheringham Henderson wins Tour of Britain points jersey in near miss for Team Sky 18 September 2010 The Guardian UK Guardian Media Group 19 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100922234733/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/sep/18/henderson-tour-britain-team-sky 22 September 2010 live Participating teams UCI ProTour Teams GRM – GRM 2010 THR – THR 2010 SAX – SAX 2010 SKY – SKY 2010 UCI Professional Continental Teams CSF – CSF 2010 CTT – CTT 2010 SKS – SKS 2010 TSV – TSV 2010 ISD – ISD 2010 VAC – VAC 2010 UCI Continental Teams SKT – SKT 2010 EDR – Endura Racing MPT – MPT 2010 RAL – RAL 2010 RCS – RCS 2010 SGS – SGS 2010 Other Teams IRE – Ireland National Team Stages Stage 1 11 September 2010 – Rochdale to Blackpool, 126 km mi on Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER THR 2010 3h 16' 48" 2 Manuel Belletti ITA CSF 2010 s.t. 3 Greg Henderson NZL SKY 2010 s.t. 4 Alex Rasmussen DEN SAX 2010 s.t. 5 Martin Reimer GER CTT 2010 s.t. 6 Robert Wagner GER SKS 2010 s.t. 7 Gianluca Brambilla ITA CSF 2010 s.t. 8 Ed Clancy GBR MPT 2010 s.t. 9 Russell Downing GBR SKY 2010 s.t. 10 Michael Van Staeyen BEL TSV 2010 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER 20px|Greipel was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage 20px|Greipel was awarded the blue jersey as points classification leader after this stage THR 2010 3h 16' 36" 2 Manuel Belletti ITA CSF 2010 + 6" 3 Greg Henderson NZL SKY 2010 + 8" 4 Russell Downing GBR SKY 2010 + 8" 5 Richie Porte AUS 20px|Porte was awarded the white jersey as sprints classification leader after this stage SAX 2010 + 9" 6 Martin Reimer GER CTT 2010 + 11" 7 Wout Poels NED 20px|Poels was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification leader after this stage VAC 2010 + 11" 8 Alex Rasmussen DEN SAX 2010 + 12" 9 Robert Wagner GER SKS 2010 + 12" 10 Gianluca Brambilla ITA CSF 2010 + 12" Stage 2 12 September 2010 – Stoke-on-Trent, 160 km mi on Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Greg Henderson NZL SKY 2010 3h 59' 52" 2 Michael Albasini SUI THR 2010 s.t. 3 Heinrich Haussler AUS CTT 2010 s.t. 4 Koen de Kort NED SKS 2010 s.t. 5 Patrik Sinkewitz GER ISD 2010 s.t. 6 Travis Meyer AUS GRM 2010 + 3" 7 Michał Gołaś POL VAC 2010 + 3" 8 Johnny Hoogerland NED VAC 2010 + 3" 9 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2010 + 3" 10 Dan Craven NAM RCS 2010 + 3"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Greg Henderson NZL 20px|Henderson was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage 20px|Henderson was awarded the blue jersey as points classification leader after this stage SKY 2010 7h 16' 23" 2 Michael Albasini SUI THR 2010 + 14" 3 Heinrich Haussler AUS CTT 2010 + 14" 4 Richie Porte AUS 20px|Porte was awarded the white jersey as sprints classification leader after this stage 20px|Porte was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification leader after this stage SAX 2010 + 14" 5 Koen de Kort NED SKS 2010 + 17" 6 Michał Gołaś POL VAC 2010 + 18" 7 Patrik Sinkewitz GER ISD 2010 + 18" 8 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2010 + 20" 9 Travis Meyer AUS GRM 2010 + 23" 10 Dan Craven NAM RCS 2010 + 23" Stage 3 13 September 2010 – Newtown to Swansea, 150 km mi on Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Michael Albasini SUI THR 2010 3h 40' 37" 2 Ian Bibby GBR MPT 2010 + 8" 3 Stijn Neirynck BEL TSV 2010 + 8" 4 Cameron Meyer AUS GRM 2010 + 21" 5 Mark McNally GBR SKT 2010 + 28" 6 Simon Richardson GBR SGS 2010 + 31" 7 Richie Porte AUS 20px|Porte was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification leader prior to this stage SAX 2010 + 1' 15" 8 Jack Bauer NZL Endura Racing + 1' 16" 9 Tony Martin GER THR 2010 + 1' 18" 10 Johnny Hoogerland NED VAC 2010 + 1' 24"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Michael Albasini SUI 20px|Albasini was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage THR 2010 10h 57' 01" 2 Greg Henderson NZL 20px|Henderson was awarded the blue jersey as points classification leader after this stage SKY 2010 + 1' 26" 3 Richie Porte AUS 20px|Porte was awarded the white jersey as sprints classification leader after this stage 20px|Porte was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification leader after this stage SAX 2010 + 1' 28" 4 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2010 + 1' 41" 5 Johnny Hoogerland NED VAC 2010 + 1' 46" 6 Michał Gołaś POL VAC 2010 + 2' 08" 7 Patrik Sinkewitz GER ISD 2010 + 2' 08" 8 Travis Meyer AUS GRM 2010 + 2' 10" 9 Christian Meier CAN GRM 2010 + 2' 10" 10 Rob Partridge GBR Endura Racing + 2' 13" Stage 4 14 September 2010 – Minehead to Teignmouth, 171 km Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Wout Poels NED VAC 2010 4h 30' 35" 2 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2010 + 5" 3 Koen de Kort NED SKS 2010 + 5" 4 Jack Bauer NZL Endura Racing + 5" 5 Patrik Sinkewitz GER ISD 2010 + 5" 6 Richie Porte AUS 20px|Porte was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification leader prior to this stage SAX 2010 + 5" 7 Michael Albasini SUI 20px|Albasini was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader prior to this stage THR 2010 + 5" 8 Johnny Hoogerland NED VAC 2010 + 5" 9 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA CSF 2010 + 11" 10 Alex Rasmussen DEN SAX 2010 + 15"General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Michael Albasini SUI 20px|Albasini was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage 20px|Albasini was awarded the blue jersey as points classification leader after this stage THR 2010 15h 27' 41" 2 Richie Porte AUS 20px|Porte was awarded the white jersey as sprints classification leader after this stage SAX 2010 + 1' 28" 3 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2010 + 1' 32" 4 Greg Henderson NZL SKY 2010 + 1' 36" 5 Johnny Hoogerland NED 20px|Hoogerland was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification leader after this stage VAC 2010 + 1' 42" 6 Patrik Sinkewitz GER ISD 2010 + 2' 08" 7 Christian Meier CAN GRM 2010 + 2' 30" 8 Rob Partridge GBR Endura Racing + 2' 32" 9 Koen de Kort NED SKS 2010 + 2' 43" 10 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2010 + 5' 38" Stage 5 15 September 2010 – Tavistock to Glastonbury, 176 km mi on Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Marco Frapporti ITA CSF 2010 4h 16' 10" 2 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2010 + 13" 3 Lucas Sebastián Haedo ARG SAX 2010 + 32" 4 Iker Camaño ESP Endura Racing + 32" 5 Michał Gołaś POL VAC 2010 + 32" 6 Pieter Ghyllebert BEL SKT 2010 + 50" 7 Dan Martin IRL GRM 2010 + 51" 8 Ronan van Zandbeek NED SKS 2010 + 6' 36" 9 Pim Ligthart NED VAC 2010 + 9' 18" 10 Stijn Neirynck BEL TSV 2010 + 9' 18"General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 Michael Albasini SUI 20px|Albasini was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage 20px|Albasini was awarded the blue jersey as points classification leader after this stage THR 2010 19h 53' 09" 2 Richie Porte AUS SAX 2010 + 1' 28" 3 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2010 + 1' 32" 4 Greg Henderson NZL SKY 2010 + 1' 36" 5 Johnny Hoogerland NED 20px|Hoogerland was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification leader after this stage VAC 2010 + 1' 42" 6 Patrik Sinkewitz GER ISD 2010 + 2' 08" 7 Christian Meier CAN GRM 2010 + 2' 30" 8 Rob Partridge GBR Endura Racing + 2' 32" 9 Koen de Kort NED SKS 2010 + 2' 43" 10 Marco Frapporti ITA CSF 2010 + 3' 36" Stage 6 16 September 2010 – King's Lynn to Great Yarmouth, 189 km mi on Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER THR 2010 4h 09' 05" 2 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2010 s.t. 3 Lucas Sebastián Haedo ARG SAX 2010 s.t. 4 Greg Henderson NZL SKY 2010 s.t. 5 Pierpaolo De Negri ITA ISD 2010 s.t. 6 Stijn Neirynck BEL TSV 2010 s.t. 7 Koen de Kort NED SKS 2010 s.t. 8 Marco Frapporti ITA CSF 2010 s.t. 9 Robert Wagner GER SKS 2010 s.t. 10 Ed Clancy GBR MPT 2010 s.t.General Classification after Stage 6 RiderTeamTime 1 Michael Albasini SUI 20px|Albasini was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage THR 2010 24h 02' 14" 2 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2010 + 1' 26" 3 Richie Porte AUS SAX 2010 + 1' 27" 4 Greg Henderson NZL 20px|Henderson was awarded the blue jersey as points classification leader after this stage SKY 2010 + 1' 33" 5 Johnny Hoogerland NED 20px|Hoogerland was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification leader after this stage VAC 2010 + 1' 37" 6 Patrik Sinkewitz GER ISD 2010 + 2' 08" 7 Christian Meier CAN GRM 2010 + 2' 30" 8 Rob Partridge GBR Endura Racing + 2' 32" 9 Koen de Kort NED SKS 2010 + 2' 43" 10 Marco Frapporti ITA CSF 2010 + 3' 36" Stage 7 17 September 2010 – Bury St Edmunds to Colchester, 151 km mi on Stage 7 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2010 3h 24' 15" 2 Greg Henderson NZL 20px|Henderson was awarded the blue jersey as points classification leader prior to this stage SKY 2010 s.t. 3 Richie Porte AUS SAX 2010 + 3" 4 Pierpaolo De Negri ITA ISD 2010 + 3" 5 Koen de Kort NED SKS 2010 + 3" 6 Jonathan McEvoy GBR MPT 2010 + 3" 7 Stijn Neirynck BEL TSV 2010 + 3" 8 Alexandre Blain FRA Endura Racing + 6" 9 Jack Bauer NZL Endura Racing + 6" 10 Zak Dempster AUS RCS 2010 + 6"General Classification after Stage 7 RiderTeamTime 1 Michael Albasini SUI 20px|Albasini was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage THR 2010 27h 26' 40" 2 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2010 + 1' 05" 3 Richie Porte AUS SAX 2010 + 1' 14" 4 Greg Henderson NZL 20px|Henderson was awarded the blue jersey as points classification leader after this stage SKY 2010 + 1' 16" 5 Johnny Hoogerland NED 20px|Hoogerland was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification leader after this stage VAC 2010 + 1' 32" 6 Patrik Sinkewitz GER ISD 2010 + 2' 12" 7 Christian Meier CAN GRM 2010 + 2' 30" 8 Rob Partridge GBR Endura Racing + 2' 32" 9 Koen de Kort NED SKS 2010 + 2' 35" 10 Marco Frapporti ITA CSF 2010 + 3' 31" Stage 8 18 September 2010 – London, 100 km mi on The final stage of the 2010 edition was a circuit race in Newham, London. It was originally intended that the final stage would be in the centre of London but, due to the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to London, the organisers were forced to find an alternative location.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/446579/pope-s-visit-may-force-tour-of-britain-to-move-london-stage.html Pope's visit may force Tour of Britain to move London stage 15 March 2010 Lionel Birnie 20 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100322231523/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/446579/pope-s-visit-may-force-tour-of-britain-to-move-london-stage.html 22 March 2010 live Stage 8 Result RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER THR 2010 1h 57' 07" 2 Lucas Sebastián Haedo ARG SAX 2010 s.t. 3 Roger Hammond GBR CTT 2010 s.t. 4 Greg Henderson NZL 20px|Henderson was awarded the blue jersey as points classification leader prior to this stage SKY 2010 s.t. 5 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2010 s.t. 6 Robert Wagner GER SKS 2010 s.t. 7 Russell Downing GBR SKY 2010 s.t. 8 Ed Clancy GBR MPT 2010 s.t. 9 Marco Frapporti ITA CSF 2010 s.t. 10 Zak Dempster AUS RCS 2010 s.t.Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Michael Albasini SUI 20px|Albasini was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification winner THR 2010 29h 23' 47" 2 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2010 + 1' 05" 3 Greg Henderson NZL 20px|Henderson was awarded the blue jersey as points classification winner SKY 2010 + 1' 10" 4 Richie Porte AUS SAX 2010 + 1' 13" 5 Johnny Hoogerland NED 20px|Hoogerland was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification winner VAC 2010 + 1' 32" 6 Patrik Sinkewitz GER ISD 2010 + 2' 12" 7 Christian Meier CAN GRM 2010 + 2' 30" 8 Rob Partridge GBR Endura Racing + 2' 32" 9 Koen de Kort NED SKS 2010 + 2' 35" 10 Marco Frapporti ITA CSF 2010 + 3' 31" Classification leadership StageWinnerGeneral classification25pxSprint Classification25pxMountains Classification25pxPoints Classification25pxTeam Classification 1 André Greipel André Greipel Richie Porte Wout Poels André Greipel CSF 2010 2 Greg Henderson Greg Henderson Richie Porte Greg Henderson VAC 2010 3 Michael Albasini Michael Albasini 4 Wout Poels Johnny Hoogerland Michael Albasini 5 Marco Frapporti Michał Gołaś 6 André Greipel Greg Henderson 7 Borut Božič 8 André Greipel Final Michael Albasini Michał Gołaś Johnny Hoogerland Greg Henderson VAC 2010 References External links 2010 Tour of Britain Official Website 2010 Tour of Britain Category:September 2010 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:2010 in sport in London