2010 UCI ProTour

6th season of the cycling tournament

2010 UCI ProTourSixth edition of the UCI ProTour

Details
Dates| 19 January – 12 September
Location| Australia, Canada and Europe
Races| 16

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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 Team RadioShack and British based Team Sky, joined the ProTour, while the licenses of Bbox Bouygues Telecom and Cofidis were not renewed. The Lampre–Farnese Vini 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: Fuji–Servetto became Footon–Servetto–Fuji, a second name sponsor saw Garmin–Slipstream rename as Garmin–Transitions, and the name of the company, rather than one of its products, is featured in the change from Silence–Lotto to Omega Pharma–Lotto. Immediately before the Tour de France in July, two more teams altered their names: Française des Jeux simplified their name to FDJ, while Lampre–Farnese Vini became Lampre–Farnese.

## 2010 UCI ProTour races

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Source:[1]

Dates  | Race  | Winner  | UCI World Ranking leader

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19–24 January  |  Tour Down Under |  André Greipel (GER)
(Team HTC–Columbia)  |  André Greipel (GER)
(Team HTC–Columbia)
22–28 March  |  Volta a Catalunya |  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)
(Team Katusha)  |  Luis León Sánchez (ESP)
(Caisse d'Epargne)[2]
28 March  |  Gent–Wevelgem |  Bernhard Eisel (AUT)
(Team HTC–Columbia)
4 April  |  Tour of Flanders |  Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
(Team Saxo Bank)
5–10 April  |  Tour of the Basque Country |  Chris Horner (USA)
(Team RadioShack)
18 April  |  Amstel Gold Race |  Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
(Omega Pharma–Lotto)
27 April–2 May  |  Tour de Romandie |  Simon Špilak (SLO)
(Lampre–Farnese Vini)[3] |  Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
(Omega Pharma–Lotto)[4]
6–13 June  |  Critérium du Dauphiné |  Janez Brajkovič (SLO)
(Team RadioShack)  |  Cadel Evans (AUS)
(BMC Racing Team)
12–20 June  |  Tour de Suisse |  Fränk Schleck (LUX)
(Team Saxo Bank)
31 July  |  Clásica de San Sebastián |  Luis León Sánchez (ESP)
(Caisse d'Epargne)  |  Alberto Contador (ESP)
(Astana)[5]
1–7 August  |  Tour de Pologne |  Dan Martin (IRL)
(Garmin–Transitions)
15 August  |  Vattenfall Cyclassics |  Tyler Farrar (USA)
(Garmin–Transitions)
17–24 August  |  /  Eneco Tour |  Tony Martin (GER)
(Team HTC–Columbia)
22 August  |  GP Ouest-France |  Matthew Goss (AUS)
(Team HTC–Columbia)
10 September  |  Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec |  Thomas Voeckler (FRA)
(Bbox Bouygues Telecom)
12 September  |  Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal |  Robert Gesink (NED)
(Rabobank)

## Teams

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Source:[6]

Code  | Team Name  | Bike

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`ALM` |  | Ag2r–La Mondiale | Kuota
`AST` |  | Astana | Specialized
`GCE` |  | Caisse d'Epargne | Pinarello
`EUS` |  | Euskaltel–Euskadi | Orbea
`FOT` |  | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | Fuji
`FDJ` |  | FDJ*  | Lapierre
`GRM` |  | Garmin–Transitions | Felt
`LAM` |  | Lampre–Farnese#  | Wilier
`LIQ` |  | Liquigas–Doimo | Cannondale
`OLO` |  | Omega Pharma–Lotto | Canyon
`QST` |  | Quick-Step | Eddy Merckx
`RAB` |  | Rabobank | Giant
`SKY` |  | Team Sky | Pinarello
`THR` |  | Team HTC–Columbia | Specialized
`KAT` |  | Team Katusha | Ridley
`MRM` |  | Team Milram | Focus
`RSH` |  | Team RadioShack | Trek
`SAX` |  | Team Saxo Bank | Specialized

1.     known as Lampre–Farnese Vini until 28 June.

*     known as Française des Jeux until 2 July.

## References

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1. ^ "2010 UCI ProTour Races". UCI. Archived from the original on 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
2. ^ Sánchez took the lead in the World Rankings after the 2010 Paris–Nice, which is not part of the ProTour
3. ^ Alejandro Valverde was initially credited as winner of the race, but his results were removed as part of a retroactive suspension
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ Contador took the lead in the World Rankings after the 2010 Tour de France, which is not part of the ProTour.
6. ^ "UCI ProTour: 2010 teams". UCI. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-03.

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* Tour Down Under
* Tour of Flanders
* Tour of the Basque Country
* Gent–Wevelgem
* Amstel Gold Race
* Tour de Romandie
* Volta a Catalunya
* Critérium du Dauphiné
* Tour de Suisse
* Clásica de San Sebastián
* Eneco Tour
* GP Ouest-France
* Deutschland Tour
* Vattenfall Cyclassics
* Tour de Pologne
* Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
* Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

*[GER]: Germany
*[ESP]: Spain
*[AUT]: Austria
*[SUI]: Switzerland
*[USA]: United States
*[BEL]: Belgium
*[SLO]: Slovenia
*[AUS]: Australia
*[LUX]: Luxembourg
*[IRL]: Ireland
*[FRA]: France
*[NED]: Netherlands
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