2010 Tour de France#Stages

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{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 2010 Tour de France

| series = 2010 UCI World Ranking

| race_no = 17

| season_no = 26

| image = Route of the 2010 Tour de France.png

| image_caption = Route of the 2010 Tour de France

| image_alt = Map of France with red lines indicating the route of the 2010 Tour de France, showing that this Tour started in the Netherlands, visited the Alps and then the Pyrenees, and finished in Paris.

| image_size = 360px

| date = 3–25 July 2010

| stages = 20 + Prologue

| distance = 3642

| unit = km

| time = 91h 59' 27"

| first = Alberto Contador Andy Schleck

| first_nat = LUX

| first_color = yellow

| first_team = {{UCI team code|SAX|2010}}

| second = Denis Menchov Samuel Sánchez

| second_nat = ESP

| second_team = {{UCI team code|EUS|2010}}

| third = Jurgen Van den Broeck

| third_nat = BEL

| third_team = {{UCI team code|OLO|2010}}

| points = Alessandro Petacchi

| points_nat = ITA

| points_color = green

| points_team = {{UCI team code|LAM|2010b}}

| mountains = Anthony Charteau

| mountains_nat = FRA

| mountains_color = polkadot

| mountains_team = {{UCI team code|BBO|2010}}

| youth = Andy Schleck

| youth_nat = LUX

| youth_color = white

| youth_team = {{UCI team code|SAX|2010}}

| team = {{UCI team code|RSH|2010}}

| team_color = yellow_number

| combativity = Sylvain Chavanel

| combativity_nat = FRA

| combativity_team = {{UCI team code|QST|2010}}

| combativity_color = red_number

| previous = 2009

| next = 2011

}}

The 2010 Tour de France was the 97th edition of the Tour de France cycle race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started on {{Nowrap|3 July}} with an 8.9 km prologue time trial in Rotterdam, the first start in the Netherlands since 1996.{{cite news | title=Rotterdam to host 2010 Tour start | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7740240.stm | publisher=BBC Sport | date=20 November 2008 | access-date=22 July 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709215935/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7740240.stm | archive-date=9 July 2009 | url-status=live }} The race visited three countries: the Netherlands, Belgium and France, and finished on {{Nowrap|25 July}} on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

The total length was {{convert|3642|km|mi}} including {{convert|60.9|km|mi}} in time-trials. Following an opening prologue time trial, the first three stages passed through the Netherlands and Belgium on routes designed to replicate some features of the spring classic cycle races. This included seven cobblestone sectors totaling {{convert|13.2|km|mi}}, the longest distance of cobblestones in the Tour since 1983, on stage 3.{{cite web|url= http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/COURSE/us/le_parcours.html|title=Tour de France 2010 – The route|publisher=Tour de France|access-date=14 October 2009|date=14 October 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091016053229/http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/COURSE/us/le_parcours.html| archive-date= 16 October 2009 | url-status= dead}} There were six mountain stages, three of them with mountaintop finishes, and two medium mountain stages. In the 100th anniversary year of their first inclusion on the Tour, the emphasis was on the Pyrenees, with two ascents of the Col du Tourmalet.

The Tour was initially won by Alberto Contador, who was later revealed to have failed a doping test. After a series of events, the CAS finally decided in February 2012 that Contador would lose his results from 2010, declaring Andy Schleck the new winner.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cas-sanction-contador-with-two-year-ban-in-clenbuterol-case|title=CAS sanctions Contador with two-year ban in clenbutorol case|date=6 February 2012|access-date=6 February 2012|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|work=Cyclingnews|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707175038/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cas-sanction-contador-with-two-year-ban-in-clenbuterol-case|archive-date=7 July 2014|url-status=live}} Schleck also won the young riders' competition for the third time running. France's Anthony Charteau won the polkadot jersey as the King of the Mountains whilst the Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi won the green jersey for victory in the points classification.

Teams

{{main list|List of teams and cyclists in the 2010 Tour de France}}

Twenty-two teams with a total of nine riders accepted invitations to participate in the 2010 Tour de France.{{cite web|title=Tour de France 2010 – Riders list|url=http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/RIDERS/us/partants.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731002022/http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/RIDERS/us/partants.html|archive-date=31 July 2010|url-status=dead}} Sixteen of the teams were covered by a September 2008 agreement with the Union Cycliste Internationale, including two no longer part of the UCI ProTour. Six other teams, including the four ProTour teams not guaranteed a place, accepted their invitations.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/tour-de-france/448619/tour-de-france-wildcard-place-awarded-to-team-sky.html|title=Tour de France wildcard place awarded to Team Sky|publisher=Cycling Weekly|date=30 March 2010|access-date=22 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604022259/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/tour-de-france/448619/tour-de-france-wildcard-place-awarded-to-team-sky.html|archive-date=4 June 2010|url-status=live}}

The teams entering the race were:{{cite web|title=Tour de France 2010 – Teams and riders|url=http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/LIVE/us/equipes_presentation.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731000316/http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/LIVE/us/equipes_presentation.html|archive-date=31 July 2010|url-status=dead}}

Qualified teams

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  • {{UCI team code|ALM|2010}}
  • {{UCI team code|AST|2010}}
  • {{UCI team code|BBO|2010}} {{dagger}}
  • {{UCI team code|GCE|2010}}
  • {{UCI team code|COF|2010}} {{dagger}}
  • {{UCI team code|EUS|2010}}
  • {{UCI team code|FOT|2010}}
  • {{UCI team code|FDJ|2010b}}
  • {{UCI team code|LAM|2010b}}
  • {{UCI team code|LIQ|2010}}
  • {{UCI team code|SIL|2010}}
  • {{UCI team code|QST|2010}}
  • {{UCI team code|RAB|2010}}
  • {{UCI team code|THR|2010}}
  • {{UCI team code|MRM|2010}}
  • {{UCI team code|SAX|2010}}

{{div col end}}

Invited teams

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  • {{UCI team code|BMC|2010}} {{dagger}}
  • {{UCI team code|CTT|2010}} {{dagger}}
  • {{UCI team code|GRM|2010}}
  • {{UCI team code|KAT|2010}}
  • {{UCI team code|RSH|2010}}
  • {{UCI team code|SKY|2010}}

{{div col end}}

{{dagger}}: Teams not part of the ProTour.

Pre-race favourites

Before the start of the race, Contador was the overall race favourite.{{cite news|last=Macur|first=Juliet|title=Plenty of Contenders at the Tour de France|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/sports/02tourcapsules.html?scp=23&sq=tour%20de%20france%20preview&st=cse|date=1 July 2010|access-date=1 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920074302/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/sports/02tourcapsules.html?scp=23&sq=tour%20de%20france%20preview&st=cse|archive-date=20 September 2011|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.espnstar.com/other-sports/news/detail/item460692/The-2010-Tour-de-France-favourites/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122125615/http://www.espnstar.com/other-sports/news/detail/item460692/The-2010-Tour-de-France-favourites/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=22 January 2013 |title=Other Sports | The 2010 Tour de France favourites |publisher=Espnstar.Com |access-date=10 July 2012}} Among the other favourites were Andy Schleck, Cadel Evans, and Lance Armstrong. The US media, led by the US Tour broadcaster Versus, pitched the race as a showdown between Contador and Armstrong, both multi-tour champions going in. It has been since pointed out, however, that Armstrong's chances were perhaps exaggerated prior to the race; the two had already met that year in a two-day race in March at the Critérium International and Contador had finished four minutes ahead of Armstrong.{{cite web|last=Gifford|first=Bill|title=All Downhill From Here|publisher=Slate|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2260464/pagenum/all/|date=15 July 2010|access-date=1 August 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100722135535/http://www.slate.com/id/2260464/pagenum/all/| archive-date= 22 July 2010 | url-status= live}}

Route and stages

The official Tour presentation was held on 14 October 2009. It was the third consecutive Grand Tour to begin in the Netherlands, as the 2009 Vuelta a España began in Assen, and the 2010 Giro d'Italia in Amsterdam.{{cite web | title=2010 Giro d'Italia to start in Holland | author=Cycling Weekly | url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/344855/2010-giro-d-italia-to-start-in-holland.html | publisher=Cycling Weekly | date=31 May 2009 | access-date=6 October 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730220358/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/344855/2010-giro-d-italia-to-start-in-holland.html | archive-date=30 July 2009 | url-status=live}} The race consisted of nine flat stages, six mountain stages (three summit finishes), four medium mountain stages, and two individual time trials, one of them being the opening prologue in Rotterdam. The highest point of elevation in the race was {{convert|2115|m|ft|abbr=on}} at the summit of the Col du Tourmalet mountain pass on stage 17.{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=188}}{{cite web|title=Tour de France 2010 – The Tour summits|url=http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/COURSE/us/les_sommets_du_tour.html|access-date=11 January 2020|work=Tour de France|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731000520/http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/COURSE/us/les_sommets_du_tour.html|archive-date=31 July 2010|url-status=dead}}

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|+ Stage characteristics and winners{{cite web|title=97ème Tour de France 2010|trans-title=98th Tour de France 2010|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf/tdf2010.php|work=Mémoire du cyclisme|access-date=6 April 2020|language=fr}}{{cite web|title=The history of the Tour de France – Year 2010 – The stage winners|url=http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/2010/vainqueurs.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-date=3 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403012430/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/2010/vainqueurs.html|url-status=dead}}

scope="col" | Stage

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Course

! scope="col" | Distance

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Type

! scope="col" | Winner

scope="row" | P

| style="text-align:center;" | 3 July

|Rotterdam (Netherlands)

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|8.9|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;" |File:Time Trial.svg

|Individual time trial

|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Fabian Cancellara|SUI}}}}

scope="row" | 1

| style="text-align:center;" | 4 July

|Rotterdam to Brussels (Belgium)

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|223.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Alessandro Petacchi|ITA}}}}

scope="row" | 2

| style="text-align:center;" | 5 July

|Brussels to Spa (Belgium)

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|201|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Sylvain Chavanel|FRA}}}}

scope="row" | 3

| style="text-align:center;" | 6 July

|Wanze (Belgium) to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|213|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Plainstage.svg

|Flat cobblestone stage

||{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Thor Hushovd|NOR}}}}

scope="row" | 4

| style="text-align:center;" | 7 July

|Cambrai to Reims

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|153.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

||{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Alessandro Petacchi|ITA}}}}

scope="row" | 5

| style="text-align:center;" | 8 July

|Épernay to Montargis

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|187.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

|{{flagathlete|Mark Cavendish|GBR}}

scope="row" | 6

| style="text-align:center;" | 9 July

|Montargis to Gueugnon

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|227.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

|{{flagathlete|Mark Cavendish|GBR}}

scope="row" | 7

| style="text-align:center;" | 10 July

|Tournus to Station des Rousses

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|165.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Mediummountainstage.svg

| Medium mountain stage

|{{flagathlete|Sylvain Chavanel|FRA}}

scope="row" | 8

| style="text-align:center;" | 11 July

|Station des Rousses to Morzine-Avoriaz

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|189|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Mountainstage.svg

| Mountain stage

|{{flagathlete|Andy Schleck|LUX}}

scope="row" |

| style="text-align:center;" | 12 July

| colspan="2" | Morzine-Avoriaz

|

| colspan="2" | Rest day

scope="row" | 9

| style="text-align:center;" | 13 July

|Morzine-Avoriaz to Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|204.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Mountainstage.svg

| Mountain stage

|{{flagathlete|Sandy Casar|FRA}}

scope="row" | 10

| style="text-align:center;" | 14 July

|Chambéry to Gap

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|179|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Mediummountainstage.svg

| Medium mountain stage

|{{flagathlete|Sérgio Paulinho|POR}}

scope="row" | 11

| style="text-align:center;" | 15 July

|Sisteron to Bourg-lès-Valence

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|184.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

|{{flagathlete|Mark Cavendish|GBR}}

scope="row" | 12

| style="text-align:center;" | 16 July

|Bourg-de-Péage to Mende

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|210.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Mediummountainstage.svg

| Medium mountain stage

|{{flagathlete|Joaquim Rodríguez|ESP}}

scope="row" | 13

| style="text-align:center;" | 17 July

|Rodez to Revel

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|196|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

|{{flagathlete|Alexander Vinokourov|KAZ}}

scope="row" | 14

| style="text-align:center;" | 18 July

|Revel to Ax 3 Domaines

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|184.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Mountainstage.svg

| Mountain stage

|{{flagathlete|Christophe Riblon|FRA}}

scope="row" | 15

| style="text-align:center;" | 19 July

|Pamiers to Bagnères-de-Luchon

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|187.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Mountainstage.svg

| Mountain stage

|{{flagathlete|Thomas Voeckler|FRA}}

scope="row" | 16

| style="text-align:center;" | 20 July

|Bagnères-de-Luchon to Pau

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|199.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Mountainstage.svg

| Mountain stage

|{{flagathlete|Pierrick Fédrigo|FRA}}

scope="row" |

| style="text-align:center;" | 21 July

| colspan="2" | Pau

|

| colspan="2" | Rest day

scope="row" | 17

| style="text-align:center;" | 22 July

|Pau to Col du Tourmalet

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|174|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Mountainstage.svg

| Mountain stage

|{{flagathlete|Andy Schleck|LUX}}

scope="row" | 18

| style="text-align:center;" | 23 July

|Salies-de-Béarn to Bordeaux

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|198|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

|{{flagathlete|Mark Cavendish|GBR}}

scope="row" | 19

| style="text-align:center;" | 24 July

|Bordeaux to Pauillac

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|52|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;" |File:Time Trial.svg

|Individual time trial

|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Fabian Cancellara|SUI}}}}

scope="row" | 20

| style="text-align:center;" | 25 July

|Longjumeau to Paris (Champs-Élysées)

| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|102.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Plainstage.svg

| Flat stage

|{{flagathlete|Mark Cavendish|GBR}}

scope="row" |

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Total

| colspan="4" style="text-align:center"| {{convert|3642|km|0|abbr=on}}{{cite web|title=The history of the Tour de France – Year 2010|url=http://www.letour.com/HISTO/us/TDF/2010/index.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=2 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010004736/http://www.letour.com/HISTO/us/TDF/2010/index.html|archive-date=10 October 2016|url-status=dead}}

Race overview

{{main|2010 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10|2010 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20}}

The race started in Rotterdam with a 9 km prologue won by Fabian Cancellara. Sylvain Chavanel claimed the lead from Cancellara on Stage 2, after a massive crash which involved many riders, most notably Andy Schleck, a contender for overall victory, and Alessandro Petacchi. The riders in the peloton chose to wait for the fallen riders.[http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/05072010/2/cycling-big-guns-escape-minor-injuries-tour-crash.html Cycling-Big guns escape with minor injuries in Tour crash – Yahoo! Eurosport]{{Dead link|date=August 2012}} However, on the cobbles of Stage 3, Cancellara retook the overall lead as Chavanel struggled. Fränk Schleck had to retire from the race, having sustained a collarbone fracture on a crash which delayed many of the riders in the peloton, including Contador and Armstrong who were hopeful of finishing high in the general classification. A number of their rivals, including Andy Schleck, Cadel Evans and Ryder Hesjedal, were ahead of the crash and so were able to gain a time advantage. Green jersey contender Thor Hushovd won the stage and took the lead in the Points classification as Geraint Thomas, who was riding in his second Tour, finished 2nd and took the white jersey from Tony Martin, who had been wearing it since the Prologue.

On Stage 7 Chavanel again raced away from the field to take his second stage win and maillot jaune of the 2010 edition of the race, whilst Andy Schleck took the young riders' classification lead from Thomas. Evans took the yellow jersey from Chavanel the following day on Stage 8, and in turn lost the lead to Schleck on Stage 9 following a rest day.

File:Tour de France 2010, stage 9.jpg followed by other favourites on stage 9]]

In Stage 11, Petacchi took the green jersey from Hushovd; Mark Cavendish won the stage, but his leadout rider, Mark Renshaw, was disqualified from the Tour after headbutting Julian Dean while leading out his teammate.{{cite web|author=Les Clarke |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-11/results |title=Cavendish takes win number three |date=15 July 2010 |website=Cycling News|access-date=15 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716180003/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-11/results |archive-date=16 July 2010 |url-status=dead }}

On Stage 15 Schleck was race leader and pressing the pace over the day's final climb of Port de Bales when he threw his chain. Contador and Denis Menchov immediately moved to the front and attacked, pressing the advantage over the crest of the climb and all the way back down into Bagneres-de-Luchon. They were aided by Sammy Sanchez and two others making a group of five riders, all looking to gain time. Schleck chased hard, but had no other riders to help bridge the gap. By stage's end, he had lost the yellow jersey and 39 seconds to Contador. Contador, who now had an eight-second lead in the race, met with a mixed reception as he received the yellow jersey on the podium at the end of the stage.{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jul/19/tour-de-france-2010-stage-15-live|title= Tour de France 2010: Stage 15 – live!|work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=19 July 2010|date=19 July 2010 | first1=Barry | last1=Glendenning| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100722170555/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/jul/19/tour-de-france-2010-stage-15-live| archive-date= 22 July 2010 | url-status= live}}

Contador said that he did not know that Schleck had technical trouble, and that he had already launched an attack by then,{{cite web|url= http://www.as.com/ciclismo/articulo/contador-he-dado-cuenta-le/dasclm/20100719dasdascic_3/Tes|title= Contador: "No me he dado cuenta de lo que le ha pasado a Andy"|publisher=As.com|access-date=19 July 2010|date=19 July 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100722063712/http://www.as.com/ciclismo/articulo/contador-he-dado-cuenta-le/dasclm/20100719dasdascic_3/Tes| archive-date= 22 July 2010 | url-status= live}} but review of the race shows that he was chasing an attack by Schleck, that he nearly struck Schleck as he moved past him, and that he looked back repeatedly on the climb while Schleck struggled to close down the gap.{{cite video|people=Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen |year=2010|title=Le Tour de France 2010|medium=DVD |work=World Cycling Productions|others=Produced by Tim Grady}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/7898720/Tour-de-France-2010-stage-15-Yellow-for-Alberto-Contador-win-for-Thomas-Voeckler.html|title=Tour de France 2010, Stage 15:Yellow for Alberto Contador, Win for Thomas Voeckler|author=Brendan Gallagher|work=The Telegraph|date=19 July 2010|access-date=21 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128151051/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/7898720/Tour-de-France-2010-stage-15-Yellow-for-Alberto-Contador-win-for-Thomas-Voeckler.html|archive-date=28 January 2011|url-status=live}} Hours later, he apologised for the incident.{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdOJLuePexs|title= Alberto Contador explains his feelings about Andy Schleck and himself after Stage 15 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=19 July 2010|date=19 July 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100723190351/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdOJLuePexs| archive-date= 23 July 2010 | url-status= live}} Although he was criticised by Sean Kelly and a number of riders both past and current, he also found support from the likes of Bernard Hinault, Miguel Induráin, Eddy Merckx and Laurent Jalabert.{{cite news|url= http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes/debil/frontera/juego/limpio/elpepudep/20100720elpepudep_8/Tes|title= La débil frontera del juego limpio |work=El País|access-date=20 July 2010|date=20 July 2010}} Cervélo team owner Gerard Vroomen commented: "Contador just gained a great chance to win, but he lost the chance to win greatly."{{cite web|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/07/news/lance-armstrong-other-tour-riders-react-to-port-de-bales-chain-debate_129995|title=Lance Armstrong, other Tour riders, react to Port de Bales chain debate|first=Ben|last=Delaney|work=VeloNews|date=19 July 2010|access-date=21 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229114922/http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/07/news/lance-armstrong-other-tour-riders-react-to-port-de-bales-chain-debate_129995|archive-date=29 December 2010|url-status=live}} This same stage saw Anthony Charteau take the lead in the King of the Mountains competition from fellow Frenchman Jérôme Pineau.

File:Contador en la salida de Pau.jpg in the start of the stage 17 in Pau]]

The 17th stage was considered this Tour's queen stage. The first-category Col de Marie-Blanque and Col du Soulor climbs preceded a grueling summit finish atop of the Hors Catégorie Col de Tourmalet, the second ascent of the Tourmalet of this year's Tour.{{cite web

|author=Cycling News

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|title=July 22, Stage 17: Pau – Col du Tourmalet 174km

|date=16 June 2010

|work=Cycling News

|publisher=Future Publishing Limited

|access-date=2 July 2010

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|archive-date=27 June 2010

|url-status=dead

}} The stage turned into a battle between Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador. The tour's top two riders separated themselves from the field on the final climb. Schleck launched numerous attacks upon Contador in the final 15 kilometres, but was unable to separate from him. Contador coolly stayed on Schleck's wheel, and attacked as well once, but was pulled back by Schleck. Schleck went on to take the stage over Contador, who seemed happy to follow Schleck across the line while holding a seemingly unassailable lead in the GC.{{cite web |author=Lee Walker / Eurosport |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/22072010/58/tour-de-france-schleck-wins-contador-retains-yellow.html |title=Tour de France – Schleck wins but Contador retains yellow – Yahoo! Eurosport |publisher=Uk.eurosport.yahoo.com |access-date=31 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726004359/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/22072010/58/tour-de-france-schleck-wins-contador-retains-yellow.html |archive-date=26 July 2010 |url-status=live }} Meanwhile, Anthony Charteau confirmed his hold on the Polka-dot Jersey, as the Tour completed its final categorised climbs.

On stage 18 Petacchi took the green jersey from Hushovd for the final time. The points classification was hotly contested between these two riders and the jersey changed hands a half dozen times between them throughout the race.

Stage 19 was the final time trial. It was widely expected that Contador would increase his lead over Schleck, who in the past had struggled in this discipline, but the initial going surprised all as Schleck set a high pace that Contador had difficulty matching. By the first time check Schleck had picked up six seconds, cutting Contador's overall lead to just two seconds on the road. By the second time check Contador had recovered his losses and extended his lead over Schleck by six seconds. Over the final third of the course Contador extended his advantage, gaining an additional twenty-five seconds on his rival for an overall gain of thirty-one seconds for the stage.{{cite web |author=Seán Fay / Eurosport |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/24072010/58/tour-de-france-cavendish-bursts-win-bordeaux.html |title=Tour de France – Cavendish bursts to win in Bordeaux – Yahoo! Eurosport |publisher=Uk.eurosport.yahoo.com |access-date=31 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727124410/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/24072010/58/tour-de-france-cavendish-bursts-win-bordeaux.html |archive-date=27 July 2010 |url-status=live }} Fabian Cancellara, the Olympic and World Time Trial Champion, won the stage by seventeen seconds over runner-up Tony Martin. In addition Denis Menchov was able to overtake Samuel Sánchez for third place overall, while Ryder Hesjedal was able to move in front of Joaquim Rodríguez for the seventh place slot in the GC. Contador's first-place lead increased to 39 seconds, essentially guaranteeing him the victory.

The final stage was won by Cavendish, who became the first winner of consecutive Champs-Élysées stages. The Manx sprinter won five stages, more than any other rider in 2010 Tour, taking his career tally to 15 stage wins. Original tour winner Alberto Contador finished surrounded by his Astana teammates. This was his third Tour de France in three consecutive entries, after having won it in 2007 and 2009. Schleck finished in second place for the second year in a row (later to receive the victory after Contador's positive test and subsequent ban) and Menchov completed the podium in third place. Petacchi won the Green jersey. His second-place finish in the final stage gave him enough points to finish just above Cavendish and Hushovd. France's Charteau won the Polka dot jersey.{{cite news|last=Tan|first=Anthony|title=Three victories from France for Contador!|trans-title=Tres victorias de Francia para Contador!|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2010/stage-20/results/|access-date=17 February 2019|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=25 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804171100/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2010/stage-20/results/|archive-date=4 August 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|author=Felix Lowe / Eurosport |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/25072010/58/tour-de-france-cav-wins-contador-makes-three.html |title=Tour de France – Cav wins, Contador makes it three – Yahoo! Eurosport |publisher=Uk.eurosport.yahoo.com |access-date=31 July 2014}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jul/25/tour-de-france-2010-alberto-contador|title=Tour de France 2010: Protocol observed for Alberto Contador's coronation|last=Williams|first=Richard|date=25 July 2010|work=The Guardian|access-date=26 July 2010 | location=London| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100728213734/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/jul/25/tour-de-france-2010-alberto-contador| archive-date= 28 July 2010 | url-status= live}}

=Doping=

In September 2010, Contador revealed that a urine sample he had given on 21 July, a rest day in the 2010 Tour de France, had contained traces of clenbuterol. He has stated, due to the number of other tests he passed and that only a tiny amount of the substance was detected in the one he failed, that food contamination was to blame.{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/11/09/cycling.contador.uci/index.html |title=UCI hands Contador drug issue to Spanish cycling body |publisher=CNN |access-date=12 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223071902/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/11/09/cycling.contador.uci/index.html |archive-date=23 December 2010 |url-status=dead }} The UCI issued a statement reporting that the concentration was 50 picograms per millilitre, and that this was 1/40 the minimum standards of detection capability required by WADA, and that further scientific investigation would be required.{{cite web |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/30092010/58/contador-suspended-positive-test.html |title=Contador suspended after positive test – Yahoo! Eurosport |publisher=Uk.eurosport.yahoo.com |access-date=30 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002064843/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/30092010/58/contador-suspended-positive-test.html |archive-date=2 October 2010 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alberto-contador-tests-positive-for-clenbuterol |title=Alberto Contador Tests Positive For Clenbuterol |date=29 September 2010 |publisher=Cyclingnews.com |access-date=30 September 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101002025223/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alberto-contador-tests-positive-for-clenbuterol| archive-date= 2 October 2010 | url-status= live}}{{cite web|author=Greg Johnson |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alberto-contador-suspended-over-traces-of-clenbuterol-from-tour-de-france-test/ |title=Alberto Contador Suspended Over Traces of Clenbuterol From Tour de France Test |publisher=Cyclingnews.com |access-date=30 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003064726/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alberto-contador-suspended-over-traces-of-clenbuterol-from-tour-de-france-test |archive-date=3 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |author=Laura Weislo |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/contadors-scientific-expert-de-boer-details-defense |title=Contador's Scientific Expert De Boer Details Defense |date=30 September 2010 |publisher=Cyclingnews.com |access-date=10 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517011750/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/contadors-scientific-expert-de-boer-details-defense |archive-date=17 May 2012 |url-status=live }} In late January 2011, the Spanish Cycling Federation proposed a one-year ban, but it subsequently accepted Contador's appeal and cleared him of all charges. The UCI and the World Anti-Doping Agency each referred the decision independently to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in March 2011, but Contador remained free to ride until their ruling was made.[http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-appeals-contador-decision-to-court-of-arbitration-for-sport UCI appeals Contador decision to Court of Arbitration for Sport] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326214329/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-appeals-contador-decision-to-court-of-arbitration-for-sport |date=26 March 2011 }} Cycling News 24 March 2011 The hearing was delayed until after the 2011 Tour de France at Contador's request and then deferred to November 2011.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jul/26/alberto-contador-vuelta-tour-france |title=Alberto Contador's doping case delayed until November |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=26 July 2011 |access-date=27 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808053813/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jul/26/alberto-contador-vuelta-tour-france |archive-date=8 August 2014 |url-status=live }} On 6 February 2012, the CAS stripped Contador of the 2010 title, making Andy Schleck the winner.

Armstrong was stripped of all his professional results from August 1998 to August 2012, including his seven Tour titles on 22 October 2012.{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Walsh|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/the_bonus/10/22/david-walsh-lance-armstrong/|title=Covering Lance Armstrong was a wild ride, but the truth came out|date=22 October 2012|access-date=26 April 2014|magazine=Sports Illustrated|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429045738/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/the_bonus/10/22/david-walsh-lance-armstrong/|archive-date=29 April 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.usada.org/media/sanction-armstrong8242012 |title=Lance Armstrong Receives Lifetime Ban And Disqualification of Competitive Results For Doping Violations Stemming From His Involvement in the United States Postal Service Pro-Cycling Team Doping Conspiracy – U.S. Anti-Doping Agency |publisher=USADA |date=24 August 2012 |access-date=31 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230004200/http://www.usada.org/media/sanction-armstrong8242012 |archive-date=30 December 2013 |url-status=live }} Armstrong's finish in the 2010 Tour—originally 23rd; 22nd at the time of its stripping—was also stripped. In January 2013, Armstrong admitted to doping in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. Although he admitted to have doped in his seven wins, he denied doping in the 2009 and 2010 Tours. Regardless, Armstrong was stripped of his finishes in those two Tours as well, because his blood values indicated that he doped. USADA's report stated that "The likelihood of Armstrong's blood values from the 2009 and 2010 Tours de France occurring naturally is less than one in a million".{{cite web |author=Daniel Benson |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/usada-believes-one-in-a-million-chance-armstrong-rode-2009-2010-tours-clean |title=USADA believes one-in-a-million chance Armstrong rode 2009, 2010 Tours clean |date=10 October 2012 |publisher=Cyclingnews.com |access-date=31 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605070327/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/usada-believes-one-in-a-million-chance-armstrong-rode-2009-2010-tours-clean |archive-date=5 June 2014 |url-status=live }}

On 10 July 2014, a UCI press release detailing various athlete sanctions specified that Menchov had been banned (for a period of two years) until 9 April 2015 due to adverse biological passport findings. Due to this, he has been disqualified from the 2009, 2010 and 2012 Tours de France.{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTU3Mjg&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=Nzk5OTY&LangId=1 |date=10 July 2014 |title=Athlete sanctions press release |access-date=12 July 2014 |publisher=UCI |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715214800/http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTU3Mjg&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=Nzk5OTY&LangId=1 |archive-date=15 July 2014 }}

In May 2011, newspaper l'Equipe published a list of cyclists and an index that indicated the suspicion for doping use.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ucis-suspicious-list-leaked-from-2010-tour-de-france|title=UCI's suspicious list leaked from 2010 Tour de France|work=Cyclingnews|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=13 May 2011|access-date=14 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516152222/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ucis-suspicious-list-leaked-from-2010-tour-de-france|archive-date=16 May 2011|url-status=live}}

Classification leadership and minor prizes

There were four main individual classifications contested in the 2010 Tour de France, as well as a team competition. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage.{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=36}} There were no time bonuses given at the end of stages for this edition of the Tour.{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=38}} If a crash had happened within the final {{convert|3|km|1|abbr=on}} of a stage, not including time trials and summit finishes, the riders involved would have received the same time as the group they were in when the crash occurred.{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=32}} The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered the overall winner of the Tour.{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=36}} The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey.{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=29}}

The second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing in the highest positions in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints during the stage. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type.{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|pp=36–37}} The leader was identified by a green jersey.{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=29}}

The third classification was the mountains classification. Most stages of the race included one or more categorised climbs, in which points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit first. The climbs were categorised as fourth-, third-, second- or first-category and hors catégorie, with the more difficult climbs rated lower.{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=37}} The leader wore a white jersey with red polka dots.{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=29}}

The final individual classification was the young rider classification. This was calculated the same way as the general classification, but the classification was restricted to riders who were born on or after 1 January 1985.{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=37}} The leader wore a white jersey.{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=29}}

The final classification was a team classification. This was calculated using the finishing times of the best three riders per team on each stage; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time. The number of stage victories and placings per team determined the outcome of a tie.{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|pp=37–38}} The riders in the team that lead this classification were identified with yellow number bibs on the back of their jerseys.{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=29}}

In addition, there was a combativity award given after each stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have "made the greatest effort and who has demonstrated the best qualities of sportsmanship". No combativity awards were given for the time trials and the final stage.{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=38}}{{cite web|last=van den Akker|first=Pieter|title=Informatie over de Tour de France van 2010|trans-title=Information about the Tour de France from 2010|url=http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302052753/http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=2010|archive-date=2 March 2019|language=nl|website=TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl|access-date=2 March 2019|url-status=live}} The winner wore a red number bib the following stage.{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=38}} At the conclusion of the Tour, Sylvain Chavanel was given the overall super-combativity award.{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=101}}

There were also two special awards each with a prize of €5000, the Souvenir Henri Desgrange, given in honour of Tour founder and first race director Henri Desgrange, and the Souvenir Jacques Goddet, given in honour of the second director Jacques Goddet, both to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Tourmalet on stages 17 and 16 respectively.{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=23}} Andy Schleck won the Henri Desgrange and Christophe Moreau won the Jacques Goddet.{{cite news|last=Clarke|first=Les|title=Fedrigo prevails in Pau|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2010/stage-16/results/|access-date=17 December 2019|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=20 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602083325/https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2010/stage-16/results/|archive-date=2 June 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Clarke|first=Les|title=Schleck takes stage win atop Col du Tourmalet|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2010/stage-17/results/|access-date=2 March 2019|work=Cyclingnews.com|date=22 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302160516/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2010/stage-17/results/|archive-date=2 March 2019|url-status=live}}

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|+Classification leadership by stage{{cite web|title=Tour de France 2010 – Leaders overview|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2010/gc/stages/leaders-overview|website=ProCyclingStats|access-date=16 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216221623/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2010/gc/stages/leaders-overview|archive-date=16 February 2019|url-status=live}}

! scope="col" style="width:1%;"| Stage

! scope="col" style="width:14%;"| Winner

! scope="col" style="width:14%;"| General classification
File:Jersey yellow.svg

! scope="col" style="width:14%;"| Points classification
File:Jersey green.svg

! scope="col" style="width:14%;"| Mountains classification
File:Jersey polkadot.svg

! scope="col" style="width:14%;"| Young rider classification
File:Jersey white.svg

! scope="col" style="width:14%;"| Team classification
File:Jersey yellow number.svg

! scope="col" style="width:14%;"| Combativity award
File:Jersey red number.svg

scope="row" | P

| Fabian Cancellara

| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="2"| Fabian Cancellara

| style="background:#9CE97B;"| Fabian Cancellara

| rowspan="2"| no award

| style="background:white;" rowspan="3"| Tony Martin

| style="background:#FFCD5F;" rowspan="2"| {{UCI team code|RSH|2010}}

| no award

scope="row" | 1

| Alessandro Petacchi

| style="background:#9CE97B;"| {{nowrap|Alessandro Petacchi}}

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"| Maarten Wynants

scope="row" | 2

| Sylvain Chavanel

| style="background:#FFEB64;"| Sylvain Chavanel

| style="background:#9CE97B;"| Sylvain Chavanel

| style="background:#FFA8A4;" rowspan="7"| Jérôme Pineau

| style="background:#FFCD5F;"| {{UCI team code|QST|2010}}

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"| Sylvain Chavanel

scope="row" | 3

| Thor Hushovd

| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="4"| Fabian Cancellara

| style="background:#9CE97B;" rowspan="8"| Thor Hushovd

| style="background:white;" rowspan="4"| Geraint Thomas

| style="background:#FFCD5F;" rowspan="4"| {{UCI team code|SAX|2010}}

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"| Ryder Hesjedal

scope="row" | 4

| Alessandro Petacchi

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"| Dimitri Champion

scope="row" | 5

| Mark Cavendish

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"| Iván Gutiérrez

scope="row" | 6

| Mark Cavendish

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"| Mathieu Perget

scope="row" | 7

| Sylvain Chavanel

| style="background:#FFEB64;"| Sylvain Chavanel

| style="background:white;" rowspan="14"| Andy Schleck

| style="background:#FFCD5F;"| {{UCI team code|AST|2010}}

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"| Jérôme Pineau

scope="row" | 8

| Andy Schleck

| style="background:#FFEB64;"| Cadel Evans

| style="background:#FFCD5F;"| {{UCI team code|RAB|2010}}

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"| Mario Aerts

scope="row" | 9

| Sandy Casar

| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="6"| Andy Schleck

| style="background:#FFA8A4;"| Anthony Charteau

| style="background:#FFCD5F;" rowspan="3"| {{UCI team code|GCE|2010}}

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"| Luis León Sánchez

scope="row" | 10

| Sérgio Paulinho

| style="background:#FFA8A4;" rowspan="2"| Jérôme Pineau

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"| Mario Aerts

scope="row" | 11

| Mark Cavendish

| style="background:#9CE97B;"| Alessandro Petacchi

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"| Stéphane Augé

scope="row" | 12

| Joaquim Rodríguez

| style="background:#9CE97B;"| Thor Hushovd

| style="background:#FFA8A4;" rowspan="9"| Anthony Charteau

| style="background:#FFCD5F;" rowspan="2"| {{UCI team code|RSH|2010}}

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"| {{nowrap|Alexander Vinokourov}}

scope="row" | 13

| Alexander Vinokourov

| style="background:#9CE97B;" rowspan="3"| Alessandro Petacchi

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"| Juan Antonio Flecha

scope="row" | 14

| Christophe Riblon

| style="background:#FFCD5F;"| {{UCI team code|GCE|2010}}

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"| Christophe Riblon

scope="row" | 15

| Thomas Voeckler

| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="6"| Alberto Contador*

| style="background:#FFCD5F;" rowspan="6"| {{UCI team code|RSH|2010}}

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"| Thomas Voeckler

scope="row" | 16

| Pierrick Fédrigo

| style="background:#9CE97B;" rowspan="2"| Thor Hushovd

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"| Carlos Barredo

scope="row" | 17

| Andy Schleck

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"| Alexandr Kolobnev

scope="row" | 18

| Mark Cavendish

| style="background:#9CE97B;" rowspan="3"| Alessandro Petacchi

| style="background:#E4B3AB;"| Daniel Oss

scope="row" | 19

| Fabian Cancellara

| rowspan="2"| no award

scope="row" | 20

| Mark Cavendish

colspan="2" | Final

! style="background:#FFDB00;"| Alberto Contador Andy Schleck*

! style="background:#46E800;"| Alessandro Petacchi

! style="background:#FF3E33;" | {{font color|white|Anthony Charteau|link=yes}}

! style="background:white;"| Andy Schleck

! style="background:#FFB927;"| {{UCI team code|RSH|2010}}

! style="background:#E42A19;" | {{font color|white|Sylvain Chavanel|link=yes}}

  • In stage 1, David Millar, who was third in the points classification, wore the green jersey, as Fabian Cancellara held the general classification as well as the points classification, and Tony Martin, who was second in the points classification, was wearing the white jersey.
  • In stage 3, Alessandro Petacchi wore the green jersey, as Sylvain Chavanel held the general classification as well as the points classification.
  • In stages 10 through 15, Robert Gesink wore the white jersey, as Andy Schleck held the general classification as well as the youth competition.
  • Alberto Contador wore the yellow jersey from the end of the 15th stage on, but his victory was later stripped due to his positive test. Andy Schleck was second in the general classification during these stages.

Final standings

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scope="col" colspan="4" | Legend
File:Jersey yellow.svg

| Denotes the winner of the general classification{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=29}}

| File:Jersey green.svg

| Denotes the winner of the points classification{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=29}}

File:Jersey polkadot.svg

| Denotes the winner of the mountains classification{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=29}}

| File:Jersey white.svg

| Denotes the winner of the young rider classification{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=29}}

File:Jersey yellow number.svg

| Denotes the winner of the team classification{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=29}}

| File:Jersey red number.svg

| Denotes the winner of the super-combativity award{{sfn|Race regulations|2010|p=29}}

=General classification=

class="wikitable" style="width:44em;margin-bottom:0;"

|+ Final general classification (1–10){{cite web|title=Tour de France 2010 – Standings - Stage 20|url=http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/LIVE/us/2000/classement/index.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808090432/http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/LIVE/us/2000/classement/index.html|archive-date=8 August 2010|url-status=dead}}

scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Rider

! scope="col" | Team

! scope="col" | Time

scope="row" | DSQ

| {{flagathlete|Alberto Contador|ESP}} || Team {{UCI team code|AST|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | 91h 58' 48"

scope="row" | 1

| {{flagathlete|Andy Schleck|LUX}} File:Jersey yellow.svg File:Jersey white.svg || {{UCI team code|SAX|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | 91h 59' 27"

scope="row" | DSQ

| {{flagathlete|Denis Menchov|RUS}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | +1' 22"

scope="row" | 2

| {{flagathlete|Samuel Sánchez|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3' 01"

scope="row" | 3

| {{flagathlete|Jurgen Van den Broeck|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|SIL|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 6' 15"

scope="row" | 4

| {{flagathlete|Robert Gesink|NED}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 8' 52"

scope="row" | 5

| {{flagathlete|Ryder Hesjedal|CAN}} || {{UCI team code|GRM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 9' 36"

scope="row" | 6

| {{flagathlete|Joaquim Rodríguez|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|KAT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 10' 58"

scope="row" | 7

| {{flagathlete|Roman Kreuziger|CZE}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 11' 15"

scope="row" | 8

| {{flagathlete|Chris Horner|USA}} File:Jersey yellow number.svg || {{UCI team code|RSH|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 11' 23"

scope="row" | 9

| {{flagathlete|Luis Leon Sánchez|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|GCE|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 13' 42"

scope="row" | 10

| {{flagathlete|Rubén Plaza|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|GCE|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 13' 50"

class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:44em;margin-top:-1px;"
scope="col" colspan="4" | Final general classification (11–170)
scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Rider

! scope="col" | Team

! scope="col" | Time

scope="row" | 11

| {{flagathlete|Levi Leipheimer|USA}} File:Jersey yellow number.svg || {{UCI team code|RSH|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 14' 01"

scope="row" | 12

| {{flagathlete|Andreas Klöden|GER}} File:Jersey yellow number.svg || {{UCI team code|RSH|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 15' 57"

scope="row" | 13

| {{flagathlete|Nicolas Roche|IRE}} || {{UCI team code|ALM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 16' 20"

scope="row" | 14

| {{flagathlete|Alexander Vinokourov|KAZ}} || {{UCI team code|AST|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 17' 07"

scope="row" | 15

| {{flagathlete|Thomas Lövkvist|SWE}} || {{UCI team code|SKY|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 20' 07"

scope="row" | 16

| {{flagathlete|Kevin De Weert|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|QST|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 21' 15"

scope="row" | 17

| {{flagathlete|John Gadret|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|ALM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 23' 25"

scope="row" | 18

| {{flagathlete|Carlos Sastre|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|CTT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 25' 58"

scope="row" | 19

| {{flagathlete|Daniel Moreno|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|SIL|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 28' 59"

scope="row" | 20

| {{flagathlete|Christophe Moreau|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|GCE|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 33' 22"

scope="row" | DSQ

| {{flagathlete|Lance Armstrong|USA}} || {{UCI team code|RSH|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | +38' 41"

scope="row" | 21

| {{flagathlete|Bradley Wiggins|GBR}} || {{UCI team code|SKY|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 38' 45"

scope="row" | 22

| {{flagathlete|Sandy Casar|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2010b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 45' 13"

scope="row" | 23

| {{flagathlete|Cadel Evans|AUS}} || {{UCI team code|BMC|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 49' 48"

scope="row" | 24

| {{flagathlete|Julien El Fares|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 52' 43"

scope="row" | 25

| {{flagathlete|Christophe Riblon|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|ALM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 54' 34"

scope="row" | 26

| {{flagathlete|Damiano Cunego|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2010b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 56' 14"

scope="row" | 27

| {{flagathlete|Johan Vansummeren|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|GRM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 58' 14"

scope="row" | 28

| {{flagathlete|Sylvain Chavanel|FRA}} File:Jersey red number.svg || {{UCI team code|QST|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 58' 38"

scope="row" | 29

| {{flagathlete|Ivan Basso|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 58' 54"

scope="row" | 30

| {{flagathlete|Mario Aerts|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|SIL|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 01' 57"

scope="row" | 31

| {{flagathlete|Volodymir Gustov|UKR}} || {{UCI team code|CTT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 09' 12"

scope="row" | 32

| {{flagathlete|Juan Manuel Gárate|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 09' 24"

scope="row" | 33

| {{flagathlete|Gorka Verdugo|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 09' 30"

scope="row" | 34

| {{flagathlete|Michael Rogers|AUS}} || {{UCI team code|THR|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 09' 32"

scope="row" | 35

| {{flagathlete|Rémi Pauriol|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 10' 13"

scope="row" | 36

| {{flagathlete|Kanstantsin Sivtsov|BLR}} || {{UCI team code|THR|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 12' 40"

scope="row" | 37

| {{flagathlete|Egoi Martínez|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 18' 30"

scope="row" | DSQ

| {{flagathlete|Carlos Barredo|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|QST|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 19' 32"

scope="row" | 38

| {{flagathlete|Christophe Le Mével|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2010b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 21' 59"

scope="row" | 39

| {{flagathlete|Janez Brajkovič|SLO}} File:Jersey yellow number.svg || {{UCI team code|RSH|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 22' 47"

scope="row" | 40

| {{flagathlete|Anthony Charteau|FRA}} File:Jersey polkadot.svg || {{UCI team code|BBO|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 23' 33"

scope="row" | 41

| {{flagathlete|Cyril Gautier|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BBO|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 24' 33"

scope="row" | 42

| {{flagathlete|Sergio Paulinho|POR}} File:Jersey yellow number.svg || {{UCI team code|RSH|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 25' 04"

scope="row" | 43

| {{flagathlete|Matthew Lloyd|AUS}} || {{UCI team code|SIL|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 29' 23"

scope="row" | 44

| {{flagathlete|José Iván Gutiérrez|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|GCE|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 37' 47"

scope="row" | 45

| {{flagathlete|Daniel Navarro|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|AST|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 37' 51"

scope="row" | 46

| {{flagathlete|Jakob Fuglsang|DEN}} || {{UCI team code|SAX|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 37' 53"

scope="row" | 47

| {{flagathlete|Steve Morabito|SUI}} || {{UCI team code|BMC|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 38' 32"

scope="row" | 48

| {{flagathlete|Koos Moerenhout|NED}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 40' 06"

scope="row" | 49

| {{flagathlete|Rafael Valls|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|FOT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 41' 48"

scope="row" | 50

| {{flagathlete|Paolo Tiralongo|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|AST|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 44' 22"

scope="row" | 51

| {{flagathlete|Maxime Monfort|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|THR|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 44' 23"

scope="row" | 52

| {{flagathlete|Grischa Niermann|GER}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 45' 53"

scope="row" | 53

| {{flagathlete|Pierrick Fédrigo|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BBO|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 45' 58"

scope="row" | 54

| {{flagathlete|Pierre Rolland|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BBO|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 46' 03"

scope="row" | 55

| {{flagathlete|George Hincapie|USA}} || {{UCI team code|BMC|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 46' 11"

scope="row" | 56

| {{flagathlete|Vasil Kiryienka|BLR}} || {{UCI team code|GCE|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 47' 15"

scope="row" | 57

| {{flagathlete|Sylwester Szmyd|POL}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 47' 23"

scope="row" | 58

| {{flagathlete|Iván Velasco|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 49' 18"

scope="row" | 59

| {{flagathlete|Jurgen Van De Walle|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|QST|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 50' 54"

scope="row" | 60

| {{flagathlete|Mathieu Perget|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|GCE|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 53' 00"

scope="row" | 61

| {{flagathlete|Alexandr Kolobnev|RUS}} || {{UCI team code|KAT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 54' 34"

scope="row" | 62

| {{flagathlete|Jérôme Pineau|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|QST|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 57' 19"

scope="row" | 63

| {{flagathlete|Geraint Thomas|GBR}} || {{UCI team code|SKY|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 59' 26"

scope="row" | 64

| {{flagathlete|José Joaquín Rojas|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|GCE|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 01' 19"

scope="row" | 65

| {{flagathlete|Chris Anker Sørensen|DEN}} || {{UCI team code|SAX|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 04' 07"

scope="row" | 66

| {{flagathlete|Amaël Moinard|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 04' 31"

scope="row" | 67

| {{flagathlete|Damien Monier|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 08' 54"

scope="row" | 68

| {{flagathlete|Francis De Greef|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|SIL|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 11' 43"

scope="row" | 69

| {{flagathlete|Rui Costa|POR}} || {{UCI team code|GCE|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 11' 49"

scope="row" | 70

| {{flagathlete|Thomas Rohregger|AUT}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 12' 18"

scope="row" | 71

| {{flagathlete|Martin Elmiger|SUI}} || {{UCI team code|ALM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 14' 54"

scope="row" | 72

| {{flagathlete|Thomas Voeckler|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BBO|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 15' 28"

scope="row" | 73

| {{flagathlete|Imanol Erviti|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|GCE|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 18' 36"

scope="row" | 74

| {{flagathlete|Rémy Di Gregorio|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2010b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 20' 55"

scope="row" | 75

| {{flagathlete|Eduard Vorganov|RUS}} || {{UCI team code|KAT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 26' 40"

scope="row" | 76

| {{flagathlete|Sebastian Lang|GER}} || {{UCI team code|SIL|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 28' 59"

scope="row" | 77

| {{flagathlete|Arkaitz Duran|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|FOT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 29' 10"

scope="row" | 78

| {{flagathlete|Aitor Pérez|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|FOT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 31' 38"

scope="row" | 79

| {{flagathlete|Eros Capecchi|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|FOT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 33' 59"

scope="row" | 80

| {{flagathlete|Linus Gerdemann|GER}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 35' 36"

scope="row" | 81

| {{flagathlete|Yaroslav Popovych|UKR}} File:Jersey yellow number.svg || {{UCI team code|RSH|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 37' 17"

scope="row" | 82

| {{flagathlete|Aleksandr Kuschynski|BLR}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 39' 01"

scope="row" | 83

| {{flagathlete|Alessandro Ballan|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|BMC|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 41' 59"

scope="row" | 84

| {{flagathlete|Nicolas Vogondy|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BBO|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 42' 03"

scope="row" | 85

| {{flagathlete|Juan Antonio Flecha|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|SKY|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 43' 01"

scope="row" | 86

| {{flagathlete|Johannes Fröhlinger|GER}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 48' 44"

scope="row" | 87

| {{flagathlete|Christian Knees|GER}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 52' 59"

scope="row" | 88

| {{flagathlete|Sébastien Minard|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 53' 51"

scope="row" | 89

| {{flagathlete|Mathieu Ladagnous|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2010b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 54' 57"

scope="row" | 90

| {{flagathlete|Kristjan Koren|SLO}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 56' 32"

scope="row" | 91

| {{flagathlete|Rubén Pérez|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 56' 38"

scope="row" | 92

| {{flagathlete|Benoît Vaugrenard|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2010b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 57' 26"

scope="row" | 93

| {{flagathlete|Christophe Kern|GER}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 57' 55"

scope="row" | 94

| {{flagathlete|Rinaldo Nocentini|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|ALM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 00' 30"

scope="row" | 95

| {{flagathlete|Michael Barry|CAN}} || {{UCI team code|SKY|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 00' 55"

scope="row" | 96

| {{flagathlete|Matthieu Sprick|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BBO|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 01' 01"

scope="row" | 97

| {{flagathlete|David Zabriskie|USA}} || {{UCI team code|GRM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 01' 09"

scope="row" | 98

| {{flagathlete|Pavel Brutt|RUS}} || {{UCI team code|KAT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 02' 33"

scope="row" | 99

| {{flagathlete|Luke Roberts|AUS}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 03' 28"

scope="row" | 100

| {{flagathlete|Benjamín Noval|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|AST|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 04' 43"

scope="row" | 101

| {{flagathlete|Francesco Gavazzi|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2010b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 06' 05"

scope="row" | 102

| {{flagathlete|Maxime Bouet|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|ALM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 07' 01"

scope="row" | 103

| {{flagathlete|Serge Pauwels|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|SKY|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 08' 09"

scope="row" | 104

| {{flagathlete|Alexandre Pliușchin|MDA}} || {{UCI team code|KAT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 08' 26"

scope="row" | 105

| {{flagathlete|Sergei Ivanov|RUS}} || {{UCI team code|KAT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 08' 31"

scope="row" | 106

| {{flagathlete|David de la Fuente|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|AST|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 10' 25"

scope="row" | 107

| {{flagathlete|Thor Hushovd|NOR}} || {{UCI team code|CTT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 12' 18"

scope="row" | 108

| {{flagathlete|Yukiya Arashiro|JPN}} || {{UCI team code|BBO|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 12' 41"

scope="row" | 109

| {{flagathlete|Sébastien Turgot|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BBO|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 13' 26"

scope="row" | 110

| {{flagathlete|Grégory Rast|SUI}} File:Jersey yellow number.svg || {{UCI team code|RSH|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 13' 32"

scope="row" | 111

| {{flagathlete|Iñaki Isasi|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 13' 51"

scope="row" | 112

| {{flagathlete|Edvald Boasson Hagen|NOR}} || {{UCI team code|SKY|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 14' 18"

scope="row" | 113

| {{flagathlete|Maarten Wynants|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|QST|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 14' 40"

scope="row" | 114

| {{flagathlete|Lloyd Mondory|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|ALM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 15' 41"

scope="row" | 115

| {{flagathlete|Fabian Wegmann|GER}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 17' 14"

scope="row" | 116

| {{flagathlete|Jürgen Roelandts|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|SIL|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 17' 48"

scope="row" | 117

| {{flagathlete|Fabian Cancellara|SUI}} || {{UCI team code|SAX|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 19' 04"

scope="row" | 118

| {{flagathlete|Francesco Bellotti|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 19' 47"

scope="row" | 119

| {{flagathlete|Mauro Da Dalto|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2010b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 21' 10"

scope="row" | 120

| {{flagathlete|Daniel Oss|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 21' 40"

scope="row" | 121

| {{flagathlete|Grega Bole|SLO}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2010b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 22' 28"

scope="row" | 122

| {{flagathlete|Jens Voigt|GER}} || {{UCI team code|SAX|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 22' 52"

scope="row" | 123

| {{flagathlete|Ignatas Konovalovas|LIT}} || {{UCI team code|CTT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 22' 57"

scope="row" | 124

| {{flagathlete|Brian Bach Vandborg|DEN}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 23' 38"

scope="row" | 125

| {{flagathlete|Alan Pérez|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 24' 11"

scope="row" | 126

| {{flagathlete|Lars Boom|NED}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 25' 39"

scope="row" | 127

| {{flagathlete|Maxim Iglinsky|KAZ}} || {{UCI team code|AST|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 25' 49"

scope="row" | 128

| {{flagathlete|Maarten Tjallingii|NED}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 26' 51"

scope="row" | 129

| {{flagathlete|Gerald Ciolek|GER}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 26' 57"

scope="row" | 130

| {{flagathlete|Kevin Seeldraeyers|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|QST|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 28' 22"

scope="row" | 131

| {{flagathlete|Danilo Hondo|GER}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2010b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 28' 33"

scope="row" | 132

| {{flagathlete|Andriy Hrivko|UKR}} || {{UCI team code|AST|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 29' 27"

scope="row" | 133

| {{flagathlete|Tony Martin|GER}} || {{UCI team code|THR|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 30' 31"

scope="row" | 134

| {{flagathlete|Karsten Kroon|NED}} || {{UCI team code|BMC|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 30' 59"

scope="row" | 135

| {{flagathlete|Martijn Maaskant|NED}} || {{UCI team code|GRM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 31' 19"

scope="row" | 136

| {{flagathlete|Jesús Hernández|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|AST|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 31' 23"

scope="row" | 137

| {{flagathlete|Óscar Freire|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 33' 06"

scope="row" | 138

| {{flagathlete|Matti Breschel|DEN}} || {{UCI team code|SAX|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 34' 52"

scope="row" | 139

| {{flagathlete|Jérémy Roy|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2010b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 37' 18"

scope="row" | 140

| {{flagathlete|Dries Devenyns|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|QST|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 37' 57"

scope="row" | 141

| {{flagathlete|José Alberto Benítez|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|FOT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 38' 33"

scope="row" | 142

| {{flagathlete|Anthony Geslin|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2010b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 38' 58"

scope="row" | 143

| {{flagathlete|Brent Bookwalter|USA}} || {{UCI team code|BMC|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 40' 58"

scope="row" | 144

| {{flagathlete|Dmitriy Muravyev|KAZ}} File:Jersey yellow number.svg || {{UCI team code|RSH|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 41' 08"

scope="row" | 145

| {{flagathlete|Stuart O'Grady|AUS}} || {{UCI team code|SAX|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 42' 00"

scope="row" | 146

| {{flagathlete|Alessandro Petacchi|ITA}} File:Jersey green.svg || {{UCI team code|LAM|2010b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 43' 59"

scope="row" | 147

| {{flagathlete|Steven Cummings|GBR}} || {{UCI team code|SKY|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 45' 08"

scope="row" | 148

| {{flagathlete|Wesley Sulzberger|AUS}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2010b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 46' 20"

scope="row" | 149

| {{flagathlete|Stéphane Augé|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 49' 11"

scope="row" | 150

| {{flagathlete|Mark Cavendish|GBR}} || {{UCI team code|THR|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 50' 44"

scope="row" | 151

| {{flagathlete|Nicki Sørensen|DEN}} || {{UCI team code|SAX|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 53' 33"

scope="row" | 152

| {{flagathlete|Bernhard Eisel|AUT}} || {{UCI team code|THR|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 53' 37"

scope="row" | 153

| {{flagathlete|Julian Dean|NZL}} || {{UCI team code|GRM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 55' 34"

scope="row" | 154

| {{flagathlete|David Millar|GBR}} || {{UCI team code|GRM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 56' 07"

scope="row" | 155

| {{flagathlete|Brett Lancaster|AUS}} || {{UCI team code|CTT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 56' 21"

scope="row" | 156

| {{flagathlete|Dimitri Champion|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|ALM|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 59' 06"

scope="row" | 157

| {{flagathlete|Marcus Burghardt|GER}} || {{UCI team code|BMC|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 00' 08"

scope="row" | 158

| {{flagathlete|Manuel Quinziato|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 00' 23"

scope="row" | 159

| {{flagathlete|Jeremy Hunt|GBR}} || {{UCI team code|CTT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 01' 42"

scope="row" | 160

| {{flagathlete|Daniel Lloyd|GBR}} || {{UCI team code|CTT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 02' 20"

scope="row" | 161

| {{flagathlete|Robbie McEwen|AUS}} || {{UCI team code|KAT|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 07' 49"

scope="row" | 162

| {{flagathlete|Mirco Lorenzetto|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2010b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 08' 33"

scope="row" | 163

| {{flagathlete|Anthony Roux|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2010b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 12' 58"

scope="row" | DSQ

| {{flagathlete|Andreas Klier|GER}} || {{UCI team code|CTT|2010}}|| style="text-align:right;" | +4h 16' 37"

scope="row" | 164

| {{flagathlete|Bert Grabsch|GER}} || {{UCI team code|THR|2010}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 22' 22"

scope="row" | 165

| {{flagathlete|Adriano Malori|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2010b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 26' 24"

{{columns-start}}

=Points classification=

class="wikitable"

|+ Final points classification (1–10){{cite web|title=The history of the Tour de France – Year 2010 – Stage 20 Longjumeau > Paris Champs-Élysées|url=http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/2010/2000/etape.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-date=2 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402224337/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/2010/2000/etape.html|url-status=dead}}

scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Rider

! scope="col" | Team

! scope="col" | Points

scope="row" | 1

| {{flagathlete|Alessandro Petacchi|ITA}} File:Jersey green.svg

| {{UCI team code|LAM|2010b}}

| align=right| 243

scope="row" | 2

|{{flagathlete|Mark Cavendish|GBR}}

| {{UCI team code|THR|2010}}

| align=right| 232

scope="row" | 3

| {{flagathlete|Thor Hushovd|NOR}}

| {{UCI team code|CTT|2010}}

| align=right| 222

scope="row" | 4

| {{flagathlete|José Joaquín Rojas|ESP}}

| {{UCI team code|GCE|2010}}

| align=right| 179

scope="row" | 5

| {{flagathlete|Robbie McEwen|AUS}}

| {{UCI team code|KAT|2010}}

| align=right| 179

scope="row" | 6

| {{flagathlete|Edvald Boasson Hagen|NOR}}

| {{UCI team code|SKY|2010}}

| align=right| 161

scope="row" | 7

| {{flagathlete|Sébastien Turgot|FRA}}

| {{UCI team code|BBO|2010}}

| align=right| 135

scope="row" | 8

| {{flagathlete|Gerald Ciolek|GER}}

| {{UCI team code|MRM|2010}}

| align=right| 126

scope="row" | 9

| {{flagathlete|Jürgen Roelandts|BEL}}

| {{UCI team code|SIL|2010}}

| align=right| 124

scope="row" | 10

| {{flagathlete|Lloyd Mondory|FRA}}

| {{UCI team code|ALM|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;"|119

{{column}}

=Mountains classification=

class="wikitable"

|+ Final mountains classification (1–10)

scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Rider

! scope="col" | Team

! scope="col" | Points

scope="row" | 1

| {{flagathlete|Anthony Charteau|FRA}} File:Jersey polkadot.svg

| {{UCI team code|BBO|2010}}

| align=right| 143

scope="row" | 2

| {{flagathlete|Christophe Moreau|FRA}}

| {{UCI team code|GCE|2010}}

| align=right| 128

scope="row" | 3

| {{flagathlete|Andy Schleck|LUX}} File:Jersey yellow.svg File:Jersey white.svg

| {{UCI team code|SAX|2010}}

| align=right| 116

scope="row" | DSQ

| {{flagathlete|Alberto Contador|ESP}}

| {{UCI team code|AST|2010}}

| align=right| 112

scope="row" | 4

| {{flagathlete|Damiano Cunego|ITA}}

| {{UCI team code|LAM|2010b}}

| align=right| 99

scope="row" | 5

| {{flagathlete|Samuel Sánchez|ESP}}

| {{UCI team code|EUS|2010}}

| align=right| 96

scope="row" | 6

| {{flagathlete|Sandy Casar|FRA}}

| {{UCI team code|FDJ|2010}}

| align=right| 93

scope="row" | 7

| {{flagathlete|Jérôme Pineau|FRA}}

| {{UCI team code|QST|2010}}

| align=right| 92

scope="row" | 8

| {{flagathlete|Thomas Voeckler|FRA}}

| {{UCI team code|BBO|2010}}

| align=right| 82

scope="row" | 9

| {{flagathlete|Pierrick Fédrigo|FRA}}

| {{UCI team code|BBO|2010}}

| align=right| 72

scope="row" | 10

| {{flagathlete|Joaquim Rodríguez|ESP}}

| {{UCI team code|KAT|2010}}

| align=right| 66

{{columns-end}}

{{columns-start}}

=Young rider classification=

class="wikitable"

|+ Final young rider classification (1–10)

scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Rider

! scope="col" | Team

! scope="col" | Time

scope="row" | 1

|{{flagathlete|Andy Schleck|LUX}} File:Jersey yellow.svg File:Jersey white.svg

|{{UCI team code|SAX|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{nowrap|91h 59′ 27"}}

scope="row" | 2

|{{flagathlete|Robert Gesink|NED}}

|{{UCI team code|RAB|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 8′ 52"

scope="row" | 3

|{{flagathlete|Roman Kreuziger|CZE}}

|{{UCI team code|LIQ|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 11′ 15"

scope="row" | 4

|{{flagathlete|Julien El Fares|FRA}}

|{{UCI team code|COF|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 52′ 43"

scope="row" | 5

|{{flagathlete|Cyril Gautier|FRA}}

|{{UCI team code|BBO|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 24′ 33"

scope="row" | 6

|{{flagathlete|Jakob Fuglsang|DEN}}

|{{UCI team code|SAX|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 37′ 53"

scope="row" | 7

|{{flagathlete|Rafael Valls|ESP}}

|{{UCI team code|FOT|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 41′ 48"

scope="row" | 8

|{{flagathlete|Pierre Rolland|FRA}}

|{{UCI team code|BBO|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 46′ 03"

scope="row" | 9

|{{flagathlete|Geraint Thomas|GBR}}

|{{UCI team code|SKY|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 59′ 26"

scope="row" | 10

|{{flagathlete|José Joaquín Rojas|ESP}}

|{{UCI team code|GCE|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 01′ 19"

{{column}}

=Team classification=

class="wikitable"

|+ Final team classification (1–10)

scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Team

! scope="col" | Time

scope="row" | 1

| {{UCI team code|RSH|2010}} File:Jersey yellow number.svg

|align=right|276h 02' 03"

scope="row" | 2

|{{UCI team code|GCE|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 9′ 15"

scope="row" | 3

| {{UCI team code|RAB|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 27′ 48"

scope="row" | 4

|{{UCI team code|ALM|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 41′ 10"

scope="row" | 5

|{{UCI team code|OLO|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 51′ 01"

scope="row" | 6

|{{UCI team code|AST|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 56′ 16"

scope="row" | 7

|{{UCI team code|QST|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 06′ 23"

scope="row" | 8

|{{UCI team code|EUS|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 23′ 02"

scope="row" | 9

|{{UCI team code|LIQ|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 29′ 14"

scope="row" | 10

|{{UCI team code|BTL|2010}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 54′ 18″

{{columns-end}}

References

{{Reflist|30em}}

Bibliography

  • {{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Augendre|author-link=Jacques Augendre|url=http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf|title=Guide historique|trans-title=Historical guide|year=2016|language=fr|access-date=27 October 2016|work=Tour de France|location=Paris|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817121602/http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf|archive-date=17 August 2016|url-status=live}}
  • {{cite book|title=Race regulations|url=http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/COURSE/docs/reglement.pdf|work=Tour de France|location=Paris|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709042223/http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/COURSE/docs/reglement.pdf|archive-date=9 July 2010|url-status=dead|access-date=27 October 2016|year=2010|ref={{harvid|Race regulations|2010}}}}

Further reading

  • {{cite book|title=Mapping Le Tour|first=Ellis|last=Bacon|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|location=Glasgow|year=2014|pages=238–239|isbn=9780007543991|oclc=872700415}}