2010 Tour de Romandie
Cycling race
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The 2010 Tour de Romandie was the 64th edition of the Tour de Romandie cycling road race and the sixth event of the 2010 UCI ProTour. It started on 27 April in Lausanne and finished on 2 May in Sion.[1] The race winner had been declared as Alejandro Valverde, who won the final stage to take the race by 11 seconds.[2] However, some four weeks after the end of the race, the UCI placed Valverde under a two-year suspension for his involvement in the 2006 Operación Puerto doping case, which was backdated to, and involved removal of all his results since, 1 January 2010.[3] Simon Špilak was thus promoted to the winner of the event.[clarification needed][citation needed]
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| Dates | 27 April–2 May 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 5 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 654.8 km (406.9 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pre-race favourites
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2010 pre-race favourites included 2009 champion, Roman Kreuziger of Liquigas–Doimo as well as teammate Ivan Basso. Denis Menchov of Russia was also a favourite.
This was local Alexandre Moos's 12th and final Tour de Romandie.
Teams
Twenty teams participated in the race.[4]
- Ag2r–La Mondiale
- Astana
- BMC Racing Team
- Caisse d'Epargne
- Cervélo TestTeam
- Euskaltel–Euskadi
- Footon–Servetto–Fuji
- Française des Jeux
- Garmin–Transitions
- Lampre–Farnese Vini
- Liquigas–Doimo
- Omega Pharma–Lotto
- Quick-Step
- Rabobank
- Team HTC–Columbia
- Team Katusha
- Team Milram
- Team RadioShack
- Team Saxo Bank
- Team Sky
Stages
Prologue
This short course took place in the village of Porrentruy and included a 400-metre cobbled section.[5]
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Stage 1
- 28 April 2010 – Porrentruy to Fleurier, 175.6 kilometres (109.1 mi)
A hilly stage in the Jura mountains north of Lake Neuchatel. Two category 1 climbs and a category 2 – and a few other bumps along the way. Although the last 10 km are downhill, the course may be well suited to a break-away.[5]
Peter Sagan – the up-and-coming young cyclist claimed the victory in the sprint. It was his third victory of the season. The win put him in first place overall as he was just 0.92 seconds behind the previous leader, Marco Pinotti. Sagan was pleased with the win, but pledged his loyalty to Liquigas–Doimo team leader Roman Kreuziger. According to Cycling News, Sagan said,
Our team leader is Roman Kreuziger and I don't know what I can do. I'm not a good climber like he is. We'll see. There are three hard stages and a time trial to come
Sprinter Mark Cavendish could not hang in the mountains and was dropped from the peloton with 45 km to go. Had he not, a victory would have helped teammate Marco Pinotti remain in the leaders jersey.[8]
Stage 2
- 29 April 2010 – Fribourg to Fribourg, 171.8 kilometres (106.8 mi)
The course passed through Fribourg twice before a flat finish. Two category one climbs were listed. The course climbed the locally famous and steep cobbled climb "Lorette" twice.[5]
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Stage 3
It's a short time trial but the first 7 kilometres are uphill at around 4%.[5]
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Stage 4
- 1 May 2010 – Vevey to Châtel-Saint-Denis, 157.9 kilometres (98.1 mi)
For the first time in more than 40 years, the Tour de Romandie had a stage finish in France. Starting in Vevey (Switzerland), the route passed UCI headquarters in Aigle before turning up into the French Alps climbing the first category "Pas de Morgins."
The top of the climb is the Swiss / French border. The final climb – the Category 1 Col du Corbier – is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) at roughly 8% – not easy. And while the summit is 20+ km from the finish, the last 17 kilometres (11 mi) are a gradual uphill.[5]
Before this stage, Mark Cavendish, the winner of stage 2, was withdrawn by his team for his two-fingered celebration after victory.
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Stage 5
- 2 May 2010 – Sion to Sion, 121.8 kilometres (75.7 mi)
The "Queen" stage, this stage is very short but has three very difficult climbs.[5]
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Classification leadership
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Team classification |
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| P | Marco Pinotti | Marco Pinotti | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Peter Sagan | Team HTC–Columbia |
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Peter Sagan | Thibaut Pinot | Thibaut Pinot | ||
| 2 | Mark Cavendish | |||||
| 3 | Richie Porte | Michael Rogers | Artem Ovechkin | Team Katusha | ||
| 4 | Simon Špilak | Simon Špilak | Caisse d'Epargne | |||
| 5 | Igor Antón |
Simon Špilak |
Team RadioShack | |||
| Final |
Simon Špilak |
Thibaut Pinot | Thibaut Pinot | Simon Špilak | Team RadioShack | |
Classification standings
General classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  Simon Špilak (SLO) |
Lampre–Farnese Vini | + 11" |
| 2 |  Denis Menchov |
Rabobank | + 21" |
| 3 |  Michael Rogers (AUS) |
Team HTC–Columbia | + 35" |
| 4 | Vladimir Karpets |
Team Katusha | + 42" |
| 5 | Janez Brajkovič (SLO) |
Team RadioShack | + 52" |
| 6 |  Tiago Machado (POR) |
Team RadioShack | + 1' 16" |
| 7 |  Marco Pinotti (ITA) |
Team HTC–Columbia | + 1' 27" |
| 8 |  Marcel Wyss (SUI) |
Cervélo TestTeam | + 1' 28" |
| 9 | Igor Antón (SPA) |
Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 1' 34" |
| 10 | Richie Porte (AUS) |
Team Saxo Bank | + 2' 10" |
| Source: [18] | |||
Mountains classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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| 1 |  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) |
Française des Jeux | 54 |
| 2 |  Chad Beyer (USA) |
BMC Racing Team | 24 |
| 3 | Denis Menchov |
Rabobank | 18 |
| 4 | Alan Pérez (SPA) |
Euskaltel–Euskadi | 16 |
| 5 | Sérgio Paulinho (POR) |
Team RadioShack | 14 |
| 6 | Igor Antón (SPA) |
Euskaltel–Euskadi | 12 |
| 7 | Alejandro Valverde (SPA) |
Caisse d'Epargne | 12 |
| 8 | Alexander Efimkin |
Ag2r–La Mondiale | 12 |
| 9 | Jérémy Roy (FRA) |
Française des Jeux | 8 |
| 10 |  Juan Mauricio Soler (COL) |
Caisse d'Epargne | 6 |
| Source: [19] | |||
Young rider classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Simon Špilak (SLO) |
Lampre–Farnese Vini | 17h 38' 06" |
| 2 | Marcel Wyss (SUI) |
Cervélo TestTeam | + 1' 17" |
| 3 |  Peter Sagan (SVK) |
Liquigas–Doimo | + 2' 21" |
| 4 | Eros Capecchi (ITA) |
Footon–Servetto–Fuji | + 3' 09" |
| 5 | Fabio Felline (ITA) |
Footon–Servetto–Fuji | + 7' 57" |
| 6 | Artem Ovechkin |
Team Katusha | + 8' 28" |
| 7 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) |
Française des Jeux | + 8' 30" |
| 8 |  Alexandre Pliușchin (MDA) |
Team Katusha | + 13' 23" |
| 9 |  Bauke Mollema (NED) |
Rabobank | + 14' 32" |
| 10 | Adriano Malori (ITA) |
Lampre–Farnese Vini | + 15' 44" |
| Source: [20] | |||
Team classification
| Rank | Team | Time | |
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| 1 | Team RadioShack |
52h 58' 59" | |
| 2 | Caisse d'Epargne |
+ 19" | |
| 3 | Française des Jeux |
+ 3' 34" | |
| 4 | Rabobank |
+ 9' 21" | |
| 5 | Ag2r–La Mondiale |
+ 10' 59" | |
| 6 | Footon–Servetto–Fuji |
+ 14' 14" | |
| 7 | Team Katusha |
+ 16' 20" | |
| 8 |  Team Sky |
+ 16' 45" | |
| 9 | Lampre–Farnese Vini |
+ 21' 18" | |
| 10 | Liquigas–Doimo |
+ 21' 44" | |
| Source: [21] | |||
