Tour Down Under 2010
| First |
 André Greipel
|
18:47:05 h |
| Second |
 Luis León Sánchez
|
+ 0:11 min |
| Third |
 Greg Henderson
|
+ 0:15 min |
| Fourth |
 Robbie McEwen
|
+ 0:17 min |
| fifth |
Luke Roberts
|
same time |
| Sixth |
Cadel Evans
|
+ 0:21 min |
| seventh |
 Eduard Worganow
|
+ 0:25 min |
| Eighth |
 Jürgen Roelandts
|
+ 0:26 min |
| Ninth |
 Robert Hunter
|
same time |
| Tenth |
Markus Fothen
|
+ 0:27 min |
| Scoring |
André Greipel
|
24 p. |
| Second |
Greg Henderson |
18 p. |
| Third |
Robbie McEwen |
12 p. |
| Mountain scoring |
 Thomas Rohrgger
|
62 P. |
| Second |
 Valery Dmitriev
|
36 P. |
| Third |
David Kemp
|
28 p. |
| Young talent evaluation |
Jürgen Roelandts
|
18:47:31 h |
| Second |
Wesley Sulzberger
|
+ 0:13 min |
| Third |
José Joaquín Rojas
|
+ 0:20 min |
| Team evaluation |
 ag2r La Mondiale
|
56:22:45 h |
| Second |
Caisse d'Epargne
|
+ 0:02 min |
| Third |
 Garmin transitions
|
+ 0:29 min |
The 12th Tour Down Under took place from January 19 to 24, 2010. The bike race was held in six stages over a distance of 794.5 kilometers. It was the first race in the UCI World Calendar 2010 and was part of the UCI ProTour .
On January 17, 2010, the tour was opened with the Cancer Council Classic criterion .
Starting position
Field of participants
The automatically invited ProTeams were among the 19 participating teams . For the first time at the Tour Down Under, a Professional Continental Team, the BMC Racing Team, also received a wildcard. As in previous years, a selection of Australian UCI Continental Circuits drivers ( UniSA ) started. Each team consisted of seven drivers.
The Tour Down Under was the first race for the newly formed teams RadioShack and Sky Professional Cycling.
Favorites
In addition to defending champion Allan Davis (Team Astana), the following sprinters were at the start: the 2008 winner André Greipel (HTC-Columbia), Robbie McEwen (Katjuscha), Baden Cooke and Stuart O'Grady (both Saxo Bank), Greg Henderson (Sky) , Gert Steegmans and Tomas Vaitkus (RadioShack), Robert Hunter (Garmin-Transitions), Graeme Brown (Rabobank), and José Joaquín Rojas (Caisse d'Epargne).
Cancer Council Classic
The criterion in Adelaide about 51 km won Greg Henderson ahead of his teammate Chris Sutton (both Sky) and André Greipel (HTC-Columbia).
Race course
Stage overview
| stage | date | Start finish | km | Stage winner |
 Leader
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st stage | January 19th | Clare - Tanunda | 141 |
André Greipel
|
André Greipel
|
| 2nd stage | January 20th | Gawler - Hahndorf | 133.5 |
André Greipel
|
|
| 3rd stage | 21th January | Unley - Stirling | 132.5 |
 Manuel Antonio Cardoso
|
|
| 4th stage | 22nd of January | Norwood - Goolwa | 149.5 |
André Greipel
|
|
| 5th stage | January 23 | Snapper Point - Willunga | 148 |
Luis León Sánchez
|
|
| 6th stage | January 24th | Adelaide City Council Street Circuit | 90 |
Christopher Sutton
|
1st stage: Clare – Tanunda
| driver | nation | team | time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | André Greipel |
|
THR | 3:15:30 h |
| 2. | Gert Steegmans |
|
RSH | same time |
| 3. | Jürgen Roelandts |
|
OTO | same time |
| 4th | Danilo Wyss |
|
BMC | same time |
| 5. | Greg Henderson |
|
SKY | same time |
| driver | nation | team | time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | André Greipel |
|
THR | 3:15:20 h |
| 2. | Gert Steegmans |
|
RSH | + 0:04 min |
| 3. | Martin Kohler |
|
BMC | same time |
| 4th | Jürgen Roelandts |
|
OTO | + 0:06 min |
| 5. | Blel Kadri |
|
ALM | same time |
The intermediate sprints were at kilometers 44.6 Riverton and 74.5 Kapunda . The feeding zone was south of Greenock (91.2 km). After crossing the finish line for the first time, two more laps (between Tanunda , Angaston and Nuriootpa ) had to be completed. The mountain classification on Menglers Hill (114 km) near Tanunda was also on this lap . The last 25 km (16 mi) was flat.
Ratings
At the Tour Down Under 2010 there were six jerseys. For the overall ranking, the driving times of each stage were added up, the first three at every finish and every intermediate sprint received bonus seconds and also 8, 6 and 4 points for the sprint evaluation at every finish. In the intermediate sprints there were 6, 4 and 2 points. In the mountain classification , the mountains were not divided into categories; the first five drivers received points in each classification (16, 12, 8, 6 and 4). The drivers who were born on or after January 1st, 1987 took part in the junior competition.
According to UCI rules, the number of rating jerseys was limited to four, so only the four named jerseys were worn on the stages. The jersey for the most combative driver and the jersey for the team classification (the fastest four drivers of each team on each stage) were only presented at the award ceremony.
Ratings in the course of the tour
The table shows the leader in the respective classification after the respective stage.
| Overall rating | Sprint scoring | Mountain scoring | Young talent evaluation | Team evaluation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st stage | André Greipel | Martin Kohler | Timothy Roe | Martin Kohler | ag2r La Mondiale |
| 2nd stage | André Greipel | Jürgen Roelandts | |||
| 3rd stage | Thomas Rohrgger | ||||
| 4th stage | |||||
| 5th stage | |||||
| 6th stage |
Web links
- Official website (English)
- 2010 stage overview ( Memento from October 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- Tour Down Under 2010 in the database of Radsportseiten.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Radsport-News.com - Double victory for Sky-Team, Greipel third. January 17, 2010, accessed January 17, 2010 .
- ↑ Jersey Description - Santos Tour Down Under. Archived from the original on August 8, 2011 ; accessed on January 17, 2010 (English).