Tour de France 2010/1. stage

00000 Result of the 1st stage 00000
		Alessandro Petacchi (LAM)	5:09:38 h
2.		Mark Renshaw (THR)	equal time
3.		Thor Hushovd (CTT)	equal time
4th		Robbie McEwen (KAT)	equal time
5.		Matthieu Ladagnous (FDJ)	equal time
6th		Daniel Oss (CAN)	equal time
7th		José Joaquín Rojas Gil (MOV)	equal time
8th.		Christian Knees (MRM)	equal time
9.		Rubén Pérez (EUS)	equal time
10.		Jürgen Roelandts (OLO)	equal time
		Maarten Wijnants (EQS)
Intermediate results after the 1st stage
		Fabian Cancellara (TNK)	5:19:38 h
2.		Tony Martin (THR)	+ 0:10 min
3.		David Millar (CPT)	+ 0:20 min
		Alessandro Petacchi (LAM)	35 pts.
2.		Mark Renshaw (THR)	30 pts.
3.		Thor Hushovd (CTT)	26 pts.
		Tony Martin (THR)	5:19:48 h
2.		Geraint Thomas (SKY)	+ 0:13 min
3.		Edvald Boasson Hagen (SKY)	+ 0:22 min
		Team RadioShack	16:00:19 h
2.		Team HTC-Columbia	+ 0:01 min
3.		Garmin transitions	+ 0:02 min

The 1st stage of the Tour de France 2010 on July 4th led over 223.5 km from Rotterdam to Brussels , making it the second longest stage of the Tour de France. There were three sprint classifications on the flat stage. After Mathias Franks and Manuel António Cardoso gave up due to fall injuries, 195 of the 198 registered participants started.

Race course

After driving a few kilometers through Rotterdam, the drivers stopped at the Erasmus Bridge for an opening ceremony of the 97th tour with the city's mayor, Ahmed Aboutaleb . The real start was given at 12:22 p.m.

Only two minutes later, a trio consisting of the Dutchman Lars Boom , the Spaniard Alan Pérez and the Belgian Maarten Wijnants pulled away from the peloton, increased their gap to over seven minutes at times and made up the sprint scores among themselves. Especially the teams of favorites for the targeted mass sprint increased the pace later in the race, which is why the lead then shrank again. They led the peloton nine kilometers from the finish line to the last runaways who had fought for the lead over the previous 20 kilometers with the Moldovan Aleksandr Pliuşkin, who was open to them . Contrary to the fears, the wind did not cause any problems on the journey over the dams.

After the Australian Adam Hansen fell and left the race with a broken sternum and several drivers, including David Millar and Ivan Basso , were involved in an accident with a dog, several mass falls occurred over the last kilometers of the 1st stage: In the On the last corner, Mark Cavendish , one of the favorites for the day's victory, lost his driving line and caused a crash in which sprinter Óscar Freire, among others , fell.

Another mass crash occurred on the home straight, in which overall leader Fabian Cancellara was also involved. Around 30 riders who were in front of the center at the time of the crash contested the battle for the day's victory. Tyler Farrar was knocked to the ground 200 meters from the finish line . In the final sprint, the Italian Alessandro Petacchi prevailed ahead of Mark Renshaw . Since the falls occurred within the last three kilometers, the time of the day's winner Petacchi was credited to everyone involved, so that Cancellara defended the overall lead. Petacchi took over the green jersey.

Sprint ratings

• 1st intermediate sprint in Zeeland (km 73) ( 15  m NAP )

First	Lars Boom	6 pts.
Second	Alan Perez	4 pts.
Third	Maarten Wijnants	2 pts.

• 2nd intermediate sprint in Putte (kilometer 149.5) ( 7  m OP )

First	Maarten Wijnants	6 pts.
Second	Alan Perez	4 pts.
Third	Lars Boom	2 pts.

• 3rd intermediate sprint in Ekeren (158.5 km) ( 0  m OP )

First	Alan Perez	6 pts.
Second	Lars Boom	4 pts.
Third	Maarten Wijnants	2 pts.

• Destination in Brussels (kilometer 223.5) ( 26  m OP )

First	Alessandro Petacchi	35 pts.
Second	Mark Renshaw	30 pts.
Third	Thor Hushovd	26 pts.
Fourth	Robbie McEwen	24 pts.
fifth	Matthieu Ladagnous	22 pts.
Sixth	Daniel Oss	20 pts.
seventh	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	19 pts.
Eighth	Christian Knees	18 pts.
Ninth	Rubén Pérez	17 pts.
Tenth	Jürgen Roelandts	16 pts.
11.	Sébastien Turgot	15 pts.
12.	Linus Gerdemann	14 pts.
13.	Julien El-Fares	13 pts.
14th	Luke Roberts	12 pts.
15th	Geraint Thomas	11 pts.
16.	Kanstanzin Siuzou	10 pts.
17th	Sylvain Chavanel	9 pts.
18th	Edvald Boasson Hagen	8 pts.
19th	Carlos Barredo	7 pts.
20th	Michael Barry	6 pts.
21st	Samuel Dumoulin	5 pts.
22nd	Sébastien Minard	4 pts.
23.	Kevin De Weert	3 pts.
24.	Johannes Fröhlinger	2 pts.
25th	Eduard Worganow	1 point

tasks

• 125 - Mathias Frank ( BMC Racing Team ): Did not start the stage after falling in the prologue .
• 213 - Manuel António Cardoso ( Footon-Servetto ): Did not start the stage after falling in the prologue .

Web links

Commons : Tour de France 2010/1. Stage  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Results and ratings

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tour: Cardoso with broken jaw and collarbone. radsport-news.com, July 4, 2010, accessed August 22, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Broken breastbone - Hansen's tour ended. radsport-news.com, July 4, 2010, accessed August 22, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Petacchi keeps track of the chaos of the fall. radsport-nes.com, July 4, 2010, accessed August 22, 2015 .