Tour de France 2010/10. stage

00000 Result of the 10th stage 00000
		Sérgio Paulinho (RSH)	5:10:57 h
2.		Wassil Kiryenka (MOV)	equal time
3.		Dries Devenyns (EQS)	+ 1:29 min
4th		Pierre Rolland (DEN)	equal time
5.		Mario Aerts (OLO)	+ 1:33 min
6th		Maxime Bouet (ALM)	+ 3:20 min
7th		Nicolas Roche (ALM)	+ 12:57 min
8th.		Rémi Pauriol (COF)	+ 13:56 min
9.		Mark Cavendish (THR)	+ 14:18 min
10.		Alessandro Petacchi (LAM)	equal time
		Mario Aerts (OLO)
Intermediate results after the 10th stage
		Andy Schleck (TNK)	49:00:56 h
2.		Alberto Contador (AST)	+ 0:41 min
3.		Samuel Sánchez (EUS)	+ 2:45 min
		Thor Hushovd (CTT)	138 pts.
2.		Alessandro Petacchi (LAM)	131 pts.
3.		Robbie McEwen (KAT)	116 pts.
		Jérôme Pineau (EQS)	91 pts.
2.		Anthony Charteau (DEN)	90 pts.
3.		Christophe Moreau (MOV)	62 pts.
		Andy Schleck (TNK)	49:00:56 h
2.		Robert Gesink (TLJ)	+ 4:22 min
3.		Roman Kreuziger (CAN)	+ 5:11 min
		Caisse d'Epargne	147: 47: 02 h
2.		Team RadioShack	+ 0:31 min
3.		Astana	+ 14:54 min

The 10th stage of the Tour de France 2010 on July 14th led over 179 km from Chambéry to Gap . On this low mountain range there were two sprint ratings and three mountain ratings, one of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd category. After Markus Eibegger had given up the day before, 181 of the 198 registered participants started.

Race course

After about five kilometers through the neutral zone, the race was cleared at 13:02. Several drivers attacked immediately, including Tony Martin , Jaroslaw Popowytsch , Matthew Lloyd , Pierrick Fédrigo and Maarten Tjallingii , but the field did not let them move. In a fall, Robert Hunter , among others , fell, but he was able to continue. The Lampre pulled on the sprint to the first intermediate sprint, which, ultimately, the Lampre rider Alessandro Petacchi won, followed by Thor Hushovd and Robbie McEwen . In another fall, Popovych fell to the ground. A group of four around Tony Martin managed to break away briefly, but were caught again.

Finally, a group of four formed again, this time consisting of Sérgio Paulinho , Mario Aerts , Dries Devenyns and Wassil Kiryjenka , which could now pull away. The favorites teams now wanted to calm the field and prevent further attacks. However, this did not suit the French drivers who wanted to put themselves in the limelight on their national holiday and so some attacked. Maxime Bouet and Pierre Rolland were able to set themselves apart. After they had made up a gap of over one and a half minutes on the previous top group, they reached these 66 kilometers after the start, so that it now consisted of six drivers. Meanwhile, the Saxo Bank team finally calmed down in the field on this hot day.

The lead of the outliers quickly increased to over nine minutes at a slow pace. The first mountain classification on the Côte de Laffrey was won by Mario Aerts. In the field, Jérôme Pineau defeated the previous wearer of the dotted jersey, Anthony Charteau, in the fight for the last mountain points to be awarded . Since it was the only mountain classification of the day in which more than six drivers, including some from the main field, got points, Pineau took back the dotted jersey with one point ahead of Charteau. In the leading group, Aerts also won the third mountain classification. The group's lead then grew to over ten minutes, the largest lead of a breakaway group so far in this Tour de France. On the ascent to the Col du Noyer, Bouet had to let go at times. Aerts was again the first to cross the mountain. In the field, Christophe Moreau attacked in this mountain classification, although there were no more points.

In the top group, Kiryjenka drove first over the last sprint classification. This was followed by a non-categorized mountain, on whose ascent Bouet had to tear down first. Then there were the first attacks in the leading group, starting with Aerts, followed by Kiryjenka. An attack by Devenyns followed, followed by Paulinho and Kiryjenka. They overtook him and took the lead. Meanwhile, Nicolas Roche and Rémi Pauriol left the field . Paulinho and Kiryjenka drove together to the finish, where Paulinho finally won the sprint for the stage win. They were followed by Devenyns, Rolland and Aerts, more than a minute behind. The defeated Bouet crossed the finish line more than three minutes behind. Roche and Pauriol reached the goal before the field, which was more than 14 minutes behind. The sprint of the field was won by Mark Cavendish ahead of Alessandro Petacchi and Thor Hushovd . This did not change anything in terms of placement in the sprint classification.

Sprint ratings

• 1st intermediate sprint in La Buissière (19.5 km) ( 230  m )

First	Alessandro Petacchi	6 pts.
Second	Thor Hushovd	4 pts.
Third	Robbie McEwen	2 pts.

• 2nd intermediate sprint in La Fare-en Champsaur (kilometer 158.5) ( 974  m )

First	Vasil Kiryenka	6 pts.
Second	Mario Aerts	4 pts.
Third	Dries Devenyns	2 pts.

• Destination in Gap (kilometer 179) ( 745  m )

First	Sérgio Paulinho	25 pts.
Second	Vasil Kiryenka	22 pts.
Third	Dries Devenyns	20 pts.
Fourth	Pierre Rolland	18 pts.
fifth	Mario Aerts	16 pts.
Sixth	Maxime Bouet	15 pts.
seventh	Nicolas Roche	14 pts.
Eighth	Rémi Pauriol	13 pts.
Ninth	Mark Cavendish	12 pts.
Tenth	Alessandro Petacchi	11 pts.
11.	Thor Hushovd	10 pts.
12.	Robbie McEwen	9 pts.
13.	Lloyd Mondory	8 pts.
14th	Sébastien Turgot	7 pts.
15th	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	6 pts.
16.	Sebastian Lang	5 pts.
17th	Jürgen Roelandts	4 pts.
18th	Kristijan Koren	3 pts.
19th	Damien Monier	2 pts.
20th	Matti Breschel	1 point

Mountain ratings

• Côte de Laffrey, Category 1 (kilometer 46) ( 1618  m ; 7 km at 9%)

First	Mario Aerts	15 pts.
Second	Pierre Rolland	13 pts.
Third	Dries Devenyns	11 pts.
Fourth	Vasil Kiryenka	9 pts.
fifth	Sérgio Paulinho	8 pts.
Sixth	Maxime Bouet	7 pts.
seventh	Jérôme Pineau	6 pts.
Eighth	Anthony Charteau	5 pts.

• Côte des Terrasses, category 3 (kilometers 84.5; 730  m ; 3.3 km at 7.1%)

First	Mario Aerts	4 pts.
Second	Vasil Kiryenka	3 pts.
Third	Pierre Rolland	2 pts.
Fourth	Sérgio Paulinho	1 point

• Col du Noyer, category 2 (kilometers 145.5; 1664  m ; 7.4 km at 5.3%)

First	Mario Aerts	20 pts.
Second	Dries Devenyns	18 pts.
Third	Sérgio Paulinho	16 pts.
Fourth	Vasil Kiryenka	14 pts.
fifth	Pierre Rolland	12 pts.
Sixth	Maxime Bouet	10 pts.

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