Tour de France 2010 / prologue

00000Result of the prologue. stage00000
		Fabian Cancellara (TNK)	10:00 min
2.		Tony Martin (THR)	+ 0:10 min
3.		David Millar (CPT)	+ 0:20 min
4th		Lance Armstrong (RSH)	+ 0:22 min
5.		Geraint Thomas (SKY)	+ 0:23 min
6th		Alberto Contador (AST)	+ 0:27 min
7th		Tyler Farrar (CPT)	+ 0:28 min
8th.		Levi Leipheimer (RSH)	equal time
9.		Edvald Boasson Hagen (SKY)	+ 0:32 min
10.		Linus Gerdemann (MRM)	+ 0:35 min
Intermediate results after the prologue. stage
		Fabian Cancellara (TNK)	10:00 min
2.		Tony Martin (THR)	+ 0:10 min
3.		David Millar (CPT)	+ 0:20 min
		Fabian Cancellara (TNK)	15 pts.
2.		Tony Martin (THR)	12 pts.
3.		David Millar (CPT)	10 pts.
		Tony Martin (THR)	10:10 min
2.		Geraint Thomas (SKY)	+ 0:13 min
3.		Edvald Boasson Hagen (SKY)	+ 0:22 min
		Team RadioShack	31:25 min
2.		Team HTC-Columbia	+ 0:01 min
3.		Garmin transitions	+ 0:02 min

The prologue of the Tour de France 2010 was an 8.9 km long individual time trial and took place on July 3, 2010 in Rotterdam , the Netherlands . It was the first prologue since 2007. The profile was almost completely flat and had two very small climbs on the Erasmus Bridge and the Willems Bridge .

The Spaniard Xavier Florencio was suspended from his Cervélo TestTeam a few hours before the start of the race . According to the team management, he had used an ointment with prohibited ingredients. No athletes were nominated, so Carlos Sastre's team started the Tour de France with eight instead of nine drivers.

The estimated investment volume for hosting the tour start was between 10 and 12 million euros. The expected income was between 35 and 40 million euros.

Race course

Iban Mayoz was the first driver to drive over the ramp at 4:15 p.m. Tony Martin from the HTC-Columbia team, who started eleventh, led the ranking for a long time. Only time trial world champion Fabian Cancellara , who started from the penultimate rider, was able to undercut Martin's best time. The Swiss from Team Saxo Bank completed the route in exactly 10 minutes. Cancellara was able to repeat its success of the previous year and be the first to take over the yellow jersey. Overall, it was the fourth victory for him in an opening time trial of the Tour de France. Martin received the white jersey for the best young driver.

Lance Armstrong was the fastest of the favorites for the overall standings and finished fourth, 22 seconds behind. Favorite and last year's winner Alberto Contador , who took to the track at 7:32 p.m., lost five seconds on Armstrong.

It rained during the middle part of the race. Only towards the end did the rain stop and the course almost completely dried out.

Both the Swiss Mathias Frank from the BMC Racing Team and the Portuguese Manuel António Cardoso from Footon-Servetto fell during the course of the race. Frank suffered a fracture in his right thumb and a muscle tear in his thigh, and Cardoso was admitted to a clinic with a double broken jaw. Neither driver started the first stage on the following day.

Intermediate results

• 1. Intermediate time measurement point Willemsbrücke (km 4.2), 33  m NAP

01.		Fabian Cancellara		04:31 min
02.		Tony Martin		+ 0:06 min
03.		David Millar		+ 0:09 min
04th		Lance Armstrong		+ 0:11 min
05.		Alberto Contador		+ 0:12 min
06th		Edvald Boasson Hagen		+ 0:13 min
07th		Geraint Thomas		+ 0:15 min
08th.		Luis León Sánchez		equal time
09.		Levi Leipheimer		+ 0:16 min
10.		Andrij Hrywko		+ 0:17 min

Sprint scoring

• Destination in Rotterdam (kilometer 8.9) ( 4  m NAP )

First	Fabian Cancellara		15 pts.
Second	Tony Martin		12 pts.
Third	David Millar		10 pts.
Fourth	Lance Armstrong		8 pts.
fifth	Geraint Thomas		6 pts.
Sixth	Alberto Contador		5 pts.
seventh	Tyler Farrar		4 pts.
Eighth	Levi Leipheimer		3 pts.
Ninth	Edvald Boasson Hagen		2 pts.
Tenth	Linus Gerdemann		1 point

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Focus online: Cervelo removes Florencio from the tour team. July 3, 2010, accessed July 4, 2010 . 
2. ↑ Tour: Cardoso with broken jaw and collarbone. radsport-news.com, July 4, 2010, accessed August 22, 2015 .