Tour de Suisse 2010

Tour de Suisse 2010
Host country
Competition period	June 12-20, 2010
Stages	9
overall length	1,353.1 km
Starting field	167 in 18 teams (115 of which arrived at the finish)
course
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Final score
First	Frank Schleck	35:02:00 h
Second	Lance Armstrong	+ 0:12 min
Third	Jakob Fuglsang	+ 0:17 min
Fourth	Steve Morabito	+ 0:23 min
fifth	Robert Gesink	+ 0:27 min
Sixth	Tony Martin	+ 0:27 min
seventh	Rigoberto Urán	+ 0:33 min
Eighth	Andreas Klöden	+ 0:48 min
Ninth	Joaquim Rodríguez	+ 1:09 min
Tenth	Levi Leipheimer	+ 1:14 min
Scoring	Marcus Burghardt	50 p.
Second	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	50 p.
Third	Marco Marcato	43 P.
Mountain scoring	Mathias Frank	49 P.
Second	Wouter Poels	40 p.
Third	Robert Gesink	21 p.
Sprint scoring	Mathias Frank	16 p.
Second	Marcus Burghardt	15 p.
Third	Francisco Javier Aramendia	12 p.
Team evaluation	Team Saxo Bank	105: 03: 40 h
Second	Team RadioShack	+ 4:34 min
Third	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 16:33 min

The 74th Tour de Suisse took place from June 12th to 20th, 2010. The organizing committee of the Swiss National Tour announced the stage locations on July 31, 2009. The total length of the tour was 1,353.1 kilometers.

Teams

The field of drivers during the 4th stage in Wettingen

All 18 UCI ProTour and three UCI Professional Continental teams were invited to the tour. The wildcards were given to the BMC Racing Team , the Cervélo TestTeam and the Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team .

Stages

The second stage led over a short piece of Italian territory; the drivers crossed the Simplon Pass . The sixth stage was the longest stage of the tour. On it the Sustenpass , the Oberalppass and the Albulapass were overcome. The tour began in Lugano with the prologue and ended with a final time trial in Liestal and the surrounding area. For the first time in years, no stage ended with a mountain finish.

Overview

stage	Day	Start and finish	km	Type	Stage winner	Yellow jersey
1st stage	June 12	Lugano - Lugano	007.6		Fabian Cancellara	Fabian Cancellara
2nd stage	June 13th	Ascona - Sierre	167.5		Heinrich Haussler
3rd stage	14th June	Sierre - Schwarzenburg	196.6		Frank Schleck	Tony Martin
4th stage	15th June	Schwarzenburg - Wettingen	192.2		Alessandro Petacchi
5th stage	June 16	Wettingen - Frutigen	172.5		Marcus Burghardt
6th stage	17th of June	Meiringen - La Punt-Chamues-ch	213.3		Robert Gesink	Robert Gesink
7th stage	18th of June	Savognin - Wetzikon	204.1		Marcus Burghardt
8th stage	June 19th	Wetzikon - Liestal	172.4		Rui Costa
9th stage	20th June	Liestal - Liestal	026.9		Tony Martin	Frank Schleck

1st stage: Lugano - Lugano

Result 1st stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Fabian Cancellara		SAX	10:21:06 min
2.	Roman Kreuziger		LIQ	+ 0:01 min
3.	Tony Martin		THR	+ 0:03 min
4th	Peter Sagan		LIQ	+ 0:03 min
5.	Dries Devenyns		QST	+ 0:09 min

2nd stage: Ascona - Sierre

Result 2nd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Heinrich Haussler		CTT	4:25:16 h
2.	Pablo Urtasun		EUS	same time
3.	Marco Marcato		VAS	same time
4th	Óscar Freire		RAB	same time
5.	Gerald Ciolek		MRM	same time

Overall ranking after the 2nd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Fabian Cancellara		SAX	4:35:37 h
2.	Roman Kreuziger		LIQ	+ 0:01 min
3.	Tony Martin		THR	+ 0:03 min
4th	Dries Devenyns		QST	+ 0:10 min
5.	Gustav Erik Larsson		SAX	+ 0:11 min

3rd stage: Sierre - Schwarzenburg

Result 3rd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Frank Schleck		SAX	5:02:21 h
2.	Rigoberto Urán		GCE	same time
3.	Bauke Mollema		RAB	+ 0:03 min
4th	Steve Morabito		BMC	+ 0:03 min
5.	Matteo Carrara		VAS	+ 0:03 min

Overall ranking after the 3rd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Tony Martin		THR	9:38:04 h
2.	Fabian Cancellara		SAX	+ 0:01 min
3.	Thomas Lövkvist		THR	+ 0:09 min
4th	Rigoberto Urán		GCE	+ 0:10 min
5.	Dries Devenyns		QST	+ 0:11 min

4th stage: Schwarzenburg - Wettingen

Result 4th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Alessandro Petacchi		LAM	4:57:33 h
2.	Matti Breschel		SAX	same time
3.	Marco Marcato		VAS	same time
4th	José Joaquín Rojas Gil		GCE	same time
5.	Robbie McEwen		CAT	same time

Overall ranking after the 4th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Tony Martin		THR	14:35:37 h
2.	Fabian Cancellara		SAX	+ 0:01 min
3.	Thomas Lövkvist		THR	+ 0:09 min
4th	Rigoberto Urán		GCE	+ 0:10 min
5.	Dries Devenyns		QST	+ 0:11 min

5th stage: Wettingen - Frutigen

Result 5th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Marcus Burghardt		BMC	4:21:23 h
2.	Martijn Maaskant		GRM	+ 0:02 min
3.	Daniel Oss		LIQ	+ 0:04 min
4th	Robbie McEwen		CAT	+ 0:47 min
5.	Diego Ulissi		LAM	+ 0:47 min

Overall ranking after the 5th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Tony Martin		THR	18:57:47 h
2.	Fabian Cancellara		SAX	+ 0:01 min
3.	Thomas Lövkvist		THR	+ 0:09 min
4th	Rigoberto Urán		GCE	+ 0:10 min
5.	Dries Devenyns		QST	+ 0:11 min

6th stage: Meiringen - La Punt

Result 6th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Robert Gesink		RAB	6:20:53 h
2.	Rigoberto Urán		GCE	+ 0:42 min
3.	Joaquim Rodríguez		CAT	+ 0:42 min
4th	Oliver Zaugg		LIQ	+ 0:42 min
5.	Lance Armstrong		RSH	+ 0:42 min

Overall ranking after the 6th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Robert Gesink		RAB	25:18:57 h
2.	Rigoberto Urán		GCE	+ 0:29 min
3.	Steve Morabito		BMC	+ 0:36 min
4th	Frank Schleck		SAX	+ 0:38 min
5.	Joaquim Rodríguez		CAT	+ 0:42 min

7th stage: Savognin - Wetzikon

Result 7th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Marcus Burghardt		BMC	4:52:02 h
2.	Óscar Freire		RAB	+ 1:01 min
3.	Greg Van Avermaet		OLO	+ 1:01 min
4th	Manuel Quinziato		LIQ	+ 1:01 min
5.	Luis León Sánchez		GCE	+ 1:08 min

Overall ranking after the 7th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Robert Gesink		RAB	30:15:59 h
2.	Rigoberto Urán		GCE	+ 0:29 min
3.	Steve Morabito		BMC	+ 0:36 min
4th	Frank Schleck		SAX	+ 0:38 min
5.	Joaquim Rodríguez		CAT	+ 0:42 min

8th stage: Wetzikon - Liestal

Result 8th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Rui Costa		GCE	4:10:32 h
2.	José Joaquín Rojas Gil		GCE	+ 0:15 min
3.	Maxime Monfort		THR	+ 0:19 min
4th	Sandy Casar		FDJ	+ 0:34 min
5.	Alessandro Vanotti		LIQ	+ 0:34 min

Overall ranking after the 8th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Robert Gesink		RAB	34:27:47 h
2.	Rigoberto Urán		GCE	+ 0:29 min
3.	Steve Morabito		BMC	+ 0:36 min
4th	Frank Schleck		SAX	+ 0:38 min
5.	Joaquim Rodríguez		CAT	+ 0:42 min

9th stage: Liestal - Liestal

Result 9th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Tony Martin		THR	32:21 min
2.	Fabian Cancellara		SAX	+ 0:17 min
3.	David Zabriskie		GRM	+ 0:29 min
4th	Gustav Erik Larsson		SAX	+ 0:48 min
5.	Levi Leipheimer		RSH	+ 0:48 min

Overall ranking after the 9th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Frank Schleck		SAX	35:02:00 h
2.	Lance Armstrong		RSH	+ 0:12 min
3.	Jakob Fuglsang		SAX	+ 0:17 min
4th	Steve Morabito		BMC	+ 0:23 min
5.	Robert Gesink		RAB	+ 0:27 min

Ratings in the course of the race

The table shows the leader in the respective classification after the respective stage.

stage	Overall rating	Scoring	Mountain scoring	Sprint scoring	Team evaluation
1st stage	Fabian Cancellara	Fabian Cancellara			Liquigas-Doimo
2nd stage		Heinrich Haussler	Mathias Frank	Matthias Russ
3rd stage	Tony Martin		Aleksandr Pliuşkin		Team Saxo Bank
4th stage		Marco Marcato	Aitor Hernández	Steve Morabito
5th stage				Francisco Javier Aramendia
6th stage	Robert Gesink		Wouter Poels
7th stage		Marcus Burghardt	Mathias Frank	Mathias Frank
8th stage
9th stage	Frank Schleck	Marcus Burghardt	Mathias Frank	Mathias Frank	Team Saxo Bank

Prize money

Prize money of € 163,050 will be distributed during the tour.

Prize money for the various ratings

placement	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	Every day
Overall rating	€ 18,000	€ 9,000	€ 4,500	€ 2,250	1,800 €	€ 300
Scoring	0€ 2,000	0€ 1,000	0750 €	-		€ 200
Mountain scoring	0€ 2,000	0€ 1,000	0750 €	-		€ 200
Sprint scoring	0€ 2,000	0€ 1,000	0750 €	-		€ 200

Prize money at the stages

placement	1.	2.	3.	annotation
Stage ranking	€ 4,000	€ 2,000	€ 1,000	staggered up to 20th place (100 €)
Intermediate sprints	0€ 200	-		14 intermediate sprints during the tour
Mountain classification cat. HC	0€ 300	-		02 ratings during the tour
Mountain classification cat. 1	0250 €	-		03 ratings during the tour
Mountain classification cat. 2	0€ 200	-		02 ratings during the tour
Mountain classification cat. 3	0150 €	-		011 ratings during the tour
Mountain classification cat. 4	0100 €	-		no ratings during the tour

Premium sprints

• Sprint municipality Centovalli : for the first three € 500, € 200 and € 100 respectively.
• Würth premium sprints: € 300, € 200 or € 100 each for the first three, with four extra intermediate sprints.

Fall and driver protest

Shortly before the finish of the fourth stage, there was a fall at the front of the field after the sprinters Mark Cavendish and Heinrich Haussler , who were in the lead, drove in front of Gerald Ciolek from left and right at the same time and got caught in each other. As a result of this fall, Haussler (deep flesh wound), Arnaud Coyot (forearm fracture) and Lloyd Mondory had to give up the tour. Cavendish was downgraded to last place in the stage ranking by the race management for leaving the driving line - which in the opinion of the race management had caused the fall - and was given a time penalty of 30 seconds, a deduction of 25 points for the points assessment and a fine of 200 Swiss francs.

Before the start of the next stage, riders from the teams Cervélo , Caisse d'Epargne and ag2r La Mondiale protested against Cavendish's driving style with a blockade.

Web links

Commons : Tour de Suisse 2010  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Tour de Suisse 2010 in the database of Radsportseiten.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Description of the route on tds.ch ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 12, 2010 
2. ↑ Start list on Live-Radsport.ch accessed on June 13, 2010
3. ↑ Tour de Suisse magazine  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Regulations (accessed on June 14, 2010)  
4. ↑ s. P. 11 of the stage communique : Communique of the 4th stage of the Tour de Suisse ( Memento of the original of July 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ radsport-news.com: "Driver protest against Cavendish"