2010 UCI ProTour

The 2010 UCI ProTour is the sixth series of the UCI ProTour: a series of 16 races in which the ProTour teams, considered the elite teams of the sport, participate alongside a number of invited "wildcard" teams. As in 2009, there is no competitive element to the ProTour of itself, but all its events contribute towards the 2010 UCI World Ranking. The first race was the 2010 Tour Down Under on 19–24 January, and the series will end with two new events, bringing the tour to North America for the first time, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal on 10 September and 12 September respectively.

Two newly formed teams, the American Team RadioShack and British based Team Sky, joined the ProTour, while the licenses of Bbox Bouygues Telecom and Cofidis were not renewed. The Lampre–Farnese Vini team, although it has a ProTour Licence from the UCI valid until 2013, had its annual registration refused, and missed the first event of the tour while the matter remained unresolved. It subsequently received a temporary licence until 31 March, at which stage the full licence was restored. A number of teams have had name changes: Fuji–Servetto became Footon–Servetto–Fuji, a second name sponsor saw Garmin–Slipstream rename as Garmin–Transitions, and the name of the company, rather than one of its products, is featured in the change from Silence–Lotto to Omega Pharma–Lotto. Immediately before the Tour de France in July, two more teams altered their names: Française des Jeux simplified their name to FDJ, while Lampre–Farnese Vini became Lampre–Farnese.

2010 UCI ProTour races[]

Source:^[1]

Dates	Race	Winner	UCI World Ranking leader
19–24 January	Tour Down Under	André Greipel (GER) (Team HTC–Columbia)	André Greipel (GER) (Team HTC–Columbia)
22–28 March	Volta a Catalunya	Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (Team Katusha)	Luis León Sánchez (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne)[2]
28 March	Gent–Wevelgem	Bernhard Eisel (AUT) (Team HTC–Columbia)
4 April	Tour of Flanders	Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (Team Saxo Bank)
5–10 April	Tour of the Basque Country	Chris Horner (USA) (Team RadioShack)
18 April	Amstel Gold Race	Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (Omega Pharma–Lotto)
27 April–2 May	Tour de Romandie	Simon Špilak (SLO) (Lampre–Farnese Vini)[3]	Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (Omega Pharma–Lotto)[4]
6–13 June	Critérium du Dauphiné	Janez Brajkovič (SLO) (Team RadioShack)	Cadel Evans (AUS) (BMC Racing Team)
12–20 June	Tour de Suisse	Fränk Schleck (LUX) (Team Saxo Bank)
31 July	Clásica de San Sebastián	Luis León Sánchez (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne)	Alberto Contador (ESP) (Astana)[5]
1–7 August	Tour de Pologne	Dan Martin (IRL) (Garmin–Transitions)
15 August	Vattenfall Cyclassics	Tyler Farrar (USA) (Garmin–Transitions)
17–24 August	/ Eneco Tour	Tony Martin (GER) (Team HTC–Columbia)
22 August	GP Ouest-France	Matthew Goss (AUS) (Team HTC–Columbia)
10 September	Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec	Thomas Voeckler (FRA) (Bbox Bouygues Telecom)
12 September	Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal	Robert Gesink (NED) (Rabobank)

Teams[]

Source:^[6]

Code	Team Name		Bike
ALM		Ag2r–La Mondiale	Kuota
AST		Astana	Specialized
GCE		Caisse d'Epargne	Pinarello
EUS		Euskaltel–Euskadi	Orbea
FOT		Footon–Servetto–Fuji
FDJ		FDJ*
GRM		Garmin–Transitions	Felt
LAM		Lampre–Farnese#	Wilier
LIQ		Liquigas–Doimo	Cannondale
OLO		Omega Pharma–Lotto	Canyon
QST		Quick-Step	Eddy Merckx
RAB		Rabobank	Giant
SKY		Team Sky	Pinarello
THR		Team HTC–Columbia	Specialized
KAT		Team Katusha	Ridley
MRM		Team Milram	Focus
RSH		Team RadioShack	Trek
SAX		Team Saxo Bank	Specialized

1. known as Lampre–Farnese Vini until 28 June.

• known as Française des Jeux until 2 July.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website