The 2010 Tour of Britain was a UCI 2.1 category race of eight stages that was held from 11 to 18 September 2010. The race was the seventh edition of the latest version of the Tour of Britain and the 71st British tour in total. It formed part of the 2009–2010 UCI Europe Tour. The race began in Rochdale and ended with a circuit stage in London. The Tour was won by a rider for the second successive year, as Switzerland's Michael Albasini won the race by over a minute.
Participating teams
UCI ProTour Teams GRM – THR – SAX – SKY –
UCI Professional Continental Teams CSF – CTT – SKS – TSV – ISD – VAC –
UCI Continental Teams SKT – EDR – Endura Racing MPT – RAL – RCS – SGS –
Other Teams IRE – Ireland National Team
Stages
Stage 1 11 September 2010 – Rochdale to Blackpool,
Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 6" 3 + 8" 4 + 8" 5 + 9" 6 + 11" 7 + 11" 8 + 12" 9 + 12" 10 + 12"
Stage 2 12 September 2010 – Stoke-on-Trent,
Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 + 3" 7 + 3" 8 + 3" 9 + 3" 10 + 3"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 14" 3 + 14" 4 + 14" 5 + 17" 6 + 18" 7 + 18" 8 + 20" 9 + 23" 10 + 23"
Stage 3 13 September 2010 – Newtown to Swansea,
Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 8" 3 + 8" 4 + 21" 5 + 28" 6 + 31" 7 + 1' 15" 8 Endura Racing + 1' 16" 9 + 1' 18" 10 + 1' 24"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1' 26" 3 + 1' 28" 4 + 1' 41" 5 + 1' 46" 6 + 2' 08" 7 + 2' 08" 8 + 2' 10" 9 + 2' 10" 10 Endura Racing + 2' 13"
Stage 4 14 September 2010 – Minehead to Teignmouth, 171 km
Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 5" 3 + 5" 4 Endura Racing + 5" 5 + 5" 6 + 5" 7 + 5" 8 + 5" 9 + 11" 10 + 15"General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1' 28" 3 + 1' 32" 4 + 1' 36" 5 + 1' 42" 6 + 2' 08" 7 + 2' 30" 8 Endura Racing + 2' 32" 9 + 2' 43" 10 + 5' 38"
Stage 5 15 September 2010 – Tavistock to Glastonbury,
Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 13" 3 + 32" 4 Endura Racing + 32" 5 + 32" 6 + 50" 7 + 51" 8 + 6' 36" 9 + 9' 18" 10 + 9' 18"General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1' 28" 3 + 1' 32" 4 + 1' 36" 5 + 1' 42" 6 + 2' 08" 7 + 2' 30" 8 Endura Racing + 2' 32" 9 + 2' 43" 10 + 3' 36"
Stage 6 16 September 2010 – King's Lynn to Great Yarmouth,
Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 6 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1' 26" 3 + 1' 27" 4 + 1' 33" 5 + 1' 37" 6 + 2' 08" 7 + 2' 30" 8 Endura Racing + 2' 32" 9 + 2' 43" 10 + 3' 36"
Stage 7 17 September 2010 – Bury St Edmunds to Colchester,
Stage 7 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 + 3" 4 + 3" 5 + 3" 6 + 3" 7 + 3" 8 Endura Racing + 6" 9 Endura Racing + 6" 10 + 6"General Classification after Stage 7 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1' 05" 3 + 1' 14" 4 + 1' 16" 5 + 1' 32" 6 + 2' 12" 7 + 2' 30" 8 Endura Racing + 2' 32" 9 + 2' 35" 10 + 3' 31"
Stage 8 18 September 2010 – London, The final stage of the 2010 edition was a circuit race in Newham, London. It was originally intended that the final stage would be in the centre of London but, due to the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to London, the organisers were forced to find an alternative location.
Stage 8 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1' 05" 3 + 1' 10" 4 + 1' 13" 5 + 1' 32" 6 + 2' 12" 7 + 2' 30" 8 Endura Racing + 2' 32" 9 + 2' 35" 10 + 3' 31"
Classification leadership StageWinnerGeneral classificationSprint ClassificationMountains ClassificationPoints ClassificationTeam Classification 1 André Greipel André Greipel Richie Porte Wout Poels André Greipel 2 Greg Henderson Greg Henderson Richie Porte Greg Henderson 3 Michael Albasini Michael Albasini 4 Wout Poels Johnny Hoogerland Michael Albasini 5 Marco Frapporti Michał Gołaś 6 André Greipel Greg Henderson 7 Borut Božič 8 André Greipel Final Michael Albasini Michał Gołaś Johnny Hoogerland Greg Henderson
References
External links
Official Website