The 2010 Giro d'Italia Femminile or 2010 Giro Donne was the 21st running of the Giro d'Italia Femminile, one of the premier events of the women's road cycling calendar. It was held over ten stages from 2–11 July 2010, starting in Muggia and finishing in Monza. It was won by Mara Abbott of USA National Team, the first American ever to win the Giro Donne.

Teams Sixteen teams with 8 riders each were invited to the Giro d'Italia Femminile, for a total of 128 starting positions. However, several teams started short by a rider or two, so the start of the race only featured 120 riders.

The invited teams were:

Route and stages + Stage resultsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner 1 2 July Muggia to Trieste Plain stage 2 3 July Sacile to Riese Pio X Medium-mountain stage 3 4 July Caerano di San Marco to Biadene Individual time trial 4 5 July Ficarolo to Lendinara Plain stage 5 6 July Fossacesia to Cerro al Volturno Medium-mountain stage 6 7 July Gallarate to Arcisate Plain stage 7 8 July Como to Albese con Cassano Stage with mountain(s) 8 9 July Chiavenna to Livigno Stage with mountain(s) 9 10 July Livigno to Stelvio Pass Stage with mountain(s) 10 11 July Autodromo Nazionale Monza to Monza Plain stage

Classification leadership There were five different jerseys awarded in the 2010 Giro Donne. In general, these followed the same format as those in the men's Giro d'Italia.

The leader of the General classification received a pink jersey. This classification was calculated by adding the combined finishing times of the riders from each stage, and the overall winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Giro.

Secondly, the points classification awarded the maglia ciclamino, or mauve jersey. Points were awarded for placements at stage finishes as well as at selected intermediate sprint points on the route, and the jersey would be received by the rider with the most overall points to their name.

In addition to this, there was a mountains classification, which awarded a green jersey. Points were allocated for the first few riders over selected mountain passes on the route, with more difficult passes paying more points, and the jersey would be received by the rider with the most overall points to their name.

Fourth, there was the jersey for the Best Young Rider, which was granted to the highest-placed rider on the General classification aged 23 or under. This rider would receive a white jersey.

Finally, there was the jersey for Best Italian Rider, awarded to the Italian rider placed highest in the general classification. This rider would receive a blue jersey.

In addition to the jerseys, an award was given for Best Team. This result was determined by adding the total times of each team's top three riders at the finish of each stage.

+Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Italian rider classification 1 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Martine Bras Marianne Vos Giorgia Bronzini 2 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg 3 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Tatiana Guderzo 4 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg 5 Marianne Vos Marianne Vos 6 Marianne Vos Emma Pooley 7 Evelyn Stevens Marianne Vos Tatiana Guderzo 8 Mara Abbott Mara Abbott Mara Abbott 9 Mara Abbott Emma Pooley 10 Shelley Evans Final Mara Abbott Marianne Vos Emma Pooley Marianne Vos Tatiana Guderzo

Classification standings Legend      Denotes the leader of the General classification      Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification      Denotes the leader of the Points classification      Denotes the leader of the Young rider classification      Denotes the leader of the Italian rider classification

General classification RankRiderTeamTime 1 USA National Team 2 + 2' 05" 3 Team Valdarno + 3' 05" 4 + 5' 26" 5 + 7' 29" 6 Team Valdarno + 8' 23" 7 Netherlands National Team + 9' 24" 8 Team Valdarno + 12' 08" 9 Safi–Pasta Zara + 23' 03" 10 Top Girls Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi + 25' 50"

Points classification RankRiderTeamPoints 1 Netherlands National Team 80 2 65 3 62 5 52 5 USA National Team 45 6 Team Valdarno 44 7 USA National Team 42 8 Gauss RDZ Ormu 42 9 28 10 22

Mountains classification RankRiderTeamPoints 1 48 2 USA National Team 43 3 Team Valdarno 33 4 22 5 17 6 Gauss RDZ Ormu 14 7 Netherlands National Team 7 8 Safi–Pasta Zara 7 9 Team Valdarno 6 10 Team Valdarno 6

Young rider classification RankRiderTeamTime 1 Netherlands National Team 2 Top Girls Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi + 16' 26" 3 Australia National Team + 32' 38" 4 Australia National Team + 48' 16" 5 Bizkaia–Durango + 49' 11" 6 Top Girls Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi + 50' 59" 7 Vaiano Solaristech + 51' 56" 8 ACS Chirio–Forno d'Asolo + 32' 19" 9 Australia National Team + 57' 13" 10 Netherlands National Team + 1h 15' 15"

Italian rider classification RankRiderTeamTime 1 Tatiana Guderzo Team Valdarno 2 Laura Bozzolo Team Valdarno + 1h 23' 47" 3 Monia Baccaille Team Valdarno + 1h 27' 19" 4 Silvia Valsecchi Top Girls Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi + 1h 38' 10" 5 Noemi Cantele + 1h 38' 38" 6 Martina Corazza Team Valdarno + 1h 42' 14" 7 Jennifer Fiori Top Girls Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi + 1h 59' 16" 8 Giorgia Bronzini Gauss RDZ Ormu + 2h 11' 15" 9 Luisa Tamanini ACS Chirio–Forno d'Asolo + 2h 13' 59" 10 Alessandra D'Ettorre Top Girls Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi + 2h 17' 58"

References

External links Cycling News