2010 Team Sky season explained

Team:Team Sky
Season:2010
Men:yes
Ucicode:SKY
Status:UCI ProTeam
Wrrank:15th (435 points)
Manager:Dave Brailsford
Sponsor:BSkyB
Base:United Kingdom
Bikes:Pinarello
Groupset:Shimano
Onedaywins:3
Stageraceoverall:2
Stageracestages:15
Natcwins:3
Mostwins:Greg Henderson (5 wins)
Bestrider:Edvald Boasson Hagen (17th)
Next:2011

The 2010 season for, its first, began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTour team, they were automatically invited and obliged to attend every event in the ProTour. The team formed for the 2010 season as part of an initiative by British Cycling to produce the first ever British Tour de France winner within five years. Much of the team's ridership is British, most of it is anglophone, and the team competes under a British licence. Its manager is Dave Brailsford, the former Performance Director of British Cycling. Senior Director Sportif was Australian ex-professional road cyclist Scott Sunderland. Team Sky's other Sports Directors were former professional cyclists Marcus Ljungqvist from Sweden, the Briton Sean Yates, and Steven de Jongh from the Netherlands.

2010 roster

Ages as of 1 January 2010.

Riders' 2009 teams
Rider2009 team
Kurt Asle Arvesen
John-Lee Augustyn
Michael Barry
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sylvain Calzati
Kjell Carlström
Dario Cioni
Steve Cummings
Russell DowningCandiTV-Marshalls Pasta
Juan Antonio Flecha
Chris Froome
Simon Gerrans
Mathew Hayman
Rider2009 team
Greg Henderson
Peter Kennaughneo-pro
Thomas Lövkvist
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Serge Pauwels
Nicolas Portal
Morris Possoni
Ian Stannard
Christopher Sutton
Ben Swift
Geraint Thomas
Davide Viganò
Bradley Wiggins

One-day races

Before the spring season began, the team took a victory in its first-ever race. Henderson was the team's captain for the Cancer Council Helpline Classic, a 51km (32miles) criterium run two days before the Tour Down Under with the same peloton, but not counting toward its standings. Team Sky was largely responsible for bringing back a breakaway that included Lance Armstrong and Óscar Pereiro, with Downing and Sutton leading Henderson out to the sprint win. Sutton finished the race in second place just behind Henderson.[1]

National championships

At the British National Road Race Championships Team Sky controlled the men's race ending with riders in the top three positions. Geraint Thomas won the race, Peter Kennaugh came second and Ian Stannard came third. In the British National Time Trial Championships again claimed the top three with Bradley Wiggins retaining his title. In Norway Edvald Boasson Hagen won his National Time Trial Championships for the fourth time.

Stage races

Henderson finished third overall in the Tour Down Under, after taking second place on stages 2 and 6 of the six-stage race. His teammate Sutton was the rider to beat him on the final stage.[2] The team won the team time trial stage which opened the Tour of Qatar, giving Boasson Hagen the race lead.[3] He lost it the next day, when attacks from and caught the team unaware and then, when the team had almost paced him back into the leading group, he suffered a puncture.[4]

Later in February, at the inaugural Tour of Oman, Boasson Hagen again took race leadership, with third in a sprint to finish the race's second stage.[5] He extended his lead with a victory in stage 3,[6] but lost it the next day in a controversial stage 4. After Team Sky, who were pacing the peloton as the team of the race leader, let a morning breakaway get over seven minutes on a flat course, emotions ran high when no team seemed willing to help them bring the group back. Sky riders responded by pulling the peloton quickly through the stage's feed zone, something which is normally not done. Later, attacked 56km (35miles) from the end of the stage, while Boasson Hagen had stopped to urinate at the side of the road, also something which is normally not done. Boasson Hagen lost a minute and five seconds on the stage, and the race leader's red jersey.[7] Boasson Hagen went on to win the stage 6 time trial to close the event, winning the points and youth classifications in the race and finishing second overall.[8]

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia

The first Grand Tour for Team Sky started out nicely with Bradley Wiggins winning the first stage. This put him into the Maglia Rosa, he would only wear it for one stage.[9]
Chris Froome was disqualified during stage 19 for holding onto a police motorbike.[10] The team had a few near misses with stage wins; Coming second in the team time trial by only 13 seconds to Liquigas–Doimo and Greg Henderson's second-place finish in Stage 13.

Tour de France

The team were awarded a wild-card entry for the 2010 Tour de France.[11] In stage 2 of the tour Geraint Thomas finished second on the stage putting him into the lead of the youth classification, he would retain this jersey until stage 7 where he lost 3 minutes on the overall leader.

Vuelta a España

Team Sky received an invite to participate in the 2010 Vuelta a España.[12]

During the race, many of the team's riders and staff contracted an unknown virus. John Lee Augustyn, Juan Antonio Flecha, and Ben Swift were forced to retire from the race due to illness.[13] Soigneur Txema Gonzalez died five days after being admitted to hospital due to an unrelated bacterial infection, with the team withdrawing from the race before the start of stage eight.[14]

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
None Rymill Park, Adelaide
Tour Down Under, Stage 6 Adelaide
Tour of Qatar, Stage 1 Team time trial[15] West Bay Lagoon
Tour of Oman, Stage 3 Qurayyat
Tour of Oman, Stage 6 Muscat
Tour of Oman, Points classification
Tour of Oman, Young rider classification
[16] Ghent
[17] Paris–Nice, Stage 1 Contres
[18] Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 7 San Benedetto del Tronto
[19] Critérium International, Stage 2 Porto-Vecchio
[20] Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 Amsterdam
[21] Tour de Picardie, Stage 2 Cires-lès-Mello
[22] Tour de Picardie, General classification
Tour de Picardie, Points classification
Tour de Picardie, Teams classification [23]
Tour de Picardie, Young rider classification
[24] Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 7 Sallanches
[25] Ster Elektrotoer, Stage 3 Schimmert
[26] National Championship Orkanger
[27] National Championship Pendle
[28] Brixia Tour, Stage 3 Pisogne
[29] Tour de Wallonie, Stage 5 Welkenraedt
Tour de Wallonie, General classification
Veenendaal
Eneco Tour, Stage 4Roermond
Eneco Tour, Points classification /
National Championship Llandeilo
Tour of Britain, Stage 2 UCI Europe TourStoke-on-Trent
Tour of Britain, Points classification UCI Europe Tour

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Les Clarke. Sky proves the goods with Henderson win. 2010-01-17. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 2010-01-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20100120074309/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/cancer-council-helpline-classic-none/results. 20 January 2010 . live.
  2. Web site: Les Clarke and Greg Johnson . Sutton secures Sky's second . 2010-01-24 . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited . 2010-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100126082628/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/santos-tour-down-under-upt/stage-6/results . 26 January 2010 . dead . dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Stephen Farrand. Dominant start for Sky in Qatar team time trial. 2010-02-07. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 2010-02-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20100209192029/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-qatar-2-1/stage-1/results. 9 February 2010 . live.
  4. Web site: Stephen Farrand. Steurs strongest as breakaway rules the day. 2010-02-08. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 2010-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20100211180356/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-qatar-2-1/stage-2/results. 11 February 2010 . live.
  5. Web site: Cycling News. Bennati beats Farrar and Boasson Hagen in Samail. 2010-02-15. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 2010-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20100217042501/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/1st-tour-of-oman-2-1/stage-2/results. 17 February 2010 . live.
  6. Web site: Cycling News. Boasson Hagen cruises to Oman win. 2010-02-16. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 2010-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20100218090852/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/1st-tour-of-oman-2-1/stage-3/results. 18 February 2010 . live.
  7. Web site: Stephen Farrand. Neo-pro Howard takes first pro victory. 2010-02-17. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 2010-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20100219233138/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/1st-tour-of-oman-2-1/stage-4/results. 19 February 2010 . live.
  8. Web site: Stephen Farrand. Boasson Hagen blasts to time trial win. 2010-02-19. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 2010-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20100323222132/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/1st-tour-of-oman-2-1/stage-6/results. 23 March 2010 . live.
  9. Web site: Sky and the Giro d'Italia: The highs and lows since 2010 . 29 November 2017 . cyclingnews.com. 17 December 2017.
  10. Web site: Froome disqualified from Giro d'Italia . 29 May 2010 . cyclingweekly.com. 17 December 2017.
  11. Web site: Tour de France wildcard place awarded to Team Sky. Cycling Weekly. 2010-03-30. 30 March 2010 .
  12. Web site: Vuelta invite for Team Sky . Jonathan Turner . . 2010-06-14 . 18 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100618043744/http://www.skysports.com/story/0%2C19528%2C15264_6206599%2C00.html . 18 June 2010 . live .
  13. Web site: Team Sky worker dies after contracting virus. 2010-09-03. France 24. 3 September 2010 .
  14. News: Sky withdrawn from Vuelta . . . 2010-09-04 . 2010-09-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100905172626/http://www.teamsky.com/article/0%2C27290%2C19634_6356679%2C00.html . 5 September 2010 . dead .
  15. The riders on the squad were Kurt Asle Arvesen, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Russell Downing, Juan Antonio Flecha, Lars Petter Nordhaug, Ian Stannard, Geraint Thomas and Bradley Wiggins
  16. Web site: Team Sky's Juan Antonio Flecha ends wait with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad victory in Ghent. The Daily Telegraph. 2010-02-27. John MacLeary. 27 February 2010 .
  17. Web site: Team Sky's Henderson wins as bunch splits in the wind. Cycling Weekly. 2010-03-08. 8 March 2010 .
  18. Web site: Boasson Hagen takes Tirreno sprint, hoping for San Remo win . Cycling Weekly . 2010-03-16 . Gregor Brown . 16 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100322231601/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/446923/boasson-hagen-takes-tirreno-sprint-hoping-for-san-remo-win.html . 22 March 2010 . live .
  19. Web site: GB's Russell Downing secures Criterium sprint stage win . 2010-03-28 . BBC Sport . 28 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100331194405/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8591513.stm . 31 March 2010 . live .
  20. Web site: Sky's Bradley Wiggins wins Giro d'Italia opening stage . BBC Sport . 2010-05-08 . 8 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100511160641/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8670045.stm . 11 May 2010 . live .
  21. Web site: Swift stars for Team Sky. Sky Sports. 2010-05-15. Jonathan Turner. 15 May 2010 .
  22. Web site: Swift wins Tour de Picardie overall. Cycling Weekly. 2010-05-16. Nigel Wynn. 16 May 2010 .
  23. The riders on the squad were Ben Swift, Russell Downing, Davide Viganò, Juan Antonio Flecha, Lars Petter Nordhaug, Peter Kennaugh, Nicolas Portal and Geraint Thomas
  24. Web site: Brajkovic wins Dauphine as Boasson Hagen impresses . 2010-06-13 . BBC Sport . 13 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100616081621/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8737840.stm . 16 June 2010 . live .
  25. Web site: Henderson and Downing give Team Sky a one-two in Holland . 2010-06-18 . . 18 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100623040849/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/473883/henderson-and-downing-give-team-sky-a-one-two-in-holland.html . 23 June 2010 . live .
  26. Web site: Time trial titles around the world . 2010-06-25 . cyclingnews.com . 29 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100628140539/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/time-trial-titles-around-the-world . 28 June 2010 . live .
  27. Web site: Thomas edges out Kennaugh as Sky take 1-2-3 at national championships . 2010-06-27 . . 29 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100630114032/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/474628/thomas-edges-out-kennaugh-as-sky-take-1-2-3-at-national-championships.html . 30 June 2010 . live .
  28. Web site: Sutton sprints to win in Brixia stage. 2010-07-23. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 2010-07-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20100726130712/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/brixia-tour-2-1/stage-3/results. 26 July 2010 . live.
  29. Web site: Downing wins Tour de Wallonie overall . Nigel Wynn . 2010-07-28 . Cycling Weekly . 28 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100731032824/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/493324/downing-wins-tour-de-wallonie-overall.html . 31 July 2010 . live .

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