2010 UCI ProTour explained

2010 UCI ProTour
Edition:6
Competition:UCI ProTour
Dates:19 January – 12 September
Location:Australia, Canada and Europe
Rounds:16
Previous:2009
Next:2011 (UCI World Tour)

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 and British based, joined the ProTour, while the licenses of and were not renewed. The 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: became, a second name sponsor saw rename as, and the name of the company, rather than one of its products, is featured in the change from to . Immediately before the Tour de France in July, two more teams altered their names: simplified their name to FDJ, while became .

2010 UCI ProTour races

Source:[1]

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19–24 January Tour Down Under

22–28 March Volta a Catalunya

[2]
28 March
4 April Tour of Flanders
5–10 April
18 April Amstel Gold Race
27 April–2 May Tour de Romandie
[3]

[4]
6–13 June Critérium du Dauphiné
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12–20 June Tour de Suisse
31 July Clásica de San Sebastián
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[5]
1–7 August Tour de Pologne
15 August Vattenfall Cyclassics
17–24 August / Eneco Tour
22 August GP Ouest-France
10 September Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
12 September Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

Teams

Source:[6]

CodeTeam NameBike
ALMKuota
ASTSpecialized
GCEPinarello
EUSOrbea
FOTFuji
FDJLapierre
GRMFelt
LAMWilier
LIQCannondale
OLOCanyon
QSTEddy Merckx
RABGiant
SKYPinarello
THRSpecialized
KATRidley
MRMFocus
RSHTrek
SAXSpecialized

known as until 28 June.

known as until 2 July.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010 UCI ProTour Races. UCI. 2010-08-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20100106120428/http://www.uciprotour.com/templates/UCI/UCI2/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU4MjM&LangId=1. 2010-01-06. dead.
  2. Sánchez took the lead in the World Rankings after the 2010 Paris–Nice, which is not part of the ProTour
  3. [Alejandro Valverde]
  4. Prior to the Tour de Romandie, Gilbert had taken the lead in the World Rankings after coming third in the Liège–Bastogne–Liège, which is not part of the ProTour. Valverde was originally regarded as having taken the lead in the rankings after this race, until the retroactive suspension was applied.
  5. Contador took the lead in the World Rankings after the 2010 Tour de France, which is not part of the ProTour.
  6. Web site: UCI ProTour: 2010 teams. UCI. 2010-01-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20100107162233/http://www.uciprotour.com/templates/UCI/UCI2/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU4MzI&LangId=1. 7 January 2010. dead.