overall leader, and the team had designs on winning the stage 4 team time trial to put Farrar in the jersey. However, the team's fortunes were not the same in stage 3 as they had been the day before. Just as he had in stage 3 of the 2009 Giro d'Italia, Vandevelde crashed and retired from the race. Farrar also had a bad day, finishing with the second group on the road and dropping well away from any chance of holding the pink jersey. Millar, however, ended the day in fifth in the overall standings, six seconds behind race leader Alexander Vinokourov, giving the squad a chance to hold the pink jersey after all. If he took the jersey, Millar would become the first British rider ever to be race leader for all three Grand Tours in his career. The squad also wanted to dedicate their prospective victory in the team race to the fallen Vandevelde, but the American's presence proved sorely missed. They managed just eighth on the day, 49 seconds back of stage winners . Farrar was perhaps the rider most adversely affected by the events of stage 5. While he led the peloton across the finish line at the head of a field sprint, this sprint was only for fourth place, as the peloton had mistimed the catch of a three-man breakaway and lost out on a chance for a stage win themselves. The squad then lay low until stage 9, another stage that was likely to end in a sprint finish. Farrar made a late split in the field to contest a depleted bunch finish, but no other Garmin riders did. This meant Farrar had to contest the sprint without any sort of leadout, and managed third behind Matthew Goss and Filippo Pozzato. Third, however, was good enough to give Farrar the red jersey as points classification leader. In stage 10, another flat stage, Dean rode a very effective leadout in the stage's final kilometer, splitting the field and giving Farrar the perfect acceleration en route to victory. Farrar was the Giro's only double stage winner. Stage 11 was a major one. Over 50 riders formed a leading group ahead of the race's overall favorites, with the stage winner coming across the finish line nearly 13 minutes ahead of them. While Garmin had Martin and Millar in this group, they were not present to contest the