2010 Tour of Britain
Introduction 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  Greipel was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage Greipel was awarded the blue jersey as points classification leader after this stage   2   + 6" 3   + 8" 4   + 8" 5  Porte was awarded the white jersey as sprints classification leader after this stage  + 9" 6   + 11" 7  Poels was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification leader after this stage  + 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  Henderson was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage Henderson was awarded the blue jersey as points classification leader after this stage   2   + 14" 3   + 14" 4  Porte was awarded the white jersey as sprints classification leader after this stage Porte was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification leader after this stage  + 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  Porte was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification leader prior to this stage  + 1' 15" 8  Endura Racing + 1' 16" 9   + 1' 18" 10   + 1' 24"'''General Classification after Stage 3'''RiderTeamTime 1  Albasini was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage   2  Henderson was awarded the blue jersey as points classification leader after this stage  + 1' 26" 3  Porte was awarded the white jersey as sprints classification leader after this stage Porte was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification leader after this stage  + 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  Porte was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification leader prior to this stage  + 5" 7  Albasini was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader prior to this stage  + 5" 8   + 5" 9   + 11" 10   + 15"'''General Classification after Stage 4'''RiderTeamTime 1  Albasini was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage Albasini was awarded the blue jersey as points classification leader after this stage   2  Porte was awarded the white jersey as sprints classification leader after this stage  + 1' 28" 3   + 1' 32" 4   + 1' 36" 5  Hoogerland was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification leader after this stage  + 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  Albasini was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage Albasini was awarded the blue jersey as points classification leader after this stage   2   + 1' 28" 3   + 1' 32" 4   + 1' 36" 5  Hoogerland was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification leader after this stage  + 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  Albasini was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage   2   + 1' 26" 3   + 1' 27" 4  Henderson was awarded the blue jersey as points classification leader after this stage  + 1' 33" 5  Hoogerland was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification leader after this stage  + 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  Henderson was awarded the blue jersey as points classification leader prior to this stage  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  Albasini was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after this stage   2   + 1' 05" 3   + 1' 14" 4  Henderson was awarded the blue jersey as points classification leader after this stage  + 1' 16" 5  Hoogerland was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification leader after this stage  + 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  Henderson was awarded the blue jersey as points classification leader prior to this stage  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  Albasini was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification winner   2   + 1' 05" 3  Henderson was awarded the blue jersey as points classification winner  + 1' 10" 4   + 1' 13" 5  Hoogerland was awarded the red jersey as mountains classification winner  + 1' 32" 6   + 2' 12" 7   + 2' 30" 8  Endura Racing + 2' 32" 9   + 2' 35" 10   + 3' 31"
Classification leadership StageWinnerGeneral classification25pxSprint Classification25pxMountains Classification25pxPoints Classification25pxTeam 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
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