2010 Vacansoleil season
Introduction   2010 Vacansoleil season '''Manager ''' Hilaire Van Der Schueren '''One-day victories''' 5 '''Stage race overall victories''' 2 '''Stage race stage victories''' 7 Previous season • Next seasonThe 2010 season for the  cycling team began in January with the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise. As they did in their inaugural season in 2009, the team competes in 2010 as a UCI Professional Continental team with wildcard status, meaning they are eligible to be invited to any UCI ProTour event. The team's manager is Hilaire Van Der Schueren.The team's biggest acquisitions for the 2010 season are Feillu brothers, both of them minor stars from a recent Tour de France while riding for Agritubel. Romain, the elder, wore the yellow jersey for a day in 2008, while younger brother Brice won a stage in 2009.
2010 roster Ages as of January 1, 2010;Riders who joined the team for the 2010 seasonRider2009 teamBrice FeilluRomain FeilluGorik GardeynMichał GołaśAlberto OngaratoStéphane Rossettoneo-proRob Ruijgh''stagiaire'' ()Joost van LeijenVan Vliet-EBH-Elshof;Riders who left the team during or after the 2009 seasonRider2010 teamBaden CookeWim De VochtReinier HonigClément L'hôtellerieGerben LöwikThijs van AmerongenFree agentAart VierhoutenRetired
One-day races ===Spring classics===The team opened its season at the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise. The squad for this event was chosen in December; Hoogerland was the leader, trying to improve upon a fifth-place finish in this race in 2009.Westra figured into the morning's breakaway, along with Jussi Veikkanen and Julien El Fares, and nearly managed to stay away, being caught with only a few kilometers left in the race's final climb. A selection was made among the 85-strong peloton that had caught Westra and Veikkanen, with six, including Hoogerland, contesting an uphill sprint finish. Hoogerland finished second behind 's Jonathan Hivert. Traksel won Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, on the first weekend of the traditional spring classics season, in brutally bad weather. Of the 198 riders who began the race, just 26 finished, as the rain and the cold combined with the hilly parcours to make for what was called the most difficult day of racing in the last seven years. Traksel outsprinted two breakaway companions, Ian Stannard and Rick Flens, for the win. Vacansoleil had had van Groen in first position on the road when Traksel made his eventually race-winning attack. Van Der Schueren told Traksel to drop back, yet the stocky Dutchman continued to ride away. Though happy to have won, he referred to the attack as "stupid" when asked after the race.The team also raced Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the Clásica de Almería.===Fall races===
Stage races Vacansoleil's first stage race of the season was the Étoile de Bessèges. The first stage ended in a mass sprint, won by Božič after the team overpowered ' leadout train. Božič followed it up with a similar win the next day. In February, Mol won the Tour of Qatar overall by figuring into a crucial stage 2 breakaway. He did not win any stage.The team also sent squads to the Tour of Oman, the Tour Méditerranéen, the Volta ao Algarve, and the Ruta Del Sol.
Grand Tours The team did not receive invitations to either the Giro d'Italia or the Tour de France, despite the fact that both start in the Netherlands. It remains to be seen whether they will be invited to the Vuelta a España.
Season victories  Date  Race  Competition  Rider  Country  Location   Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 1  UCI Europe Tour      Le Grau-du-Roi   Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 2  UCI Europe Tour      St. Ambroix   Étoile de Bessèges, Points classification  UCI Europe Tour        Tour of Qatar, Overall  UCI Asia Tour        Ruta Del Sol, Mountains classification  UCI Europe Tour        Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne  UCI Europe Tour      Kuurne   Ronde van het Groene Hart  UCI Europe Tour      Zoetermeer   Three Days of De Panne, Teams classification  UCI Europe Tour        Ronde van Drenthe  UCI Europe Tour      Hoogeveen   Tour de Luxembourg, Overall classification  UCI Europe Tour        Tour de Pologne, Mountains classification  UCI World Ranking        Tour de Pologne, Sprints classification  UCI World Ranking        Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 4  UCI Europe Tour      Salas de los Infantes   Tour de l'Ain, Stage 2  UCI Europe Tour      Trévoux   Tour de l'Ain, Stage 4  UCI Europe Tour      Belley   Tour de l'Ain, Points classification  UCI Europe Tour        Druivenkoers Overijse  UCI Europe Tour      Overijse   Grand Prix de Fourmies  UCI Europe Tour      Fourmies   Tour of Britain, Stage 4  UCI Europe Tour    Teignmouth   Tour of Britain, Stage 7  UCI Europe Tour    Colchester   Tour of Britain, Sprints classification  UCI Europe Tour     Tour of Britain, Mountains classification  UCI Europe Tour     Tour of Britain, Teams classification  UCI Europe Tour
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