2010 UCI ProTour
Introduction 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:DatesRaceWinnerUCI World Ranking leader19–24 January Tour Down Under () ()22–28 March Volta a Catalunya () ()28 March Gent–Wevelgem  ()4 April Tour of Flanders   () 5–10 April Tour of the Basque Country  ()18 April Amstel Gold Race ()27 April–2 May Tour de Romandie () ()6–13 June Critérium du Dauphiné () ()12–20 June Tour de Suisse ()31 July Clásica de San Sebastián () ()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:CodeTeam NameBikeALM   KuotaAST   SpecializedGCE   PinarelloEUS   OrbeaFOT   FujiFDJ  * LapierreGRM   FeltLAM  # WilierLIQ   CannondaleOLO   CanyonQST   Eddy MerckxRAB   GiantSKY   PinarelloTHR   SpecializedKAT   RidleyMRM   FocusRSH   TrekSAX   Specialized#: known as  until 28 June. *: known as  until 2 July.
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