2010 Giro d'Italia

2010 Giro d'Italia
2010 UCI World Ranking, race 14 of 26
Map of Italy showing the path of the race, starting in Amsterdam and transferring to Savigliano in Italy before going counter-clockwise and reaching Apulia in the south before coming back north to finish in Verona, by the Dolomites in northeast Italy
Overview of the stages:
route from Amsterdam to Venice covered by the riders on the bicycle (red)
and transfers between stages (green).
Race details
Dates8 – 30 May 2010
Stages21
Distance3,485 km (2,165 mi)
Winning time87h 44' 01"
Results
Winner  Ivan Basso (ITA) (Liquigas–Doimo)
  Second  David Arroyo (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne)
  Third  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (Liquigas–Doimo)
Points  Cadel Evans (AUS) (BMC Racing Team)
Mountains  Matthew Lloyd (AUS) (Omega Pharma–Lotto)
Youth  Richie Porte (AUS) (Team Saxo Bank)
  Sprints  Tom Stamsnijder (NED) (Rabobank)
  Combativity  Matthew Lloyd (AUS) (Omega Pharma–Lotto)
  Team Liquigas–Doimo
  Team points Liquigas–Doimo
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The 2010 Giro d'Italia was the 93rd edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race started off in Amsterdam on 8 May and stayed in the Netherlands for three stages, before leaving the country.[1] The route included climbs such as Monte Zoncolan, Plan de Corones, the Passo del Mortirolo and the Passo di Gavia before ending in Verona with an individual time trial.[2]

Principal favorites for overall success in the Giro included Ivan Basso of the Liquigas–Doimo team, Cadel Evans for BMC Racing Team, and Cervélo TestTeam's Carlos Sastre. After three weeks of racing, it was Basso who claimed his second Giro d'Italia title, after also winning in 2006.[3] David Arroyo from Caisse d'Epargne and Basso's teammate Vincenzo Nibali rounded out the podium. Australian riders won all the lesser jersey awards, with Evans taking the points classification, Omega Pharma–Lotto's Matthew Lloyd the winner of the mountains classification, and Richie Porte of Team Saxo Bank the Giro's best young rider.

The road race stages in the Netherlands were both marred by repeated crashes, which led to some unexpected big time gaps before the transfer to Italy. The overall standings were very turbulent in the first week, with four different riders holding the race leader's pink jersey. The 11th stage greatly re-shaped the overall standings, when several riders, including Sastre, gained almost 13 minutes against the remainder of the field. Porte took the pink jersey after this stage. Two days later, Arroyo took the jersey, and kept it for five days. He eventually lost it to Basso on the first of two very difficult mountain stages to close out the Giro. Success was fairly widespread among the Giro's 22 teams, as 17 of them came away with either a stage win, classification win, or stint in the pink jersey.

  1. ^ "2010 Giro to start in Amsterdam". AP. 31 May 2009. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  2. ^ Gregor Brown (24 October 2009). "Zomegnan Presents An All-inclusive 2010 Giro D'Italia". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Ivan Basso wins Giro d'Italia for second time to delight of home fans". Guardian. 30 May 2010. Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2010.