Second edition of the UCI World Ranking | |
Details | |
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Dates | 19 January – 16 October |
Location | Europe, Australia and Canada |
Races | 26 |
Champions | |
Individual champion | Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (Team Katusha) |
Teams' champion | Team Saxo Bank |
Nations' champion | Spain |
The 2010 UCI World Ranking was the second edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009; the following year it would be merged with the UCI ProTour to form the UCI World Tour. The series started with the Tour Down Under's opening stage on 19 January, and consisted of 13 stage races and 13 one-day races, culminating in the Giro di Lombardia on 16 October. Two new races, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal were added to the ProTour series, and consequently to the ranking schedule. These two Canadian events, and the Tour Down Under, were the only races in the series to take place outside Europe.