2010 Paris–Nice
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| Dates | 7–14 March | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 7+Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 1,268.5 km (788.2 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 28h 35' 35" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Alberto Contador (ESP)
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(Astana) |
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| Second |
Luis León Sánchez (ESP)
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(Caisse d'Epargne) | |
| Third |
 Roman Kreuziger (CZE)
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(Liquigas–Doimo) | |
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Points |
 Peter Sagan (SVK)
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(Liquigas–Doimo) |
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Mountains |
 Amaël Moinard (FRA)
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(Cofidis) |
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Youth |
Roman Kreuziger (CZE)
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(Liquigas–Doimo) |
| Team | Ag2r–La Mondiale | ||
The 2010 Paris–Nice was the 68th running of the Paris–Nice cycling stage race, often known as the Race to the Sun. It started on 7 March and ended on 14 March in Nice and consisted of a prologue time-trial and seven stages.Alberto Contador of Spain won the race, regaining the title he had won in 2007.Alejandro Valverde finished second, but his results during 2010 were expunged as part of the terms of his suspension for involvement in the 2006 Operación Puerto doping case,
22 teams were invited to the 2010 Paris–Nice, including 16 of the 18 ProTour teams, and both teams that had lost that status at the end of the preceding season. The teams were:
The course for the prologue time trial was a relatively simple 8 km (5.0 mi) out-and-back ride through Montfort-l'Amaury. It was almost entirely flat, with one small categorized climb, to award the first polka dot jersey, coming after 1.5 km (0.93 mi). The course was not very technical, as it contained just two sharp turns.
Lars Boom and Peter Sagan, both former cyclo-cross specialists, posted strong times early in the day, with Boom 10 seconds the better of the two. Expecting to be beaten, Boom watched overall contenders like Levi Leipheimer, Alberto Contador, and defending champion Luis León Sánchez all fall short, giving the young Dutchman the win. Boom later said his cyclo-cross experience helped him, as the course covered several different types of terrain. The win gave Boom all four jerseys on the first podium – in his stead, Jens Voigt wore the green points jersey, Sagan the white youth classification jersey, and Alejandro Valverde the polka dot jersey for the mountains classification lead.
Prologue results and General Classification after the Prologue
The first road race stage was a perfectly flat ride from Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines to Contres, heading due south.
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