2010 Tour of Utah
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| Dates | August 17–22, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 12h 39' 40" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Levi Leipheimer (USA)
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(Mellow Johnny's) |
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| Second |
 Francisco Mancebo (ESP)
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(Canyon Bicycles) | |
| Third |
Ian Boswell (USA)
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(Bissell) | |
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Mountains |
 Jai Crawford (AUS)
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(Fly V Australia) |
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Youth |
Ian Boswell (USA)
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(Bissell) |
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Sprints |
David Tanner (AUS)
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(Fly V Australia) |
| Team | Fly V Australia | ||
The 2010 Tour of Utah was the seventh edition of the Tour of Utah. It was held August 17-22, 2010. The race was distinguished by the decision of the organizers prior to the race to submit the 2011 edition of the race for addition to the UCI America Tour, upgrading it from national status to international status. Although UCI Pro Tour team were not allowed to compete in the race, Levi Leipheimer of Team RadioShack, who had just won the Leadville Trail 100 MTB mountain-bike race in Colorado, raced as the sole member of a team sponsored by Lance Armstrong's Austin bicycle shop, Mellow Johnny's, and won the overall title. Consistent with its self-proclaimed title of "America's toughest stage race", only 71 of the original 140 starters finished the race.
Like 2009, the 2010 race had a prologue, three road stages, a criterium and a time trial. In addition to Leipheimer, Taylor Phinney, who was a stagiaire at RadioShack at the time, entered as part of RadioShack's U23 team Trek-Livestrong. Only one UCI Professional Continental team, BMC Racing Team, competed in the race, along with several UCI Continental teams, some national teams and a few entries like Mellow Johnny's. In total, 140 riders began the race.
Leipheimer won alone on stage 2, came in second on stage 3 and second in a two-man finish on stage 5 to beat the previous year's winner, Francisco Mancebo, by 2:30. 19-year-old Ian Boswell from Bissell came in a surprising third and was also Best Young Rider; after the race, he joined Trek-Livestrong as well. The only riders to wear the yellow jersey in the race were affiliated with RadioShack: Phinney (after the Prologue), Trek-Livestrong's Alex Dowsett (after Stage One), and Leipheimer (remainder).
August 17, 2010 -- Salt Lake City, 2.8 miles (4.5 km)
The prologue, a loop around the State Capitol in Salt Lake City, was identical to the previous year's prologue. This time, it was dominated by Phinney and Dowsett from Trek-Livestrong, with Brent Bookwalter, the 2009 winner of the prologue, coming in third.
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