2010 Tour of the Basque Country
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2010 UCI ProTour 2010 UCI World Ranking, race 1 of 26 |
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| Dates | 5–10 April | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 888 km (551.8 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 23h 27' 30" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Chris Horner (USA)
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(Team RadioShack) |
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| Second |
 Beñat Intxausti (ESP)
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(Euskaltel–Euskadi) | |
| Third |
Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)
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(Team Katusha) | |
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Points |
Samuel Sánchez (ESP)
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(Euskaltel–Euskadi) |
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Mountains |
Gonzalo Rabuñal (ESP)
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(Xacobeo–Galicia) |
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Sprints |
 Christian Meier (CAN)
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(Garmin–Transitions) |
| Team | Team HTC–Columbia | ||
The 2010 Tour of the Basque Country, was the 50th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country cycling stage race. It started on 5 April and ended on 10 April. Chris Horner won the race 7 seconds ahead of Alejandro Valverde after winning the sixth and final stage which was an individual time trial 8 seconds ahead of Valverde. Valverde's results were subsequently removed after a retroactive suspension was applied.
Two time defending champion, Alberto Contador announced that he would not be taking part in the 2010 Tour. Instead he put his focus at the Critérium International.2009 Tour de France runner up Andy Schleck and his brother, Fränk Schleck as well as 2009 Vuelta a España champion Alejandro Valverde were heavy favourites. However other favourites also included Team RadioShack's Andreas Klöden, Italy's Damiano Cunego and Samuel Sánchez from Spain.
There are 20 teams competing in the 2010 Tour of the Basque Country. They are:
Alejandro Valverde was awarded the opening stage after Óscar Freire, who crossed the line first, was disqualified for interfering with him in the sprint. After the subsequent removal of Valverde's results, Freire was reinstated as stage winner. Pre-race favourite, Samuel Sánchez missed a decisive split in the peloton and finished 1:38 behind the peloton, making a victory for him seem very unlikely.
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