2010 Volta ao Algarve
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| Dates | 17–21 February | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 724 km (449.9 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 19h 57' 48" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
 Tiago Machado (POR)
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(Team RadioShack) | |
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Points |
 André Greipel (GER)
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(Team HTC–Columbia) |
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Mountains |
 Jerome Baugnies (BEL)
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(Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator) |
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Sprints |
Thomas De Gendt (BEL)
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(Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator) |
| Team | Team RadioShack | ||
The 2010 Volta ao Algarve was the 36th edition of the Volta ao Algarve cycling stage race. It was held from 17–21 February 2010, and was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It started at the Algarve Stadium in Faro and ended with an individual time trial in Portimão.
This edition of the race was noted as a race which was targeted by many notable riders as their first of the season. Among these riders beginning 2010 in Portugal was reigning Tour de France champion (and defending Volta ao Algarve champion) Alberto Contador.
There were 23 teams in the 2010 Volta ao Algarve. Among them were 12 UCI ProTour teams, five UCI Professional Continental teams, and six Continental teams. Each team was allowed eight riders on their squad, but Garmin–Transitions sent only seven, giving the event a peloton of 183 cyclists at its outset.
The 23 teams in the race were:
Many notable riders contested the event as their first or one of their first of the season. This was the first race since the 2009 Tour de France for Astana's Alberto Contador. Thor Hushovd from Cervélo TestTeam intended to make his debut earlier in the season, at the Étoile de Bessèges, but illness forced him to delay his season debut. Euskaltel-Euskadi's Samuel Sánchez and the Garmin-Transitions pair of Christian Vande Velde and David Zabriskie also made their first appearances of 2010 in this event, while for Caisse d'Epargne's Luis León Sánchez it was his second, after the Tour Down Under. The RadioShack squad did not include Lance Armstrong, but the new American team did send Levi Leipheimer and Andreas Klöden, with both making their European debuts for 2010 in this race.
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