Tour de France 2010: Route Map, Teams & TV Schedule

Tour de France 2010 is the 97th Tour de France. Tour de France 2010 has started on 3 July with 9 km prologue in Rotterdam, Netherlands and will end on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 25 July. The tour was first started in the Netherlands since 1996. The first three stages are including seven cobblestone sectors, whose total distance is the longest distance of cobblestones, 13.2 km in the Tour on stage 3 since 1983. And first three stages passed through the Netherlands and Belgium on routes designed to replicate some features of the spring classics.

There are six mountain stages in the Tour de France 2010, and three of them with mountain finished. The emphasis is on the Pyrenees, with two ascents of the Col du Tourmalet in the 100th anniversary year of their first inclusion on the tour. There is one long time trial, which is restored to its traditional place on the penultimate day. On 14 October 2009, the official tour presentation was held. Tour de France 2010 will be the third consecutive cycling Grand Tour to start in the Netherlands like the 2009 Vuelta a España started in Assen and the 2010 Giro d’Italia began in Amsterdam.

At the start, the foreign stages of the Tour will all take place but Until near the end of Stage 4, riders do not enter France. In the Jura, the Alps and the Pyrenees, plus a stage across the Cevennes, the mountain stages will take place.

Teams of Tour de France 2010:

AG2R-La Mondiale (France):

• John Gadret (Fra),
• Christophe Riblon (Fra),
• Maxime Bouet (Fra),
• Dimitri Champion (Fra),
• Martin Elmiger (Swi),
• Lloyd Mondory (Fra),
• Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita),
• Christophe Riblon (Fra),
• Nicolas Roche (Irl).

Withdrawn: David Le Lay (Fra).

Astana (Kazakhstan):

• Alberto Contador (Spa),
• Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz),
• David De la Fuente (Spa),
• Andriy Grivko (Ukr),
• Jesus Hernandéz (Spa),
• Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz),
• Daniel Navarro (Spa),
• Benjamin Noval (Spa),
• “Paolo Tiranlongo (Ita).

BBox-Bouygues Telecom (France):

• Thomas Voeckler (Fra),
• Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra),
• Pierre Rolland (Fra),
• Cyril Gautier (Fra),
• Yukiya Arashiro (Jap),
• Nicolas Vogondy (Fra),
• Matthieu Sprick (Fra),
• Anthony Charteau (Fra),
• Sébastien Turgot (Fra).

BMC Racing (US):

• Alessandro Ballan (Ita),
• Brent Bookwalter (US),
• Marcus Burghardt (Ger),
• Cadel Evans (Aus),
• George Hincapie (US),
• Karsten Kroon (Hol),
• Steve Morabito (Swi),
• Mauro Santambrogio (Ita).

Withdrawn: Mathias Frank (Swi).

Caisse d’Epargne (Spain):

• Imanol Erviti (Spa),
• José Iván Gutiérrez (Spa),
• Vasil Kiryienka (Blr),
• Christophe Moreau (Fra),
• Mathieu Perget (Fra),
• Rubén Plaza (Spa),
• José Joaquín Rojas (Spa),
• Luis León Sánchez (Spa),
• Rui Costa (Por).

Cervelo (Switzerland):

• Volodimir Gustov (Ukr),
• Jeremy Hunt (GB),
• Thor Hushovd (Nor),
• Andreas Klier (Ger),
• Ignatas Konovalovas (Lit),
• Brett Lancaster (Aus),
• Dan Lloyd (GB),
• Carlos Sastre (Spa).

Withdrawn: Xavier Florencio (Spa); suspended by team on eve of race.

Cofidis, le Crédit en ligne (France):

• Stephane Auge (Fra),
• Samuel Dumoulin (Fra),
• Julien El Fares (Fra),
• Christophe Kern (Fra),
• Sebastien Minard (Fra),
• Amael Moinard (Fra),
• Damien Monier (Fra),
• Remi Pauriol (Fra),
• Rein Taaramae (Est).

Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spain):

• Iñaki Isasi (Spa),
• Juan José Oroz (Spa),
• Alan Pérez (Spa),
• Rubén Pérez (Spa),
• Samuel Sánchez (Spa),
• Egoi Martinez (Spa),
• Amets Txurruka (Spa),
• Iván Velasco (Spa),
• Gorka Verdugo (Spa).

Footon-Servetto (Spain):

• Eros Capecchi (Ita),
• Aitor Perez (Spa),
• Alberto Benitez (Spa),
• Arkaitz Duran (Spa),
• Markus Eibegger (Aut),
• Fabio Felline (Ita),
• Iban Mayoz (Spa), Rafael Valls (Spa).

Withdrawn: Manuel Cardoso (Por).

Française des Jeux (France):

• Sandy Casar (Fra),
• Remy Di Gregorio (Fra),
• Anthony Geslin (Fra),
• Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra),
• Christophe Le Mevel (Fra),
• Anthony Roux (Fra),
• Jeremy Roy (Fra),
• Wesley Sulzberger (Aus),
• Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra).

Garmin-Transitions (US):

• Julian Dean (NZ),
• Tyler Farrar (US),
• Ryder Hesjedal (Can),
• Robbie Hunter (SA),
• Martijn Maaskant (Hol),
• David Millar (GB),
• Johan van Summeren (Bel),
• David Zabriskie (US).

Withdrawn: Christian Vande Velde (US).

HTC-Columbia (US):

• Mark Cavendish (GB),
• Bernhard Eisel (Aut),
• Bert Grabsch (Ger),
• Tony Martin (Ger),
• Maxime Monfort (Bel),
• Mark Renshaw (Aus),
• Michael Rogers (Aus),
• Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr).

Withdrawn: Adam Hansen (Aus).

Katusha (Russia):

• Pavel Brutt (Rus),
• Sergei Ivanov (Rus),
• Joaquim Rodríguez (Spa),
• Vladimir Karpets (Rus),
• Robbie McEwen (Aus),
• Alexander Kolobnev (Rus),
• Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel),
• Eduard Vorganov (Rus),
• Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda).

Lampre-Farnese (Italy):

• Grega Bole (Slo),
• Damiano Cunego (Ita),
• Mauro Da Dalto (Ita),
• Francesco Gavazzi (Ita),
• Danilo Hondo (Ger),
• Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita),
• Adriano Malori (Ita),
• Alessandro Petacchi (Ita),
• Simon Spilak (Slo).

Liquigas-Doimo (Italy):

• Ivan Basso (Ita),
• Francesco Bellotti (Ita),
• Kristjan Koren (Slo),
• Roman Kreuziger (Cze),
• Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr),
• Daniel Oss (Ita),
• Manuel Quinziato (Ita),
• Sylwester Szmyd (Pol),
• Brian Bach Vandborg (Den).

Milram (Germany):

• Gerald Ciolek (Ger),
• Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger),
• Linus Gerdemann (Ger),
• Roger Kluge (Ger),
• Christian Knees (Ger),
• Luke Roberts (Aus),
• Thomas Rohregger (Aut),
• Fabian Wegmann (Ger).

Withdrawn: Niki Terpstra (Hol).

Omega Pharma-Lotto (Belgium):

• Mario Aerts (Bel),
• Francis de Greef (Bel),
• Sebastian Lang (Ger),
• Matthew Lloyd (Aus),
• Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa),
• Jürgen Roelandts (Bel),
• Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel),
• Charly Wegelius (GB).

Withdrawn: Mickaël Delage (Fra).

Quick Step (Belgium):

• Carlos Barredo (Spa),
• Francesco Reda (Ita),
• Sylvain Chavanel (Fra),
• Dries Devenyns (Bel),
• Kevin De Weert (Bel),
• Jérôme Pineau (Fra),
• Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel),
• Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel),
• Maarten Wynants (Bel).

Rabobank (Holland):

• Denis Menchov (Rus),
• Robert Gesink (Hol),
• Óscar Freire (Spa),
• Lars Boom (Hol),
• Grischa Niermann (Ger),
• Koos Moerenhout (Hol),
• Maarten Tjallingii (Hol),
• Bram Tankink (Hol),
• Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa).

RadioShack (US):

• Lance Armstrong (US),
• Levi Leipheimer (US),
• Andreas Klöden (Ger),
• Chris Horner (US),
• Janez Brajkovic (Slo),
• Sergio Paulinho (Por),
• Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr),
• Grégory Rast (Swi),
• Dmitry Muravyev (Kaz).

Saxo Bank (Denmark):

• Fabian Cancellara (Swi),
• Andy Schleck (Lux),
• J ens Voigt (Ger),
• Stuart O’Grady (Aus),
• Matti Breschel (Den),
• Chris Anker Sorensen (Den),
• Jakob Fuglsang (Den),
• Nicki Sorensen (Den).

Withdrawn: Fränk Schleck (Lux).

Team Sky (GB):

• Michael Barry (Can),
• Steve Cummings (GB),
• Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor),
• Simon Gerrans (Aus),
• Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa),
• Thomas Lofkvist (Swe),
• Serge Pauwels (Bel),
• Geraint Thomas (GB),
• Bradley Wiggins (GB).

TV Schedule of Tour de France 2010:

You can catch all the action on Versus, available on channel 603 on DirecTV and channel 151 on Dish Network. Check your local cable listings for channel lineups.

• Stages 4-6 will be broadcast from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday through Friday.
• Stages 7-8 will air live from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.
• Stage 9 airs Tuesday, July 13 from 7 to 11:30 a.m.
• Stage 10 coverage begins at 8 a.m. Wednesday, July 14. Then it’s back to 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. live coverage for Stages 11-13 from July 15-17.
• Stage 14 and 15 coverage runs live from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. July 18-19.
• Stages 16 and 17 will air live from 6:30 to 11:30 a.m. on July 20 and 22.
• Stages 18 and 19 will air from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. July 23-24.
• The final stage airs July 25 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Replays of each day’s action run on Versus from 8 to 11 p.m.

Tour de France 2010 Route”

Video about Tour de France 2010 stage 3 from youtube: