2010 Tour of Turkey explained

2010 Tour of Turkey
Date:	11 - 18 April 2010
Stages:	8
Distance:	1256.8
Unit:	km
Time:	32h 42' 28"
Speed:	38.43
First:	Giovanni Visconti
First Nat:	ITA
Second:	Tejay van Garderen
Second Nat:	USA
Third:	David Moncoutié
Third Nat:	FRA
Points:	André Greipel
Points Nat:	GER
Mountains:	Rémi Pauriol
Mountains Nat:	FRA
Previous:	2009
Next:	2011

The 2010 Tour of Turkey was the 46th edition of professional road bicycle racing Tour of Turkey.^[1] ^[2]

Stages

Stage 1

11 April 2010: Istanbul (prologue), 5.8 km

Stage 1 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	André Greipel	Team HTC–Columbia	00:08:40,450
2	Tejay van Garderen		00:08:46
3	Maciej Bodnar	Liquigas	00:08:49

General Classification after Stage 1

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	André Greipel	Team HTC–Columbia	00:08:40,450
2	Tejay van Garderen		00:08:46
3	Maciej Bodnar	Liquigas	00:08:49

Stage 2

12 April 2010: Kuşadası to Turgutreis, 181 km

Stage 2 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	André Greipel	Team HTC–Columbia	04:40:33
2	Angelo Furlan		04:40:33
3	Claudio Cucinotta	De Rosa – Stac Plastic	04:40:33

General Classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	André Greipel	Team HTC–Columbia	04:49:03
2	Tejay van Garderen		04:49:19
3	Maciej Bodnar	Liquigas	04:49:22

Stage 3

13 April 2010: Bodrum to Marmaris, 166 km

Stage 3 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Giovanni Visconti	Team ISD	04:22:28
2	Simon Špilak		04:22:28
3	Rein Taaramäe	Cofidis	04:22:28

General Classification after Stage 3

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Rein Taaramäe	Cofidis	09:11:47
2	Giovanni Visconti		09:11:48
3	André Greipel	Team HTC–Columbia	09:11:53

Stage 4

14 April 2010: Marmaris to Pamukkale, 209 km

Stage 4 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Giovanni Visconti	Team ISD	05:46:10
2	Tejay van Garderen		05:46:10
3	David Moncoutié	Cofidis	05:46:10

General Classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Giovanni Visconti		14:57:48
2	Tejay van Garderen		14:58:04
3	David Moncoutié	Cofidis	14:58:15

Stage 5

15 April 2010: Denizli to Fethiye, 221 km

Stage 5 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	André Greipel	Team HTC–Columbia	06:09:17
2	Mattia Gavazzi		06:09:17
3	Kenny van Hummel	Skil–Shimano	06:09:17

General Classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Giovanni Visconti		21:07:08
2	Tejay van Garderen		21:07:24
3	David Moncoutié	Cofidis	21:07:35

Stage 6

16 April 2010: Fethiye to Finike, 194 km

Stage 6 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	André Greipel	Team HTC–Columbia	05:01:22
2	Davide Cimolai		05:01:22
3	Manuel Belletti	Colnago – CSF Inox	05:01:22

General Classification after Stage 6

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Giovanni Visconti		26:08:30
2	Tejay van Garderen		26:08:53
3	David Moncoutié	Cofidis	26:08:57

Stage 7

17 April 2010: Finike to Antalya, 114 km

Stage 7 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Elia Viviani	Liquigas	02:52:24
2	Giovanni Visconti		02:52:24
3	Andrea Grendene	Lampre N.G.C	02:52:24

General Classification after Stage 7

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Giovanni Visconti		29:00:48
2	Tejay van Garderen		29:01:17
3	David Moncoutié	Cofidis	29:01:21

Stage 8

18 April 2010: Antalya to Alanya, 166 km

Stage 8 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	André Greipel	Team HTC–Columbia	03:41:40
2	Angelo Furlan		03:41:40
3	Kenny van Hummel	Skil–Shimano	03:41:40

General Classification after Stage 8

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Giovanni Visconti		32:42:28
2	Tejay van Garderen		32:42:57
3	David Moncoutié	Cofidis	32:43:01

General classification

	Team	Time
1		32h 42' 28"
2		+29"
3		+33"
4		+54"
5	De Rosa – Stac Plastic	+1' 48"
6		+2' 52"
7		+3' 48"
8		+4' 16"
9		+5' 05"
10		+5' 13"

Notes and References

Web site: TOUR Chronology . 2024-10-01 . www.tourofturkiye.org.tr . en.
Web site: 2010-05-22 . Presidential Cycling Tour . 2024-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100522073621/http://tourofturkey.org/Home . 2010-05-22 .