The 2010 Tour de France was the 97th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. This Tour featured 22 cycling teams. Eighteen of the teams invited to the Tour were a part of the UCI ProTour, the other four teams were Professional Continental teams. The Tour will begin in Rotterdam, which is located in the Netherlands on 3 July, and finish on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 25 July.

Twenty-two teams have been invited to participate in the 2010 Tour de France. Sixteen teams, including two which are no longer part of the UCI ProTour, are covered by a September 2008 agreement with the Union Cycliste Internationale. The sixteen teams are:

Teams

Qualified teams

Invited teams

* Teams not part of the ProTour.

Cyclists

As of 1 July 2010.

+ Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour Pos. Position in the general classification ‡ Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1985 eligible for the young rider classification HD Denotes a rider finished outside the time limit, followed by the stage in which they did so DNS Denotes a rider who did not start, followed by the stage before which they withdrew DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish, followed by the stage in which they withdrew DSQ Denotes a rider who was disqualified, followed by the stage in which they were withdrawn

By team AST No. Age Pos.1 27DSQ2 291103 271364 291405 291316 27497 311048 33549 3716Team manager: Yvon Sanquier SAX No. Age Pos.11 25‡112 2614213 2912114 25‡5015 3714916 30 DNF-317 266918 3515519 39126Team manager: Bjarne Riis RSH No. Age Pos.21 38DSQ22 264323 381024 351425 371326 3114827 304628 308529 30114Team manager: Johan Bruyneel SKY No. Age Pos.31 302432 349933 2915134 328935 30 DNS-936 23‡11637 261738 2610739 24‡67Team manager: Dave Brailsford LIQ No. Age Pos.41 323242 3012243 24‡9444 24‡945 308646 23‡12447 3016248 326149 28128Team manager: Roberto Amadio GRM No. Age Pos.51 34 DNS-352 3515753 26 DNF-1254 29755 33 DNS-1156 2613957 3315858 293059 31101Team manager: Jonathan Vaughters FDJ No. Age Pos.61 29 4262 312563 24‡7864 3014665 259366 23 16767 2714368 23‡15269 28 96Team manager: Marc Madiot KAT No. Age Pos.71 29 DNS-972 2810273 35 10974 29 6575 3816576 23‡10877 31878 26 HD-779 2779Team manager: Andrei Tchmil ALM No. Age Pos.81 261582 23‡10683 2616084 317585 311986 30 DNF-387 28 11888 32 9889 2928Team manager: Vincent Lavenu CTT No. Age Pos.91 352092 30 DNS-P93 333494 3616395 3211196 3416897 24‡12798 3015999 29164Team manager: Joop Alberda OLO No. Age Pos.101 275102 3533103 25‡72104 24‡ DNF-2105 3080106 2747107 28 21108 25‡120109 32 DNS-11Team manager: Marc Sergeant THR No. Age Pos.111 25‡154112 29156113 35169114 29 DNS-2115 25‡137116 2755117 27 DSQ-12118 3037119 2739Team manager: Bob Stapleton BMC No. Age Pos.121 3326122 30 87123 26 147124 27161125 23‡ DNS-1126 37 59127 34138128 2751129 25 DNF-15Team manager: John Lelangue QST No. Age Pos.131 3131132 2941133 2818134 27144135 3066136 27 DNF-18137 23‡ 134138 3363139 28117Team manager: Patrick Lefevere MRM No. Age Pos.141 2784142 23‡133143 25‡90144 24‡ DNS-9145 2991146 33103147 27 74148 26 DNS-3149 30119Team manager: Gerry Van Gerwen BTL No. Age Pos.151 3176152 25112153 3144154 3157155 22‡45156 23‡ 58157 28100158 26113159 3288Team manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau GCE No. Age Pos.161 2611162 23‡73163 2577164 3148165 2960166 3922167 2864168 30 12169 25‡68Team manager: Eusebio Unzué COF No. Age Pos.171 23‡ DNF-13172 35153173 29 DNS-12174 25‡ 27175 2997176 2892177 2870178 2771179 2838Team manager: Éric Boyer EUS No. Age Pos.181 324182 33115183 3240184 30 DNS-7185 28129186 2895187 27 DNS-5188 3062189 3136Team manager: Igor González de Galdeano RAB No. Age Pos.191 323192 24‡130193 34141194 3435195 24‡6196 3652197 3456198 31 DNS-16199 32132Team manager: Erik Breukink LAM No. Age Pos.201 2829202 24‡125203 29123204 25105205 36135206 29166207 22‡170208 36150209 24‡ DNF-17Team manager: Giuseppe Saronni FOT No. Age Pos.211 24‡83212 28145213 27 DNS-1214 24‡81215 25 DNF-9216 20‡ DNS-9217 28 DNS-16218 3382219 23‡53Team manager: Mauro Gianetti

By rider Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour Pos. Position in the general classification ‡ Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1985 eligible for the Young rider classification DNS Denotes a rider who did not start, followed by the stage before which he withdrew DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish, followed by the stage in which he withdrew Age correct as of 3 July 2010, the date on which the Tour began

No. Rider Nationality Team Age Pos. 1 Alberto Contador 27 1 2 David de la Fuente 29 110 3 Andriy Hryvko 26 136 4 Jesús Hernández 28 140 5 Maxim Iglinsky 29 131 6 Daniel Navarro 26 49 7 Benjamín Noval 31 104 8 Paolo Tiralongo 32 54 9 Alexander Vinokourov 36 16 11 Andy Schleck 25‡ 2 12 Matti Breschel 25 142 13 Fabian Cancellara 29 121 14 Jakob Fuglsang 25‡ 50 15 Stuart O'Grady 36 149 16 Fränk Schleck 30 DNF-3 17 Chris Anker Sørensen 25 69 18 Nicki Sørensen 35 155 19 Jens Voigt 38 126 21 Lance Armstrong 38 23 22 Janez Brajkovič 26 43 23 Chris Horner 38 10 24 Andreas Klöden 35 14 25 Levi Leipheimer 36 13 26 Dimitry Muravyev 30 148 27 Sérgio Paulinho 30 46 28 Yaroslav Popovych 30 85 29 Grégory Rast 30 114 31 Bradley Wiggins 30 24 32 Michael Barry 34 99 33 Steve Cummings 29 151 34 Juan Antonio Flecha 32 89 35 Simon Gerrans 30 DNS-9 36 Edvald Boasson Hagen 23‡ 116 37 Thomas Löfkvist 26 17 38 Serge Pauwels 26 107 39 Geraint Thomas 24‡ 67 41 Ivan Basso 32 32 42 Francesco Bellotti 30 122 43 Kristjan Koren 23‡ 94 44 Roman Kreuziger 24‡ 9 45 Aleksandr Kuschynski 30 86 46 Daniel Oss 23‡ 124 47 Manuel Quinziato 30 162 48 Sylwester Szmyd 32 61 49 Brian Vandborg 28 128 51 Christian Vande Velde 34 DNS-3 52 Julian Dean 35 157 53 Tyler Farrar 26 DNF-12 54 Ryder Hesjedal 29 7 55 Robert Hunter 33 DNS-11 56 Martijn Maaskant 26 139 57 David Millar 33 158 58 Johan Vansummeren 29 30 59 David Zabriskie 31 101 61 Christophe Le Mével 29 42 62 Sandy Casar 31 25 63 Rémy Di Gregorio 24‡ 78 64 Anthony Geslin 30 146 65 Mathieu Ladagnous 25 93 66 Anthony Roux 23‡ 167 67 Jérémy Roy 27 143 68 Wesley Sulzberger 23‡ 152 69 Benoît Vaugrenard 28 96 71 Vladimir Karpets 29 DNS-9 72 Pavel Brutt 28 102 73 Sergei Ivanov 35 109 74 Alexandr Kolobnev 29 65 75 Robbie McEwen 38 165 76 Alexandre Pliușchin 23‡ 108 77 Joaquim Rodríguez 31 8 78 Stijn Vandenbergh 26 HD-7 79 Eduard Vorganov 27 79 81 Nicolas Roche 26 15 82 Maxime Bouet 23‡ 106 83 Dimitri Champion 26 160 84 Martin Elmiger 31 75 85 John Gadret 31 19 86 David Lelay 30 DNF-3 87 Lloyd Mondory 28 118 88 Rinaldo Nocentini 32 98 89 Christophe Riblon 29 28 91 Carlos Sastre 35 20 92 Xavier Florencio 30 DNS-P 93 Volodymir Gustov 33 34 94 Jeremy Hunt 36 163 95 Thor Hushovd 32 111 96 Andreas Klier 35 168 97 Ignatas Konovalovas 24‡ 127 98 Brett Lancaster 30 159 99 Daniel Lloyd 29 164 101 Jurgen Van den Broeck 27 5 102 Mario Aerts 35 33 103 Francis De Greef 25‡ 72 104 Mickaël Delage 24‡ DNF-2 105 Sebastian Lang 30 80 106 Matthew Lloyd 27 47 107 Daniel Moreno 28 21 108 Jürgen Roelandts 25‡ 120 109 Charly Wegelius 32 DNS-11 111 Mark Cavendish 25‡ 154 112 Bernhard Eisel 29 156 113 Bert Grabsch 35 169 114 Adam Hansen 29 DNS-2 115 Tony Martin 25‡ 137 116 Maxime Monfort 27 55 117 Mark Renshaw 27 DSQ-12 118 Michael Rogers 30 37 119 Kanstantsin Sivtsov 27 39 121 Cadel Evans 33 26 122 Alessandro Ballan 30 87 123 Brent Bookwalter 26 147 124 Marcus Burghardt 27 161 125 Mathias Frank 23‡ DNS-1 126 George Hincapie 37 59 127 Karsten Kroon 34 138 128 Steve Morabito 27 51 129 Mauro Santambrogio 25 DNF-15 131 Sylvain Chavanel 30 31 132 Carlos Barredo 29 41 133 Kevin De Weert 28 18 134 Dries Devenyns 26 144 135 Jérôme Pineau 30 66 136 Francesco Reda 27 DNF-18 137 Kevin Seeldraeyers 23‡ 134 138 Jurgen Van de Walle 33 63 139 Maarten Wynants 28 117 141 Linus Gerdemann 27 84 142 Gerald Ciolek 23‡ 133 143 Johannes Fröhlinger 25‡ 90 144 Roger Kluge 24‡ DNS-9 145 Christian Knees 29 91 146 Luke Roberts 33 103 147 Thomas Rohregger 27 74 148 Niki Terpstra 26 DNS-3 149 Fabian Wegmann 30 119 151 Thomas Voeckler 31 76 152 Yukiya Arashiro 25 112 153 Anthony Charteau 31 44 154 Pierrick Fédrigo 31 57 155 Cyril Gautier 22‡ 45 156 Pierre Rolland 23‡ 58 157 Matthieu Sprick 28 100 158 Sébastien Turgot 26 113 159 Nicolas Vogondy 32 88 161 Luis León Sánchez 26 11 162 Rui Costa 24‡ 73 163 Imanol Erviti 26 77 164 Iván Gutiérrez 31 48 165 Vasil Kiryienka 29 60 166 Christophe Moreau 39 22 167 Mathieu Perget 25 64 168 Rubén Plaza 30 12 169 José Joaquín Rojas 25‡ 68 171 Rein Taaramäe 23‡ DNF-13 172 Stéphane Augé 35 153 173 Samuel Dumoulin 29 DNS-12 174 Julien El Fares 25‡ 27 175 Christophe Kern 29 97 176 Sébastien Minard 28 92 177 Amaël Moinard 28 70 178 Damien Monier 27 71 179 Rémi Pauriol 28 38 181 Samuel Sánchez 32 4 182 Iñaki Isasi 33 115 183 Egoi Martínez 32 40 184 Juan José Oroz 29 DNS-7 185 Alan Pérez 27 129 186 Rubén Pérez 28 95 187 Amets Txurruka 27 DNS-5 188 Iván Velasco 30 62 189 Gorka Verdugo 31 36 191 Denis Menchov 32 3 192 Lars Boom 24‡ 130 193 Óscar Freire 34 141 194 Juan Manuel Gárate 34 35 195 Robert Gesink 24‡ 6 196 Koos Moerenhout 36 52 197 Grischa Niermann 34 56 198 Bram Tankink 31 DNS-16 199 Maarten Tjallingii 32 132 201 Damiano Cunego 28 29 202 Grega Bole 24‡ 125 203 Mauro Da Dalto 29 123 204 Francesco Gavazzi 25 105 205 Danilo Hondo 36 135 206 Mirco Lorenzetto 28 166 207 Adriano Malori 22‡ 170 208 Alessandro Petacchi 36 150 209 Simon Špilak 24‡ DNF-17 211 Eros Capecchi 24‡ 83 212 José Alberto Benítez 28 145 213 Manuel Antonio Cardoso 27 DNS-1 214 Arkaitz Durán 24‡ 81 215 Markus Eibegger 25 DNF-9 216 Fabio Felline 20‡ DNS-9 217 Iban Mayoz 28 DNS-16 218 Aitor Pérez 32 82 219 Rafael Valls 23‡ 53

By nationality Country No. of riders Finishers Stage wins 35 32 (91.43%) 6 (Sylvain Chavanel x2, Sandy Casar, Pierrick Fédrigo, Christophe Riblon, Thomas Voeckler) 32 28 (87.50%) 1 (Joaquim Rodríguez) 17 14 (82.35%) 2 (Alessandro Petacchi x2) 15 14 (93.34%) 0 13 12 (92.31%) 0 11 8 (72.73%) 0 8 6 (75.00%) 0 8 7 (87.50%) 5 (Mark Cavendish x5) 8 6 (75.00%) 0 6 5 (83.34%) 0 5 5 (100.00%) 0 5 4 (80.00%) 2 (Fabian Cancellara x2) 4 3 (75.00%) 0 3 2 (66.67%) 0 3 3 (100.00%) 0 3 3 (100.00%) 1 (Alexander Vinokourov) 3 2 (66.67%) 1 (Sérgio Paulinho) 3 3 (100.00%) 0 2 2 (100.00%) 0 2 1 (50.00%) 2 (Andy Schleck x2) 2 2 (100.00%) 1 (Thor Hushovd) 1 1 (100.00%) 0 1 0 (00.00%) 0 1 1 (100.00%) 0 1 1 (100.00%) 0 1 1 (100.00%) 0 1 1 (100.00%) 0 1 1 (100.00%) 0 1 1 (100.00%) 0 1 0 (00.00%) 0 1 1 (100.00%) 0 TOTAL 198 170 (85.86%) 21

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