2010 UCI ProTour


The 2010 UCI ProTour is the sixth series of the UCI ProTour: a series of 16 races in which the ProTour teams, considered the elite teams of the sport, participate alongside a number of invited "wildcard" teams. As in 2009, there is no competitive element to the ProTour of itself, but all its events contribute towards the 2010 UCI World Ranking. The first race was the 2010 Tour Down Under on 19–24 January, and the series will end with two new events, bringing the tour to North America for the first time, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal on 10 September and 12 September respectively.
Two newly formed teams, the American and British based, joined the ProTour, while the licenses of and were not renewed. The team, although it has a ProTour Licence from the UCI valid until 2013, had its annual registration refused, and missed the first event of the tour while the matter remained unresolved. It subsequently received a temporary licence until 31 March, at which stage the full licence was restored. A number of teams have had name changes: became, a second name sponsor saw rename as, and the name of the company, rather than one of its products, is featured in the change from to. Immediately before the Tour de France in July, two more teams altered their names: simplified their name to FDJ, while became .

2010 UCI ProTour races

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DatesRaceWinnerUCI World Ranking leader
19–24 January Tour Down Under

22–28 March Volta a Catalunya

28 March Gent–Wevelgem

4 April Tour of Flanders

5–10 April Tour of the Basque Country

18 April Amstel Gold Race

27 April–2 May Tour de Romandie

6–13 June Critérium du Dauphiné

12–20 June Tour de Suisse

31 July Clásica de San Sebastián

1–7 August Tour de Pologne

15 August Vattenfall Cyclassics

17–24 August / Eneco Tour

22 August GP Ouest-France

10 September Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

12 September Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

Teams

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  1. : known as until 28 June.