10 Question Sports Quiz: 2010 Tour de France | Cycling

Answer: Rotterdam, Netherlands

This was the third consecutive Grand Tour to begin somewhere in the Netherlands. The 2009 Vuelta a Espaņa began in Assen. The 2010 Giro d'Italia began in Amsterdam. For an individual time trial to be classified as a prologue, the distance must be under 10km. Fabian Cancellara won the stage with a time of ten minutes flat. Fabian took both the yellow jersey, for overall leader, and the green jersey, for leading the points classification. Fabian rode for Team Saxo Bank. Tony Martin took the white jersey for best young rider.

Answer: Team RadioShack

Team RadioShack was formed in mid 2009. Lance Armstrong is co-owner of the team. Team RadioShack's manager for the 2010 Tour de France was Johan Bruyneel. Team RadioShack's roster for the Tour was the same lineup that Team Astana had for the 2009 Tour de France except for one rider; Alberto Contador. Team RadioShack would win the Team Classification at the 2010 Tour de France.

Answer: Col du Tourmalet

The Pyrenees were first included in the Tour de France in 1910. The Tourmalet was crossed twice in honor of the 100 years that the Pyrenees have been used in the Tour de France. The Col du Tourmalet was first crossed in Stage 16, with Christophe Moreau being the first to summit the mountain.

The Tourmalet was the finish for Stage 17. Andy Schleck was the first to cross the finish line. This was only the second time the Tour has had a stage to finish on the Col du Tourmalet. The first time was in 1974, where Jean-Pierre Danguillaume won the stage.

The Col du Tourmalet is 2,115m (6,939 ft) high.

Answer: Paris-Roubaix

The stage got off to a normal start, with a seven man breakaway forming. As the breakaway made their way onto the cobblestones Ryder Hesjedal jumped off the front of the breakaway. The six riders couldn't catch him and were eventually picked up by the peloton.

A couple crashes occurred on the stage when the peloton made its way on the cobblestones. Damiano Cunego and David Zabriske had a small crash on an earlier set of the cobblestones, but each got back on their bikes. Another crash occurred later that took out Team Saxo Bank's Frank Schleck. Schleck would be diagnosed with a broken collarbone and he had to abandon the Tour.

At that point a small group of riders formed an attack group, that group contained Andy Schleck, Fabian Cancellara, Thor Hushovd, and Cadel Evans. Cancellara whipped up the pace and with 1.1km to go in the stage Cancellara pulled back Ryder Hesjedal. Stage 3 was won by Thor Hushovd. Hushovd rode for Cervelo TestTeam.

Answer: 5 Stages

The French riders that won stages were Sylvain Chavanel, Pierrick Fedrigo, Christophe Riblon, and Thomas Voeckler. Sylvain Chavanel won Stages 2 & 7. Chavanel also wore the yellow jersey for two days. Chavanel rode for Team Quick Step. Christophe Riblon won Stage 14. Riblon rode for Ag2r-La Mondiale. Thomas Voeckler won Stage 15. Voeckler rode for Bbox Bouygues Telecom. Pierrick Fedrigo won Stage 16. Fedrigo rode for Bbox Bouygues Telecom.

Answer: Mark Cavendish

Mark Cavendish won five stages at the 2010 Tour de France. Cavendish won Stages 5, 6, 11, 18 & 20. He also won six stages at the 2009 Tour de France and four stages at the 2008 Tour de France. Mark Cavendish became the first rider to win on the Champ Elysees two years in a row. Cavendish also finished second in the Points Classification for the second year in a row. Cavendish rode for Team HTC-Columbia.

Answer: Alberto Contador

Alberto Contador won his first Tour de France in 2007. The next year, 2008, Contador would go on to win the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espaņa. In doing that he became the youngest rider to win all three Grand Tours. In 2009 Contador won the Tour de France in convincing fashion. He would repeat in 2010, by gaining yellow jersey after Stage 15 concluded. Contador rode for Team Astana.

In February 2012, Contador was stripped of the title for PED use. The official winner is now Andy Schleck.

Answer: Anthony Charteau

Anthony Charteau was the first Frenchman to win the King of the Mountains Classification since Richard Virenque in 2004. Charteau first grabbed the polka dot jersey after Stage 9, and held it for only that day. He lost the lead to Jerome Pineau. During Stage 12 Charteau regained the lead in the King of the Mountains and held it all the way to the Champs Elysees. Anthony Charteau rode for Bbox Bouygues Telecom.

Answer: Alessandro Petacchi

Alessandro Petacchi won his first green jersey at the Tour de France in 2010. By winning the green jersey at the 2010 Tour de France he became the fourth rider to win all three points classifications in the three separate Grand Tours. Petacchi won by 11 points over Mark Cavendish. Petacchi won two stages in the 2010 Tour de France, Stages 1 & 4. Petacchi rode for Lampre-Farnese Vini.

Answer: Andy Schleck

This was the third consecutive time Andy Schleck had won the Young Riders Classification, he won it in 2008, 2009, and 2010. With his third victory in this classification he tied the German Jan Ullrich for the most Young Rider Classification wins, with 3 each. Ullrich also won the Young Rider Classification three times consecutively, in 1996, 1997, and 1998. Andy Schleck won Stages 8 & 17. Andy Schleck rode for Team Saxo Bank.