2010 Tour de France facts for kids
The 97th edition of the Tour de France cycling race happened from July 3rd to July 25th. The original winner was Alberto Contador, but he was later disqualified (meaning his win was taken away). Because of this, Andy Schleck was then named the winner.
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Race Stages
The Tour de France always starts with a special race called a Prologue. This year, it was held in Rotterdam, a city in the Netherlands. Rotterdam was the fifth city in the Netherlands to host the start of this famous race.
| Stage | Date | Course | Type | km | Winner | General classification Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prologue | 3 July | Rotterdam (NED) - Rotterdam (NED) |  |
8 (TT) |  Fabian Cancellara |
Fabian Cancellara |
| 1st stage | 4 July | Rotterdam (NED) – Brussels (BEL) | |
224 |  Alessandro Petacchi |
Fabian Cancellara |
| 2nd stage | 5 July | Brussels (BEL) – Spa (BEL) |  |
192 |  Sylvain Chavanel |
Sylvain Chavanel |
| 3rd stage | 6 July | Wanze (BEL) – Arenberg-Porte du Hainaut | |
207 |  Thor Hushovd |
Fabien Cancellara |
| 4th stage | 7 July | Cambrai – Reims | |
150 |  Mark Cavendish |
Fabien Cancellara |
| 5th stage | 8 July | Épernay – Montargis | |
185 | Mark Cavendish |
Fabien Cancellara |
| 6th stage | 9 July | Montargis – Gueugnon | |
225 | Sylvain Chavanel |
Sylvain Chavanel |
| 7th stage | 10 July | Tournus – Station des Rousses |  |
161 | ||
| 8th stage | 11 July | Station des Rousses - Morzine-Avoriaz |  |
189 | ||
| 12 July |
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| 9th stage | 13 July | Morzine-Avoriaz - Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne | |
204 | ||
| 10th stage | 14 July | Chambéry – Gap | |
179 | ||
| 11th stage | 15 July | Sisteron – Bourg-lès-Valence | |
180 | ||
| 12th stage | 16 July | Bourg-de-Péage – Mende | |
210 | ||
| 13th stage | 17 July | Rodez – Revel | |
195 | ||
| 14th stage | 18 July | Revel – Ax 3 Domaines | |
184 | ||
| 15th stage | 19 July | Pamiers – Bagnères-de-Luchon | |
187 | ||
| 16th stage | 20 July | Bagnères-de-Luchon – Pau | |
196 | ||
| 21 July |
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| 17th stage | 22 July | Pau – Col du Tourmalet | |
174 | ||
| 18th stage | 23 July | Salies-de-Béarn – Bordeaux | |
190 | ||
| 19th stage | 24 July | Bordeaux – Pauillac | |
51 (TT) | ||
| 20th stage | 25 July | Longjumeau – Paris (Champs-Élysées) | |
101 | ||
Race Leaders and Jerseys
In the Tour de France, different leaders wear special jerseys. These jerseys show who is leading in different parts of the race.
| Stage | Winner | General classification |
Points classification |
Mountains classification |
Best Young rider classification |
Team classification |
Combativity award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Fabian Cancellara | Fabian Cancellara | Fabian Cancellara | no award | Tony Martin | Team RadioShack | no award |
| 1 | Alessandro Petacchi | Alessandro Petacchi | Maarten Wynants | ||||
| 2 | Sylvain Chavanel | Sylvain Chavanel | Sylvain Chavanel | Jérôme Pineau | Quick Step | Sylvain Chavanel | |
| 3 | Thor Hushovd | Fabian Cancellara | Thor Hushovd | Geraint Thomas | Team Saxo Bank | Ryder Hesjedal | |
| 4 | Alessandro Petacchi | Dimitri Champion | |||||
| 5 | Mark Cavendish | Iván Gutiérrez | |||||
| 6 | Mark Cavendish | Mathieu Perget | |||||
| 7 | Sylvain Chavanel | Sylvain Chavanel | Andy Schleck | Astana | Jérôme Pineau | ||
| 8 | Andy Schleck | Cadel Evans | Rabobank | Mario Aerts | |||
| 9 | Sandy Casar | Andy Schleck | Anthony Charteau | Caisse d'Épargne | Luis León Sánchez | ||
| 10 | Sérgio Paulinho | Jérôme Pineau | Mario Aerts | ||||
| 11 | Mark Cavendish | Alessandro Petacchi | Stéphane Augé | ||||
| 12 | Joaquim Rodríguez | Thor Hushovd | Anthony Charteau | Team RadioShack | Alexander Vinokourov | ||
| 13 | Alexander Vinokourov | Alessandro Petacchi | Juan Antonio Flecha | ||||
| 14 | Christophe Riblon | Caisse d'Épargne | Christophe Riblon | ||||
| 15 | Thomas Voeckler | Alberto Contador | Team RadioShack | Thomas Voeckler | |||
| 16 | Pierrick Fédrigo | Thor Hushovd | Carlos Barredo | ||||
| 17 | Andy Schleck | Alexandr Kolobnev | |||||
| 18 | Mark Cavendish | Alessandro Petacchi | Daniel Oss | ||||
| 19 | Fabian Cancellara | no award | |||||
| 20 | Mark Cavendish | ||||||
| Final Classification | Alberto Contador | Alessandro Petacchi | Anthony Charteau | Andy Schleck | Team RadioShack | Sylvain Chavanel | |
Current Race Standings
Here are the standings as of July 10, 2010:
General Classification
This shows the overall leader of the race based on total time.
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) |
Quick Step | 33h 01' 23" |
| 2 |  Cadel Evans (AUS) |
BMC Racing Team | + 1' 25" |
| 3 |  Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) |
Garmin-Transitions | + 1' 32" |
| 4 |  Andy Schleck (LUX) |
Team Saxo Bank | + 1' 55" |
| 5 |  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) |
Astana | + 2' 17" |
| 6 |  Alberto Contador (ESP) |
Astana | + 2' 26" |
| 7 |  Jurgen Van Den Broeck (BEL) |
Omega Pharma-Lotto | + 2' 28" |
| 8 |  Nicolas Roche (IRL) |
Ag2r-La Mondiale | + 2' 28" |
| 9 | Johan Van Summeren (BEL) |
Garmin-Transitions | + 2' 33" |
| 10 |  Denis Menchov (RUS) |
Rabobank | + 2' 35" |
Points Classification
This shows the leader in points, usually for sprinters.
| Rider | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Thor Hushovd (NOR) |
Cervélo TestTeam | 118 |
| 2 |  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) |
Lampre-Farnese Vini | 114 |
| 3 | Robbie McEwen (AUS) |
Team Katusha | 105 |
| 4 | José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) |
Caisse d'Épargne | 92 |
| 5 |  Mark Cavendish (GBR) |
Team HTC-Columbia | 85 |
| 6 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) |
Team Sky | 82 |
| 7 | Sébastien Turgot (FRA) |
Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 79 |
| 8 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) |
Team Sky | 74 |
| 9 |  Gerald Ciolek (GER) |
Team Milram | 71 |
| 10 | Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) |
Quick Step | 69 |
Mountains Classification
This shows the leader in climbing points, for riders who are good at hills.
| Rider | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jérôme Pineau (FRA) |
Quick Step | 44 |
| 2 | Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) |
Quick Step | 36 |
| 3 | Mathieu Perget (FRA) |
Caisse d'Epargne | 28 |
| 4 | Thomas Voeckler (FRA) |
Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 21 |
| 5 | Rubén Pérez (ESP) |
Euskaltel - Euskadi | 20 |
| 6 | Rafael Valls (ESP) |
Footon-Servetto-Fuji | 18 |
| 7 | Juan Manuel Garate (ESP) |
Rabobank | 16 |
| 8 | Danilo Hondo (GER) |
Lampre-Farnese Vini | 16 |
| 9 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (ESP) |
Omega Pharma-Lotto | 12 |
| 10 | Christian Knees (GER) |
Team Milram | 11 |
Best Young Riders' Classification
This jersey is for the best young rider in the overall standings.
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Martin (GER) |
Team HTC-Columbia | 5h 19′ 48″ |
| 2 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) |
Team Sky | + 0′ 13″ |
| 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) |
Team Sky | + 0′ 22″ |
| 4 |  Roman Kreuziger (CZE) |
Liquigas-Doimo | + 0′ 28″ |
| 5 |  Kristjan Koren (SLO) |
Liquigas-Doimo | + 0′ 32″ |
| 6 | Daniel Oss (ITA) |
Liquigas-Doimo | + 0′ 33″ |
| 7 |  Rui Costa (POR) |
Caisse d'Épargne | + 0′ 39″ |
| 8 | José Joaquín Rojas Gil (ESP) |
Caisse d'Épargne | + 0′ 39″ |
| 9 |  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) |
Team Saxo Bank | + 0′ 40″ |
| 10 |  Robert Gesink (NED) |
Rabobank | + 0′ 41″ |
Team Classification
This shows which team has the best combined time for its top three riders.
| Pos. | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quick Step |
30h 11′ 40″ |
| 2 | Team RadioShack | + 2′ 51″ |
| 3 | Team HTC-Columbia | + 2′ 52″ |
| 4 | Garmin-Transitions | + 2′ 53″ |
| 5 | Team Sky | + 3′ 07″ |
| 6 | Astana | + 3′ 11″ |
| 7 | Team Saxo Bank | + 3′ 13″ |
| 8 | Caisse d'Épargne | + 3′ 19″ |
| 9 | BMC Racing Team | + 3′ 21″ |
| 10 | Team Milram | + 3′ 27″ |
Race Rules Explained
Yellow Jersey
The Yellow Jersey is for the overall leader of the race. This is the rider who has completed all the stages in the shortest total time. If two riders have the exact same time, the race officials look at their exact times from individual time trials to decide who gets the jersey.
Green Jersey (Points Classification)
The Green Jersey is for the best sprinter. Riders earn points by finishing stages quickly, especially flat stages, and by winning special "intermediate sprints" during a stage.
- Finishing a flat stage: More points for the top finishers.
- Finishing a medium mountain stage: Fewer points than flat stages.
- Finishing a mountain stage: Even fewer points.
- Individual time trials: Points for the top 10 finishers.
- Intermediate sprints: Points for the first 3 riders.
Polka Dot Jersey (Mountain Classification)
The Polka Dot Jersey is for the "King of the Mountains." Riders earn points by being the first to reach the top of designated climbs. The harder the climb, the more points they get.
- Hardest climbs (off-categorized): Most points for the first 10 riders.
- Category 1 climbs: Points for the top 8 riders.
- Category 2 climbs: Points for the top 6 riders.
- Category 3 climbs: Points for the top 4 riders.
- Category 4 climbs: Points for the top 3 riders.
If a climb is the last big mountain of a stage, the points for the hardest climbs are doubled!
White Jersey (Best Young Rider Classification)
The White Jersey is for the best young rider in the overall standings. To be eligible, riders must be born in 1985 or later for this Tour. The young rider with the lowest total time wears this jersey.
Team Classification
The Team Classification is for the best team. To figure this out, the times of the top three riders from each team are added together for every stage. The team with the lowest total time at the end of the Tour wins this award.
Combativity Award
This award is given to the rider who shows the most effort and sportsmanship during a stage. It's for the rider who tries the hardest or makes the race exciting. At the end of the Tour, a "Super Competitor" is chosen from all the daily winners.
Images for kids
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Lance Armstrong followed by other favourites on stage 9
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Alberto Contador in the start of the stage 17 in Pau
See also
In Spanish: Tour de Francia 2010 para niños
