# 2010 Critérium du Dauphiné

The 2010 Critérium du Dauphiné was the 62nd edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné (formerly Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré) stage race, and the first since it was renamed. It took place from 6–13 June, and was part of both the 2010 UCI ProTour and World Calendar. It began in Evian-les-Bains with an individual time trial, and ended in Sallanches.
The race was won by Slovenia's Janez Brajkovič, riding for Team RadioShack. Second in the general classification was Alberto Contador of Astana, while Tejay van Garderen finished third for Team HTC–Columbia. Contador won the points classification on a tie-break with Brajkovič, Euskaltel–Euskadi's Egoi Martínez won the mountains classification and Euskaltel-Euskadi also won the teams classification.

## Teams

As the Dauphiné Libéré was a UCI ProTour event, the 18 ProTour teams are invited automatically, plus an additional 4 non pro tour teams. They were:
| Ag2r–La Mondiale Astana Bbox Bouygues Telecom Caisse d'Epargne Cervélo TestTeam Cofidis Euskaltel–Euskadi Footon–Servetto–Fuji Française des Jeux Garmin–Transitions Lampre–Farnese Vini | Liquigas–Doimo Omega Pharma–Lotto Quick-Step Rabobank Saur–Sojasun Team HTC–Columbia Team Katusha Team Milram Team RadioShack Team Saxo Bank Team Sky |

## Pre-race favourites

The winner of the event for the previous two years, Alejandro Valverde, had been widely tipped to do well in the event, but was banned from all of UCI registered races for 19 months from a few days prior to the event. Two time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador started the race as favourite, but emphasized that his priority was to use the race as preparation for the Tour de France, without particular concern to win it.

## Route

Stage characteristics and winners :
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner |
| P | 6 June | Évian-les-Bains | 6.8 km (4.2 mi) | Individual time trial | Alberto Contador (ESP) |
| 1 | 7 June | Évian-les-Bains to Saint-Laurent-du-Pont | 191 km (119 mi) | Hilly stage | Grega Bole (SLO) |
| 2 | 8 June | Annonay to Bourg-Saint-Andéol | 177 km (110 mi) | Hilly stage | Juan José Haedo (ARG) |
| 3 | 9 June | Monteux to Sorgues | 49 km (30 mi) | Individual time trial | Janez Brajkovič (SLO) |
| 4 | 10 June | Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Risoul | 210 km (130 mi) | High mountain stage | Nicolas Vogondy (FRA) |
| 5 | 11 June | Serre-Chevalier to Grenoble | 143.5 km (89.2 mi) | High mountain stage | Daniel Navarro (ESP) |
| 6 | 12 June | Crolles to Alpe d'Huez | 151.5 km (94.1 mi) | High mountain stage | Alberto Contador (ESP) |
| 7 | 13 June | Allevard to Sallanches | 148 km (92 mi) | Hilly stage | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) |

## Stages
### Prologue
#### 6 June 2010 – Evian-les-Bains, 6.8 km (4.2 mi) (Individual time trial)

Stage and General Classification after Prologue
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Alberto Contador (ESP) | Astana | 8' 34" |
| 2 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | Team HTC–Columbia | + 2" |
| 3 | Janez Brajkovič (SLO) | Team RadioShack | + 5" |
| 4 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Team Sky | + 10" |
| 5 | Dario Cataldo (ITA) | Quick-Step | + 12" |
| 6 | Rémi Pauriol (FRA) | Cofidis | + 12" |
| 7 | Adriano Malori (ITA) | Lampre–Farnese Vini | + 12" |
| 8 | Patrick Gretsch (GER) | Team HTC–Columbia | + 13" |
| 9 | Paul Martens (GER) | Rabobank | + 13" |
| 10 | Jérôme Coppel (FRA) | Saur–Sojasun | + 14" |

### Stage 1
#### 7 June 2010 – Evian-les-Bains to Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, 191 km (118.7 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Grega Bole (SLO) | Lampre–Farnese Vini | 4h 47' 24" |
| 2 | Peter Velits (SVK) | Team HTC–Columbia | + 0" |
| 3 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Team Sky | + 0" |
| 4 | Steve Chainel (FRA) | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | + 0" |
| 5 | Christophe Riblon (FRA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 0" |
| 6 | Christian Knees (GER) | Team Milram | + 0" |
| 7 | Stefan Denifl (AUT) | Cervélo TestTeam | + 0" |
| 8 | Maxime Bouet (FRA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 0" |
| 9 | Arkaitz Durán (ESP) | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | + 0" |
| 10 | Julien El Fares (FRA) | Cofidis | + 0" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Alberto Contador (ESP) | Astana | 4h 55' 58" |
| 2 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | Team HTC–Columbia | + 2" |
| 3 | Janez Brajkovič (SLO) | Team RadioShack | + 5" |
| 4 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Team Sky | + 10" |
| 5 | Dario Cataldo (ITA) | Quick-Step | + 12" |
| 6 | Rémi Pauriol (FRA) | Cofidis | + 12" |
| 7 | Paul Martens (GER) | Rabobank | + 13" |
| 8 | Jérôme Coppel (FRA) | Saur–Sojasun | + 14" |
| 9 | Christophe Riblon (FRA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 14" |
| 10 | Gorka Verdugo (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 15" |

### Stage 2
#### 8 June 2010 – Annonay to Bourg-Saint-Andéol, 177 km (110.0 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Juan José Haedo (ARG) | Team Saxo Bank | 4h 24' 10" |
| 2 | Martin Reimer (GER) | Cervélo TestTeam | + 0" |
| 3 | Grega Bole (SLO) | Lampre–Farnese Vini | + 0" |
| 4 | Sébastien Chavanel (FRA) | Française des Jeux | + 0" |
| 5 | Roger Kluge (GER) | Team Milram | + 0" |
| 6 | Andreas Stauff (GER) | Quick-Step | + 0" |
| 7 | Jérémie Galland (FRA) | Saur–Sojasun | + 0" |
| 8 | Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) | Cofidis | + 0" |
| 9 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Team Sky | + 0" |
| 10 | Michel Kreder (NLD) | Garmin–Transitions | + 0" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Alberto Contador (ESP) | Astana | 9h 20' 08" |
| 2 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | Team HTC–Columbia | + 2" |
| 3 | Janez Brajkovič (SLO) | Team RadioShack | + 5" |
| 4 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Team Sky | + 10" |
| 5 | Dario Cataldo (ITA) | Quick-Step | + 12" |
| 6 | Rémi Pauriol (FRA) | Cofidis | + 12" |
| 7 | Jérôme Coppel (FRA) | Saur–Sojasun | + 14" |
| 8 | Christophe Riblon (FRA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 14" |
| 9 | Gorka Verdugo (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 15" |
| 10 | David Millar (GBR) | Garmin–Transitions | + 15" |

### Stage 3
#### 9 June 2010 – Monteux to Sorgues, 49 km (30.4 mi) (individual time trial)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Janez Brajkovič (SLO) | Team RadioShack | 1h 01' 51" |
| 2 | David Millar (GBR) | Garmin–Transitions | + 26" |
| 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | Team Sky | + 43" |
| 4 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | Team HTC–Columbia | + 53" |
| 5 | Denis Menchov (RUS) | Rabobank | + 55" |
| 6 | Alberto Contador (ESP) | Astana | + 1' 46" |
| 7 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Team Sky | + 1' 56" |
| 8 | Christian Knees (GER) | Team Milram | + 2' 09" |
| 9 | László Bodrogi (FRA) | Team Katusha | + 2' 14" |
| 10 | Patrick Gretsch (GER) | Team HTC–Columbia | + 2' 15" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Janez Brajkovič (SLO) | Team RadioShack | 10h 22' 04" |
| 2 | David Millar (GBR) | Garmin–Transitions | + 36" |
| 3 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | Team HTC–Columbia | + 50" |
| 4 | Alberto Contador (ESP) | Astana | + 1' 41" |
| 5 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Team Sky | + 2' 01" |
| 6 | Christian Knees (GER) | Team Milram | + 2' 20" |
| 7 | Vladimir Gusev (RUS) | Team Katusha | + 2' 45" |
| 8 | Denis Menchov (RUS) | Rabobank | + 2' 47" |
| 9 | Gorka Verdugo (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 2' 49" |
| 10 | Christophe Riblon (FRA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 2' 53" |

### Stage 4
#### 10 June 2010 – Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Risoul, 210 km (130.5 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Nicolas Vogondy (FRA) | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 6h 03' 25" |
| 2 | Romain Sicard (FRA) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 12" |
| 3 | Janez Brajkovič (SLO) | Team RadioShack | + 15" |
| 4 | Alberto Contador (ESP) | Astana | + 15" |
| 5 | Rein Taaramäe (EST) | Cofidis | + 18" |
| 6 | Pierre Rolland (FRA) | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | + 18" |
| 7 | Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) | Omega Pharma–Lotto | + 18" |
| 8 | Eros Capecchi (ITA) | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | + 18" |
| 9 | Rémi Pauriol (FRA) | Cofidis | + 23" |
| 10 | Denis Menchov (RUS) | Rabobank | + 23" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Janez Brajkovič (SLO) | Team RadioShack | 16h 25' 44" |
| 2 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | Team HTC–Columbia | + 1' 15" |
| 3 | Alberto Contador (ESP) | Astana | + 1' 41" |
| 4 | David Millar (GBR) | Garmin–Transitions | + 1' 56" |
| 5 | Nicolas Vogondy (FRA) | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | + 2' 43" |
| 6 | Denis Menchov (RUS) | Rabobank | + 2' 55" |
| 7 | Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) | Omega Pharma–Lotto | + 3' 06" |
| 8 | Christian Knees (GER) | Team Milram | + 3' 10" |
| 9 | Rein Taaramäe (EST) | Cofidis | + 3' 28" |
| 10 | Gorka Verdugo (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 3' 29" |

### Stage 5
#### 11 June 2010 – Serre-Chevalier to Grenoble, 143.5 km (89.2 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Daniel Navarro (ESP) | Astana | 3h 26' 16" |
| 2 | Eros Capecchi (ITA) | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | + 34" |
| 3 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | Française des Jeux | + 34" |
| 4 | Dimitri Champion (FRA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 1' 39" |
| 5 | Egoi Martínez (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 1' 39" |
| 6 | Christophe Moreau (FRA) | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1' 39" |
| 7 | Blel Kadri (FRA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 2' 40" |
| 8 | Pierre Rolland (FRA) | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | + 2' 40" |
| 9 | Luis Pasamontes (ESP) | Caisse d'Epargne | + 2' 40" |
| 10 | Christophe Riblon (FRA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 2' 40" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Janez Brajkovič (SLO) | Team RadioShack | 19h 55' 04" |
| 2 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | Team HTC–Columbia | + 1' 15" |
| 3 | Alberto Contador (ESP) | Astana | + 1' 41" |
| 4 | David Millar (GBR) | Garmin–Transitions | + 1' 56" |
| 5 | Nicolas Vogondy (FRA) | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | + 2' 43" |
| 6 | Denis Menchov (RUS) | Rabobank | + 2' 55" |
| 7 | Christophe Riblon (FRA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 3' 05" |
| 8 | Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) | Omega Pharma–Lotto | + 3' 06" |
| 9 | Christian Knees (GER) | Team Milram | + 3' 10" |
| 10 | Rein Taaramäe (EST) | Cofidis | + 3' 28" |

### Stage 6
#### 12 June 2010 – Crolles to Alpe d'Huez, 151.5 km (94.1 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Alberto Contador (ESP) | Astana | 4h 31' 01" |
| 2 | Janez Brajkovič (SLO) | Team RadioShack | + 0" |
| 3 | Sylwester Szmyd (POL) | Liquigas–Doimo | + 17" |
| 4 | Jérôme Coppel (FRA) | Saur–Sojasun | + 24" |
| 5 | Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) | Omega Pharma–Lotto | + 40" |
| 6 | Christophe Moreau (FRA) | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1' 17" |
| 7 | Christophe Riblon (FRA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 1' 18" |
| 8 | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 1' 18" |
| 9 | Nicolas Vogondy (FRA) | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | + 1' 18" |
| 10 | Chris Horner (USA) | Team RadioShack | + 1' 26" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Janez Brajkovič (SLO) | Team RadioShack | 24h 26' 05" |
| 2 | Alberto Contador (ESP) | Astana | + 1' 41" |
| 3 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | Team HTC–Columbia | + 2' 41" |
| 4 | Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) | Omega Pharma–Lotto | + 3' 46" |
| 5 | Nicolas Vogondy (FRA) | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | + 4' 01" |
| 6 | Jérôme Coppel (FRA) | Saur–Sojasun | + 4' 17" |
| 7 | Christophe Riblon (FRA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 4' 23" |
| 8 | Pierre Rolland (FRA) | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | + 5' 54" |
| 9 | Chris Horner (USA) | Team RadioShack | + 6' 10" |
| 10 | Sylwester Szmyd (POL) | Liquigas–Doimo | + 6' 33" |

### Stage 7
#### 13 June 2010 – Allevard to Sallanches, 148 km (92.0 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | Team Sky | 3h 39' 43" |
| 2 | Arkaitz Durán (ESP) | Footon–Servetto–Fuji | + 27" |
| 3 | Egor Silin (RUS) | Team Katusha | + 32" |
| 4 | Christophe Le Mével (FRA) | Française des Jeux | + 34" |
| 5 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | Team HTC–Columbia | + 40" |
| 6 | Alberto Contador (ESP) | Astana | + 40" |
| 7 | Christophe Riblon (FRA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 40" |
| 8 | Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) | Omega Pharma–Lotto | + 40" |
| 9 | Jérôme Coppel (FRA) | Saur–Sojasun | + 40" |
| 10 | Janez Brajkovič (SLO) | Team RadioShack | + 40" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Janez Brajkovič (SLO) | Team RadioShack | 28h 06' 28" |
| 2 | Alberto Contador (ESP) | Astana | + 1' 41" |
| 3 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | Team HTC–Columbia | + 2' 41" |
| 4 | Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) | Omega Pharma–Lotto | + 3' 46" |
| 5 | Jérôme Coppel (FRA) | Saur–Sojasun | + 4' 17" |
| 6 | Nicolas Vogondy (FRA) | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | + 4' 23" |
| 7 | Christophe Riblon (FRA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 4' 23" |
| 8 | Pierre Rolland (FRA) | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | + 6' 16" |
| 9 | Chris Horner (USA) | Team RadioShack | + 6' 20" |
| 10 | Sylwester Szmyd (POL) | Liquigas–Doimo | + 6' 57" |

## Classification leadership

| Stage | Winner | General classification | Mountains classification | Points classification | Team Classification |
| P | Alberto Contador | Alberto Contador | Alberto Contador | Alberto Contador | Team HTC–Columbia |
| 1 | Grega Bole | Alberto Contador | Mathieu Ladagnous | Geraint Thomas | Quick-Step |
| 2 | Juan José Haedo | Alberto Contador | Bram Tankink | Grega Bole | Quick-Step |
| 3 | Janez Brajkovič | Janez Brajkovič | Bram Tankink | Geraint Thomas | Team HTC–Columbia |
| 4 | Nicolas Vogondy | Janez Brajkovič | Bram Tankink | Janez Brajkovič | Team Katusha |
| 5 | Daniel Navarro | Janez Brajkovič | Eros Capecchi | Geraint Thomas | Astana |
| 6 | Alberto Contador | Janez Brajkovič | Egoi Martínez | Janez Brajkovič | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| 7 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Janez Brajkovič | Egoi Martínez | Alberto Contador | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| Final | Final | Janez Brajkovič | Egoi Martínez | Alberto Contador | Euskaltel–Euskadi |