Tour de France 2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom season



the bbox team car @ start of stage 1 in rotterdam.


voeckler led squad sent tour de france, again seeking stage wins. squad combative in tour s flat stages, making morning breakaways in stages 2, 3, 4, , 6. turgot took fifth place in back-to-back field sprints, in stages 5 , 6. after taking mountains points in morning breakaways in several previous stages, charteau took polka-dot jersey after stage 9, again making breakaway. 1 stayed away decide stage, though charteau did not contest sprint, finishing in fifth place 2 seconds behind sandy casar, luis león sánchez, , damiano cunego. lost jérôme pineau next day, took again after stage 12. point on, there not competition in mountains classification. race s elite riders took of more difficult climbs, col du tourmalet, while other breakaways involving riders had not yet scored many points took place on other climbs. christophe moreau came close challenging charteau jersey, charteau clinched after stage 17 when , moreau both failed score further – none of stages after 17 had categorized climbs, charteau needed finish race win classification, did.


the team had consecutive stage wins in race s final week. voeckler soloed victory in stage 15 port de balès , arrived in bagneres-de-luchon comfortable margin of minute , half on remnants of morning breakaway had left behind , 3 minutes on race s elite riders. next day, fédrigo won in pau on stage had been targeted lance armstrong. 8 of 9 riders breakaway, fédrigo , armstrong among them, finished after riding on hors catégorie col du tourmalet , col d aspin climbs. charteau team s highest-placed rider in paris, finishing tour in 44th place, @ deficit of 1 hour, 24 minutes, , 12 seconds tour champion alberto contador. squad tenth in teams classification.








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