2009–10 UCI Europe Tour

The 2009–10 UCI Europe Tour was the sixth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The season began on 18 October 2009 with the Chrono des Nations and ended on 17 October 2010 with the Chrono des Nations.

2009–10 UCI Europe Tour
Sixth edition of the UCI Europe Tour
Details
Dates18 October 2009 (2009-10-18) – 17 October 2010
LocationEurope
RacesAbout 300+
Champions
Individual champion Giovanni Visconti (ITA) (ISD–NERI)
Teams' championVacansoleil
Nations' champion Italy
← 2008–09

The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Europe Tour cycling jersey. Giovanni Visconti of Italy was the defending champion of the 2008–09 UCI Europe Tour and was crowned as the 2009–10 UCI Europe Tour.

Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.

The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:

  • Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2
  • One-day events: 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2

Events edit

2009 edit

Date Race name Location UCI Rating Winner Team
18 October Chrono des Nations   France 1.1   Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) Astana

2010 edit

Date Race name Location UCI Rating Winner Team
30 January–2 February Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria   Italy 2.1   Matteo Montaguti (ITA) De Rosa–Stac Plastic
31 January Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise   France 1.1   Jonathan Hivert (FRA) Saur–Sojasun
3–7 February Étoile de Bessèges   France 2.1   Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) Cofidis
6 February Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi   Italy 1.1   Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) Lampre–Farnese Vini
7 February Trofeo Mallorca   Spain 1.1   Robbie McEwen (AUS) Team Katusha
8 February Trofeo Cala Millor   Spain 1.1   Óscar Freire (ESP) Rabobank
9 February Trofeo Inca   Spain 1.1   Linus Gerdemann (GER) Team Milram
10 February Trofeo Deia   Spain 1.1   Rui Costa (POR) Caisse d'Epargne
10–14 February Tour Méditerranéen   France 2.1   Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA) Ag2r–La Mondiale
11 February Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova   Spain 1.1   André Greipel (GER) Team HTC–Columbia
17–21 February Volta ao Algarve   Portugal 2.1   Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana
20 February Trofeo Laigueglia   Italy 1.1   Francesco Ginanni (ITA) Androni Giocattoli
20–21 February Tour du Haut Var   France 2.1   Christophe Le Mével (FRA) Française des Jeux
21–25 February Vuelta a Andalucía   Spain 2.1   Michael Rogers (AUS) Team HTC–Columbia
23–27 February Giro di Sardegna   Italy 2.1   Roman Kreuziger (CZE) Liquigas–Doimo
27 February Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano    Switzerland 1.1   Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) Cofidis
27 February Beverbeek Classic   Belgium 1.2   Yannick Eijssen (BEL) PWS Eijssen
27 February Omloop Het Nieuwsblad   Belgium 1.HC   Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP) Team Sky
28 February Classica Sarda Olbia-Pantogia   Italy 1.1   Giovanni Visconti (ITA) ISD–NERI
28 February Clásica de Almería   Spain 1.1   Theo Bos (NED) Cervélo TestTeam
28 February Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne   Belgium 1.1   Bobbie Traksel (NED) Vacansoleil
28 February Gran Premio di Lugano    Switzerland 1.1   Roberto Ferrari (ITA) De Rosa–Stac Plastic
28 February Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche   France 1.1   Christophe Riblon (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale
3 March Giro del Friuli   Italy 1.1   Roberto Ferrari (ITA) De Rosa–Stac Plastic
3 March Le Samyn   Belgium 1.1   Jens Keukeleire (BEL) Cofidis
3–7 March Vuelta a Murcia   Spain 2.1   František Raboň (CZE) Team HTC–Columbia
5–7 March Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen   Belgium 2.1   Jens Keukeleire (BEL) Cofidis
6 March Strade Bianche   Italy 1.1   Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ) Astana
6 March De Vlaamse Pijl   Belgium 1.2   Clinton Avery (NZL) PWS Eijssen
7 March Trofeo Zsšdi   Italy 1.2   Marko Kump (SLO) Adria Mobil
7 March Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers   France 1.2   Benoît Daeninck (FRA) Roubaix–Lille Métropole
14 March Paris–Troyes   France 1.2   Cédric Pineau (FRA) Roubaix–Lille Métropole
14 March Poreč Trophy   Croatia 1.2   Matej Gnezda (SLO) Adria Mobil
14 March Omloop van het Waasland   Belgium 1.2   Denis Flahaut (FRA) ISD Continental Team
14 March Trofeo Franco Balestra   Italy 1.2   Alexander Mironov (RUS) Itera–Katusha
17 March Nokere Koerse   Belgium 1.1   Jens Keukeleire (BEL) Cofidis
18–21 March Istrian Spring Trophy   Croatia 2.2   Robert Vrečer (SLO) Perutnina Ptuj
20 March Classic Loire Atlantique   France 1.2   Laurent Mangel (FRA) Saur–Sojasun
21 March Cholet-Pays de la Loire   France 1.1   Leonardo Duque (COL) Cofidis
21 March Ronde van het Groene Hart   Netherlands 1.1   Jens Mouris (NED) Vacansoleil
21 March Gran Premio San Giuseppe   Italy 1.2   Enrico Battaglin (ITA) Zalf Désirée Fior
21 March La Roue Tourangelle   France 1.2   Yann Guyot (FRA) Sojasun AC Noval
22–28 March Tour de Normandie   France 2.2   Ronan van Zandbeek (NED) Van Vliet EBH Elshof
23–27 March Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali   Italy 2.1   Ivan Santaromita (ITA) Liquigas–Doimo
24 March Dwars door Vlaanderen   Belgium 1.1   Matti Breschel (DEN) Team Saxo Bank
26–28 March Grand Prix du Portugal   Portugal 2.Ncup   Tom Dumoulin (NED) Netherlands (national team)
27 March E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke   Belgium 1.HC   Fabian Cancellara (SUI) Team Saxo Bank
27–28 March Critérium International   France 2.HC   Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
30 March–1 April Three Days of De Panne   Belgium 2.HC   David Millar (GBR) Garmin–Transitions
31 March–5 April Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda   Italy 2.1   Michele Scarponi (ITA) Androni Giocattoli
2 April Route Adélie de Vitré   France 1.1   Cyril Gautier (FRA) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
2–4 April Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux   Belgium 2.2   Jetse Bol (NED) Rabobank Continental Team
3 April Hel van het Mergelland   Netherlands 1.1   Yann Huguet (FRA) Skil–Shimano
3 April GP Miguel Induráin   Spain 1.HC   Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) Team Katusha
4 April GP de la Ville de Nogent-sur-Oise   France 1.2   Vytautas Kaupas (LTU) Continental Team Differdange
4 April Trofeo Piva   Italy 1.2U   Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Zalf Désirée Fior
5 April Rund um Köln   Germany 1.1   Juan José Haedo (ARG) Team Saxo Bank
5 April Giro del Belvedere   Italy 1.2U   Siarhei Papok (BLR) San Marco Concrete Imet Caneva
6 April GP Palio del Recioto   Italy 1.2U   Blaz Furdi (SLO) Slovenia (national team)
6–9 April Circuit de la Sarthe   France 2.1   Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne
7 April Scheldeprijs   Belgium 1.HC   Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin–Transitions
8 April Grand Prix Pino Cerami   Belgium 1.1   Jure Kocjan (SLO) Carmiooro NGC
8–11 April Cinturón a Mallorca   Spain 2.2   Sergio Mantecón (ESP) Hosteleria de Cañete-Nagares
9–11 April Circuit des Ardennes   France 2.2   Mikhail Antonov (RUS) Itera–Katusha
10 April Trofeo Edil C   Italy 1.2   Massimo Graziato (ITA) U.C. Trevigiani–Dynamon–Bottoli
10 April Tour des Flandres Espoirs   Belgium 1.Ncup   Marko Kump (SLO) Slovenia (national team)
10 April Ronde van Drenthe   Netherlands 1.1   Alberto Ongarato (ITA) Vacansoleil
11 April Dwars door Drenthe   Netherlands 1.1   Enrico Rossi (ITA) Ceramica Flaminia
11 April Klasika Primavera   Spain 1.1   Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi
11–18 April Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey   Turkey 2.HC   Giovanni Visconti (ITA) ISD–NERI
13 April Paris–Camembert   France 1.1   Sébastien Minard (FRA) Cofidis
14 April Brabantse Pijl   Belgium 1.1   Sébastien Rosseler (BEL) Team RadioShack
14 April La Côte Picarde   France 1.Ncup   Vyatcheslav Kuznetsov (RUS) Russia (national team)
14–18 April Vuelta a Castilla y León   Spain 2.1   Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana
14–18 April Tour du Loir-et-Cher   France 2.2   Mikhail Antonov (RUS) Itera–Katusha
15 April Grand Prix de Denain   France 1.1   Denis Flahaut (FRA) ISD Continental Team
17 April Tour du Finistère   France 1.1   Florian Vachon (FRA) Bretagne–Schuller
17 April Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs   Belgium 1.2U   Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille
17 April ZLM Tour   Netherlands 1.Ncup   Arman Kamyshev (KAZ) Kazakhstan (national team)
18 April Tro-Bro Léon   France 1.1   Jérémy Roy (FRA) Française des Jeux
18 April Zellik–Galmaarden   Belgium 1.2   Coen Vermeltfoort (NED) Rabobank Continental Team
18 April Grand Prix of Donetsk   Ukraine 1.2   Vitaliy Popkov (UKR) ISD Continental Team
18 April Rund um Düren   Germany 1.2   Sven Krauss (GER) Halanke.de-Öschelbronn
20–23 April Giro del Trentino   Italy 2.1   Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) Astana
21–25 April GP of Adygeya   Russia 2.2   Vitaliy Popkov (UKR) ISD Continental Team
23 April Banja Luka-Belgrade I   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.2   Jure Zrimsek (SLO) Sava
24 April GP Llodio   Spain 1.1   Ángel Vicioso (ESP) Andalucía–Cajasur
24 April Arno Wallaard Memorial   Netherlands 1.2   Stefan van Dijk (NED) Verandas Willems
25 April Vuelta a La Rioja   Spain 1.1   Ángel Vicioso (ESP) Andalucía–Cajasur
25 April Giro dell'Appennino   Italy 1.1   Robert Kišerlovski (CRO) Liquigas–Doimo
25 April Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines   France 1.2   Yoann Bagot (FRA) Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille
25 April East Midlands Cicle Classic   United Kingdom 1.2   Michael Berling (DEN) Glud & Marstrand–LRØ Radgivning
25 April Ronde van Noord-Holland   Netherlands 1.2   Robert Wagner (GER) Skil–Shimano
25 April Gran Premio della Liberazione   Italy 1.2U   Jan Tratnik (SLO) Slovenia (national team)
25 April–1 May Tour de Bretagne   France 2.2   Franck Bouyer (FRA) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
26–27 April Giro delle Regioni   Italy 2.Ncup   Enrico Battaglin (ITA) Italy (national team)
27 April Subida al Naranco   Spain 1.1   Santiago Pérez (ESP) Centro Ciclismo de Loulé-Louletano
28 April–2 May Vuelta a Asturias   Spain 2.1   Constantino Zaballa (ESP) Centro Ciclismo de Loulé-Louletano
29–30 April The Paths of King Nikola   Montenegro 2.2   Vladimir Koev (BUL) Hemus 1896–Vivelo
1 May Grand Prix Herning   Denmark 1.1   Alex Rasmussen (DEN) Team Saxo Bank
1 May GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano   Italy 1.1   Daniele Ratto (ITA) Carmiooro NGC
1 May Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn–Frankfurt   Germany 1.HC   Fabian Wegmann (GER) Team Milram
1 May Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn–Frankfurt U23   Germany 1.2U   Tino Thömel (GER) Ked-Bianchi Team Berlin
1 May Memoriał Andrzeja Trochanowskiego   Poland 1.2   André Schulze (GER) PSK Whirlpool–Author
1 May Mayor Cup   Russia 1.2   Zsolt Dér (SRB) Partizan Srbija
1 May Ronde van Overijssel   Netherlands 1.2   Job Vissers (NED) Skil–Shimano
1 May Grote 1-MeiPrijs   Belgium 1.2   Jan Kuyckx (BEL) Qin Cycling Team
2 May Circuito del Porto   Italy 1.2   Marco Amicabile (ITA) Team Delio Gallina–S. Inox
2 May Memorial Oleg Dyachenko   Russia 1.2   Alexander Mironov (RUS) Itera–Katusha
3 May GP of Moscow   Russia 1.2   Esad Hasanović (SRB) Partizan Srbija
5–9 May Four Days of Dunkirk   France 2.HC   Martin Elmiger (SUI) Ag2r–La Mondiale
6–10 May Five Rings of Moscow   Russia 2.2   Sergey Firsanov (RUS) Team Designa Køkken–Blue Water
7–9 May Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich   Poland 2.1   Marek Rutkiewicz (POL) Mróz–Active Jet
8 May Scandinavian Race Uppsala   Sweden 1.2   Philip Nielsen (DEN) Team Concordia Forsikring–Himmerland
9 May GP Industrie del Marmo   Italy 1.2   Tomas Alberio (ITA) U.C. Trevigiani–Dynamon–Bottoli
9 May Omloop der Kempen   Netherlands 1.2   Stefan van Dijk (NED) Verandas Willems
12 May Batavus Prorace   Netherlands 1.1   Markus Eichler (GER) Team Milram
12–16 May Flèche du Sud   Luxembourg 2.2   Lasse Bochman Larsen (DEN) Glud & Marstrand–LRØ Radgivning
13–16 May Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour   France 2.2   Jérôme Coppel (FRA) Saur–Sojasun
14–16 May Tour de Picardie   France 2.1   Ben Swift (GBR) Team Sky
17–22 May Olympia's Tour   Netherlands 2.2   Taylor Phinney (USA) Trek–Livestrong
19–23 May Circuit de Lorraine   France 2.1   Fabio Felline (ITA) Footon–Servetto–Fuji
20–23 May Ronde de l'Isard   France 2.2U   Yannick Eijssen (BEL) PWS Eijssen
21–24 May Tour de Berlin   Germany 2.2U   Marc Goos (NED) Cycling Team Jo Piels
23 May Neuseen Classics   Germany 1.1   Roger Kluge (GER) Team Milram
23–30 May FBD Ras   Ireland 2.2   Alexander Wetterhall (SWE) Team Sprocket
26–30 May Tour of Belgium   Belgium 2.HC   Stijn Devolder (BEL) Quick-Step
26–30 May Bayern Rundfahrt   Germany 2.HC   Maxime Monfort (BEL) Team HTC–Columbia
28 May Tallinn–Tartu GP   Estonia 1.1   Denis Flahaut (FRA) ISD Continental Team
28–30 May Tour de Gironde   France 2.2   Julien Belgy (FRA) Vendée U
28–31 May Tour of Trakya   Turkey 2.2   Stefan Hristov (BUL) Brisaspor
29 May GP Kranj   Slovenia 1.1   Matej Gnezda (SLO) Adria Mobil
29 May Tartu GP   Estonia 1.1   Tanel Kangert (EST) Estonia (national team)
29 May Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan   France 1.1   Wesley Sulzberger (AUS) Française des Jeux
29 May GP Hydraulika Mikolasek   Slovakia 1.2   Alois Kaňkovský (CZE) ASC Dukla Praha
30 May Rogaland GP   Norway 1.2   Vitaliy Popkov (UKR) ISD Continental Team
30 May Boucles de l'Aulne   France 1.1   Jean-Luc Delpech (FRA) Bretagne–Schuller
30 May Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano   Italy 1.2U   Stefano Agostini (ITA) Zalf Désirée Fior
30 May Paris–Roubaix Espoirs   France 1.2U   Taylor Phinney (USA) Trek–Livestrong
2 June Trofeo Alcide Degasperi   Italy 1.2   Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) Zalf Désirée Fior
2–6 June Ringerike GP   Norway 2.2   Christer Rake (NOR) Joker–Bianchi
2–6 June Tour de Luxembourg   Luxembourg 2.HC   Matteo Carrara (ITA) Vacansoleil
5–12 June Tour of Romania   Romania 2.2   Vladimir Koev (BUL) Hemus 1896–Vivelo
6 June Memorial Van Coningsloo   Belgium 1.2   Dries Hollanders (BEL) PWS Eijssen
6 June Coppa della Pace   Italy 1.2   Fabio Piscopiello (ITA) Vega Prefabbricati Montappone
6 June Grand Prix of Aargau Canton    Switzerland 1.HC   Kristof Vandewalle (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
8–15 June Circuito Montañés   Spain 2.2   Fabio Duarte (COL) Café de Colombia–Colombia es Pasión
10–13 June Volta ao Alentejo   Portugal 2.2   David Blanco (ESP) Palmeiras–Resort–Prio
10–13 June Ronde de l'Oise   France 2.2   Steven Tronet (FRA) Roubaix Lille Metropole
11–13 June Delta Tour Zeeland   Netherlands 2.1   Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin–Transitions
11–13 June Carpathia Couriers Path   Poland 2.2U   Adrian Honkisz (POL) Poland (national team)
11–13 June Oberösterreichrundfahrt   Austria 2.2   Leopold König (CZE) PSK Whirlpool–Author
11–20 June Giro Bio   Italy 2.2   Carlos Betancur (COL) Colombia (national team)
13 June Val d'Ille U Classic 35   France 1.2   Jimmy Casper (FRA) Saur–Sojasun
14–19 June Tour de Serbie   Serbia 2.2   Luca Ascani (ITA) CDC–Cavaliere
15–20 June Thüringen Rundfahrt U23   Germany 2.2U   John Degenkolb (GER) Thüringer Energie Team
16–20 June Ster Elektrotoer   Netherlands 2.1   Adam Hansen (AUS) Team HTC–Columbia
17–19 June Tour of Małopolska   Poland 2.2   Jacek Morajko (POL) Mróz–Active Jet
17–20 June Tour of Slovenia   Slovenia 2.1   Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Liquigas–Doimo
17–20 June Route du Sud   France 2.1   David Moncoutié (FRA) Cofidis
17–20 June Boucles de la Mayenne   France 2.2   Jérémie Galland (FRA) Saur–Sojasun
17–20 June Tour des Pays de Savoie   France 2.2   Nicolas Schnyder (SUI) Price-Custom Bikes
18–20 June Mainfranken-Tour   Germany 2.2U   Marc Goos (NED) Cycling Team Jo Piels
19 June Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie – Coppa Papà Carlo   Italy 1.1   Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) Colnago–CSF Inox
20 June Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie – Coppa Città di Stresa   Italy 1.1   Oscar Gatto (ITA) ISD–NERI
20 June GP Judendorf-Strassengel   Austria 1.2   Matthias Brändle (AUT) Austria (national team)
20 June Flèche Ardennaise   Belgium 1.2   Thomas Degand (BEL) Verandas Willems
23 June Halle–Ingooigem   Belgium 1.1   Jurgen Van De Walle (BEL) Quick-Step
30 June I.W.T. Jong Maar Moedig   Belgium 1.2   Sven Jodts (BEL) Beveren 2000
30 June–4 July Course de la Solidarité Olympique   Poland 2.1   Jacek Morajko (POL) Mróz–Active Jet
3 July Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23   Belgium 1.2   Jarl Salomein (BEL) Beveren 2000
4 July Dwars door het Hageland   Belgium 1.2   Frédéric Amorison (BEL) Landbouwkrediet
4 July Giro delle Valli Aretine   Italy 1.2   Henry Frusto (ITA) Scap Prefabbricati Foresi
4–11 July Tour of Austria   Austria 2.HC   Riccardo Riccò (ITA) Ceramica Flaminia
6 July Trofeo Città di Brescia   Italy 1.2   Manuele Boaro (ITA) U.C. Trevigiani–Dynamon–Bottoli
7–11 July GP Torres Vedras   Portugal 2.2   Cândido Barbosa (POR) Palmeiras–Resort–Prio
11 July Giro del Medio Brenta   Italy 1.2   Luigi Miletta (ITA) Gragnano Sporting Club
11 July La Ronde Pévèloise   France 1.2   Frank Dressler (GER) Continental Team Differdange
11 July GP Stad Geel   Belgium 1.2   Timothy Dupont (BEL) Jong Vlaanderen–Bauknecht
16 July European Road Championships (U23)Time Trial   Turkey CC   Alex Dowsett (GBR) Great Britain (national team)
17–18 July Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid   Spain 2.1   Sergio Pardilla (ESP) Carmiooro NGC
18 July Giro del Casentino   Italy 1.2   Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Zalf Désirée Fior
18 July European Road Championships (U23)Road Race   Turkey CC   Piotr Gawronski (POL) Poland (national team)
21–25 July Brixia Tour   Italy 2.1   Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) Colnago–CSF Inox
22 July Gyomaendröd GP   Hungary 1.2   Alois Kaňkovský (CZE) ASC Dukla Praha
22–25 July Tour of Szeklerland   Romania 2.2   Evgeni Gerganov (BUL) Hemus 1896–Vivelo
23–25 July Pomerania Tour   Poland 2.2   Dirk Müller (GER) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse
24–26 July Kreiz Breizh Elites   France 2.2   Johan Le Bon (FRA) Bretagne–Schuller
24–28 July Tour de Wallonie   Belgium 2.HC   Russell Downing (GBR) Team Sky
25 July Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia   Spain 1.1   Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi
25 July GP de Pérenchies   France 1.2   Arnaud Démare (FRA) CC Nogent-sur-Oise
27–31 July Dookoła Mazowsza   Poland 2.2   Sebastian Forke (GER) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse
28 July–1 Aug Tour Alsace   France 2.2   Wilco Kelderman (NED) Rabobank Continental Team
1 August Trofeo Matteotti   Italy 1.1   Riccardo Chiarini (ITA) De Rosa–Stac Plastic
1 August Circuito de Getxo   Spain 1.1   Francisco Pacheco (ESP) Xacobeo–Galicia
1 August La Poly Normande   France 1.1   Andy Cappelle (BEL) Verandas Willems
3–7 August Vuelta a León   Spain 2.2   Ángel Vallejo (ESP) Supermercados Froiz
4–5 August Paris–Corrèze   France 2.1   Mickaël Buffaz (FRA) Cofidis
4–8 August Tour des Pyrénées   France 2.2   Florent Barle (FRA) AVC Aix-en-Provence
4–8 August Danmark Rundt   Denmark 2.HC   Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Team Saxo Bank
4–8 August Vuelta a Burgos   Spain 2.HC   Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi
4–15 August Volta a Portugal   Portugal 2.1   David Blanco (ESP) Palmeiras–Resort–Prio
5 August Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese   Italy 1.1   Ivan Basso (ITA) Liquigas–Doimo
5 August GP Folignano   Italy 1.2   Julián Arredondo (COL) Scap Prefabbricati Foresi
7 August Gran Premio Città di Camaiore   Italy 1.1   Kristijan Koren (SLO) Liquigas–Doimo
8 August Sparkassen Giro   Germany 1.1   Niki Terpstra (NED) Team Milram
8 August Dwars door de Antwerpse Kempen   Belgium 1.2   Aidis Kruopis (LTU) Palmans–Cras
8 August Trofeo Bastianelli   Italy 1.2   Carmelo Pantò (ITA) Gragnano Sporting Club
10–14 August Tour de l'Ain   France 2.1   Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) Team RadioShack
12–15 August Mi-Août Bretonne   France 2.2   Jean-Luc Delpech (FRA) Bretagne–Schuller
13 August Dutch Food Valley Classic   Netherlands 1.HC   Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Sky
14 August Memoriał Henryka Łasaka   Poland 1.2   Mariusz Witecki (POL) Mróz Active Jet
14 August GP Betonexpressz 2000   Hungary 1.2   Hrvoje Miholjević (CRO) Loborika
15 August Antwerpse Havenpijl   Belgium 1.2   Rob Goris (BEL) Palmans–Cras
15 August Puchar Uzdrowisk Karpackich   Poland 1.2   Marek Rutkiewicz (POL) Mróz Active Jet
16 August GP Capodarco   Italy 1.2   Enrico Battaglin (ITA) Zalf Désirée Fior
17 August Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem   Belgium 1.1   Stefan van Dijk (NED) Verandas Willems
17 August Gara Milionaria Montappone   Italy 1.2   Ilya Gorodnichev (RUS) Gragnano Sporting Club
17 August Tre Valli Varesine   Italy 1.HC   Dan Martin (IRL) Garmin–Transitions
17–20 August Tour du Limousin   France 2.1   Gustav Larsson (SWE) Team Saxo Bank
18 August Coppa Ugo Agostoni   Italy 1.1   Francesco Gavazzi (ITA) Lampre–Farnese Vini
19 August Coppa Bernocchi   Italy 1.1   Manuel Belletti (ITA) Colnago–CSF Inox
20–22 August Festningsrittet   Norway 2.2   Jesse Anthony (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
21 August Trofeo Melinda   Italy 1.1   Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Liquigas–Doimo
21 August Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej   Poland 1.2   Bartłomiej Matysiak (POL) CCC–Polsat–Polkowice
24 August GP des Marbriers   France 1.2   Kevin Lacombe (CAN) SpiderTech–Planet Energy
24–27 August Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne   France 2.1   Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA) Saur–Sojasun
24–29 August Giro della Valle d'Aosta   Italy 2.2   Petr Ignatenko (RUS) Itera–Katusha
25 August Druivenkoers Overijse   Belgium 1.1   Björn Leukemans (BEL) Vacansoleil
26–30 August Tour of Victory   Turkey 2.2   Mert Mutlu (TUR) Brisaspor
28 August Giro del Veneto   Italy 1.1   Daniel Oss (ITA) Liquigas–Doimo
28–29 August Szlakiem walk Majora Hubala   Poland 2.2   Tomasz Kiendyś (POL) CCC–Polsat–Polkowice
29 August Châteauroux Classic   France 1.1   Anthony Ravard (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale
29 August Schaal Sels   Belgium 1.1   Aidis Kruopis (LTU) Palmans–Cras
29 August Ronde van Midden-Nederland   Netherlands 1.2   Wesley Kreder (NED) Rabobank Continental Team
29 August Zagreb–Ljubljana   Slovenia 1.2   Matej Mugerli (SLO) Perutnina Ptuj
31 August–7 September Tour de Slovaquie   Slovakia 2.2   Robert Vrečer (SLO) Perutnina Ptuj
5 September Giro della Romagna   Italy 1.1   Patrik Sinkewitz (GER) ISD–NERI
5 September Tour du Doubs   France 1.1   Jérôme Coppel (FRA) Saur–Sojasun
5 September Grote Prijs Jef Scherens   Belgium 1.1   Lars Boom (NED) Rabobank
5 September Memorial Davide Fardelli   Italy 1.2   Luke Durbridge (AUS) Team Jayco–Skins
5 September Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren   Netherlands 1.2   Peter Schulting (NED) Cycling Team Jo Piels
5–12 September Tour de l'Avenir   France 2.Ncup   Nairo Quintana (COL) Colombia (national team)
8 September Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen   Belgium 1.1   Michael Van Staeyen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
8–11 September Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia   Italy 2.2   Vegard Laengen (NOR) Norway (national team)
11 September Paris–Brussels   Belgium 1.HC   Francisco Ventoso (ESP) Carmiooro NGC
11–18 September Tour of Britain   United Kingdom 2.1   Michael Albasini (SUI) Team HTC–Columbia
12 September Chrono Champenois   France 1.2   Rasmus Quaade (DEN) Team Designa Køkken–Blue Water
12 September Grand Prix de Fourmies   France 1.HC   Romain Feillu (FRA) Vacansoleil
12–19 September Tour of Bulgaria   Bulgaria 2.2   Krassimir Vassiliev (BUL) SK Dobrich
15 September Grand Prix de Wallonie   Belgium 1.1   Paul Martens (GER) Rabobank
17 September GP de la Somme   France 1.1   Martin Elmiger (SUI) Ag2r–La Mondiale
17 September Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen   Belgium 1.1   Leigh Howard (AUS) Team HTC–Columbia
18 September GP Città di Modena   Italy 1.1   Francesco Chicchi (ITA) Liquigas–Doimo
19 September Grand Prix d'Isbergues   France 1.1   Aleksejs Saramotins (LAT) Team HTC–Columbia
19 September Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato   Italy 1.1   Diego Ulissi (ITA) Lampre–Farnese Vini
19 September Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin   Italy 1.2   Robert Vrečer (SLO) Perutnina Ptuj
19 September Duo Normand   France 1.2   Artem Ovechkin (RUS)
  Alexandre Pliușchin (MDA)
Team Katusha
22 September Omloop van het Houtland Lichtervelde   Belgium 1.1   Stefan van Dijk (NED) Verandas Willems
24–26 September Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon   France 2.2   Jérôme Coppel (FRA) Saur–Sojasun
25 September Memorial Marco Pantani   Italy 1.1   Elia Viviani (ITA) Liquigas–Doimo
25 September Praha-Karlovy Vary-Praha   Czech Republic 1.2   Andreas Schillinger (GER) Team NetApp
26 September Tour de Vendée   France 1.HC   Koldo Fernández (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi
26 September Giro di Toscana   Italy 1.1   Daniele Bennati (ITA) Liquigas–Doimo
26 September–5 October Tour of Civilizations   Turkey 2.2
28 September Ruota d'Oro   Italy 1.2   Francesco Bongiorno (ITA) Team Futura-Matricardi
30 September–3 October Circuit Franco-Belge   Belgium 2.1   Adam Blythe (GBR) Omega Pharma–Lotto
1–3 October Cinturó de l'Empordà   Spain 2.2   José Herrada (ESP) Caja Rural
2 October Piccolo Giro di Lombardia   Italy 1.2   Alexandre Serebryakov (RUS) A.C.S. Lupi-San Marino
3 October Münsterland Giro   Germany 1.1   Joost van Leijen (NED) Vacansoleil
5 October Binche–Tournai–Binche   Belgium 1.1   Elia Viviani (ITA) Liquigas–Doimo
7 October Paris–Bourges   France 1.1   Anthony Ravard (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale
7 October Coppa Sabatini   Italy 1.1   Riccardo Riccò (ITA) Vacansoleil
9 October Giro dell'Emilia   Italy 1.HC   Robert Gesink (NED) Rabobank
10 October Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli   Italy 1.1   Dario Cataldo (ITA) Quick-Step
10 October Paris–Tours Espoirs   France 1.2U   Jelle Wallays (BEL) Beveren 2000
10 October Paris–Tours   France 1.HC   Óscar Freire (ESP) Rabobank
12 October Nationale Sluitingsprijs   Belgium 1.1   Adam Blythe (GBR) Omega Pharma–Lotto
14 October Giro del Piemonte   Italy 1.HC   Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto
17 October Chrono des Nations   France 1.1   David Millar (GBR) Garmin–Transitions

Final ranking edit

There is a competition for the rider, team and country with the most points gained from winning or achieving a high place in the above races.

Individual classification edit

Rank Name Points
1   Giovanni Visconti (ITA) 787
2   Stefan van Dijk (NED) 653
3   Riccardo Riccò (ITA) 569
4   Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) 493
5   Romain Feillu (FRA) 482
6   Marco Marcato (ITA) 457
7   Jens Keukeleire (BEL) 378
8   Sergio Pardilla (ESP) 363
9   Francisco Ventoso (ESP) 361
10   Enrico Rossi (ITA) 360

Team classification edit

Rank Team Points
1 Vacansoleil 2624.4
2 Saur–Sojasun 1564
3 ISD–NERI 1503.2
4 Cofidis 1481
5 Carmiooro NGC 1456
6 Androni Giocattoli 1184
7 Colnago–CSF Inox 1158
8 Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator 1141
9 Verandas Willems 1089
10 Skil–Shimano 1072

Nation classification edit

Rank Nation Points
1   Italy 4166.6
2   France 3000.4
3   Spain 2426.8
4   Netherlands 2267.2
5   Belgium 1989
6   Germany 1720.2
7   Slovenia 1551
8   Poland 1390
9   Russia 1278
10   Portugal 775

Nation under-23 classification edit

Rank Nation under-23 Points
1   Belgium 1299
2   Netherlands 1140
3   Italy 1018
4   France 834
5   Germany 638
6   Slovenia 585
7   Poland 362
8   Lithuania 235
9   Russia 223
10   Belarus 213

External links edit