The 2010 Tour de Suisse was the 74th edition of the Tour de Suisse stage race. It took place from 12 June to 20 June and was part of both the

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and the

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. It began with a short

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and ended with another time trial, in

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. The race was won by

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Stages

Stage 1

12 June 2010 –

, 7.6 km (

Individual time trial An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa a cronometro'' " stopwatch stage"). There are also track ...

) Stage and General classification after Stage 1

Stage 2

13 June 2010 –

Ascona 300px, Ascona Ascona ( lmo, label= Ticinese, Scona ) is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It is located on the shore of Lake Maggiore. The town is a popular tourist destination and holds the yea ...

to Sierre, 167.5 km

Stage 3

14 June 2010 – Sierre to

Schwarzenburg Schwarzenburg is a municipality in the district of Bern-Mittelland in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of the municipalities of Wahlern and Albligen. History Albligen Albligen is first mentio ...

, 196.6 km

Stage 4

15 June 2010 – Schwarzenburg to

Wettingen Wettingen is a residential community in the district of Baden in the Swiss canton of Aargau. With a population about 20,000, Wettingen is the second-largest municipality in the canton. Geography Wettingen is located on the right bank of the Li ...

, 192.2 km

Stage 5

16 June 2010 – Wettingen to

Frutigen Frutigen is a municipality in the Bernese Oberland in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district. History The area around Frutigen may have been settled since possibly the Bro ...

, 172.5 km

Stage 6

17 June 2010 –

Meiringen Meiringen () is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Besides the village of Meiringen, the municipality includes the settlements of Balm, Brünigen, Eisenbolgen, Hausen, Prasti, ...

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, 213.3 km

Stage 7

18 June 2010 – Savognin to

Wetzikon Wetzikon is a small town in the Zurich Highlands (Zürcher Oberland) area of Switzerland, in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich. Geography The municipality Wetzikon has an area of . Of this area, 42.4% is used for agricultural pu ...

, 204.1 km

Stage 8

19 June 2010 – Wetzikon to

, 172.4 km

Stage 9

20 June 2010 –

, 26.9 km (

)

Leadership classification

Final standings

General classification

Teams classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Sprints classification

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tour de Suisse, 2010 Tour de Suisse 2010 UCI ProTour

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