2010 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11

These are the individual stages of the 2010 Vuelta a España

2010 Vuelta a España

The 2010 Vuelta a España was held from August 28 to September 19 and was won by Vincenzo Nibali. The race began in Seville and ended, as is tradition, in Madrid.The race covered...

, with Stage 1 on 28 August and Stage 11 on 8 September.

Stages

s.t. indicates that the rider crossed the finish line in the same group as the one receiving the time above him, and was therefore credited with the same finishing time.

Stage 1

28 August 2010 — Seville

Seville

Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...

, 13 km (8.1 mi) (Team time trial

Team time trial

A team time trial is a road-based bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock .Teams start at equal intervals, usually two, three or four minutes apart...

)

The course for the team time trial is flat, and takes place under lighting: beginning at 10pm.

Stage 1 Result

	Team	Time
1		14' 06"
2		+ 10"
3		+ 12"
4		+ 13"
5		+ 14"
6		+ 17"
7		+ 17"
8		+ 18"
9		+ 20"
10		+ 23"

General Classification after Stage 1

	Rider	Team	Time
1			14' 06"
2			+ 0"
3			+ 0"
4			+ 0"
5			+ 0"
6			+ 0"
7			+ 0"
8			+ 0"
9			+ 10"
10			+ 10"

Stage 2

29 August 2010 — Alcalá de Guadaíra

Alcalá de Guadaira

Alcalá de Guadaíra is a town located approximately 10 km southeast of Seville, Spain; in recent years the expansion of Seville has meant that Alcalá has become a suburb of that city. Alcalá used to be known as Alcalá de los Panaderos because it provided most of Seville's bread...

to Marbella

Marbella

Marbella is a town in Andalusia, Spain. It is situated on the Mediterranean Sea, in the province of Málaga, beneath the La Concha mountain. In 2000 the city had 98,823 inhabitants, in 2004, 116,234, in 2010 approximately 135,000....

, 173.7 km (107.9 mi)

Stage 2 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2

	Rider	Team	Time
1			4h 49' 35"
2			+ 12"
3			+ 12"
4			+ 12"
5			+ 12"
6			+ 12"
7			+ 12"
8			+ 21"
9			+ 22"
10			+ 22"

Stage 3

30 August 2010 — Marbella to Málaga

Málaga

Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...

, 157.3 km (97.7 mi)

Stage 3 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 3"
3			+ 13"
4			+ 15"
5			+ 15"
6			+ 15"
7			+ 18"
8			+ 19"
9			+ 19"
10			+ 19"

General Classification after Stage 3

	Rider	Team	Time
1			8h 55' 56"
2			+ 14"
3			+ 22"
4			+ 26"
5			+ 28"
6			+ 28"
7			+ 35"
8			+ 35"
9			+ 36"
10			+ 41"

Stage 4

31 August 2010 — Málaga to Jaén

Jaén, Spain

Jaén is a city in south-central Spain, the name is derived from the Arabic word Jayyan, . It is the capital of the province of Jaén. It is located in the autonomous community of Andalusia....

, 183.8 km (114.2 mi)

Stage 4 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 1"
3			+ 1"
4			+ 1"
5			+ 5"
6			+ 8"
7			+ 12"
8			+ 12"
9			+ 12"
10			+ 19"

General Classification after Stage 4

	Rider	Team	Time
1			13h 56' 30"
2			+ 10"
3			+ 10"
4			+ 12"
5			+ 16"
6			+ 29"
7			+ 49"
8			+ 50"
9			+ 54"
10			+ 55"

Stage 5

1 September 2010 — Guadix

Guadix

Guadix, a city of southern Spain, in the province of Granada; on the left bank of the river Guadix, a sub-tributary of the Guadiana Menor, and on the Madrid-Valdepeñas-Almería railway...

to Lorca

Lorca

Lorca is a municipality and town in the autonomous community of Murcia in southeastern Spain, 36 miles southwest of the city of Murcia. It had a population of 92,694 in 2010, up from the 2001 census total of 77,477. Lorca is the municipality with the second-largest surface area in Spain with...

, 198.8 km (123.5 mi)

Stage 5 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5

	Rider	Team	Time
1			19h 00' 06"
2			+ 10"
3			+ 10"
4			+ 12"
5			+ 16"
6			+ 29"
7			+ 49"
8			+ 50"
9			+ 54"
10			+ 55"

Stage 6

2 September 2010 — Caravaca de la Cruz

Caravaca de la Cruz

Caravaca de la Cruz is a town and municipality of southeastern Spain in the province of Murcia, near the left bank of the River Argos, a tributary of the Segura. This city is the capital of the northwest Region of Murcia. It has a population of 26,449 as of 2010...

to Murcia

Murcia

-History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...

, 151 km (93.8 mi)

Stage 6 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 6

	Rider	Team	Time
1			22h 36' 26"
2			+ 10"
3			+ 10"
4			+ 12"
5			+ 16"
6			+ 29"
7			+ 49"
8			+ 50"
9			+ 54"
10			+ 55"

Stage 7

3 September 2010 — Murcia to Orihuela

Orihuela

Orihuela is a city and municipality located at the feet of the Sierra de Orihuela mountains in the province of Alicante, Spain. The city of Orihuela had a population of 32,472 inhabitants in the beginning of 2006...

, 187.1 km (116.3 mi)

Stage 7 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 7

	Rider	Team	Time
1			27h 12' 38"
2			+ 10"
3			+ 10"
4			+ 12"
5			+ 16"
6			+ 29"
7			+ 49"
8			+ 50"
9			+ 54"
10			+ 55"

Stage 8

4 September 2010 — Villena

Villena

Villena is a city in Spain, in the Valencian Community. It is located at the northwest part of Alicante, and borders to the west with Castilla-La Mancha and Murcia, to the north with the province of Valencia and to the east and south with the province of Alicante. It is the capital of the comarca...

to Xorret del Catí, 190 km (118.1 mi)

Stage 8 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 54"
3			+ 54"
4			+ 54"
5			+ 1' 29"
6			+ 1' 29"
7			+ 1' 29"
8			+ 1' 32"
9			+ 1' 32"
10			+ 1' 35"

General Classification after Stage 8

	Rider	Team	Time
1			32h 28' 49"
2			+ 0"
3			+ 2"
4			+ 42"
5			+ 1' 15"
6			+ 1' 18"
7			+ 1' 19"
8			+ 1' 22"
9			+ 1' 26"
10			+ 1' 26"

Stage 9

5 September 2010 — Calpe to Alcoy, 187.7 km (116.6 mi)

Stage 9 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 6"
3			+ 13"
4			+ 21"
5			+ 27"
6			+ 30"
7			+ 55"
8			+ 2' 36"
9			+ 3' 52"
10			+ 4' 17"

General Classification after Stage 9

	Rider	Team	Time
1			37h 56' 42"
2			+ 0"
3			+ 2"
4			+ 42"
5			+ 52"
6			+ 1' 15"
7			+ 1' 18"
8			+ 1' 19"
9			+ 1' 22"
10			+ 1' 26"

Stage 10

7 September 2010 — Tarragona

Tarragona

Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia on the north-east of Spain, by the Mediterranean. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the capital of the Catalan comarca Tarragonès. In the medieval and modern times it was the capital of the Vegueria of Tarragona...

to Vilanova i la Geltrú

Vilanova i la Geltrú

Vilanova i la Geltrú is a city in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and the capital of the Garraf comarca. Originally a fishing port, the city has a growing population of approximately 66,000, and is situated 40 km south-west of Barcelona, with the more famous coastal resort of...

, 175.7 km (109.2 mi)

Stage 10 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 37"
3			+ 37"
4			+ 37"
5			+ 37"
6			+ 37"
7			+ 37"
8			+ 37"
9			+ 42"
10			+ 1' 36"

General Classification after Stage 10

	Rider	Team	Time
1			42h 11' 49"
2			+ 2"
3			+ 4"
4			+ 44"
5			+ 54"
6			+ 1' 17"
7			+ 1' 20"
8			+ 1' 21"
9			+ 1' 24"
10			+ 1' 28"

Stage 11

8 September 2010 — Vilanova i la Geltrú to Vallnord

Vallnord

Vallnord is a ski/snowboard resort in the Pyrenees mountains in the country of Andorra, close to the border with Spain at Tor, Pallars.It encompasses the linked sectors of Pal and Arinsal and the Ordino-Arcalis sector some kilometres away.All the separate sectors within Vallnord contain...

(Andorra

Andorra

Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...

), 208.4 km (129.5 mi)

Stage 11 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 3"
3			+ 10"
4			+ 15"
5			+ 15"
6			+ 23"
7			+ 23"
8			+ 23"
9			+ 32"
10			+ 32"

General Classification after Stage 11

	Rider	Team	Time
1			47h 37' 15"
2			+ 45"
3			+ 1' 04"
4			+ 1' 17"
5			+ 1' 29"
6			+ 1' 57"
7			+ 2' 07"
8			+ 2' 13"
9			+ 2' 30"
10			+ 2' 30"

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