Vuelta a España 2010
Nibali holds off Mosquera on the Bola del Mundo
- 28 August – 19 September 2010
- Spain
- 21 stages
- 3,445 km
- 49,404 m climbed
- Won by Vincenzo Nibali
The overall
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | 87:18:31 |
| 2 | Peter Velits | Team HTC - Columbia | +3:04 |
| 3 | Joaquim Rodríguez | Team Katusha | +4:22 |
- Points
- Mark CavendishTeam HTC - Columbia
- Mountains
- David MoncoutiéCofidis
21 stages
- Stage 1: Stage 1HTC take the first nine places13.2 km33 mMark Cavendish
- Stage 2: Stage 2Hutarovich stuns them172 km2,114 mYauheni Hutarovich
- Stage 3: Stage 3Caught at the flamme rouge158 km2,767 mPhilippe Gilbert
- Stage 4: Stage 4Twenty-three per cent181 km3,338 mIgor Antón
- Stage 5: Stage 5Cavendish goes too early199 km1,672 mTyler Farrar
- Stage 6: Stage 6Hushovd, out of seventy-one150 km1,257 mThor Hushovd
- Stage 7: Stage 7Petacchi's lesson189 km1,246 mAlessandro Petacchi
- Stage 8: Stage 8Moncoutié, three years running192 km3,730 mDavid Moncoutié
- Stage 9: Stage 9López grinds up the drag188 km4,068 mDavid López
- Stage 10: Stage 10Erviti alone in Vilanova178 km2,332 mImanol Erviti
- Stage 11: Stage 11Antón back in red211 km4,072 mIgor Antón
- Stage 12: Stage 12Cavendish, finally191 km2,643 mMark Cavendish
- Stage 13: Stage 13Two in a row202 km1,957 mMark Cavendish
- Stage 14: Stage 14Rodríguez answers, and counters182 km2,789 mJoaquim Rodríguez
- Stage 15: Stage 15Out of the mist, eleven seconds190 km2,903 mNico Sijmens
- Stage 16: Stage 16Nieve solos, Rodríguez takes red194 km4,701 mMikel Nieve
- Stage 17: Stage 17Velits wins, Nibali takes red back45.9 km122 mPeter Velits
- Stage 18: Stage 18Cavendish's third155 km999 mMark Cavendish
- Stage 19: Stage 19Gilbert rips it open237 km2,118 mPhilippe Gilbert
- Stage 20: Stage 20Mosquera's head drops177 km4,141 mVincenzo Nibali
- Stage 21: Stage 21Farrar takes Madrid, Nibali takes the Vuelta39.5 km402 mTyler Farrar
Open on the globe
The route on real terrain, every moment pinned to the kilometre it happened on — and the GPX to ride it yourself.