2010 Giro d'Italia
Rider Team Time
1 Ivan Basso ( ITA ) Liquigas-Doimo 87h 44 ' 01
2 David Arroyo ( ESP ) Caisse d'Epargne + 1 ' 51
3 Vincenzo Nibali ( ITA ) Liquigas-Doimo + 2 ' 37
4 Michele Scarponi ( ITA ) Androni Giocattoli + 2 ' 50
5 Cadel Evans ( AUS ) BMC Racing Team + 3 ' 27
6 Alexander Vinokourov ( KAZ ) Astana + 7 ' 06
7 Richie Porte ( AUS ) Team Saxo Bank + 7 ' 22
8 Carlos Sastre ( ESP ) Cervélo TestTeam + 9 ' 39
9 Marco Pinotti ( ITA ) Team HTC-Columbia + 14 ' 20
10 Robert Kišerlovski ( CRO ) Liquigas-Doimo + 14 ' 51
General classification
The 2010 Giro d'Italia was the 93rd edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro started off in Amsterdam on 8 May and stayed in the Netherlands for three stages, before leaving the country. The route included climbs such as Monte Zoncolan, Plan de Corones, the Passo del Mortirolo and the Passo di Gavia before ending in Verona with an individual time trial. Principal favorites for overall success in the Giro included Ivan Basso of the team, Cadel Evans for , and 's Carlos Sastre. After three weeks of racing, it was Basso who claimed his second Giro d'Italia title, after also winning in 2006. David Arroyo from and Basso's teammate Vincenzo Nibali rounded out the podium. Australian riders won all the lesser jersey awards, with Evans taking the points classification, 's Matthew Lloyd the winner of the mountains classification, and Richie Porte of the Giro's best young rider. The road race stages in the Netherlands were both marred by repeated crashes, which led to some unexpected big time gaps before the transfer to Italy. The overall standings were very turbulent in the first week, with four different riders holding the race leader's pink jersey. The 11th stage greatly re-shaped the overall standings, when several riders, including Sastre, gained almost 13 minutes against the remainder of the field. Porte took the pink jersey after this stage. Two days later, Arroyo took the jersey, and kept it for five days.