2010 Critérium du Dauphiné
Rider Team Time
1 Alberto Contador ( ESP ) Astana 4h 55 ' 58
2 Tejay van Garderen ( USA ) Team HTC-Columbia + 2
3 Janez Brajkovič ( SLO ) Team RadioShack + 5
4 Geraint Thomas ( GBR ) Team Sky + 10
5 Dario Cataldo ( ITA ) Quick-Step + 12
6 Rémi Pauriol ( FRA ) Cofidis + 12
7 Paul Martens ( GER ) Rabobank + 13
8 Jérôme Coppel ( FRA ) Saur-Sojasun + 14
9 Christophe Riblon ( FRA ) Ag2r-La Mondiale + 14
10 Gorka Verdugo ( ESP ) Euskaltel-Euskadi + 15
General Classification after Stage 1 [ 5 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ]
The 2010 Critérium du Dauphiné was the 62nd edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné (formerly Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré) stage race, and the first since it was renamed. It took place from 6-13 June, and was part of both the 2010 UCI ProTour and World Calendar. It began in Evian-les-Bains with an individual time trial, and ended in Sallanches. The race was won by Slovenia's Janez Brajkovič, riding for . Second in the general classification was Alberto Contador of , while Tejay van Garderen finished third for . Contador won the points classification on a tie-break with Brajkovič, 's Egoi Martínez won the mountains classification and Euskaltel-Euskadi also won the teams classification.