2010 Cervélo TestTeam season

2010 roster

Ages as of January 1, 2010

;Riders who joined the team for the 2010 season

;Riders who left the team during or after the 2009 season

One-day races

Spring classics

The team entered the spring season with high hopes after having been successful in the classics in 2009. Hushovd's delayed season start meant that he was not at as strong of form for the traditional spring season opener, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, as he was in 2009 when he won it. Though he admitted that repeating his victory would be a longshot, he claimed the team had "four or five guys" who could win the race.{{cite web

Fall races

Stage races

The team's season began at the Étoile de Bessèges. This race was supposed to be Hushovd's season opener, but he pulled out days before it was run, citing illness.{{cite web

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia

Team leader Sastre announced in December 2009 that he would return to the Giro after winning two stages and finishing fourth overall in the 2009 Giro d'Italia.{{cite news |url-status = dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307185743/http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=16811 |archive-date=2012-03-07 |url-status=dead

Sastre was one of a great many riders to crash in the road race stages in the Netherlands which began the Giro. He was caught up in a big crash near the finish line of stage 2, though he did not himself fall from his bike, and lost 34 seconds to other contenders like Cadel Evans and Ivan Basso.{{cite web |url-status = dead |url-status = dead |url-status = dead |url-status = dead |url-status = dead

Stage 11 into L'Aquila caused major changes in the overall standings. Over 50 riders formed a leading group ahead of the peloton, and this group held at one point an advantage of 20 minutes. Sastre, Tondó, Wyss, and Gustov all made this selection, and Wyss and Gustov joined riders from , , and in driving the leading group, since all four teams stood to have riders highly placed in the overall standings should the group stay away. The overall contenders took back some of the time from the leaders' biggest advantage, but still ceded nearly 13 minutes to them. The day's results put both Tondó and Sastre in the top ten overall, at fourth and eighth respectively.{{cite web |url-status = dead |url-status = dead |url-status = dead

Sastre was unable to capitalize on this position, however. He was just 19th in the time trial, losing over a minute to his rivals.{{cite web |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100611160133/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-16/results |archive-date = 2010-06-11 |url-status = dead

While eighth overall was widely derided as a disappointment for a rider thought to be an overall contender and one gifted 13 minutes,{{cite web

Tour de France

Sastre led the squad sent to the Tour de France. Haussler was supposed to be on the squad as well, but was replaced by Lloyd when his recurrent knee injury required surgery. Hushovd was also present, aiming for a second straight points classification win. Florencio was named to the squad at first, but he was later pulled because he had used a substance for treating saddle sores that contained ephedrine, which is banned. The team's stated reason for pulling him was that he had violated internal rules which require riders to secure permission from medical staff before taking any medication or supplement.{{cite web

Hushovd took third place behind Alessandro Petacchi and Mark Renshaw in the Tour's first road race stage, as they were three of only five riders to contest the sprint after a massive crash in the stage's final kilometer thinned the field greatly.{{cite web |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100704102334/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-1/results |archive-date = 2010-07-04 |url-status = dead |archive-date=2010-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909181055/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-2/results |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909170705/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-3/results |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100708221007/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-4/results |archive-date = 2010-07-08 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100913042530/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-5/results |archive-date = 2010-09-13 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100709045150/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-6/results |archive-date = 2010-07-09 |url-status = dead

Sastre finished with the first group, containing most of the race's top favorites, in the Tour's first mountain stage finishing at Morzine-Avoriaz. The result gained him 16 places in the general classification, moving from 28th to 12th.{{cite web |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100915234053/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-8/results |archive-date = 2010-09-15 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110304064049/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-9/results |archive-date = 2011-03-04 |url-status = dead

After another lackluster performance in a field sprint in stage 11, Hushovd lost the green jersey to Petacchi.{{cite web |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100716175221/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-12/results |archive-date = 2010-07-16 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110304064515/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-13/results |archive-date = 2011-03-04 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110304064829/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-16/results |archive-date = 2011-03-04 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110304065049/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-18/results |archive-date = 2011-03-04 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100815033234/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-20/results |archive-date = 2010-08-15 |url-status = dead

Vuelta a España

Sastre had planned at the beginning of the season to ride two of the three Grand Tours, and was unsure after the Giro whether he would ride the Tour or the Vuelta. In an atypical decision, Sastre lined up in Seville for the Vuelta start after starting the Giro and the Tour as well. Hushovd was also on the squad, with the aim of honing his form prior to the world championships road race.

Despite the race starting mere days after the team announced it would fold after the season, the squad turned in a solid ride in the stage 1 team time trial, finishing with five riders 13 seconds back of 's winning time, for fourth place.{{cite news |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100829074003/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-1/results |archive-date = 2010-08-29 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100830154349/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-3/results |archive-date = 2010-08-30 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100901145251/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-4/results |archive-date = 2010-09-01 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110220011305/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-5/results |archive-date = 2011-02-20 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110220042318/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-6/results |archive-date = 2011-02-20 |url-status = dead

Stage 8 was the next mountain stage, and it reshuffled the overall standings somewhat. David Moncoutié won the stage from the morning breakaway, Tondó and Sastre both finished the stage in the top ten, and Tondó moved up to fourth overall, 42 seconds behind new race leader Igor Antón. Sastre moved up from 21st to 17th with the result.{{cite news |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100905220351/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-8/results |archive-date = 2010-09-05 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100909005518/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-11/results |archive-date = 2010-09-09 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100912180212/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-14/results |archive-date = 2010-09-12 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110220043142/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-15/results |archive-date = 2011-02-20 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100914175835/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-16/results |archive-date = 2010-09-14 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110220043235/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-17/results |archive-date = 2011-02-20 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110220043438/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-20/results |archive-date = 2011-02-20 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100922030211/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-21/results |archive-date = 2010-09-22 |url-status = dead

Team dissolution

Riders' 2011 teams

Season victories

Footnotes

References