Team Sky 2010 Palmarès
Tuesday 23 November 2010 14:18, UK
A recap of the race wins and podium finishes so far in their debut season for Team Sky.
Victories:
18/09/2010 - Greg Henderson: Tour of Britain, Points Classification. Henderson took control of the blue and white jersey with his victory in Stoke and continued to wear it for the remainder of the tour, despite dropping behind overall race leader Michael Albasini on stages four and five. The New Zealander battled back to the top of the points standings in Great Yarmouth though, and his fourth-placed finish in London settled the contest once and for all.Full report HERE 12/09/2010 - Greg Henderson: Tour of Britain, Stage Two: Stoke-on-Trent to Stoke-on-Trent. Henderson followed up his third-placed finish in Blackpool with this fine victory in Stoke where he outsprinted his breakaway rivals on the winding, uphill drag to the finish line. The victory also catapulted him to the top of the overall standings.
Full report HERE 05/09/2010 - Bradley Wiggins: Great Britain National Time Trial Championships. Wiggins secured his white time trial jersey for the second year in succession by powering around the 52km course in Llandello, Wales an impressive one minute and 22 seconds faster than second-placed team-mate Chris Froome. Geraint Thomas completed a clean sweep for Team Sky by securing third position.
Full report HERE 26/08/2010 - Edvald Boasson Hagen: Eneco Tour, Points Classification. Boasson Hagen all-but assured his red jersey victory on the penultimate stage by claiming his third podium position in five days on the sprint finish into Heers. Battling to sixth place on the final time trial ensured the prize was his.
Full report HERE 21/08/2010 - Greg Henderson: Eneco Tour, Stage Four: St-Lievens-Houtem to Roermond. After battling to the fore nine kilometres from the line in Roermond, every member of the team produced a massive turn on the front before Edvald Boasson Hagen put Henderson in pole position to go for the victory. The New Zealander duly obliged and Boasson Hagen even battled on to claim third place.
Full report HERE 13/08/2010 - Edvald Boasson Hagen: Dutch Food Valley Classic. After controlling the race for most of the day, the team then morphed into a lead-out train for Boasson Hagen, and Chris Sutton blew the bunch apart before sling-shotting the Norwegian to a comfortable victory by over two bike lengths.
Full report HERE 28/07/2010 - Russell Downing: Tour de Wallonie, General Classification. Downing finished in the top 10 in every one of the five stages on offer in Belgium and rode himself into contention for the GC by bridging the gap over to the lead group brilliantly on the penultimate stage to ensure he didn't lose any time on his rivals. The 32-year-old then produced a fine sprint triumph the following day which snatched the title.
Full report HERE 28/07/2010 - Russell Downing: Tour de Wallonie, Stage Five: Chaudfontaine to Welkenraedt. Despite seeing their ranks cut to just three on the final stage of the tour, Nicolas Portal and Mathew Hayman worked tirelessly to lead Downing into contention in Welkenraedt and the Yorkshireman responded by producing a storming late kick to seal not only the stage win, but also the overall victory in the process.
Full report HERE 23/07/2010 - Chris Sutton: Brixia Tour, Stage Three: Pisogne to Pisogne. After spending much of the season leading out his team-mates, Sutton got his chance to shine in Pisogne after being catapulted into contention on the fourth and final lap of the day and took full advantage by romping to victory ahead of Roberto Ferrari and Miguel Ángel Rubiano.
Full report HERE 27/06/2010 - Geraint Thomas: Great Britain National Road Race Championships. Team Sky trio Geraint Thomas, Peter Kennaugh and Ian Stannard dominated the Lancashire event by breaking away early in the day before pressing on to seal a remarkable clean sweep of the podium. Thomas took the white jersey by narrowly outsprinting Kennaugh at the line.
Full report HERE 24/06/2010 - Edvald Boasson Hagen: Norway National Time Trial Championships. Boasson Hagen romped to a fourth consecutive National Championship victory by powering around the 50km course in Trondheim in one hour, three minutes and 51 seconds - a time which was 52 seconds faster than his nearest rival.
Full report HERE 18/06/2010 - Greg Henderson: Ster Elektrotoer, Stage Three: Nuth-Schimmert to Nuth-Schimmert. Greg Henderson and Russell Downing landed Team Sky's second one-two triumph of the season after being set up perfectly by their team-mates in the final five kilometres of the 178km stage. Earlier in the day Peter Kennaugh had also featured prominently in a four-man break.
Full report HERE 13/06/2010 - Edvald Boasson Hagen: Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage Seven: Allevard-les-Bains to Sallanches. Boasson Hagen proved he was back to his best after a troublesome Achilles injury by jumping clear of a 17-man breakaway with three other riders and then attacking again on his own on the final climb of the day. In the short space that followed the Norwegian opened up a 27-second advantage and pointed graciously to the Sky logo on his chest as wrapped up another memorable win.
Full report HERE 16/05/2010 - Ben Swift: Tour de Picardie, General Classification, Points Classification and Young Rider Classification. Swift gave Team Sky their first overall stage-race victory by finishing a close-up second on stage one, landing the spoils on stage two, and then finishing safely inside the front group on the final day of action. That dominant display also yielded the 22-year-old the points and young rider jerseys for his troubles.
Full report HERE 15/05/2010 - Ben Swift: Tour de Picardie, Stage Two: Friville-Escarbotin-Belloy to Cires-lès-Mello. After being narrowly pipped to victory on the opening stage in northern France, Swift went one better the following day by rounding off another superb lead-out train. And such was Team Sky's dominance during those closing stages, lead-out man Russell Downing also held on to claim a fine third place on the day.
Full report HERE 08/05/2010 - Bradley Wiggins: Giro d'Italia, Stage One (TT): Amsterdam. Wiggins gave Team Sky the perfect start in their Grand Tour debut by hurtling around the 8.4km city circuit in Amsterdam a full two seconds faster than his nearest rival. That victory also ensured he was bestowed the honour of wearing the race leader's famous pink jersey.
Full report HERE 28/03/2010 - Russell Downing: Critérium International, Stage Two: Porto-Vecchio to Porto Vecchio. Not content with chasing down a six-man breakaway in windy conditions, Team Sky then continued to tap out an unrelenting pace on the front of the bunch before delivering Downing to pip Michael Albasini in a flat-out finish to the line.
Full report HERE 16/03/2010 - Edvald Boasson Hagen: Tirreno - Adriatico, Stage Seven: Civitanova Marche to San Benedetto. The eight-man squad produced another near-perfect lead-out train on the Adriatic coast and peeled off one-by-one before unleashing Boasson Hagen to surge ahead of Alessandro Petacchi and Sacha Modolo at the finish line.
Full report HERE 08/03/2010 - Greg Henderson: Paris - Nice, Stage One: Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines to Contres. The New Zealander sealed his first win of a productive season by infiltrating a 15-man lead group with around nine kilometres to go and then positioned himself intelligently over the chaotic closing stages before powering ahead of Grega Bole at the line.
Full report HERE 27/02/2010 - Juan Antonio Flecha: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Flecha got the Classics season off to a winning start for Team Sky by joining a late breakaway and then unleashing a devastating burst of acceleration 19km from home before battling on for a fine solo victory.
Full report HERE 19/02/2010 - Edvald Boasson Hagen: Tour of Oman, Points Classification and Young Rider Classsification. Boasson Hagen bagged podium places on four of the six stages in Oman, and his victories on stages three and six proved he was right up there with the best riders in the world during the early part of the season.
Full report HERE 19/02/2010 - Edvald Boasson Hagen: Tour of Oman, Stage Six (TT): Al Jissah to Muscat. Having been knocked off the top the GC by some questionable tactics from his rivals, Boasson Hagen reacted by unleashing this sensational time trial display on the 18.6km trek from Al Jissah to Muscat Corniche. His time was a whopping 17 seconds faster that world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara, and saw him wrap up the points and young rider jerseys in the process.
Full report HERE 16/02/2010 - Edvald Boasson Hagen: Tour of Oman, Stage Three: Saifat Ash Shiekh to Qurayyat. Boasson Hagen had already bagged two podium places in Oman before he rounded off a brilliantly-executed lead-out train with this explosive sprint display. His kick on the closing straight blew his rivals away and sealed a remarkable victory by over four bike lengths.
Full report HERE 7/02/2010 - Team Sky: Tour of Qatar, Stage One (TTT): West Bay Lagoon. Team Sky got off to the perfect start in their first team time trial by clocking a time eight seconds faster than their nearest rivals on the 8.2km circuit around West Bay Lagoon.
Full report HERE 24/01/2010 - Chris Sutton: Tour Down Under, Stage Six: Adelaide to Adelaide. Team Sky brought the curtain down on their first-ever race with a remarkable one-two sprint triumph in Adelaide. Chris Sutton powered across the line in first place while Greg Henderson followed him home.
Full report HERE
