Just a few kilometres into the stage, five riders broke away from the peloton: Koen Barbé, Marcus Burghardt, Niko Eeckhout, Jens Mouris and Luca Paolini.
Neiman Marcus | Marcus Garvey | Marcus Aurelius | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Greil Marcus | Marcus Brigstocke | Marcus Stephen | Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa | Marcus Rojas | Marcus Ullmann | Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted | Marcus Roberts | Marcus Liberty | Marcus Hahnemann | Marcus Didius Falco | Marcus Tregoning | Marcus Neff | Marcus J. Ranum | Marcus Daly | Marcus Buckingham | Marcus Borg | Marcus Aurelius Probus | Marcus Adoro | These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero | Steven Marcus | Shimmy Marcus | Marcus Westbury | Marcus Trescothick | Marcus Samuel | Marcus O'Sullivan |
The team signed a number of major international riders for the 2010 season, including 2009 World Champion, two-time Tour de France runner-up and 2011 winner Cadel Evans, 2009 U.S. Road Race Champion George Hincapie, 2008 World Champion Alessandro Ballan and Spring Classics specialists Karsten Kroon and Marcus Burghardt.