The 2010 season for the BMC Racing Team began in January with the Tour Down Under and ended in October at the Giro di Lombardia.
Cadel Evans won the La Flèche Wallonne, riding past Alberto Contador in the final meters of the race to take the victory.
Chad Beyer won the Sprints (Points) Classification at the 2010 Tour de Romandie, having held the Jersey for the entire race.
Alessandro Ballan stated in October 2009 that it was a certainty that he would start the Giro d'Italia after missing out on it in 2009 when he wore the rainbow jersey.
After overnight race leader Vincenzo Nibali experienced a mechanical issue that necessitated a bike change, Evans and Damiano Cunego responded to an attack from Vinokourov, and stayed away to the stage's finish in Montalcino.
Bookwalter was originally in this group, but the team's manager called him back to the peloton to help Evans and make a pace.
[14] On the first of the Giro's many mountain stages in its final week, Evans rode well and stayed with the leaders through the Monte Grappa climb.
He did not follow Nibali's aggressive descent of the mountain, and finished with Ivan Basso and Michele Scarponi 23 seconds back.
[15] The next day, Evans rode most of the climb of Monte Zoncolan with Basso, but he was dropped shortly before the summit, conceding over a minute to the Italian.
In stage 20, on the final ascent of the Passo del Tonale, Evans put in an attack to try to win back sufficient time to get him on the podium.
[19] In the final time trial in Verona, Evans again rode well, finishing fourth at 22 seconds behind stage winner Gustav Larsson.
[22] Evans was mentioned in pre-race analyses as a contender for overall victory, having finished highly in several Grand Tours over his career without having won one.
[29] What at first had seemed a catastrophic lack of form on the Col de la Madeleine was later revealed to be exacerbated by a broken elbow sustained by Evans during the previous stage.
[30] Evans continued to ride despite the injury,[31] and finished the race in 26th place, 50 minutes and 27 seconds off the pace of Tour champion Contador.