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 Team RadioShack.

[1] Second in the general classification was Alberto Contador of Astana, while Tejay van Garderen finished third for Team HTC–Columbia.

Two time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador started the race as favourite, but emphasized that his priority was to use the race as preparation for the Tour de France, without particular concern to win it.