2010 Française des Jeux season

FDJ, as they became known shortly before the Tour de France began, entered the race with a squad led by Le Mével, tenth-place finisher and best French rider in 2009. In stage 1, the first road race stage after the prologue time trial, several crashes took place in the final few kilometers, meaning only five riders were at the front of the race to contest the sprint finish. Ladagnous avoided crashing and made this little selection, though he was last of the five riders in the kick to the finish.[8] Ladagnous took a meaningless ninth place the next day, as the peloton decided not to race to the finish, neutralizing the results for all but stage winner Sylvain Chavanel.[9] In stage 9, Casar made a breakaway of 10 riders, including such big names as Luis León Sánchez, Damiano Cunego, and Jens Voigt. All of them figured into the day's results. Race favorites Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck broke away from the other top riders in the race on this day. Voigt dropped back and paced them so long and so strenuously that they joined the leaders on the road, now a five-rider group including Casar, Sánchez, and Cunego. Contador and Schleck finished sixth and seventh on the day, not seeking the stage win. For their parts, Sánchez, Cunego, and Casar finished 2 seconds ahead as the three of them did aggressively seek the win. Cunego started his sprint early and had a gap for a moment, but Casar perhaps knew the course better, taking an aggressive line on the course's final left-hand turn. The finish line was just after that turn, so Casar made it across first and won the stage.[10]

In stage 13, Geslin finished seventh on the stage, sixth in the sprint behind solo winner Alexander Vinokourov.[11] Three days later in stage 16, Casar came close to a second victory. He was part of a day-long breakaway, that included Lance Armstrong, and finished second behind Pierrick Fédrigo in the sprint finish.[12] Casar finished the race in 25th place, the team's best finisher, just under 46 minutes behind Tour champion Alberto Contador. Le Mével was 42nd, more than an hour and 22 minutes back. The squad finished 15th in the teams classification.[13]