2011 Tour de Romandie
| 2011 UCI World Tour, race 13 of 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 26 April – 1 May 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 5 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 694.5 km (431.5 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 16h 51' 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2011 Tour de Romandie was the 65th edition of the Tour de Romandie cycling stage race and the 13th event of the 2011 UCI World Tour. It started on 26 April in Martigny and ended on 1 May in Geneva and consisted of six stages, including a race-commencing prologue stage and also a penultimate day individual time trial.[1]
The race was won by BMC Racing Team rider Cadel Evans, who claimed the leader's yellow jersey for the second time[2] – having previously won the race in 2006 – with an eighth-place finish on the penultimate time trial stage, and held his advantage to the end of the race.[3] Evans' winning margin over runner-up Tony Martin was 18 seconds,[3] and Astana's Alexander Vinokourov completed the podium, 19 seconds down on Evans.[3]
In the race's other classifications, Saxo Bank–SunGard rider Chris Anker Sørensen won the King of the Mountains classification, Matthias Brändle of Geox–TMC won the green jersey for the sprints classification, Garmin–Cervélo's Andrew Talansky won the young rider classification, with Garmin–Cervélo also finishing at the head of the teams classification.
Pre-race favourites
Pre-race favourites included the 2006 winner Cadel Evans, 2009 winner Roman Kreuziger, and the 2010 winner Simon Špilak.
Teams
Twenty teams participated in the race.[4]
Stages
Prologue
- 26 April – Martigny, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi), individual time trial (ITT)
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Stage 1
- 27 April 2011 – Martigny to Leysin, 169.3 kilometres (105.2 mi)
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Stage 2
- 28 April 2011 – Romont, 168.3 kilometres (104.6 mi)
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Stage 3
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Stage 4
- 30 April 2011 – Aubonne to Bougy-Villars, 20.1 kilometres (12.5 mi), individual time trial (ITT)
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Stage 5
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Classification leadership
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Team classification |
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| P | Jonathan Castroviejo | Jonathan Castroviejo | not awarded | Jonathan Castroviejo | HTC–Highroad |
| 1 | Pavel Brutt | Pavel Brutt | Oleksandr Kvachuk | Jack Bobridge | Lampre–ISD |
| 2 | Damiano Cunego | Peter Stetina | Movistar Team | ||
| 3 | Alexander Vinokourov | ||||
| 4 | David Zabriskie | Cadel Evans | Andrew Talansky | Garmin–Cervélo | |
| 5 | Ben Swift | Chris Anker Sørensen | |||
| Final | Cadel Evans | Chris Anker Sørensen | Andrew Talansky | Garmin–Cervélo | |
Classification standings
General classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Cadel Evans (AUS) |
BMC Racing Team | 16h 51' 49" |
| 2 |  Tony Martin (GER) |
HTC–Highroad | + 18" |
| 3 |  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) |
Astana | + 19" |
| 4 |  Marco Pinotti (ITA) |
HTC–Highroad | + 31" |
| 5 |  Beñat Intxausti (SPA) |
Movistar Team | + 41" |
| 6 |  Pieter Weening (NED) |
Rabobank | + 51" |
| 7 |  Janez Brajkovič (SLO) |
Team RadioShack | + 52" |
| 8 |  Pavel Brutt |
Team Katusha | + 58" |
| 9 |  Andrew Talansky (USA) |
Garmin–Cervélo | + 59" |
| 10 |  David Millar (GBR) |
Garmin–Cervélo | + 1' 00" |
| Source: [16] | |||
Mountains classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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| 1 |  Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN) |
Saxo Bank–SunGard | 32 |
| 2 |  Oleksandr Kvachuk (UKR) |
Lampre–ISD | 28 |
| 8 | Pavel Brutt |
Team Katusha | 22 |
| 3 |  Branislau Samoilau (BLR) |
Movistar Team | 22 |
| 5 |  Pierre Roland (FRA) |
Team Europcar | 16 |
| 6 | Christophe Kern (FRA) |
Team Europcar | 14 |
| 7 |  Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU) |
Movistar Team | 14 |
| 8 |  Roman Kreuziger (CZE) |
Astana | 12 |
| 8 | Vladimir Gusev |
Team Katusha | 12 |
| 10 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) |
Rabobank | 12 |
| Source: [17] | |||
Young rider classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Andrew Talansky (USA) |
Garmin–Cervélo | 16h 52' 48" |
| 2 | Peter Stetina (USA) |
Garmin–Cervélo | + 1' 15" |
| 3 | Cyril Gautier (FRA) |
Team Europcar | + 2' 18" |
| 4 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) |
Rabobank | + 2' 44" |
| 5 |  Matthias Brändle (AUT) |
Geox–TMC | + 2' 57" |
| 6 |  Rafał Majka (POL) |
Saxo Bank–SunGard | + 3' 14" |
| 7 | Jesús Herrada (SPA) |
Movistar Team | + 5' 00" |
| 8 | Ben Swift (GBR) |
Team Sky | + 7' 31" |
| 9 |  Alexandre Pliușchin (MDA) |
Team Katusha | + 7' 47" |
| 10 | Martijn Keizer (NED) |
Vacansoleil–DCM | + 8' 28" |
| Source: [18] | |||
Team classification
| Rank | Team | Time | |
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| 1 | Garmin–Cervélo |
50h 34' 41" | |
| 2 | Movistar Team |
+ 2' 15" | |
| 3 | Leopard Trek |
+ 3' 32" | |
| 4 | Team Sky |
+ 4' 42" | |
| 5 | Ag2r–La Mondiale |
+ 5' 05" | |
| 6 | Lampre–ISD |
+ 5' 30" | |
| 7 | BMC Racing Team |
+ 5' 39" | |
| 8 | Geox–TMC |
+ 6' 15" | |
| 9 | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
+ 7' 15" | |
| 10 | Team Katusha |
+ 7' 42" | |
| Source: [19] | |||
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tour de Romandie 2011.
- ↑ "Tour de Romandie 2011". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Cadel Evans wins 2nd Tour de Romandie title". Sports Illustrated. Time Inc. Associated Press. 1 May 2011. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Evans gets "home win" and a boost for the Tour de France". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. Reuters. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ↑ "Startlist for Tour de Romandie 2011". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Tour de Romandie 2011 Prologue results". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Tour de Romandie 2011 Prologue results". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Tour de Romandie 2011 Stage 1 results". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Tour de Romandie 2011 Stage 1 results". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Tour de Romandie 2011 Stage 2 results". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Tour de Romandie 2011 Stage 2 results". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Tour de Romandie 2011 Stage 3 results". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Tour de Romandie 2011 Stage 3 results". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Tour de Romandie 2011 Stage 4 (ITT) results". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Tour de Romandie 2011 Stage 4 (ITT) results". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Tour de Romandie 2011 Stage 5 results". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Tour de Romandie 2011 Stage 5 results". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Tour de Romandie 2011 Stage 5 results". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Tour de Romandie 2011 Stage 5 results". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Tour de Romandie 2011 Stage 5 results". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 15 May 2026.