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2011 Critérium International
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2011 Critérium International |
| series | 2010–11 UCI Europe Tour |
| image | Criterium International 2011.png |
| image_caption | The route of the 2011 Critérium International |
| date | 26–27 March |
| stages | 3 |
| distance | 280 |
| unit | km |
| time | 7h 13' 12" |
| first | Fränk Schleck |
| first_team | |
| first_nat | Luxembourg |
| second | Vasil Kiryienka |
| first_color | yellow |
| second_team | |
| second_nat | Belarus |
| third | Rein Taaramäe |
| third_team | |
| third_nat | Estonia |
| points | Vasil Kiryienka |
| points_team | |
| points_nat | Belarus |
| points_color | green |
| mountains | Pim Ligthart |
| mountains_team | |
| mountains_nat | Netherlands |
| mountains_color | polkadot |
| youth | Rein Taaramäe |
| youth_team | |
| youth_nat | Estonia |
| youth_color | white |
| team | |
| previous | 2010 |
| next | 2012 |
The 2011 Critérium International was the 80th edition of the Critérium International cycling stage race. It started on 26 March in Porto-Vecchio and ended on 27 March in Porto-Vecchio and consisted of 3 stages, including 2 stages on the same day; a flat stage and an individual time trial, held as the second and third stages.
The race was won by Leopard-Trek rider Fränk Schleck, who claimed the leader's yellow jersey after a strong finish in the first stage, and maintained his advantage to the end of the race. Schleck's winning margin over runner-up Vasil Kiryienka of Team Movistar was 13 seconds, and Cofidis' Rein Taaramäe completed the podium, 17 seconds down on Kiryienka.
In the race's other classifications, Kiryienka won the green jersey for the points classification, the King of the Mountains classification was won by Pim Ligthart of Vacansoleil–DCM, Taaramäe won the young rider classification, and Movistar finished at the head of the teams classification.
Pre-race favourites
The winner of the 2010 Critérium International, Pierrick Fédrigo, was looking to defend the previous year's victory, while other pre-race favourites included 2 time runner-up in the Tour de France Andy Schleck and Vuelta a España 5th place, Fränk Schleck, as well as Alexander Vinokourov.
Teams
The following teams participated in the 2011 edition of the Critérium International:
;UCI ProTour Teams
;UCI Professional Continental Teams
;UCI Continental Teams
Stages
Stage 1
;26 March 2011 – Porto-Vecchio to Col de l'Ospedale, 198 km
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fränk Schleck [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]][[Image:Jersey green.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Vasil Kiryienka[[Image:Jersey yellow number.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 3 | Rein Taaramäe[[Image:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 4 | David López García[[Image:Jersey yellow number.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 5 | Alexandre Geniez | |||
| 6 | Sergey Lagutin | |||
| 7 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | |||
| 8 | Pierre Rolland | |||
| 9 | Pierrick Fédrigo | |||
| 10 | Andy Schleck |
|| |General Classification after Stage 1
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fränk Schleck [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]][[Image:Jersey green.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Vasil Kiryienka[[Image:Jersey yellow number.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 3 | Rein Taaramäe[[Image:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 4 | David López García[[Image:Jersey yellow number.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 5 | Alexandre Geniez | |||
| 6 | Sergey Lagutin | |||
| 7 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | |||
| 8 | Pierre Rolland | |||
| 9 | Pierrick Fédrigo | |||
| 10 | Andy Schleck |
|}
Stage 2
;27 March 2011 – Porto-Vecchio 75 km
| Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Geschke | |
| 2 | Murilo Antonio Fischer | |
| 3 | Laurent Mangel | |
| 4 | Florian Vachon | |
| 5 | Arnaud Molmy | |
| 6 | Jonathan Hivert | |
| 7 | Julien El Farès | |
| 8 | Tony Gallopin | |
| 9 | Fabian Wegmann | |
| 10 | Jérôme Cousin |
|| |General Classification after Stage 2
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fränk Schleck [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]][[Image:Jersey green.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Vasil Kiryienka[[Image:Jersey yellow number.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 3 | Rein Taaramäe[[Image:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 4 | David López García[[Image:Jersey yellow number.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 5 | Alexandre Geniez | |||
| 6 | Cyril Gautier | |||
| 7 | Sergey Lagutin | |||
| 8 | Pierre Rolland | |||
| 9 | Ryder Hesjedal | |||
| 10 | Jean-Christophe Péraud |
|}
Stage 3
;27 March 2011 – Porto-Vecchio 7 km
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andreas Klöden | ||
| 2 | Bradley Wiggins | ||
| 3 | Jakob Fuglsang | ||
| 4 | David Zabriskie | ||
| 5 | Andrew Talansky | ||
| 6 | Jérôme Coppel | ||
| 7 | Maxime Monfort | ||
| 8 | Vasil Kiryienka[[Image:Jersey yellow number.svg | 20px]] | |
| 9 | Tiago Machado | ||
| 10 | Anthony Roux |
|| |General Classification after Stage 3
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fränk Schleck [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 2 | Vasil Kiryienka[[Image:Jersey green.svg | 20px]][[Image:Jersey yellow number.svg | 20px]] | |
| 3 | Rein Taaramäe[[Image:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 4 | Alexandre Geniez | |||
| 5 | Tiago Machado | |||
| 6 | Jean-Christophe Péraud | |||
| 7 | Ryder Hesjedal | |||
| 8 | Pierrick Fédrigo | |||
| 9 | David López García[[Image:Jersey yellow number.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 10 | Sergey Lagutin |
|}
Classification leadership
| Stage | Winner | General classification | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 25px]] | ||||||||||
| Mountains classification | |||||||||||
| [[Image:Jersey polkadot.svg | 25px]] | ||||||||||
| Points classification | |||||||||||
| [[Image:Jersey green.svg | 25px]] | ||||||||||
| Young rider classification | |||||||||||
| [[Image:Jersey white.svg | 25px]] | ||||||||||
| Team Classification | |||||||||||
| [[Image:Jersey yellow number.svg | 25px]] | ||||||||||
| Final | Fränk Schleck | Pim Ligthart | Vasil Kiryienka | Rein Taaramäe | |||||||
| 1 | Fränk Schleck | Fränk Schleck | Pim Ligthart | Fränk Schleck | Rein Taaramäe | ||||||
| 2 | Simon Geschke | ||||||||||
| 3 | Andreas Klöden | Vasil Kiryienka |
References
References
- Atkins, Ben. (14 February 2011). "Sixteen teams announced for Critérium International". Velonation.
- "Teams". Amaury Sport Organisation.
- Quénet, Jean-François. (26 March 2011). "Fränk Schleck climbs to victory in opening stage". CyclingNews.
- Quénet, Jean-François. (27 March 2011). "Geschke wins the sprint in Porto Vecchio". Cycling News.
- Quénet, Jean-François. (27 March 2011). "Schleck defends overall lead". Cycling News.
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