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The 2011 Tour de Romandie, was the 65th running of the Tour de Romandie

Tour de Romandie

The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs in the Romandie region, in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. It began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling....

cycling stage race. It started on 26 April in Martigny and ended on 1 May in Geneva

Geneva

Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

and consisted of six stages, including a race-commencing prologue stage and also a penultimate day individual time trial. It was the 13th race of the 2011 UCI World Tour

2011 UCI World Tour

The 2011 UCI World Tour was the third edition of the ranking system launched by the International Cycling Union in 2009. The series started with the Tour Down Under's opening stage on 18 January, and consisted of 14 stage races and 13 one-day races, culminating in the Giro di Lombardia on 15...

season.

The race was won by rider Cadel Evans

Cadel Evans

Cadel Lee Evans is an Australian professional racing cyclist and winner of the 2011 Tour de France. Early in his career, Evans was a champion mountain biker, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing seventh in the men's cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in...

, who claimed the leader's yellow jersey for the second time – 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. Evans' winning margin over runner-up Tony Martin

Tony Martin (cyclist)

Tony Martin is a German professional road bicycle racer riding for the UCI ProTeam . Martin is known as a time trial specialist: in 2011, he won a time trial stage in the Tour de France and in the Vuelta a España, and became world champion...

was 18 seconds, and 's Alexander Vinokourov

Alexander Vinokourov

Alexander Nikolaevich Vinokourov, also written Alexandre Vinokourov, is an ethnically Russian Kazakhstani professional road bicycle racer who currently competes with the UCI ProTeam Astana...

completed the podium, 19 seconds down on Evans.

In the race's other classifications, rider Chris Anker Sørensen

Chris Anker Sørensen

Chris Anker Sørensen is a Danish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour .Chris Anker Sørensen started his professional career in 2007 with Team CSC...

won the King of the Mountains classification, Matthias Brändle

Matthias Brändle

Matthias Brändle is an Austrian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team . He wss the 2009 Austrian National Time Trial Champion.- Palmares :200820092010- External links :*...

of won the green jersey for the sprints classification, 's Andrew Talansky

Andrew Talansky

Andrew Talansky is an American racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam .-Palmarès:2010* U23 US National Time Trial Champion* 1st, Stage 1, Tour des pays de Savoie* 2nd Overall, Tour de l'Avenir* 3rd Overall, Tour de l'Isard2011* Tour de Romandie...

won the young rider classification, with also finishing at the head of the teams classification.

Pre-race favourites

Pre-race favourites include the 2006 winner, Cadel Evans

Cadel Evans

, 2009

2009 Tour de Romandie

The 2009 Tour de Romandie cycling road race started on 28 April and finished on 3 May in Switzerland. It was the 6th event in the 2009 UCI ProTour, and the 12th event in the World Calendar....

winner, Roman Kreuziger

Roman Kreuziger

Roman Kreuziger is a Czech professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . Kreuziger is an all-rounder, with climbing and time trial abilities, becoming a contender for the General Classification of stage races...

and the 2010

2010 Tour de Romandie

The 2010 Tour de Romandie cycling road race started on 27 April and finished on 2 May in Switzerland. It was the 6th event in the 2010 UCI ProTour, and the 13th event in the World Calendar. The race winner had been declared as Alejandro Valverde, who won the final stage to take the race by 11...

winner Simon Špilak

Simon Špilak

Simon Špilak is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .-Palmares:2004...

. Beside them there will be Ivan Basso

Ivan Basso

Ivan Basso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders...

, Paris-Nice

2011 Paris–Nice

The 2011 Paris–Nice was the 69th running of the Paris–Nice cycling stage race, often known as the Race to the Sun. It started on 6 March in Houdan and ended on 13 March in Nice and consisted of eight stages, including a time trial...

's winner, Tony Martin

Tony Martin (cyclist)

and 's Luis León Sánchez

Luis León Sánchez

Luis León Sánchez Gil is a Spanish road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He is also known as Lulu Sanchez. He rode for team Liberty Seguros-Würth from 2004 until 2006, when he moved to the Caisse d'Epargne team following the collapse of the Liberty Seguros-Würth team in the wake of the Operación...

Prologue

26 April 2011 – Martigny, 3 km (1.9 mi), individual time trial

Individual time trial

An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

(ITT)

Prologue Result and General Classification after Prologue

	Rider	Team	Time
1			3' 40"
2			+ 0"
3			+ 1"
4			+ 2"
5			+ 2"
6			+ 3"
7			+ 3"
8			+ 4"
9			+ 4"
10			+ 4"

Stage 1

27 April 2011 – Martigny to Leysin

Leysin

Leysin is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle.-History:Leysin is first mentioned around 1231-32 as Leissins. In 1352 it was mentioned as Leisins.-Geography:...

, 169.3 km (105.2 mi)

Stage 1 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 56"
3			+ 1' 15"
4			+ 1' 23"
5			+ 1' 59"
6			+ 2' 01"
7			+ 2' 03"
8			+ 2' 05"
9			+ 2' 05"
10			+ 2' 05"

General Classification after Stage 1

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 1' 00"
3			+ 1' 22"
4			+ 1' 31"
5			+ 2' 04"
6			+ 2' 04"
7			+ 2' 06"
8			+ 2' 08"
9			+ 2' 08"
10			+ 2' 09"

Stage 2

28 April 2011 – Romont

Romont

Romont may refer to:*Romont, Fribourg, Switzerland*Romont, Berne, Switzerland...

, 171.8 km (106.8 mi)

Stage 2 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 2"
3			+ 2"
4			+ 2"
5			+ 2"
6			+ 2"
7			+ 2"
8			+ 2"
9			+ 2"
10			+ 2"

General Classification after Stage 2

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 38"
3			+ 42"
4			+ 42"
5			+ 46"
6			+ 50"
7			+ 51"
8			+ 51"
9			+ 51"
10			+ 52"

Stage 3

29 April 2011 – Thierrens

Thierrens

Thierrens is a municipality in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-Geography:Thierrens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 71.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 22.6% is forested...

to Neuchâtel, 165.7 km (103 mi)

Stage 3 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 32"
3			+ 38"
4			+ 42"
5			+ 46"
6			+ 50"
7			+ 51"
8			+ 51"
9			+ 51"
10			+ 52"

Stage 4

30 April 2011 – Aubonne

Aubonne

Aubonne is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:The municipality was settled very early. The oldest remains are from the Bronze Age. From Roman times, there remain foundations of villas, and from early medieval times, graves.The first documentation...

to Bougy-Villars

Bougy-Villars

Bougy-Villars is a municipality in the Swiss the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-History:Bougy-Villars is first mentioned in 996 as in villa Balgedelco. Starting in 1285 and until the end of the 19th Century, it was known as Bougy-Milon...

, 20.1 km (12.5 mi), individual time trial

Individual time trial

An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

(ITT)

Stage 4 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 2"
3			+ 14"
4			+ 18"
5			+ 27"
6			+ 42"
7			+ 43"
8			+ 45"
9			+ 48"
10			+ 54"

General Classification after Stage 4

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 18"
3			+ 19"
4			+ 31"
5			+ 41"
6			+ 51"
7			+ 52"
8			+ 58"
9			+ 59"
10			+ 1' 00"

Stage 5

1 May 2011 – Champagne

Champagne, Switzerland

Champagne is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:Champagne is first mentioned in 885 as Campania....

to Geneva

Geneva

, 164.6 km (102.3 mi)

Stage 5 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Final General Classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 18"
3			+ 19"
4			+ 31"
5			+ 41"
6			+ 51"
7			+ 52"
8			+ 58"
9			+ 59"
10			+ 1' 00"

Jersey progress

Stage	Winner	General Classification	Mountain Grand Prix	Sprints Classification	Youth Classification
P	Jonathan Castroviejo Jonathan Castroviejo Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás is a professional cyclist riding for UCI ProTeam . After riding for two seasons with the feeder team of the de facto Basque national squad, he joined in 2010...	Jonathan Castroviejo Jonathan Castroviejo Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás is a professional cyclist riding for UCI ProTeam . After riding for two seasons with the feeder team of the de facto Basque national squad, he joined in 2010...	not awarded	not awarded	Jonathan Castroviejo Jonathan Castroviejo Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás is a professional cyclist riding for UCI ProTeam . After riding for two seasons with the feeder team of the de facto Basque national squad, he joined in 2010...
1	Pavel Brutt Pavel Brutt Pavel Brutt is a Russian professional track and road bicycle racer. He currently rides for UCI ProTour team Team Katusha the first Russian-owned team to compete in European cycling's elite,...	Pavel Brutt Pavel Brutt Pavel Brutt is a Russian professional track and road bicycle racer. He currently rides for UCI ProTour team Team Katusha the first Russian-owned team to compete in European cycling's elite,...	Oleksandr Kvachuk Oleksandr Kvachuk Oleksandr Kvachuk ]], July 23, 1983) is a Ukrainian racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam .-External links:...	Pavel Brutt Pavel Brutt Pavel Brutt is a Russian professional track and road bicycle racer. He currently rides for UCI ProTour team Team Katusha the first Russian-owned team to compete in European cycling's elite,...	Jack Bobridge Jack Bobridge Jack Bobridge is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He came fourth as part of the Australian team pursuit at the 2008 Olympics, losing the bronze medal race to New Zealand. In May 2009, Bobridge signed with , with his contract starting on 1 January 2010 and continuing until 2012...
2	Damiano Cunego Damiano Cunego Damiano Cunego is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rides for the Italian UCI ProTeam . His biggest wins are the 2004 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Amstel Gold Race, and the Giro di Lombardia in 2004, 2007, 2008. He finished second in the UCI Road World Championships in 2008 and in the...				Peter Stetina Peter Stetina Peter Stetina in Boulder, Colorado is an American racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam .-Palmarès:2009* Best Young Rider Vuelta Mexico Telmex2011* 22nd, Overall, Giro d'Italia-References:...
3	Alexander Vinokourov Alexander Vinokourov Alexander Nikolaevich Vinokourov, also written Alexandre Vinokourov, is an ethnically Russian Kazakhstani professional road bicycle racer who currently competes with the UCI ProTeam Astana...			Dario Cioni Dario Cioni Dario David Cioni is an English-born Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team .-Mountain bike career:...
4	David Zabriskie David Zabriskie David Zabriskie is a professional road bicycle racer from the United States who rides for . His main strength is individual time trials and his career highlights include stage wins in all three Grand Tour stage races and winning the US National Time Trial Championship six times...	Cadel Evans Cadel Evans Cadel Lee Evans is an Australian professional racing cyclist and winner of the 2011 Tour de France. Early in his career, Evans was a champion mountain biker, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing seventh in the men's cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in...			Andrew Talansky Andrew Talansky Andrew Talansky is an American racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam .-Palmarès:2010* U23 US National Time Trial Champion* 1st, Stage 1, Tour des pays de Savoie* 2nd Overall, Tour de l'Avenir* 3rd Overall, Tour de l'Isard2011* Tour de Romandie...
5	Ben Swift Ben Swift Benjamin Swift is an English professional track and road racing cyclist who currently rides for Team Sky.-Biography:...		Chris Anker Sørensen Chris Anker Sørensen Chris Anker Sørensen is a Danish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour .Chris Anker Sørensen started his professional career in 2007 with Team CSC...	Matthias Brändle Matthias Brändle Matthias Brändle is an Austrian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team . He wss the 2009 Austrian National Time Trial Champion.- Palmares :200820092010- External links :*...
Final		Cadel Evans Cadel Evans Cadel Lee Evans is an Australian professional racing cyclist and winner of the 2011 Tour de France. Early in his career, Evans was a champion mountain biker, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing seventh in the men's cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in...	Chris Anker Sørensen Chris Anker Sørensen Chris Anker Sørensen is a Danish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour .Chris Anker Sørensen started his professional career in 2007 with Team CSC...	Matthias Brändle Matthias Brändle Matthias Brändle is an Austrian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team . He wss the 2009 Austrian National Time Trial Champion.- Palmares :200820092010- External links :*...	Andrew Talansky Andrew Talansky Andrew Talansky is an American racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam .-Palmarès:2010* U23 US National Time Trial Champion* 1st, Stage 1, Tour des pays de Savoie* 2nd Overall, Tour de l'Avenir* 3rd Overall, Tour de l'Isard2011* Tour de Romandie...

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