2011 Vuelta a España
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The 2011 Vuelta a España
was held from 20 August to 11 September. The race began in Benidorm
with a team time trial and ended, as is traditional, in Madrid
. The 2011 Vuelta was the 66th edition of the race
and was the first Vuelta in 33 years that visited the Basque Country
. The 33 year absence of the region was due to fear of political protests
.
Critics claim that it was a race well suited for the climbers due to the minimum time trial kilometers and lots of climbing kilometers. 9 of the 21 stages are ranked as Mountain Stages. 6 of them have mountain top finish (including the very steep uphill finish on the Alto de L'Angliru). Two other stages had steep uphill finishes, both of which were won by Katusha
leader Joaquim Rodríguez
.
This year's Vuelta saw the introduction of a combativity award in much the same way as the Tour de France
. The most combative rider each stage is awarded a red backnumber which he wears for the next stage.
The race was won by a surprisingly strong Juan José Cobo
with a small margin over the Kenyan born Brittain Chris Froome
. Both riders were not marked as favourites before the race and went to the Vuelta as domestiques
for their team leaders Denis Menchov
and Bradley Wiggins
. The last completed the podium. Cobo also went home with the Combination Classification. The King of the Mountain competetion was won for the fourth consecutive time by Frenchman David Moncoutié
. The points classification was won by Dutch rider Bauke Mollema
, who also finished fourth overall.
's Proteam category are entitled, and obliged, to enter the race. Four UCI Professional Continental teams are also invited.
The full list of participating teams is:
†: Invited Pro-continental teams.
For more details, see List of teams and cyclists in the 2011 Vuelta a España.
came to defend his Vuelta title and is seen as the top-favourite due to the better time-trial skills than climbers as Igor Antón
, Joaquim Rodríguez
and Michele Scarponi
. Anton seemed to be the strongest climber in the 2010 race, but due to a crash he had to withdraw from the race. Ezequiel Mosquera
will not start the race, the 2010 runner-up is held from racing by his team Vacansoleil-DCM due to an ongoing doping investigation.
Two other Grand Tour winners in the Vuelta peloton are: Carlos Sastre
(winner of the 2008 Tour de France
) and Denis Menchov
(two time winner of the Vuelta and winner of the 2009 Giro d'Italia
). Both riders of the Geox-TMC are looking for better results than this year's disappointing Giro campaign. Sastre finished in thirtieth place, while Menchov finished eighth. Menchov had allergies and physical problems at the Giro d’Italia and is looking for a third Vuelta win. The Russian can count on one of the best team supports in the mountains with climbers as Sastre, Cobo
and Duarte
.
Other favourites for the podium had a disappointing Tour de France and are looking for revenge in the Vuelta. Janez Brajkovič
, Bradley Wiggins
and Jurgen van den Broeck
crashed out of the Tour in the first week while Andreas Klöden
withdrew from the race a week later, also due to injuries of a crash. Wiggins showed extremely good form before the Tour and was seen as a podium candidate for the Tour. His top time-trial skills, together with his improved climbing skills, make him a favourite for the Vuelta victory.
Among the top ten contenders are several promising talents as: Daniel Martin
(winner of the 2010 Tour de Pologne
, runner up of this year's Tour de Pologne and third overall at the 2011 Volta a Catalunya
), Steven Kruijswijk
(ninth in this year's Giro
, third overall and a mountain stage win at the 2011 Tour de Suisse
), Bauke Mollema
(twelfth at the 2010 Giro d'Italia
and fifth overall at the 2011 Tour de Suisse
) and Rein Taaramäe
(twelfth at this year's Tour de France, third overall at the 2011 Critérium International
and fourth overall at this year's edition of Paris-Nice
. Other contenders for the top ten are Garmin's co-leader Christophe Le Mével
and Ag2R's Nicolas Roche.
. Two finishes were on climbs that have never been featured in the Vuelta before. These are to Estacion de Montaña Manzaneda in Galicia on stage 11 and La Farrapona in the Asturias region on stage 14. Olympic Road Champion Samuel Sánchez
pointed out that the lack of Time Trial kilometers make the race very interesting because there are not enough of them for GC riders with good time trialing ability to take advantage for the variety of mountain stages.
It was the first Vuelta since 33 years that visited the Basque Country
. The 33 year absence of the region was due to fear of political protests
. Separatists of the Basque Country were unhappy with the return of the Vuelta and calling the come of the Vuelta 'A Waste of Money'. Although the criticism of several Separatists on the route of this year, the organizers of the Vuelta announced on 8 september that the 2012 event will start in the Basque city of Pamplona
.
and 2011 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21
The Vuelta began with a team time trial
in Benidorm
. The squad won this stage. Danish General Classification contender Jakob Fuglsang
passed the finish line as first and was the first cyclist to wear the red leaders jersey. Fuglsang lost the leaders jersey after just one day to team-mate Daniele Bennati
in a sprinter's stage which was won by Chris Sutton
of .
Stage 3 saw the first victory out of a break-away. Out of this break-away it was Pablo Lastras
who attacked on the last climb and held a small margin until the finish line in Totana
. Runner-up of the stage, Sylvain Chavanel
, was the third cyclist who was awarded the red leaders jersey.
No serious attacks were made by the GC contenders on the first mountain stage of the Vuelta. On the climb to the Sierra Nevada
it was Daniel Moreno
who attacked with Chris Anker Sørensen
and who beat the Danish climber in the sprint. Chavanel was the first rider who was awarded the leaders jersey two days in a row.
Igor Antón
won in the 2009 Vuelta a España
the stage on the steep ascend of Valdepeñas de Jaén
. The Basque lost lots of time on stage 4 and showed no good form in the Vuelta. He couldn't repeat his stage victory. Joaquim Rodríguez
, a specialist on very steep hills, won the stage before the surprisingly strong Dutchman Wout Poels
and team-mate Daniel Moreno. Leader Chavanel lost several seconds but managed to keep the lead in the race.
The Liquigas team of Vincenzo Nibali
rode a strong descent in the final of stage 6 and managed to form a small break-away with four Liquigas riders and former stage winner Lastras. From the four Liquigas riders Peter Sagan
took his first Grand-Tour victory. Nibali failed to gain bonification seconds due to miscommunication within the team. The 2010 winner took sixteen seconds on his direct concurents for the overall victory. The next day Sagan sprinted again for the stage victory but couldn't beat German talent Marcel Kittel
in a sprint which was characterized by a huge crash of American sprinter Tyler Farrar
in which he didn't suffer any serious injuries.
. Points were awarded to the top 20 finishers overall, and to the top five finishers in each stage. Only riders on UCI ProTour teams were eligible to receive rankings points, so winner Juan Cobo was not rewarded in this table.
Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...
was held from 20 August to 11 September. The race began in Benidorm
Benidorm
Benidorm is a coastal town and municipality located in the comarca of Marina Baixa, in the province of Alicante, Valencian community, Spain, by the Western Mediterranean....
with a team time trial and ended, as is traditional, in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
. The 2011 Vuelta was the 66th edition of the race
Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...
and was the first Vuelta in 33 years that visited the Basque Country
Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
. The 33 year absence of the region was due to fear of political protests
ETA
ETA , an acronym for Euskadi Ta Askatasuna is an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization. The group was founded in 1959 and has since evolved from a group promoting traditional Basque culture to a paramilitary group with the goal of gaining independence for the Greater Basque Country...
.
Critics claim that it was a race well suited for the climbers due to the minimum time trial kilometers and lots of climbing kilometers. 9 of the 21 stages are ranked as Mountain Stages. 6 of them have mountain top finish (including the very steep uphill finish on the Alto de L'Angliru). Two other stages had steep uphill finishes, both of which were won by Katusha
Team Katusha
Team Katusha is a Russian road bicycle racing team which participates in the UCI World Tour, using Focus bikes.- History :At the beginning of the 2009 season, the Tinkoff Credit Systems squad was renamed to Team Katusha. It is organised by the Russian Global Cycling Project foundation, which...
leader Joaquim Rodríguez
Joaquim Rodríguez
Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He has been competing since 2001, and currently rides for the UCI ProTour team .- Palmarès :2001...
.
This year's Vuelta saw the introduction of a combativity award in much the same way as the Tour de France
Combativity award
The combativity award, , is a prize given in the Tour de France. It favours constant attackers and since 1981 the winner of the award has not won the whole Tour.- History :...
. The most combative rider each stage is awarded a red backnumber which he wears for the next stage.
The race was won by a surprisingly strong Juan José Cobo
Juan José Cobo
Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial....
with a small margin over the Kenyan born Brittain Chris Froome
Chris Froome
Chris Froome is a professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTour team .Born in Kenya, Froome moved with his family to South Africa as a teenager, and although he began his career registered with the Kenyan cycling federation, since spring 2008 has ridden under a British licence on the...
. Both riders were not marked as favourites before the race and went to the Vuelta as domestiques
Cycling domestique
A domestique is a road bicycle racer who works for the benefit of his team and leader. The French domestique translates as "servant". In Italy and Spain, the term gregario is used, while in Belgium and the Netherlands the term knecht or helper are used...
for their team leaders Denis Menchov
Denis Menchov
Denis Nikolayevich Menchov , born 25 January 1978 in Oryol, is a professional Russian road bicycle racer for . He is a general classification rider and a climber. In 2005 he won the Vuelta a España, which he won for a second time in 2007...
and Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....
. The last completed the podium. Cobo also went home with the Combination Classification. The King of the Mountain competetion was won for the fourth consecutive time by Frenchman David Moncoutié
David Moncoutié
David Moncoutié is a French professional road racing cyclist with the French team Cofidis, with whom he turned professional in 1997. He is a climber, and won his first professional race in a mountain stage of Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré...
. The points classification was won by Dutch rider Bauke Mollema
Bauke Mollema
Bauke Mollema is a Dutch professional cyclist currently riding for Rabobank. Mollema is a Climbing specialist.-Early years:...
, who also finished fourth overall.
Teams
All 18 teams in the UCIUCI
UCI usually refers to the Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling.UCI may also refer to:* United Cinemas International* United Kennel Clubs International...
's Proteam category are entitled, and obliged, to enter the race. Four UCI Professional Continental teams are also invited.
The full list of participating teams is:
| † † | † | † |
†: Invited Pro-continental teams.
For more details, see List of teams and cyclists in the 2011 Vuelta a España.
Pre-race favourites
2010 winner Vincenzo NibaliVincenzo Nibali
Vincenzo Nibali is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rides UCI ProTeam . Born near the Strait of Messina, Nibali's nickname is the "shark of the strait" or simply "the shark." His first major win came at the 2006 GP Ouest-France, where he beat an impressive field on a tough course...
came to defend his Vuelta title and is seen as the top-favourite due to the better time-trial skills than climbers as Igor Antón
Igor Antón
Igor Antón Hernández is a Basque professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Euskaltel-Euskadi....
, Joaquim Rodríguez
Joaquim Rodríguez
Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He has been competing since 2001, and currently rides for the UCI ProTour team .- Palmarès :2001...
and Michele Scarponi
Michele Scarponi
Michele Scarponi is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for UCI ProTeam .In 2006, Scarponi was implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case...
. Anton seemed to be the strongest climber in the 2010 race, but due to a crash he had to withdraw from the race. Ezequiel Mosquera
Ezequiel Mosquera
Ezequiel Mosquera Míguez is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He has finished in the top 5 of the Vuelta a España in all appearances, and finished second in the 2010, after putting in a strong time trial and winning the penultimate stage to Bola del Mundo.On September 30,...
will not start the race, the 2010 runner-up is held from racing by his team Vacansoleil-DCM due to an ongoing doping investigation.
Two other Grand Tour winners in the Vuelta peloton are: Carlos Sastre
Carlos Sastre
Carlos Sastre Candil is a retired Spanish professional road bicycle racer and champion of the 2008 Tour de France. Sastre rides in 2011 for UCI Professional Continental team...
(winner of the 2008 Tour de France
2008 Tour de France
The 2008 Tour de France was the 95th Tour de France. The event took place from 5–27 July 2008. Starting in the French city of Brest, the tour entered Italy on the 15th stage and returned to France during the 16th, heading for Paris, its regular final destination, which was reached in the 21st stage...
) and Denis Menchov
Denis Menchov
Denis Nikolayevich Menchov , born 25 January 1978 in Oryol, is a professional Russian road bicycle racer for . He is a general classification rider and a climber. In 2005 he won the Vuelta a España, which he won for a second time in 2007...
(two time winner of the Vuelta and winner of the 2009 Giro d'Italia
2009 Giro d'Italia
The 2009 Giro d'Italia was the 92nd running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It was held from 9 to 31 May 2009, and marked the 100th year since the first edition of the race...
). Both riders of the Geox-TMC are looking for better results than this year's disappointing Giro campaign. Sastre finished in thirtieth place, while Menchov finished eighth. Menchov had allergies and physical problems at the Giro d’Italia and is looking for a third Vuelta win. The Russian can count on one of the best team supports in the mountains with climbers as Sastre, Cobo
Juan José Cobo
Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial....
and Duarte
Fabio Duarte
Fabio Andrés Duarte Arevalo is a male track and road cyclist from Colombia. He rides for UCI Professional Continental team and was the 2008 U23 World Road Champion.-Career:2003...
.
Other favourites for the podium had a disappointing Tour de France and are looking for revenge in the Vuelta. Janez Brajkovič
Janez Brajkovic
Janez Brajkovič is a racing cyclist from Slovenia. He was the world under-23 Time Trial champion in Verona and rides for on the UCI ProTour.-Career:...
, Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....
and Jurgen van den Broeck
Jurgen Van Den Broeck
Jurgen Van Den Broeck is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He specializes in the time trial, having been Junior World Champion in time trialing...
crashed out of the Tour in the first week while Andreas Klöden
Andreas Klöden
Andreas Klöden is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major achievements include a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games and second place in the 2004 Tour de France and 2006 Tour de France...
withdrew from the race a week later, also due to injuries of a crash. Wiggins showed extremely good form before the Tour and was seen as a podium candidate for the Tour. His top time-trial skills, together with his improved climbing skills, make him a favourite for the Vuelta victory.
Among the top ten contenders are several promising talents as: Daniel Martin
Daniel Martin (cyclist)
Daniel Martin is an Irish racing cyclist who currently rides for .-Early Life:Born in Birmingham, Martin became British National Junior Road Race Champion in 2004, before deciding to ride for Ireland. His brother Tom will ride for the UC Aubenas squad in 2009...
(winner of the 2010 Tour de Pologne
2010 Tour de Pologne
The 2010 Tour de Pologne was the 67th running of the Tour de Pologne, in the 82nd year since the first edition. The event was part of both the 2010 UCI ProTour and the World Calendar...
, runner up of this year's Tour de Pologne and third overall at the 2011 Volta a Catalunya
2011 Volta a Catalunya
The 2011 Volta a Catalunya was the 91st running of the Volta a Catalunya cycling stage race. It started on 21 March in Lloret de Mar and ended on 27 March in Barcelona, and consisted on seven stages...
), Steven Kruijswijk
Steven Kruijswijk
Steven Kruiswijk is a Dutch road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Rabobank. In 2009 he won the Under 23 category of the Dutch National Road Race Championships-Palmares:200720092010...
(ninth in this year's Giro
2011 Giro d'Italia
The 2011 Giro d'Italia was the 94th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro started on 7 May with a team time trial in Turin to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italian unification, when the city served as the first capital of the single state.The route was...
, third overall and a mountain stage win at the 2011 Tour de Suisse
2011 Tour de Suisse
The 2011 Tour de Suisse was the 75th running of the Tour de Suisse cycling stage race. It started on 11 June with an individual time trial in Lugano and ended with another individual time trial on 19 June, in Schaffhausen...
), Bauke Mollema
Bauke Mollema
Bauke Mollema is a Dutch professional cyclist currently riding for Rabobank. Mollema is a Climbing specialist.-Early years:...
(twelfth at the 2010 Giro d'Italia
2010 Giro d'Italia
The 2010 Giro d'Italia was the 93rd edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro started off in Amsterdam on 8 May and stayed in the Netherlands for three stages, before leaving the country...
and fifth overall at the 2011 Tour de Suisse
2011 Tour de Suisse
The 2011 Tour de Suisse was the 75th running of the Tour de Suisse cycling stage race. It started on 11 June with an individual time trial in Lugano and ended with another individual time trial on 19 June, in Schaffhausen...
) and Rein Taaramäe
Rein Taaramäe
Rein Taaramäe is an Estonian road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental cycling team .-Career:Taaramäe turned professional in 2008 for after riding for the team as a stagiaire in late 2007 and winning a stage at the Circuit des Ardennes early in the season. In 2008 he won two stages of...
(twelfth at this year's Tour de France, third overall at the 2011 Critérium International
Critérium International
The Critérium International is a two-day bicycle stage race held in France every spring. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in 1932....
and fourth overall at this year's edition of Paris-Nice
Paris-Nice
Paris–Nice, "the race to the sun", is a professional cycling stage race held each March.The first Paris–Nice was in 1933, and was won by Alfons Schepers from Belgium. The most successful cyclist in Paris–Nice was Sean Kelly from Ireland, who won seven consecutive titles from 1982 to 1988.Although...
. Other contenders for the top ten are Garmin's co-leader Christophe Le Mével
Christophe Le Mevel
Christophe Le Mével is a French road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam . He signed with them for the 2011 season, after they sought to add a leading French rider to their roster.-Palmares:...
and Ag2R's Nicolas Roche.
Route and Stages
The full route for the 2011 Vuelta was unveiled in Benidorm on January 12, 2011. The climbers immediately liked the route of the race with six mountain stages with uphill finishes and another two flat stages with steep uphill finishes. Among the uphill finishes were the infamous Alto de L'Angliru and the climb to the Sierra NevadaSierra Nevada (Spain)
The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the region of provinces of Granada and Almería in Spain. It contains the highest point of continental Spain, Mulhacén at 3478 m above sea level....
. Two finishes were on climbs that have never been featured in the Vuelta before. These are to Estacion de Montaña Manzaneda in Galicia on stage 11 and La Farrapona in the Asturias region on stage 14. Olympic Road Champion Samuel Sánchez
Samuel Sánchez
Samuel Sánchez González is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He was the gold medal winner in the 2008 Beijing Olympics Men's Road Race. In recent years Sánchez has proven himself in hilly classics and stage races as one of the most important riders in the peloton...
pointed out that the lack of Time Trial kilometers make the race very interesting because there are not enough of them for GC riders with good time trialing ability to take advantage for the variety of mountain stages.
It was the first Vuelta since 33 years that visited the Basque Country
Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
. The 33 year absence of the region was due to fear of political protests
ETA
ETA , an acronym for Euskadi Ta Askatasuna is an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization. The group was founded in 1959 and has since evolved from a group promoting traditional Basque culture to a paramilitary group with the goal of gaining independence for the Greater Basque Country...
. Separatists of the Basque Country were unhappy with the return of the Vuelta and calling the come of the Vuelta 'A Waste of Money'. Although the criticism of several Separatists on the route of this year, the organizers of the Vuelta announced on 8 september that the 2012 event will start in the Basque city of Pamplona
Pamplona
Pamplona is the historial capital city of Navarre, in Spain, and of the former kingdom of Navarre.The city is famous worldwide for the San Fermín festival, from July 6 to 14, in which the running of the bulls is one of the main attractions...
.
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 August | Benidorm Benidorm Benidorm is a coastal town and municipality located in the comarca of Marina Baixa, in the province of Alicante, Valencian community, Spain, by the Western Mediterranean.... |
13.5 km (8.4 mi) |  |
Team time trial Team time trial A team time trial is a road-based bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock .Teams start at equal intervals, usually two, three or four minutes apart... |
||
| 2 | 21 August | La Nucía La Nucía La Nucia is a municipality in the comarca of Marina Baixa, Alicante, Valencia, Spain. It borders the municipalities Altea, Callosa d'En Sarrià, Benidorm, Polop and L'Alfàs del Pi.... - Playas de Orihuela Orihuela Orihuela is a city and municipality located at the feet of the Sierra de Orihuela mountains in the province of Alicante, Spain. The city of Orihuela had a population of 32,472 inhabitants in the beginning of 2006... |
175.5 km (109 mi) |  |
Flat stage | ||
| 3 | 22 August | Petrer Petrer Petrer is a town located in the comarca of Vinalopó Mitjà, in the province of Alicante, Spain.Petrer joins together with the city of Elda to form a conurbation with over 95,000 inhabitants... - Totana Totana Totana is a municipality of the Region of Murcia province in Spain. It has a population of about 25,000 people.- External links :***... |
163 km (101 mi) | |
Flat stage | ||
| 4 | 23 August | Baza Baza, Granada Baza is a town in the province of Granada in southern Spain. It has 21,000 inhabitants . It is situated at 844 m above sea level, in the Hoya de Baza, a valley of the Sierra Nevada, not far from the Gallego River. This town gives its name to the Sierra de Baza... - Sierra Nevada Sierra Nevada (Spain) The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the region of provinces of Granada and Almería in Spain. It contains the highest point of continental Spain, Mulhacén at 3478 m above sea level.... |
170.2 km (105.8 mi) |  |
Mountain stage | ||
| 5 | 24 August | Sierra Nevada Sierra Nevada (Spain) The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the region of provinces of Granada and Almería in Spain. It contains the highest point of continental Spain, Mulhacén at 3478 m above sea level.... - Valdepeñas de Jaén Valdepeñas de Jaén Valdepeñas de Jaén is a city located in the province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2005 census , the city has a population of 4315 inhabitants.... |
187 km (116.2 mi) |  |
Medium mountain stage | ||
| 6 | 25 August | Úbeda Úbeda Úbeda is a town in the province of Jaén in Spain's autonomous community of Andalusia, with some 35,600 inhabitants. Both this city and the neighboring city of Baeza benefited from extensive patronage in the early 16th century resulting in the construction of a series of Renaissance style palaces... - Córdoba Córdoba, Spain -History:The first trace of human presence in the area are remains of a Neanderthal Man, dating to c. 32,000 BC. In the 8th century BC, during the ancient Tartessos period, a pre-urban settlement existed. The population gradually learned copper and silver metallurgy... |
196.8 km (122 mi) | |
Medium mountain stage | ||
| 7 | 26 August | Almadén Almadén Almadén, Spain, is a town and municipality in the province of Ciudad Real, within the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. The town is located at 4° 49' W and 38° 46' N and is 589 meters above sea level. Almadén is approximately 200 km south of Madrid in the Sierra Morena... - Talavera de la Reina |
187.6 km (116.6 mi) | |
Flat stage | ||
| 8 | 27 August | Talavera de la Reina - San Lorenzo de El Escorial | 177.3 km (110.2 mi) | |
Medium mountain stage | ||
| 9 | 28 August | Villacastín Villacastín Villacastín is a municipality located in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 1,572 inhabitants.- People :... - Sierra de Bejar. La Covatilla |
183 km (113.7 mi) | |
Mountain stage | ||
| 10 | 29 August | Salamanca Salamanca Salamanca is a city in western Spain, in the community of Castile and León. Because it is known for its beautiful buildings and urban environment, the Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. It is the most important university city in Spain and is known for its contributions to... |
47 km (29.2 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... |
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| 30 August | Rest day | ||||||
| 11 | 31 August | Verín Verín Verín is a small city in the Autonomous Community of Galicia, Spain located in the southeast of the province of Ourense. The population of the concello is about 14,433. It is located 70 kilometers east of the provincial capital of Ourense and 15 kilometers north of the Portuguese city of Chaves... - Estación de Esquí Manzaneda Manzaneda Manzaneda is a municipality in eastern Ourense in the Galicia region of north-west Spain. Its neighbor municipalities include A Pobra de Trives to the north, O Bolo to the east, Vilariño de Conso to the south and Chandrexa de Queixa to the west.... |
167 km (103.8 mi) | |
Mountain stage | ||
| 12 | 1 September | Ponteareas - Pontevedra Pontevedra Pontevedra is a city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the comarca and province of Pontevedra, in Galicia . It is also the capital of its own municipality which is, in fact, often considered as an extension of the actual city... |
167.3 km (104 mi) | |
Flat stage | ||
| 13 | 2 September | Sarria Sarria Sarria is a municipality in the province of Lugo, northwestern Spain, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Sarria is the most densely populate town on the French Way in Galicia, with 13 700 inhabitants... - Ponferrada Ponferrada Ponferrada is a city in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. It lies on the Sil River, a tributary of the river Miño, in the El Bierzo valley, completely surrounded by mountains. It is the last major town along the French route of the Way of St. James before it reaches its destination... |
158.2 km (98.3 mi) | |
Mountain stage | ||
| 14 | 3 September | Astorga - La Farrapona. Lagos de Somiedo | 172.8 km (107.4 mi) | |
Mountain stage | ||
| 15 | 4 September | Avilés Avilés Avilés is a city in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main towns in the Principality of Asturias.The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, in a land that belonged to the sea, surrounded by small promontories, all of them having an altitude of less than... - Angliru |
142.2 km (88.4 mi) | |
Mountain stage | ||
| 5 September | Rest day | ||||||
| 16 | 6 September | Villa Romana La Olmeda La Olmeda The palatial Late Antique Roman villa at La Olmeda is situated in Pedrosa de la Vega in the province of Palencia , near the banks of the Carrión... (Palencia Palencia Palencia is a city south of Tierra de Campos, in north-northwest Spain, the capital of the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon... ) - Haro Haro, La Rioja Haro is a town and municipality in the northwest of La Rioja province in northern Spain. It is known for its fine red wine and every year the Haro Wine Festival is held where locals hold a wine battle.... |
188.1 km (116.9 mi) | |
Flat stage | ||
| 17 | 7 September | Faustino V - Peña Cabarga | 211 km (131.1 mi) | |
Mountain stage | ||
| 18 | 8 September | Solares - Noja Noja Noja is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain.It has 2 beaches, "Trengandin" and "Ris".... |
174.6 km (108.5 mi) | |
Medium mountain stage | ||
| 19 | 9 September | Noja Noja Noja is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain.It has 2 beaches, "Trengandin" and "Ris".... - Bilbao Bilbao Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain... |
158.5 km (98.5 mi) | |
Medium mountain stage | ||
| 20 | 10 September | Bilbao Bilbao Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain... - Vitoria-Gasteiz Vitoria-Gasteiz Vitoria-Gasteiz is the capital city of the province of Álava and of the autonomous community of the Basque Country in northern Spain with a population of 235,661 people. It is the second largest Basque city... |
185 km (115 mi) | |
Medium mountain stage | ||
| 21 | 11 September | Circuito del Jarama - Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... |
94.2 km (58.5 mi) | |
Flat stage | ||
| TOTAL | 3300 km (2,050.5 mi) | ||||||
Race overview
For details see 2011 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 112011 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11
These are the profiles for the individual stages in the 2011 Vuelta a España, with Stage 1 on 20 August, and Stage 11 on 31 August.-Stage 1:20 August 2011 — Benidorm, team time trial...
and 2011 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21
2011 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21
These are the profiles for the individual stages in the 2011 Vuelta a España, with Stage 12 on 1 September, and Stage 21 on 11 September.-Stage 12:1 September 2011 — Ponteareas to Pontevedra, -Stage 13:2 September 2011 — Sarria to Ponferrada,...
The Vuelta began with a team time trial
Team time trial
A team time trial is a road-based bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock .Teams start at equal intervals, usually two, three or four minutes apart...
in Benidorm
Benidorm
Benidorm is a coastal town and municipality located in the comarca of Marina Baixa, in the province of Alicante, Valencian community, Spain, by the Western Mediterranean....
. The squad won this stage. Danish General Classification contender Jakob Fuglsang
Jakob Fuglsang
Jakob Diemer Fuglsang is a Danish professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam . Before turning professional for Team Saxo Bank, he was a mountain biker racing for Team Cannondale-Vredestein. He has won the U23 World Cup...
passed the finish line as first and was the first cyclist to wear the red leaders jersey. Fuglsang lost the leaders jersey after just one day to team-mate Daniele Bennati
Daniele Bennati
Daniele Bennati is an Italian road racing cyclist specializing in fast sprint finishes. He currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He turned professional in 2002, when he joined the team and wore zebra stripes as part of Mario Cipollini’s leadout train...
in a sprinter's stage which was won by Chris Sutton
Chris Sutton
Christopher Roy "Chris" Sutton is an English football manager and former player.In his career, Sutton played for Norwich City, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Celtic, Birmingham City and Aston Villa. Sutton scored over 150 career goals in over 400 league appearances spanning 16 years in the English...
of .
Stage 3 saw the first victory out of a break-away. Out of this break-away it was Pablo Lastras
Pablo Lastras
Pablo Lastras García is a Spanish racing cyclist who rides for Spanish UCI ProTour team .Lastras won a stage in the 2003 Tour de France and picked up two stages in the 2002 Vuelta a España. In 2005 he won stage 8 at Tour de Suisse. He also won the Vuelta a Burgos in 2003. His idols are Bernard...
who attacked on the last climb and held a small margin until the finish line in Totana
Totana
Totana is a municipality of the Region of Murcia province in Spain. It has a population of about 25,000 people.- External links :***...
. Runner-up of the stage, Sylvain Chavanel
Sylvain Chavanel
Sylvain Chavanel Albira is a French professional road bicycle racer. His brother Sébastien Chavanel is also a cyclist.Chavanel started his professional career in 2000 with Jean-René Bernaudeau's team Bonjour, which became Brioches La Boulangère in 2003...
, was the third cyclist who was awarded the red leaders jersey.
No serious attacks were made by the GC contenders on the first mountain stage of the Vuelta. On the climb to the Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada (Spain)
The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the region of provinces of Granada and Almería in Spain. It contains the highest point of continental Spain, Mulhacén at 3478 m above sea level....
it was Daniel Moreno
Daniel Moreno
Daniel Moreno Fernández is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .In 2007 he won the Escalada a Montjuïc while riding for Relax-GAM...
who attacked with 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...
and who beat the Danish climber in the sprint. Chavanel was the first rider who was awarded the leaders jersey two days in a row.
Igor Antón
Igor Antón
Igor Antón Hernández is a Basque professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Euskaltel-Euskadi....
won in the 2009 Vuelta a España
2009 Vuelta a España
The 2009 Vuelta a España was the 64th Vuelta a España. The event took place from 29 August to 20 September 2009. For only the second time in the race's history, it began away from Spanish soil, with the race not in fact reaching Spain until Stage 5....
the stage on the steep ascend of Valdepeñas de Jaén
Valdepeñas de Jaén
Valdepeñas de Jaén is a city located in the province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2005 census , the city has a population of 4315 inhabitants....
. The Basque lost lots of time on stage 4 and showed no good form in the Vuelta. He couldn't repeat his stage victory. Joaquim Rodríguez
Joaquim Rodríguez
Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He has been competing since 2001, and currently rides for the UCI ProTour team .- Palmarès :2001...
, a specialist on very steep hills, won the stage before the surprisingly strong Dutchman Wout Poels
Wout Poels
Wouter Poels is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .-Career highlights:20082010...
and team-mate Daniel Moreno. Leader Chavanel lost several seconds but managed to keep the lead in the race.
The Liquigas team of Vincenzo Nibali
Vincenzo Nibali
Vincenzo Nibali is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rides UCI ProTeam . Born near the Strait of Messina, Nibali's nickname is the "shark of the strait" or simply "the shark." His first major win came at the 2006 GP Ouest-France, where he beat an impressive field on a tough course...
rode a strong descent in the final of stage 6 and managed to form a small break-away with four Liquigas riders and former stage winner Lastras. From the four Liquigas riders Peter Sagan
Peter Sagan
Peter Sagan is a Slovak professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . Sagan had a successful junior mountain bike racing career, winning the Junior World Championship in 2008, before moving to road racing....
took his first Grand-Tour victory. Nibali failed to gain bonification seconds due to miscommunication within the team. The 2010 winner took sixteen seconds on his direct concurents for the overall victory. The next day Sagan sprinted again for the stage victory but couldn't beat German talent Marcel Kittel
Marcel Kittel
Marcel Kittel is a German racing cyclist, who rides for .-Palmarès:2008*1st Memorial Davide Fardelli2009* Tour du Haut Anjou* Flèche du Sud* 4th World Championships U23 I.T.T.2010* 3rd World Championships U23 I.T.T.2011...
in a sprint which was characterized by a huge crash of American sprinter Tyler Farrar
Tyler Farrar
Tyler Farrar is an American professional road racing cyclist since 2003.-Cycling career:Farrar started racing at 13, and rode for in 2003, in 2004, and in 2006 and 2007. In April 2006 he crashed near the finish of the Circuit de la Sarthe and broke his collarbone and missed most of the season...
in which he didn't suffer any serious injuries.
Classification leadership table
| Stage | Winner | General classification |
Points classification Points classification The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning intermediate sprints. The points classification is the top prize for many cycling sprinters and therefore is often known as the Sprint Classification;...  |
Mountains classification King of the Mountains The King of the Mountains is the title given to the best climber in a cycling road race; usually and officially known as the Mountains classification... |
Combination Classification |
Team classification | Combativity award |
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| 1 | Jakob Fuglsang Jakob Fuglsang Jakob Diemer Fuglsang is a Danish professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam . Before turning professional for Team Saxo Bank, he was a mountain biker racing for Team Cannondale-Vredestein. He has won the U23 World Cup... |
no award | no award | no award | Fabian Cancellara Fabian Cancellara Fabian Cancellara is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . A time trial specialist, he is a four-time World Time Trial Champion and is the current Olympic gold medalist... |
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| 2 | Christopher Sutton Christopher Sutton (cyclist) Christopher Sutton is professional cyclist from Australia, for UCI ProTour team .Born in Caringbah, Sydney, New South Wales, Sutton trained as a carpenter. He is the son of NSW Institute of Sport's head cycling coach, Gary Sutton, and nephew of British Cycling track coach, Shane Sutton; both... |
Daniele Bennati Daniele Bennati Daniele Bennati is an Italian road racing cyclist specializing in fast sprint finishes. He currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He turned professional in 2002, when he joined the team and wore zebra stripes as part of Mario Cipollini’s leadout train... |
Christopher Sutton Christopher Sutton (cyclist) Christopher Sutton is professional cyclist from Australia, for UCI ProTour team .Born in Caringbah, Sydney, New South Wales, Sutton trained as a carpenter. He is the son of NSW Institute of Sport's head cycling coach, Gary Sutton, and nephew of British Cycling track coach, Shane Sutton; both... |
Paul Martens Paul Martens Paul Martens is a German professional road bicycle racer for .- Palmares :19992001200420052006Paul Martens is a German professional road bicycle racer for .- Palmares :1999... |
Jesús Rosendo Jesús Rosendo Jesús Rosendo Prado is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Andalucía-Cajasur... |
Adam Hansen Adam Hansen Adam Hansen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour .-Palmares:2004... |
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| 3 | Pablo Lastras Pablo Lastras Pablo Lastras García is a Spanish racing cyclist who rides for Spanish UCI ProTour team .Lastras won a stage in the 2003 Tour de France and picked up two stages in the 2002 Vuelta a España. In 2005 he won stage 8 at Tour de Suisse. He also won the Vuelta a Burgos in 2003. His idols are Bernard... |
Pablo Lastras Pablo Lastras Pablo Lastras García is a Spanish racing cyclist who rides for Spanish UCI ProTour team .Lastras won a stage in the 2003 Tour de France and picked up two stages in the 2002 Vuelta a España. In 2005 he won stage 8 at Tour de Suisse. He also won the Vuelta a Burgos in 2003. His idols are Bernard... |
Pablo Lastras Pablo Lastras Pablo Lastras García is a Spanish racing cyclist who rides for Spanish UCI ProTour team .Lastras won a stage in the 2003 Tour de France and picked up two stages in the 2002 Vuelta a España. In 2005 he won stage 8 at Tour de Suisse. He also won the Vuelta a Burgos in 2003. His idols are Bernard... |
Pablo Lastras Pablo Lastras Pablo Lastras García is a Spanish racing cyclist who rides for Spanish UCI ProTour team .Lastras won a stage in the 2003 Tour de France and picked up two stages in the 2002 Vuelta a España. In 2005 he won stage 8 at Tour de Suisse. He also won the Vuelta a Burgos in 2003. His idols are Bernard... |
Pablo Lastras Pablo Lastras Pablo Lastras García is a Spanish racing cyclist who rides for Spanish UCI ProTour team .Lastras won a stage in the 2003 Tour de France and picked up two stages in the 2002 Vuelta a España. In 2005 he won stage 8 at Tour de Suisse. He also won the Vuelta a Burgos in 2003. His idols are Bernard... |
Sylvain Chavanel Sylvain Chavanel Sylvain Chavanel Albira is a French professional road bicycle racer. His brother Sébastien Chavanel is also a cyclist.Chavanel started his professional career in 2000 with Jean-René Bernaudeau's team Bonjour, which became Brioches La Boulangère in 2003... |
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| 4 | Daniel Moreno Daniel Moreno Daniel Moreno Fernández is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .In 2007 he won the Escalada a Montjuïc while riding for Relax-GAM... |
Sylvain Chavanel Sylvain Chavanel Sylvain Chavanel Albira is a French professional road bicycle racer. His brother Sébastien Chavanel is also a cyclist.Chavanel started his professional career in 2000 with Jean-René Bernaudeau's team Bonjour, which became Brioches La Boulangère in 2003... |
Daniel Moreno Daniel Moreno Daniel Moreno Fernández is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .In 2007 he won the Escalada a Montjuïc while riding for Relax-GAM... |
Daniel Moreno Daniel Moreno Daniel Moreno Fernández is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .In 2007 he won the Escalada a Montjuïc while riding for Relax-GAM... |
Thomas Rohregger Thomas Rohregger Thomas Rohregger is an Austrian professional road bicycle racer. He currently rides for UCI ProTeam Leopard Trek.-Palmarès:2006... |
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| 5 | Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He has been competing since 2001, and currently rides for the UCI ProTour team .- Palmarès :2001... |
Daniel Moreno Daniel Moreno Daniel Moreno Fernández is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .In 2007 he won the Escalada a Montjuïc while riding for Relax-GAM... |
Michael Albasini Michael Albasini Michael Albasini is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . Albasini began his career in 2003 with , moved to at the beginning of 2005, and signed with for the 2009 season... |
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| 6 | Peter Sagan Peter Sagan Peter Sagan is a Slovak professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . Sagan had a successful junior mountain bike racing career, winning the Junior World Championship in 2008, before moving to road racing.... |
Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He has been competing since 2001, and currently rides for the UCI ProTour team .- Palmarès :2001... |
Martin Kohler Martin Kohler Martin Kohler is a Swiss road racing cyclist, currently riding for the American UCI ProTeam .He competed in the 2010 Giro d'Italia but had to withdraw in the second stage due to a crash.-External links:*... |
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| 7 | Marcel Kittel Marcel Kittel Marcel Kittel is a German racing cyclist, who rides for .-Palmarès:2008*1st Memorial Davide Fardelli2009* Tour du Haut Anjou* Flèche du Sud* 4th World Championships U23 I.T.T.2010* 3rd World Championships U23 I.T.T.2011... |
Peter Sagan Peter Sagan Peter Sagan is a Slovak professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . Sagan had a successful junior mountain bike racing career, winning the Junior World Championship in 2008, before moving to road racing.... |
Luís Ángel Maté | ||||
| 8 | Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He has been competing since 2001, and currently rides for the UCI ProTour team .- Palmarès :2001... |
Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He has been competing since 2001, and currently rides for the UCI ProTour team .- Palmarès :2001... |
Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He has been competing since 2001, and currently rides for the UCI ProTour team .- Palmarès :2001... |
Adrián Palomares | |||
| 9 | Daniel Martin Daniel Martin (cyclist) Daniel Martin is an Irish racing cyclist who currently rides for .-Early Life:Born in Birmingham, Martin became British National Junior Road Race Champion in 2004, before deciding to ride for Ireland. His brother Tom will ride for the UC Aubenas squad in 2009... |
Bauke Mollema Bauke Mollema Bauke Mollema is a Dutch professional cyclist currently riding for Rabobank. Mollema is a Climbing specialist.-Early years:... |
Daniel Martin Daniel Martin (cyclist) Daniel Martin is an Irish racing cyclist who currently rides for .-Early Life:Born in Birmingham, Martin became British National Junior Road Race Champion in 2004, before deciding to ride for Ireland. His brother Tom will ride for the UC Aubenas squad in 2009... |
Bauke Mollema Bauke Mollema Bauke Mollema is a Dutch professional cyclist currently riding for Rabobank. Mollema is a Climbing specialist.-Early years:... |
Sebastian Lang Sebastian Lang Sebastian Lang is a German professional road bicycle racer and time trialist for UCI ProTour team . He rode on Team Gerolsteiner from 2002 until its demise in 2008, and in 2006 became Germany's national time trial champion.... |
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| 10 | 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... |
Chris Froome Chris Froome Chris Froome is a professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTour team .Born in Kenya, Froome moved with his family to South Africa as a teenager, and although he began his career registered with the Kenyan cycling federation, since spring 2008 has ridden under a British licence on the... |
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... |
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| 11 | David Moncoutié David Moncoutié David Moncoutié is a French professional road racing cyclist with the French team Cofidis, with whom he turned professional in 1997. He is a climber, and won his first professional race in a mountain stage of Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré... |
Bradley Wiggins Bradley Wiggins Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines.... |
Matteo Montaguti Matteo Montaguti Matteo Montaguti is a professional Italian racing cyclist, currently riding for Ag2r-La Mondiale.-Palmarès:2005200720082010... |
Adrián Palomares | |||
| 12 | Peter Sagan Peter Sagan Peter Sagan is a Slovak professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . Sagan had a successful junior mountain bike racing career, winning the Junior World Championship in 2008, before moving to road racing.... |
Adam Hansen Adam Hansen Adam Hansen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour .-Palmares:2004... |
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| 13 | Michael Albasini Michael Albasini Michael Albasini is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . Albasini began his career in 2003 with , moved to at the beginning of 2005, and signed with for the 2009 season... |
David Moncoutié David Moncoutié David Moncoutié is a French professional road racing cyclist with the French team Cofidis, with whom he turned professional in 1997. He is a climber, and won his first professional race in a mountain stage of Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré... |
Daniel Moreno Daniel Moreno Daniel Moreno Fernández is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .In 2007 he won the Escalada a Montjuïc while riding for Relax-GAM... |
Amets Txurruka Amets Txurruka Amets Txurruka Ansola is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team .... |
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| 14 | Rein Taaramäe Rein Taaramäe Rein Taaramäe is an Estonian road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental cycling team .-Career:Taaramäe turned professional in 2008 for after riding for the team as a stagiaire in late 2007 and winning a stage at the Circuit des Ardennes early in the season. In 2008 he won two stages of... |
Bauke Mollema Bauke Mollema Bauke Mollema is a Dutch professional cyclist currently riding for Rabobank. Mollema is a Climbing specialist.-Early years:... |
David de la Fuente David De La Fuente David de la Fuente Rasilla is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He rides for the cycling team. De la Fuente led the mountains classification of the 2006 Tour de France for a number of stages, donning the Polka Dot jersey after stage 2, and then again after stage 11 until Michael... |
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| 15 | Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial.... |
Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial.... |
Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial.... |
Simon Geschke Simon Geschke Simon Geschke is a professional German road cyclist, currently riding for Skil-Shimano. He is the son of former track cyclist Jürgen Geschke.-Palmarès:2009... |
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| 16 | Juan José Haedo Juan José Haedo Juan José Haedo is an Argentine professional road racing cyclist and former track cyclist on . He is the brother of Lucas Sebastian Haedo... |
Jesús Rosendo Jesús Rosendo Jesús Rosendo Prado is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Andalucía-Cajasur... |
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| 17 | Chris Froome Chris Froome Chris Froome is a professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTour team .Born in Kenya, Froome moved with his family to South Africa as a teenager, and although he began his career registered with the Kenyan cycling federation, since spring 2008 has ridden under a British licence on the... |
Bauke Mollema Bauke Mollema Bauke Mollema is a Dutch professional cyclist currently riding for Rabobank. Mollema is a Climbing specialist.-Early years:... |
Johannes Fröhlinger Johannes Fröhlinger Johannes Fröhlinger is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .- Palmares :* Tour Alsace - Overall * Trophée des Champions... |
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| 18 | Francesco Gavazzi Francesco Gavazzi Francesco Gavazzi is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Lampre-N.G.C..-Palmares:2011* 1st, Stage 18 2011 Vuelta a Espana* 1st, Stage 5, Tour of the Basque Country... |
Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He has been competing since 2001, and currently rides for the UCI ProTour team .- Palmarès :2001... |
Sérgio Paulinho Sérgio Paulinho Sérgio Miguel Moreira Paulinho is a Portuguese road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . He was a domestique in the 2007, 2009 and 2010 Tour de France.... |
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| 19 | Igor Antón Igor Antón Igor Antón Hernández is a Basque professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Euskaltel-Euskadi.... |
Igor Antón Igor Antón Igor Antón Hernández is a Basque professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Euskaltel-Euskadi.... |
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| 20 | Daniele Bennati Daniele Bennati Daniele Bennati is an Italian road racing cyclist specializing in fast sprint finishes. He currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He turned professional in 2002, when he joined the team and wore zebra stripes as part of Mario Cipollini’s leadout train... |
Carlos Barredo Carlos Barredo Carlos Barredo Llamazales is a Spanish road racing cyclist with UCI ProTeam . He was issued a suspension for the first two months of the 2011 season in response to a fight with Rui Costa after a 2010 Tour de France stage, with Barredo claiming that Costa had ridden dangerously in the final stages... |
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| 21 | Peter Sagan Peter Sagan Peter Sagan is a Slovak professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . Sagan had a successful junior mountain bike racing career, winning the Junior World Championship in 2008, before moving to road racing.... |
Bauke Mollema Bauke Mollema Bauke Mollema is a Dutch professional cyclist currently riding for Rabobank. Mollema is a Climbing specialist.-Early years:... |
no award | ||||
| Final | Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial.... |
Bauke Mollema Bauke Mollema Bauke Mollema is a Dutch professional cyclist currently riding for Rabobank. Mollema is a Climbing specialist.-Early years:... |
David Moncoutié David Moncoutié David Moncoutié is a French professional road racing cyclist with the French team Cofidis, with whom he turned professional in 1997. He is a climber, and won his first professional race in a mountain stage of Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré... |
Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial.... |
Adrián Palomares | ||
General classification
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
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| 2 | + 13" | ||
| 3 | + 1' 39" | ||
| 4 | |
+ 2' 03" | |
| 5 | + 3' 48" | ||
| 6 | + 4' 13" | ||
| 7 | + 4' 31" | ||
| 8 | + 4' 45" | ||
| 9 | + 5' 20" | ||
| 10 | + 5' 33" |
Points classification
| Rider | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
122 | |
| 2 | 115 | ||
| 3 | 101 | ||
| 4 | 100 | ||
| 5 | |
92 | |
| 6 | 88 | ||
| 7 | 83 | ||
| 8 | 71 | ||
| 9 | 70 | ||
| 10 | 69 |
King of the Mountains classification
| Rider | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 63 | ||
| 2 | 56 | ||
| 3 | |
42 | |
| 4 | 33 | ||
| 5 | 32 | ||
| 6 | 24 | ||
| 7 | 22 | ||
| 8 | 21 | ||
| 9 | 20 | ||
| 10 | 19 |
Combination classification
| Rider | Team | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
9 | |
| 2 | 16 | ||
| 3 | |
17 | |
| 4 | 21 | ||
| 5 | 26 | ||
| 6 | 38 | ||
| 7 | 39 | ||
| 8 | 48 | ||
| 9 | 51 | ||
| 10 | 52 |
Team classification
| Pos. | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||
| 2 | + 10′ 19" | |
| 3 | + 16′ 44" | |
| 4 | + 43' 18" | |
| 5 | + 43′ 27″ | |
| 6 | + 54′ 32″ | |
| 7 | + 58′ 56″ | |
| 8 | + 1h 01′ 51" | |
| 9 | + 1h 05′ 11″ | |
| 10 | + 1h 09′ 45″ |
World rankings points
The Vuelta was one of 27 events throughout the season that contributed points towards the 2011 UCI World Tour2011 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...
. Points were awarded to the top 20 finishers overall, and to the top five finishers in each stage. Only riders on UCI ProTour teams were eligible to receive rankings points, so winner Juan Cobo was not rewarded in this table.
| Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 157 | ||
| 108 | ||
| 108 | ||
| 70 | ||
| 68 | ||
| 62 | ||
| 56 | ||
| 54 | ||
| 44 | ||
| 38 | ||
| 38 |
| Rank | Prev. | Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 698 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 574 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 471 | ||
| 4 | 5 | 366 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 357 | ||
| 6 | 6 | 307 | ||
| 7 | 16 | 289 | ||
| 8 | 7 | 284 | ||
| 9 | 13 | 272 | ||
| 10 | 17 | 260 |