2011 La Flèche Wallonne

2011 La Flèche Wallonne 2011 UCI World Tour 11 of 27 20 April 2011 1 201 km 4h 54' 57" Philippe Gilbert Belgium OLO 2011 Joaquim Rodríguez Spain KAT 2011 Samuel Sánchez Spain EUS 2011 2010 2012 The 2011 La Flèche Wallonne was the 75th running of La Flèche Wallonne, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 20 April 2011 over a distance of 201 km 1 off between Charleroi and Huy in Belgium, and was the eleventh race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season.https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/la-fleche-wallonne-2011/ La Flèche Wallonne 2011 20 April 2011 As he had done in the closing stages of his winning performance at the Amstel Gold Race three days prior to La Flèche Wallonne, OLO 2011's Philippe Gilbert attacked on the final uphill climb – the Mur de Huy – to the finish and accelerated away from the field,http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/20042011/58/peerless-gilbert-wins-fleche-wallonne.html Peerless Gilbert wins Fleche-Wallonne Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group Michael FitzGerald 20 April 2011 20 April 2011 gapping them by three seconds to take victory and his third classics win in the space of a week, having also won the Brabantse Pijl; the first rider to win all three in the same season.http://www.letour.fr/2011/FWH/LIVE/us/100/journal_etape.html#zone167303 Unstoppable Gilbert captures first Fleche 20 April 2011 20 April 2011 Letour.fr Amaury Sport Organisation https://web.archive.org/web/20110427063346/http://www.letour.fr/2011/FWH/LIVE/us/100/journal_etape.html#zone167303 27 April 2011 dead dmy-all Gilbert also became the first Belgian to win La Flèche Wallonne since Mario Aerts won the race in 2002.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/8173/Philippe-Gilbert-romps-to-Fleche-Wallonne-victory.aspx Philippe Gilbert romps to Flèche Wallonne victory 20 April 2011 20 April 2011 Ben Atkins VeloNation VeloNation LLC Second place went to – just like he did in the Amstel Gold Race – Joaquim Rodríguez of KAT 2011, with Samuel Sánchez finishing third for EUS 2011, five seconds behind Gilbert.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/la-fleche-wallonne-his/results Gilbert takes audacious victory atop Mur de Huy Brecht Decaluwé Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 20 April 2011 20 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110425034645/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/la-fleche-wallonne-his/results 2011-04-25 dead Teams 25 teams were selected to compete in the 2011 La Flèche Wallonne.http://www.letour.fr/2011/FWH/COURSE/us/actus.html#zone167164 Fleche Wallonne: the fight is on! 19 April 2011 20 April 2011 Letour.fr Amaury Sport Organisation https://web.archive.org/web/20111110195220/http://www.letour.fr/2011/FWH/COURSE/us/actus.html#zone167164 10 November 2011 dead dmy-all All UCI ProTeams were represented as well as seven UCI Professional Continental teams. The teams that competed were: 22em ALM 2011 AST 2011 BMC 2011 COF 2011 EUS 2011 FDJ 2011 GRM 2011 THR 2011 LAM 2011 LAN 2011 LEO 2011 LIQ 2011 OLO 2011 QST 2011 RAB 2011 SAU 2011 SKS 2011 KAT 2011 MOV 2011 RSH 2011 SAX 2011 SKY 2011 TSV 2011 VAC 2011 VWA 2011 Results CyclistTeamTime World Tour Points 1 Philippe Gilbert BEL OLO 2011 4h 54' 57" 802 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2011 + 3"603 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 + 5"504 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ AST 2011 + 6"405 Igor Antón ESP EUS 2011 + 6"306 Jelle Vanendert BEL OLO 2011 + 6"227 Fränk Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 6"148 Daniel Moreno ESP KAT 2011 + 9"109 Christophe Le Mével FRA GRM 2011 + 12"610 Paul Martens GER RAB 2011 + 12"2 References External links https://www.letour.fr/2011/FWH/COURSE/us/index.html Category:2011 in Belgian sport 2011 Category:2011 UCI World Tour