2011 Clásica de San Sebastián

2011 Clásica de San Sebastián 2011 UCI World Tour 18 27 30 July 2011 1 234 km 5h 48' 52" Philippe Gilbert Belgium OLO 2011 Carlos Barredo Spain RAB 2011 Greg Van Avermaet Belgium BMC 2011 2010 2012 The 2011 Clásica de San Sebastián was the 31st edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 30 July 2011, over a distance of 234 km 1 on, starting and finishing in San Sebastián, in the Basque Country, Spain. It was the eighteenth event of the 2011 UCI World Tour season. Similar to his late race attacks to win the Ardennes classics earlier in the year, OLO 2011's Philippe Gilbert accelerated away from the pack with 4 km 1 on remaininghttp://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/30072011/2/gilbert-takes-solo-win-san-sebastian-classic.html Yahoo! Eurosport 30 July 2011 31 July 2011 Gilbert takes solo win in San Sebastian Classic Reuters in the race and caught and passed RAB 2011's Carlos Barredo on the road. Barredo could not hold Gilbert's pace and thus Gilbert opened up a gap of over ten seconds that he held to the finish, to secure his fourteenth victory of the season.http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12040_7071054,00.html Gilbert storms San Sebastian Sky Sports British Sky Broadcasting 30 July 2011 31 July 2011 Barredo, the 2009 Clásica de San Sebastián winner, finished second just ahead of a sprint finish for third place, won by Greg Van Avermaet for BMC 2011.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/clasica-ciclista-san-sebastian-upt/results Barry Ryan 30 July 2011 31 July 2011 Gilbert's stunning season continues with San Sebastian victory Cycling News Future Publishing Limited Teams and riders As the race was held under the auspices of the UCI World Tour, all eighteen ProTour teams were invited automatically. Three additional wildcard invitations were given – ACG 2011, CJR 2011 and GEO 2011 – to form the event's 21-team peloton. The 21 teams invited to the race were: 22em ALM 2011 ACG 2011 AST 2011 BMC 2011 CJR 2011 EUS 2011 GRM 2011 GEO 2011 THR 2011 LAM 2011 LEO 2011 LIQ 2011 MOV 2011 OLO 2011 QST 2011 RAB 2011 SAX 2011 KAT 2011 RSH 2011 SKY 2011 VAC 2011 Teams consisted of up to eight riders, and 168 riders started the event. The event took place less than a week after the conclusion of the 2011 Tour de France, and many of the riders who took part in that event, contested the race. Results CyclistTeamTimeUCI World TourPoints 1 Philippe Gilbert BEL OLO 2011 5h 48' 52" 80 2 Carlos Barredo ESP RAB 2011 + 12" 60 3 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2011 + 14" 50 4 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2011 + 14" 40 5 Dries Devenyns BEL QST 2011 + 14" 30 6 Fränk Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 14" 22 7 Haimar Zubeldia ESP RSH 2011 + 14" 14 8 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 + 14" 10 9 Rigoberto Urán COL SKY 2011 + 14" 6 10 Jelle Vanendert BEL OLO 2011 + 50" 2 Source: References Category:Clásica de San Sebastián San Sebastian Classica de San Sebastian Category:July 2011 sports events in Spain