2011 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11

Cycling race stages September 2011 2011 Vuelta a España thumb|Route of the 2011 Vuelta a España 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. LegendJerseys appearing in the table on the left of the page indicate those worn by the cyclist during the particular stage, while those appearing in the table on the right of the page indicate those awarded to the cyclist after the stage.   20px|alt=A red jersey   Denotes the leader of the General classification   20px|alt=A bluedotted jersey   Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification   20px|alt=A green jersey   Denotes the leader of the Points classification   20px|alt=A white jersey   Denotes the leader of the Combination classification   20px|alt=A jersey with a white rider number on a red background   Denotes the rider designated as the day's most combative s.t. A rider that crossed the finish line in the same group as the one receiving the time above him and was therefore credited with the same finishing time. Stage 1 20 August 2011 — Benidorm, 13.5 km 0 on team time trial (TTT)http://www.cyclingnews.com/vuelta-a-espana/stage-1 Each team starts out together… Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 9 August 2011 20 August 2011 The Vuelta started with a team time trial in the coastal town of Benidorm. The first team on the route was SKS 2011, and they stopped the clock at 16' 48", a time that kept them in eighth place after the stage. LIQ 2011 did the best time at the intermediate point, a second faster than LEO 2011. LEO 2011 yes eventually won the stage by four seconds ahead of LIQ 2011 yes.http://www.cyclingnews.com/vuelta-a-espana/stage-1/results Leopard Trek claims team time trial Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 20 August 2011 20 August 2011 Les Clarke SKY 2011 was the negative surprise of the day, finishing 20th of the 22 teams. A number of events left the team at one point with four riders, with a team's time recorded when a fifth rider passes the finish line.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-sky-falters-in-vuelta-team-time-trial Team Sky falters in Vuelta team time trial Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 20 August 2011 20 August 2011 Xabier Zandio recovered to join his four teammates out front, limiting any further time loss. LIQ 2011 yes's leader, the defending champion, Vincenzo Nibali gained 21 seconds on Joaquim Rodríguez with KAT 2011 finishing 10th, 24 seconds on Igor Antón's EUS 2011 and 28 seconds on Michele Scarponi's LAM 2011. Jakob Fuglsang was the first Leopard Trek rider who crossed the finish line, giving him the first red jersey and his first jersey at a Grand Tour. Stage 1 result TeamTime 1 LEO 2011 16' 30" 2 LIQ 2011 + 4" 3 THR 2011 + 9" 4 AST 2011 + 10" 5 MOV 2011 + 14" 6 QST 2011 + 15" 7 SKS 2011 + 18" 8 OLO 2011 + 18" 9 GRM 2011 + 25" 10 KAT 2011 + 25"General classification after stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Jakob Fuglsang DEN 20px LEO 2011 16' 30" 2 Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px LEO 2011 + 0" 3 Maxime Monfort BEL LEO 2011 + 0" 4 Thomas Rohregger AUT LEO 2011 + 0" 5 Daniele Bennati ITA LEO 2011 + 0" 6 Peter Sagan SVK LIQ 2011 + 4" 7 Damiano Caruso ITA LIQ 2011 + 4" 8 Eros Capecchi ITA LIQ 2011 + 4" 9 Valerio Agnoli ITA LIQ 2011 + 4" 10 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2011 + 4" Stage 2 21 August 2011 — La Nucia to Playas de Orihuela, 175.5 km 0 onhttp://www.cyclingnews.com/vuelta-a-espana/stage-2 A sprint finish by the Med Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 9 August 2011 20 August 2011 The breakaway of the day was formed by four riders: Steve Houanard (ALM 2011), Paul Martens (RAB 2011), Adam Hansen (OLO 2011) and Jesús Rosendo (ACG 2011). The only categorized climb of the day was won by Martens, giving him the first blue polka dot jersey. Adam Hansen was the last from the breakaway to remain clear, but he was caught with 18 km 0 on to go. Davide Viganò of LEO 2011 was the first to make a move within the final kilometre, but he was caught immediately. After him there were Vicente Reynès of OLO 2011 yes and Christopher Sutton of SKY 2011 who gained a gap on the field and they stayed clear until the finish with Sutton outsprinting Reynès, with Marcel Kittel completing the podium. Daniele Bennati moved into the red jersey due to his sixth position on the stage, taking the jersey from teammate Jakob Fuglsang. Sutton claimed the first green jersey, while Rosendo earned the white jersey for the combination classification.http://www.cyclingnews.com/vuelta-a-espana/stage-2/results Sutton speeds to victory in Spain Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 21 August 2011 21 August 2011 Peter Cossins Stage 2 result RiderTeamTime 1 Christopher Sutton AUS SKY 2011 4h 11' 41" 2 Vicente Reynès ESP OLO 2011 s.t. 3 Marcel Kittel GER SKS 2011 s.t. 4 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2011 s.t. 5 Matti Breschel DEN RAB 2011 s.t. 6 Daniele Bennati ITA LEO 2011 s.t. 7 Enrico Gasparotto ITA AST 2011 s.t. 8 Lloyd Mondory FRA ALM 2011 s.t. 9 Luca Paolini ITA KAT 2011 s.t. 10 John Degenkolb GER THR 2011 s.t.General classification after stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Daniele Bennati ITA 20px LEO 2011 4h 28' 11" 2 Jakob Fuglsang DEN LEO 2011 + 0" 3 Maxime Monfort BEL LEO 2011 + 0" 4 Thomas Rohregger AUT LEO 2011 + 0" 5 Peter Sagan SVK LIQ 2011 + 4" 6 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2011 + 4" 7 Eros Capecchi ITA LIQ 2011 + 4" 8 Valerio Agnoli ITA LIQ 2011 + 4" 9 Damiano Caruso ITA LIQ 2011 + 4" 10 John Degenkolb GER THR 2011 + 9" Stage 3 22 August 2011 — Petrer to Totana, 163.0 km 0 onhttp://www.cyclingnews.com/vuelta-a-espana/stage-3 Downhill to the finish Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 9 August 2011 20 August 2011 The initial breakaway of the day was formed by three riders: Sylvain Chavanel (QST 2011), Nicolas Edet (COF 2011) and Ruslan Pidgornyy (VAC 2011), before they were joined by two Spanish riders, Pablo Lastras of MOV 2011 and Markel Irizar of RSH 2011. Later, Edet had some medical problems and never rejoined the breakaway. With 16 km 0 on to go, Lastras attacked on the last slopes of the third category climb Alto de la Santa. By the time Lastras reached the top of the climb, he had 20 seconds in front of the remaining three riders from the breakaway, and two minutes ahead of the peloton. Lastras successfully maintained his advantage and won the stage by fifteen seconds, his first stage win at La Vuelta since 2002, and third of his career.http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/23082011/58/vuelta-espa-lastras-takes-win-red-jersey.html Lastras takes win and red jersey Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 23 August 2011 23 August 2011 Felix Lowe Chavanel won the sprint finish for second place ahead of Irizar and Pidgornyy. The peloton, with all the race favourites in it, finished 1' 43" down on Lastras; Lastras' advantage over the main field gave him his first Grand Tour jersey, as well as the other sub-classification jerseys.http://www.cyclingnews.com/vuelta-a-espana/stage-3/results Lastras solos to Vuelta stage win Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 22 August 2011 23 August 2011 Peter Cossins dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111103151926/http://www.cyclingnews.com/vuelta-a-espana/stage-3/results 3 November 2011 Stage 3 result RiderTeamTime 1 Pablo Lastras ESP MOV 2011 3h 58' 00" 2 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2011 + 15" 3 Markel Irizar ESP RSH 2011 + 15" 4 Ruslan Pidgornyy UKR VCD 2011 + 15" 5 Nicolas Roche IRL ALM 2011 + 1' 43" 6 Matti Breschel DEN RAB 2011 + 1' 43" 7 Valerio Agnoli ITA LIQ 2011 + 1' 43" 8 Francesco Gavazzi ITA LAM 2011 + 1' 43" 9 Enrico Gasparotto ITA AST 2011 + 1' 43" 10 Jan Bakelants BEL OLO 2011 + 1' 43"General classification after stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Pablo Lastras ESP 20px20px20px20px MOV 2011 8h 25' 59" 2 Sylvain Chavanel FRA 20px QST 2011 + 20" 3 Markel Irizar ESP RSH 2011 + 1' 08" 4 Ruslan Pidgornyy UKR VCD 2011 + 1' 24" 5 Jakob Fuglsang DEN LEO 2011 + 1' 55" 6 Maxime Monfort BEL LEO 2011 + 1' 55" 7 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2011 + 1' 59" 8 Valerio Agnoli ITA LIQ 2011 + 1' 59" 9 Eros Capecchi ITA LIQ 2011 + 1' 59" 10 Kanstantsin Sivtsov BLR THR 2011 + 2' 04" Stage 4 23 August 2011 — Baza to Sierra Nevada, 170.2 km 0 onhttp://www.cyclingnews.com/vuelta-a-espana/stage-4 First test for the climbers Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 9 August 2011 20 August 2011 Stage 4 result RiderTeamTime 1 Daniel Moreno ESP KAT 2011 4h 51' 53" 2 Chris Anker Sørensen DEN SBS 2011 + 3" 3 Dan Martin IRL GRM 2011 + 11" 4 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2011 + 11" 5 Przemysław Niemiec POL LAM 2011 + 11" 6 Sergey Lagutin UZB VCD 2011 + 11" 7 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL OLO 2011 + 11" 8 Wout Poels NED VCD 2011 + 11" 9 Michele Scarponi ITA LAM 2011 + 11" 10 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2011 + 11"General classification after stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Sylvain Chavanel FRA 20px QST 2011 13h 19' 09" 2 Daniel Moreno ESP 20px20px KAT 2011 + 43" 3 Jakob Fuglsang DEN LEO 2011 + 49" 4 Maxime Monfort BEL LEO 2011 + 49" 5 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2011 + 53" 6 Kanstantsin Sivtsov BLR THR 2011 + 58" 7 Fredrik Kessiakoff SWE AST 2011 + 59" 8 Sergio Pardilla ESP MOV 2011 + 1' 03" 9 Marzio Bruseghin ITA MOV 2011 + 1' 03" 10 Kevin Seeldraeyers BEL QST 2011 + 1' 04" Stage 5 24 August 2011 — Sierra Nevada to Valdepeñas de Jaén, 187.0 km 0 onhttp://www.cyclingnews.com/vuelta-a-espana/stage-5 A day of contrasts Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 9 August 2011 20 August 2011 Stage 5 result RiderTeamTime 1 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2011 4h 42' 54" 2 Wout Poels NED VCD 2011 + 4" 3 Daniel Moreno ESP KAT 2011 + 5" 4 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2011 + 7" 5 Michele Scarponi ITA LAM 2011 + 7" 6 Haimar Zubeldia ESP RSH 2011 + 7" 7 Jakob Fuglsang DEN LEO 2011 + 7" 8 Nicolas Roche IRL ALM 2011 + 7" 9 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL OLO 2011 + 7" 10 Fredrik Kessiakoff SWE AST 2011 + 7"General classification after stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 Sylvain Chavanel FRA 20px QST 2011 18h 02' 34" 2 Daniel Moreno ESP 20px20px20px KAT 2011 + 9" 3 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2011 + 23" 4 Jakob Fuglsang DEN LEO 2011 + 25" 5 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2011 + 33" 6 Fredrik Kessiakoff SWE AST 2011 + 35" 7 Maxime Monfort BEL LEO 2011 + 38" 8 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL OLO 2011 + 43" 9 Sergio Pardilla ESP MOV 2011 + 43" 10 Marzio Bruseghin ITA MOV 2011 + 52" Stage 6 25 August 2011 — Úbeda to Córdoba, 196.8 km 0 onhttp://www.cyclingnews.com/vuelta-a-espana/stage-6 The heat of the interior Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 9 August 2011 20 August 2011 Stage 6 result RiderTeamTime 1 Peter Sagan SVK LIQ 2011 4h 38' 22" 2 Pablo Lastras ESP MOV 2011 s.t. 3 Valerio Agnoli ITA LIQ 2011 s.t. 4 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2011 s.t. 5 Eros Capecchi ITA LIQ 2011 + 3" 6 Jakob Fuglsang DEN LEO 2011 + 17" 7 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2011 + 17" 8 Marzio Bruseghin ITA MOV 2011 + 17" 9 David Moncoutié FRA COF 2011 + 17" 10 Sylvain Chavanel FRA 20px QST 2011 + 17"General classification after stage 6 RiderTeamTime 1 Sylvain Chavanel FRA 20px QST 2011 22h 41' 13" 2 Daniel Moreno ESP 20px20px KAT 2011 + 15" 3 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2011 + 16" 4 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP 20px KAT 2011 + 23" 5 Jakob Fuglsang DEN LEO 2011 + 25" 6 Fredrik Kessiakoff SWE AST 2011 + 41" 7 Maxime Monfort BEL LEO 2011 + 44" 8 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL OLO 2011 + 49" 9 Sergio Pardilla ESP MOV 2011 + 49" 10 Marzio Bruseghin ITA MOV 2011 + 52" Stage 7 26 August 2011 — Almadén to Talavera de la Reina, 187.6 km 0 onhttp://www.cyclingnews.com/vuelta-a-espana/stage-7 Last sprint before the mountains Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 9 August 2011 20 August 2011August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Stage 7 result RiderTeamTime 1 Marcel Kittel GER SKS 2011 4h 47' 59" 2 Peter Sagan SVK LIQ 2011 s.t. 3 Óscar Freire ESP RAB 2011 s.t. 4 Daniele Bennati ITA LEO 2011 s.t. 5 Lloyd Mondory FRA ALM 2011 s.t. 6 Juan José Haedo ARG SBS 2011 s.t. 7 Tom Veelers NED SKS 2011 s.t. 8 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LAM 2011 s.t. 9 Enrico Gasparotto ITA AST 2011 s.t. 10 Leigh Howard AUS THR 2011 s.t.General classification after stage 7 RiderTeamTime 1 Sylvain Chavanel FRA 20px QST 2011 27h 29' 12" 2 Daniel Moreno ESP 20px20px KAT 2011 + 15" 3 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2011 + 16" 4 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2011 + 23" 5 Jakob Fuglsang DEN LEO 2011 + 25" 6 Fredrik Kessiakoff SWE AST 2011 + 41" 7 Maxime Monfort BEL LEO 2011 + 44" 8 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL OLO 2011 + 49" 9 Sergio Pardilla ESP MOV 2011 + 49" 10 Marzio Bruseghin ITA MOV 2011 + 52" Stage 8 27 August 2011 — Talavera de la Reina to San Lorenzo de El Escorial, 177.3 km 0 onhttp://www.cyclingnews.com/vuelta-a-espana/stage-8 Record breaking climbs Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 9 August 2011 20 August 2011 Stage 8 result RiderTeamTime 1 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2011 4h 49' 01" 2 Michele Scarponi ITA LAM 2011 + 9" 3 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2011 + 9" 4 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL OLO 2011 + 9" 5 Jakob Fuglsang DEN LEO 2011 + 12" 6 Igor Antón ESP EUS 2011 + 15" 7 Nicolas Roche IRL ALM 2011 + 15" 8 Denis Menchov RUS GEO 2011 + 15" 9 Dan Martin IRL GRM 2011 + 15" 10 Fredrik Kessiakoff SWE AST 2011 + 15"General classification after stage 8 RiderTeamTime 1 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP 20px20px KAT 2011 32h 18' 16" 2 Daniel Moreno ESP 20px20px KAT 2011 + 32" 3 Jakob Fuglsang DEN LEO 2011 + 34" 4 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2011 + 45" 5 Michele Scarponi ITA LAM 2011 + 51" 6 Fredrik Kessiakoff SWE AST 2011 + 53" 7 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL OLO 2011 + 55" 8 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2011 + 59" 9 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2011 + 1' 00" 10 Maxime Monfort BEL LEO 2011 + 1' 01" Stage 9 28 August 2011 — Villacastín to Sierra de Béjar – La Covatilla, 183.0 km 0 onhttp://www.cyclingnews.com/vuelta-a-espana/stage-9 Breakaway day? Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 9 August 2011 20 August 2011 Stage 9 result RiderTeamTime 1 Dan Martin IRL GRM 2011 4h 52' 14" 2 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2011 s.t. - Juan José Cobo ESP GEO 2011 + 3" 4 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2011 + 4" 5 Chris Froome GBR SKY 2011 + 7" 6 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2011 + 11" 7 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2011 + 12" 8 Denis Menchov RUS GEO 2011 + 12" 9 Haimar Zubeldia ESP RSH 2011 + 12" 10 Fredrik Kessiakoff SWE AST 2011 + 12"General classification after stage 9 RiderTeamTime 1 Bauke Mollema NED 20px20px RAB 2011 37h 11' 17" 2 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP 20px KAT 2011 + 1" 3 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2011 + 9" 4 Fredrik Kessiakoff SWE AST 2011 + 18" 5 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL OLO 2011 + 27" 6 Daniel Moreno ESP KAT 2011 + 35" 7 Jakob Fuglsang DEN LEO 2011 + 37" 8 Kevin Seeldraeyers BEL QST 2011 + 42" 9 Haimar Zubeldia ESP RSH 2011 + 42" - Juan José Cobo ESP GEO 2011 + 46" Stage 10 29 August 2011 — Salamanca, 47.0 km 0 on individual time trial (ITT)http://www.cyclingnews.com/vuelta-a-espana/stage-10 The stage to make up lost time Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 9 August 2011 20 August 2011 Stage 10 result RiderTeamTime 1 Tony Martin GER THR 2011 55' 54" 2 Chris Froome GBR SKY 2011 + 59" 3 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2011 + 1' 22" 4 Fabian Cancellara SUI LEO 2011 + 1' 27" 5 Taylor Phinney USA BMC 2011 + 1' 33" 6 Jakob Fuglsang DEN LEO 2011 + 1' 37" 7 Tiago Machado POR RSH 2011 + 1' 54" 8 Janez Brajkovič SLO RSH 2011 + 1' 56" 9 Luis León Sánchez ESP RAB 2011 + 2' 02" 10 Maxime Monfort BEL LEO 2011 + 2' 06"General classification after stage 10 RiderTeamTime 1 Chris Froome GBR 20px SKY 2011 38h 09' 13" 2 Jakob Fuglsang DEN LEO 2011 + 12" 3 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2011 + 20" 4 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2011 + 31" 5 Fredrik Kessiakoff SWE AST 2011 + 34" 6 Maxime Monfort BEL LEO 2011 + 59" 7 Bauke Mollema NED 20px RAB 2011 + 1' 07" - Juan José Cobo ESP GEO 2011 + 1' 47" 9 Janez Brajkovič SLO RSH 2011 + 2' 04" 10 Haimar Zubeldia ESP RSH 2011 + 2' 13" Stage 11 31 August 2011 — Verín to Estación de Esquí Alto de la Manzaneda, 167.0 km 0 onhttp://www.cyclingnews.com/vuelta-a-espana/stage-11 Summit finish debut Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 9 August 2011 20 August 2011 Stage 11 result RiderTeamTime 1 David Moncoutié FRA COF 2011 4h 38' 00" 2 Beñat Intxausti ESP MOV 2011 + 1' 18" 3 Luis León Sánchez ESP RAB 2011 + 1' 18" 4 Mathias Frank SUI BMC 2011 + 1' 36" 5 Sérgio Paulinho POR RSH 2011 + 1' 43" 6 Matteo Montaguti ITA ALM 2011 + 2' 29" 7 Amets Txurruka ESP EUS 2011 + 2' 29" 8 Aitor Pérez ESP LAM 2011 + 2' 55" 9 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP 20px KAT 2011 + 3' 01" 10 David Bernabeu ESP ACG 2011 + 3' 08"General classification after stage 11 RiderTeamTime 1 Bradley Wiggins GBR 20px SKY 2011 42h 50' 41" 2 Chris Froome GBR SKY 2011 + 7" 3 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2011 + 11" 4 Fredrik Kessiakoff SWE AST 2011 + 14" 5 Jakob Fuglsang DEN LEO 2011 + 19" 6 Bauke Mollema NED 20px RAB 2011 + 47" 7 Maxime Monfort BEL LEO 2011 + 1' 06" - Juan José Cobo ESP GEO 2011 + 1' 27" 9 Haimar Zubeldia ESP RSH 2011 + 1' 53" 10 Janez Brajkovič SLO RSH 2011 + 2' 00" Footnotes N References 2 2011 Vuelta a España 1 11 12 21 , Stage 1 To Stage 11 Category:Vuelta a España stages