2011 Liège–Bastogne–Liège

2011 Liège–Bastogne–Liège 2011_Liège–Bastogne–Liège_poster.png 2011 UCI World Tour 12 of 27 24 April 2011 1 255.5 km 6h 13' 18" Philippe Gilbert Belgium OLO 2011 Fränk Schleck Luxembourg LEO 2011 Andy Schleck Luxembourg LEO 2011 2010 2012 230 The 2011 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 97th running of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 24 April 2011 over a distance of 255.5 km 1 off, starting in Liège and finishing in Ans, via Bastogne in the Ardennes region of Belgium. It was the twelfth race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season. thumb|Map of the course Philippe Gilbert of OLO 2011 became only the second rider to win all three Ardennes classics,http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/24042011/58/gilbert-wins-liege-bastogne-liege.html Gilbert wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group Michael FitzGerald 24 April 2011 24 April 2011 after GST 2004 rider Davide Rebellin first did so in 2004, by winning a three-man sprint to complete a run of four victories within ten days with another victory in Brabantse Pijl to go with the Ardennes classics.https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/gilbert-goes-4-for-4-with-victory-in-liege-bastogne-liege-classic-schlecks-are-second-third/2011/04/24/AFtLvdbE_story.html Gilbert goes 4-for-4 with victory in Liege-Bastogne-Liege classic; Schlecks are second, third The Washington Post Associated Press 24 April 2011 24 April 2011June 2021 medicmedic Gilbert outsprinted both Andy Schleck and Fränk Schleck of LEO 2011 on the final straight – to take Belgium's first victory in the race since Frank Vandenbroucke in 1999 – after the trio had escaped along with BMC 2011's Greg Van Avermaet with around 20 km 1 off remaining. Van Avermaet was dropped, and eventually finished seventh behind the Schlecks and trio that had usurped him within the closing kilometres, Roman Kreuziger of AST 2011, Rigoberto Urán of SKY 2011 and Chris Anker Sørensen of SBS 2011. Results CyclistTeamTimeUCI World TourPoints 1 Philippe Gilbert BEL OLO 2011 6h 13' 18" 100 2 Fränk Schleck LUX LEO 2011 s.t. 80 3 Andy Schleck LUX LEO 2011 s.t. 70 4 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2011 + 24" 60 5 Rigoberto Urán COL SKY 2011 + 24" 50 6 Chris Anker Sørensen DEN SBS 2011 + 24" 40 7 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2011 + 27" 30 8 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2011 + 29" 20 9 Björn Leukemans BEL VAC 2011 + 39" 10 10 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 + 39" 4 References External links Official website Liege Category:Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liege