2011 Critérium International

March 2011 2011 Critérium International 2010–11 UCI Europe Tour Criterium International 2011.png The route of the 2011 Critérium International 26–27 March 3 280 km 7h 13' 12" Fränk Schleck LEO 2011 Luxembourg Vasil Kiryienka yellow MOV 2011 Belarus Rein Taaramäe COF 2011 Estonia Vasil Kiryienka MOV 2011 Belarus green Pim Ligthart VAC 2011 Netherlands polkadot Rein Taaramäe COF 2011 Estonia white MOV 2011 2010 2012 The 2011 Critérium International was the 80th edition of the Critérium International cycling stage race. It started on 26 March in Porto-Vecchio and ended on 27 March in Porto-Vecchio and consisted of 3 stages, including 2 stages on the same day; a flat stage and an individual time trial, held as the second and third stages. The race was won by Leopard-Trek rider Fränk Schleck, who claimed the leader's yellow jersey after a strong finish in the first stage, and maintained his advantage to the end of the race. Schleck's winning margin over runner-up Vasil Kiryienka of Team Movistar was 13 seconds, and Cofidis' Rein Taaramäe completed the podium, 17 seconds down on Kiryienka. In the race's other classifications, Kiryienka won the green jersey for the points classification, the King of the Mountains classification was won by Pim Ligthart of Vacansoleil–DCM, Taaramäe won the young rider classification, and Movistar finished at the head of the teams classification. Pre-race favourites The winner of the 2010 Critérium International, Pierrick Fédrigo, was looking to defend the previous year's victory, while other pre-race favourites included 2 time runner-up in the Tour de France Andy Schleck and Vuelta a España 5th place, Fränk Schleck, as well as Alexander Vinokourov.Atkins Ben Sixteen teams announced for Critérium International http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/7436/Sixteen-teams-announced-for-Criterium-International.aspx 17 February 2012 Velonation 14 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110607164041/http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/7436/Sixteen-teams-announced-for-Criterium-International.aspx 7 June 2011 live Teams The following teams participated in the 2011 edition of the Critérium International:Teams http://www.letour.fr/2011/CRI/COURSE/us/equipes.html Amaury Sport Organisation 17 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20111113030420/http://www.letour.fr/2011/CRI/COURSE/us/equipes.html 13 November 2011 dead dmy-all UCI ProTour Teams ALM 2011 AST 2011 EUS 2011 GRM 2011 LEO 2011 MOV 2011 RSH 2011 SKY 2011 VAC 2011 UCI Professional Continental Teams EUC 2011 FST 2011 COF 2011 FDJ 2011 SAU 2011 SKS 2011 UCI Continental Teams AUB 2011 Stages Stage 1 26 March 2011 – Porto-Vecchio to Col de l'Ospedale, 198 km Stage 1 ResultsQuénet Jean-François Fränk Schleck climbs to victory in opening stage http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/80th-criterium-international-2-hc/stage-1/results 17 February 2012 CyclingNews 26 March 2011 RiderTeamTime 1 Fränk Schleck LUX 20px20px LEO 2011 5h 21' 02" 2 Vasil Kiryienka BLR20px MOV 2011 + 16" 3 Rein Taaramäe EST20px COF 2011 + 22" 4 David López García ESP20px MOV 2011 + 58" 5 Alexandre Geniez FRA SKS 2011 + 1'00" 6 Sergey Lagutin UZB VCD 2011 + 1'09" 7 Lars Petter Nordhaug NOR SKY 2011 + 1'09" 8 Pierre Rolland FRA EUC 2011 + 1'09" 9 Pierrick Fédrigo FRA FDJ 2011 + 1'09" 10 Andy Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 1'09"General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Fränk Schleck LUX 20px20px LEO 2011 5h 20' 52" 2 Vasil Kiryienka BLR20px MOV 2011 + 20" 3 Rein Taaramäe EST20px COF 2011 + 28" 4 David López García ESP20px MOV 2011 + 1'08" 5 Alexandre Geniez FRA SKS 2011 + 1'10" 6 Sergey Lagutin UZB VCD 2011 + 1'19" 7 Lars Petter Nordhaug NOR SKY 2011 + 1'19" 8 Pierre Rolland FRA EUC 2011 + 1'19" 9 Pierrick Fédrigo FRA FDJ 2011 + 1'19" 10 Andy Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 1'19" Stage 2 27 March 2011 – Porto-Vecchio 75 km Stage 2 ResultsQuénet Jean-François Geschke wins the sprint in Porto Vecchio http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/80th-criterium-international-2-hc/stage-2/results 17 February 2012 Cycling News 27 March 2011 RiderTeamTime 1 Simon Geschke GER SKS 2011 1h 43' 10" 2 Murilo Antonio Fischer BRA GRM 2011 + 0" 3 Laurent Mangel FRA SAU 2011 + 0" 4 Florian Vachon FRA FST 2011 + 0" 5 Arnaud Molmy FRA AUB 2011 + 0" 6 Jonathan Hivert FRA SAU 2011 + 0" 7 Julien El Farès FRA COF 2011 + 0" 8 Tony Gallopin FRA COF 2011 + 0" 9 Fabian Wegmann GER LEO 2011 + 0" 10 Jérôme Cousin FRA EUC 2011 + 0"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Fränk Schleck LUX 20px20px LEO 2011 7h 04' 02" 2 Vasil Kiryienka BLR20px MOV 2011 + 20" 3 Rein Taaramäe EST20px COF 2011 + 28" 4 David López García ESP20px MOV 2011 + 1'08" 5 Alexandre Geniez FRA SKS 2011 + 1'10" 6 Cyril Gautier FRA EUC 2011 + 1'19" 7 Sergey Lagutin UZB VCD 2011 + 1'19" 8 Pierre Rolland FRA EUC 2011 + 1'19" 9 Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2011 + 1'19" 10 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2011 + 1'19" Stage 3 27 March 2011 – Porto-Vecchio 7 km Stage 3 ResultsQuénet Jean-François Schleck defends overall lead http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/80th-criterium-international-2-hc/stage-3/results 17 February 2012 Cycling News 27 March 2011 RiderTeamTime 1 Andreas Klöden GER RSH 2011 8' 47" 2 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2011 + 04" 3 Jakob Fuglsang DEN LEO 2011 + 10" 4 David Zabriskie USA GRM 2011 + 14" 5 Andrew Talansky USA GRM 2011 + 15" 6 Jérôme Coppel FRA SAU 2011 + 16" 7 Maxime Monfort BEL LEO 2011 + 16" 8 Vasil Kiryienka BLR20px MOV 2011 + 17" 9 Tiago Machado POR RSH 2011 + 20" 10 Anthony Roux FRA FDJ 2011 + 21"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Fränk Schleck LUX 20px LEO 2011 7h 13' 12" 2 Vasil Kiryienka BLR20px20px MOV 2011 + 13" 3 Rein Taaramäe EST20px COF 2011 + 30" 4 Alexandre Geniez FRA SKS 2011 + 1'14" 5 Tiago Machado POR RSH 2011 + 1'15" 6 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2011 + 1'16" 7 Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2011 + 1'19" 8 Pierrick Fédrigo FRA FDJ 2011 + 1'23" 9 David López García ESP20px MOV 2011 + 1'25" 10 Sergey Lagutin UZB VCD 2011 + 1'25" Classification leadership Stage WinnerGeneral classification25pxMountains classification25pxPoints classification25pxYoung rider classification25pxTeam Classification25px 1 Fränk Schleck Fränk Schleck Pim Ligthart Fränk Schleck Rein Taaramäe MOV 2011 2 Simon Geschke 3 Andreas Klöden Vasil Kiryienka Final Fränk Schleck Pim Ligthart Vasil Kiryienka Rein Taaramäe MOV 2011 References External links https://web.archive.org/web/20111011151515/http://www.letour.fr/us/homepage_courseCRI.html 2011 Category:2011 UCI Europe Tour Category:March 2011 sports events in France