2011 Amstel Gold Race

2011 Amstel Gold Race 2011 UCI World Tour 10 of 27 17 April 2011 1 260.4 km 6h 30' 44" Philippe Gilbert BEL OLO 2011 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2011 Simon Gerrans AUS SKY 2011 2010 2012 The 2011 Amstel Gold Race was the 46th running of the Amstel Gold Race, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 17 April 2011 over a distance of 260.4 km 1 off and was the tenth race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season. OLO 2011's Philippe Gilbert claimed victory for the second successive year after making a decisive move in the race's closing stages,http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/17042011/2/cycling-round-show-helps-gilbert-defend-amstel-gold-race.html All-round show helps Gilbert defend Amstel Gold Race Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group Reuters 17 April 2011 18 April 2011 attacking the field on the final climb of the race – the 12% gradient Cauberghttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/8457105/Amstel-Gold-Race-2011-Philippe-Gilbert-becomes-first-Belgian-to-win-back-to-back-titles-in-Holland.html Philippe Gilbert becomes first Belgian to win back-to-back titles in Holland John MacLeary The Daily Telegraph Telegraph Media Group 17 April 2011 18 April 2011 – and thus becoming the first rider to win two Amstel Gold Races since Rolf Järmann won the race in 1993 and 1998. Gilbert also became only the second rider to win the race in consecutive years after Jan Raas' four consecutive victories between 1977 and 1980. KAT 2011's Joaquim Rodríguez finished the race in second place, having been the last challenger to Gilbert on the Cauberg,http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rodriguez-fooled-by-gilbert-in-amstel-gold-race Rodriguez fooled by Gilbert in Amstel Gold Race Brecht Decaluwé Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 17 April 2011 18 April 2011 with the podium completed by SKY 2011 rider Simon Gerrans. Results http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/amstel-gold-race-upt/results Gilbert repeats at Amstel Gold Race Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 17 April 2011 18 April 2011 RiderTeamTime World Tour Points1 Philippe Gilbert BEL OLO 20116h 30' 44"802 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2011+ 2"603 Simon Gerrans AUS SKY 2011+ 4"50 4 Jakob Fuglsang DEN LEO 2011+ 5"405 Alexandr Kolobnev RUS KAT 2011+ 5"306 Óscar Freire ESP RAB 2011+ 5"227 Björn Leukemans BEL VAC 2011+ 7"148 Ben Hermans BEL RSH 2011+ 18"109 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2011+ 19"610 Paul Martens GER RAB 2011+ 26"2 References External links http://www.amstelgoldrace.nl/ Category:Amstel Gold Race Category:2011 UCI World Tour Category:2011 in Dutch sport