2011 Volta ao Algarve

February 2011 2011 Volta ao Algarve Volta_ao_Algarve-2011_poster.jpg 16–20 February 2011 5 707.7 km 18h 48' 45" Tony Martin GER THR 2011 yellow Tejay van Garderen USA THR 2011 Lieuwe Westra NED VCD 2011 Cesar Fonte POR Barbot–Efapel blue Ricardo Mestre POR Tavira–Prio green Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2011 white THR 2011 2010 2012 The 2011 Volta ao Algarve was the 37th edition of the Volta ao Algarve cycling stage race. It was held from 16 to 20 February 2011, and was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.UCI Road Calendar 2011 http://www.uci.ch/road/calendar/#date=20110216 Union Cycliste Internationale 3 August 2016 Just like the previous year, it started at the Algarve Stadium in Faro and ended with an individual time trial in Portimão. Teams and cyclists There were 21 teams in the 2011 Volta ao Algarve. Among them were 12 UCI ProTour teams, five UCI Professional Continental teams, and four Continental teams. Each team was allowed eight riders on their squad, giving the event a peloton of 168 cyclists at its outset. The 21 teams in the race were:Volta ao Algarve promising a strong field despite schedule conflict with Ruta del Sol http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6985/Volta-ao-Algarve-promising-a-strong-field-despite-schedule-conflict-with-Ruta-del-Sol.aspx Jared Gruber 5 January 2011 15 February 2012 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. UCI ProTour Teams ALM 2011 AST 2011 GRM 2011 OLO 2011 QST 2011 THR 2011 LEO 2011 RSH 2011 SAX 2011 SKY 2011 RAB 2011 VAC 2011 UCI Professional Continental Teams Caja Rural CCC–Polsat–Polkowice COF 2011 TSV 2011 UHC 2011 UCI Continental Teams Barbot–Efapel LA–Antarte Onda Tavira–Prio Tour stages Stage 1 16 February 2011 – Algarve Stadium to Albufeira, 157.5 km 1 onGilbert claims Algarve opener with late attack http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-ao-algarve-2-1-1/stage-1/results 15 February 2012 Cycling News 16 February 2011 Stage 1 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Philippe Gilbert BEL OLO 2011 4h 36' 36" 2 Gerald Ciolek GER QST 2011 + 5" 3 André Greipel GER OLO 2011 + 5" 4 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2011 + 5" 5 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2011 + 5" 6 Baden Cooke AUS SAX 2011 + 5" 7 John Degenkolb GER THR 2011 + 5" 8 Andreas Klöden GER RSH 2011 + 5" 9 Tony Gallopin FRA COF 2011 + 5" 10 Wout Poels NED VAC 2011 + 5"General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime 1 Philippe Gilbert BEL 20px|Yellow jersey 20px|White jersey OLO 2011 4h 36' 26" 2 Gerald Ciolek GER QST 2011 + 9" 3 André Greipel GER OLO 2011 + 11" 4 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2011 + 15" 5 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2011 + 15" 6 Baden Cooke AUS SAX 2011 + 15" 7 John Degenkolb GER THR 2011 + 15" 8 Andreas Klöden GER RSH 2011 + 15" 9 Tony Gallopin FRA COF 2011 + 15" 10 Wout Poels NED VAC 2011 + 15" Stage 2 17 February 2011 – Lagoa to Lagos, 186.5 km 1 onHymas Peter Degenkolb lights up Lagos http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-ao-algarve-2-1-1/stage-2/results 15 February 2012 Cycling News 17 February 2011 Stage 2 results CyclistTeamTime 1 John Degenkolb GER THR 2011 4h 57' 56" 2 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2011 s.t. 3 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2011 s.t. 4 Baden Cooke AUS SAX 2011 + 1" 5 Sébastien Hinault FRA ALM 2011 + 1" 6 Philippe Gilbert BEL 20px|Yellow jersey OLO 2011 + 1" 7 Filipe Duarte Sousa Cardoso POR Barbot–Efapel + 1" 8 Fabian Wegmann GER LEO 2011 + 1" 9 Gerald Ciolek GER 20px|White jersey QST 2011 + 1" 10 Dmitry Fofonov KAZ AST 2011 + 1"General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime 1 Philippe Gilbert BEL 20px|Yellow jersey 20px|White jersey OLO 2011 9h 34' 23" 2 John Degenkolb GER THR 2011 + 4" 3 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2011 + 8" 4 Gerald Ciolek GER QST 2011 + 9" 5 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2011 + 10" 6 Baden Cooke AUS SAX 2011 + 15" 7 Filipe Duarte Sousa Cardoso POR Barbot–Efapel + 15" 8 Fabian Wegmann GER LEO 2011 + 15" 9 Jürgen Roelandts BEL OLO 2011 + 15" 10 Sebastian Langeveld NED RAB 2011 + 15" Stage 3 18 February 2011 – Tavira to Malhão, 179.2 km 1 onHymas Peter Cummings prevails on Alto do Malhão http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-ao-algarve-2-1-1/stage-3/results 15 February 2012 Cycling News 18 February 2011 Stage 3 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Steve Cummings GBR SKY 2011 4h 56' 19" 2 Tejay van Garderen USA THR 2011 s.t. 3 Alberto Contador ESP SBS 2011 s.t. 4 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2011 s.t. 5 Tony Martin GER THR 2011 s.t. 6 Tiago Machado POR RSH 2011 + 6" 7 Simon Gerrans AUS SKY 2011 + 16" 8 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2011 + 16" 9 Andreas Klöden GER RSH 2011 + 16" 10 Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2011 + 16"General Classification after Stage 3 CyclistTeamTime 1 Steve Cummings GBR 20px|Yellow jersey SKY 2011 14h 30' 47" 2 Alberto Contador ESP SBS 2011 + 6" 3 Tony Martin GER THR 2011 + 10" 4 Tejay van Garderen USA THR 2011 + 12" 5 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2011 + 18" 6 Andreas Klöden GER RSH 2011 + 26" 7 Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2011 + 26" 8 Simon Gerrans AUS SKY 2011 + 26" 9 Wout Poels NED VAC 2011 + 30" 10 Tiago Machado POR RSH 2011 + 31" Stage 4 19 February 2011 – Albufeira to Tavira, 167.3 km 1 onGreipel sprints to stage 4 win http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-ao-algarve-2-1-1/stage-4/results 15 February 2012 Cycling News 19 February 2011 Stage 4 results CyclistTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER OLO 2011 3h 56' 55" 2 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2011 s.t. 3 Anthony Ravard FRA ALM 2011 s.t. 4 Tyler Farrar USA20px|White jersey GRM 2011 s.t. 5 Allan Davis AUS AST 2011 s.t. 6 John Degenkolb GER THR 2011 s.t. 7 Gerald Ciolek GER QST 2011 s.t. 8 Boy Van Poppel NED UHC 2011 s.t. 9 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2011 s.t. 10 Baden Cooke AUS SBS 2011 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime 1 Steve Cummings GBR 20px|Yellow jersey SKY 2011 18h 27' 42" 2 Alberto Contador ESP SBS 2011 + 6" 3 Tony Martin GER THR 2011 + 10" 4 Tejay van Garderen USA THR 2011 + 12" 5 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2011 + 18" 6 Andreas Klöden GER RSH 2011 + 26" 7 Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2011 + 26" 8 Simon Gerrans AUS SKY 2011 + 26" 9 Wout Poels NED VAC 2011 + 30" 10 Tiago Machado POR RSH 2011 + 31" Stage 5 20 February 2011 – Lagoa to Portimão, 17.2 km 1 onWestemeyer Susan Martin takes stage and overall title http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-ao-algarve-2-1-1/stage-5/results 15 February 2012 Cycling News 20 February 2011 Stage 5 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Tony Martin GER THR 2011 20' 53" 2 Lieuwe Westra NED VAC 2011 + 5" 3 Tiago Machado POR RSH 2011 + 26" 4 Jesse Sergent NZL RSH 2011 + 27" 5 Andreas Klöden GER RSH 2011 + 30" 6 Tejay van Garderen USA THR 2011 + 30" 7 Luis León Sánchez ESP RAB 2011 + 30" 8 Sébastien Rosseler BEL RSH 2011 + 31" 9 Thomas De Gendt BEL VAC 2011 + 39" 10 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2011 + 42"Final Classification CyclistTeamTime 1 Tony Martin GER 20px|Yellow jersey THR 2011 18h 48' 45" 2 Tejay van Garderen USA THR 2011 + 32" 3 Lieuwe Westra NED VAC 2011 + 39" 4 Alberto Contador ESP SAX 2011 + 41" 5 Andreas Klöden GER RSH 2011 + 46" 6 Tiago Machado POR RSH 2011 + 47" 7 Steve Cummings GBR SKY 2011 + 53" 8 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2011 + 59" 9 Luis León Sánchez ESP RAB 2011 + 1' 04" 10 Thomas De Gendt BEL VAC 2011 + 1' 05" Classification leadership In the 2011 Volta ao Algarve, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on each stage and in intermediate sprints, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the Volta ao Algarve, and the winner is considered the winner of the Volta. Additionally, there was a sprints classification, which awarded a blue jersey. In the sprints classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top three in an intermediate sprint. The first across the sprint points got 3 points, the second got 2, and the third got a single point. There was also a mountains classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. Each climb was categorized, with the more difficult climbs awarding more points. The points classification awarded a white jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points based on the order at the finish line of each stage. The stage win afforded 25 points, second on the stage was worth 20, third 16, fourth 13, fifth 10, sixth 8, seventh 6, eighth 4, ninth 2, and tenth was worth a single point. The points awarded in the sprints classification counted equivalently for this classification. There was fifth classification to this race for the best Portuguese rider. However, no jersey was awarded, since the UCI limits the amount of rewarded jerseys to four per race. The race also awarded a teams classification, which, too, was not represented by a jersey. The teams classification was calculated by adding the times of each team's best three riders per stage per day. Stage WinnerGeneral Classification25px|link=|alt=Mountains Classification25px|link=|alt=Sprints Classification25px|link=|alt=Points Classification25px|link=|alt=Best Portuguese Rider ClassificationTeams Classification 1 Philippe Gilbert Philippe Gilbert Ricardo Mestre César Fonte Philippe Gilbert Filipe Duarte Sousa Cardoso OLO 2011 2 John Degenkolb Thomas De Gendt THR 2011 3 Steve Cummings Steve Cummings Tyler Farrar Tiago Machado 4 André Greipel César Fonte 5 Tony Martin Tony Martin Final Tony Martin Ricardo Mestre César Fonte Tyler Farrar Tiago Machado THR 2011 References 2011 Category:2011 in Portuguese sport Category:2011 UCI Europe Tour Category:February 2011 sports events in Portugal