2011 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21

none fi December 2024 July 2011 2011 Tour de France These are the profiles and summaries for the individual stages in the 2011 Tour de France, with Stage 12 on 14 July, to Stage 21 on 24 July. 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 yellow jersey   Denotes the leader of the general classification   20px|alt=A green jersey   Denotes the leader of the points classification   20px|alt=A polka-dot jersey   Denotes the leader of the mountains classification   20px|alt=A white jersey   Denotes the leader of the young rider classification   20px|alt=A jersey with a black rider number on a yellow background   Denotes a rider representing the leaders of the team 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. indicates that the rider 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 12 14 July 2011 — Cugnaux to Luz Ardiden, 211 km 0 on thumb|300px For stage 12, the first stage to enter the high mountains, the route included one first category (La Hourquette d'Ancizan, used by the tour for the first time), and two highest category climbs, and a summit finish. The early breakaway, consisting of Geraint Thomas (SKY 2011), Iván Gutiérrez (MOV 2011), Rubén Pérez (EUS 2011), Laurent Mangel (SAU 2011), Blel Kadri (ALM 2011) and Jérémy Roy (FDJ 2011), established a maximum lead of nine minutes and preserved their lead over the first two climbs. On the final climb, an attack by Jelle Vanendert (OLO 2011) and Samuel Sánchez (EUS 2011 yes) was the first to overhaul the breakaway, and they were pursued by a group of the main GC contenders, initially with pacesetting by Sylwester Szmyd which reduced the size of the group, although contrary to expectations, yellow jersey wearer Thomas Voeckler remained with the leaders. With 2.5 km 0 on remaining, Fränk Schleck broke clear of the yellow jersey group, but was unable to catch Sánchez and Vanendert, who took the first two places. Within the final kilometre, Alberto Contador lost time to some of his main rivals for the overall competition, Ivan Basso, Cadel Evans and Andy Schleck.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2011/stage-12/results Sanchez prevails on Luz-Ardiden Susan Westemeyer Cyclingnews.com 14 July 2011 24 July 2011 Stage 12 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 6h 01' 15" 2 Jelle Vanendert BEL OLO 2011 + 7" 3 Fränk Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 10" 4 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2011 + 30" 5 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2011 + 30" 6 Andy Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 30" 7 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2011 + 35" 8 Thomas Voeckler FRA 20px 20px EUC 2011 + 50" 9 Pierre Rolland FRA 20px EUC 2011 + 50" 10 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2011 + 1' 03"General classification after stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Thomas Voeckler FRA 20px EUC 2011 51h 54' 44" 2 Fränk Schleck LUX 20px LEO 2011 + 1' 49" 3 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2011 + 2' 06" 4 Andy Schleck LUX 20px LEO 2011 + 2' 17" 5 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2011 + 3' 16" 6 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2011 + 3' 22" 7 Samuel Sánchez ESP 20px EUS 2011 + 4' 11" 8 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2011 + 4' 35" 9 Nicolas Roche IRL ALM 2011 + 4' 57" 10 Kevin De Weert BEL QST 2011 + 5' 07" Stage 13 15 July 2011 — Pau to Lourdes, 152.5 km 0 on thumb|300px From the original ten man breakaway, three riders, Jérémy Roy (FDJ 2011), Thor Hushovd (GRM 2011) and David Moncoutié (COF 2011), went clear on the highest category ascent to the Col d'Aubisque, with Roy leading over the top by nearly a minute from Moncoutié, with Hushovd more than a minute further behind. Roy's lead over the peloton at that point was over 8 minutes, and he became leader of the King of the Mountain competition. On the descent, Hushovd caught Moncoutie and the pair pursued Roy until Hushovd, who had worn the yellow jersey for 7 stages earlier in the race, dropped Moncountie inside the last 3 km 0 on, and passed Roy to win the stage: Moncoutié eventually took second place. Most of the other riders from the early break stayed clear of the peloton, from which Philippe Gilbert (OLO 2011), accompanied by Bauke Mollema (RAB 2011), broke away on the descent to regain his place in the top ten overall and gain some points over the other contenders in the points competition. There was little other change in the general classification, with the main peloton coming in some seven and a half minutes behind Hushovd, but Andreas Klöden withdrew earlier in the stage having suffered injuries earlier in the race.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2011/stage-13/results Hushovd wins miracle stage in Lourdes Peter Cossins Cyclingnews.com 15 July 2011 24 July 2011 Stage 13 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Thor Hushovd NOR GRM 2011 3h 47' 36" 2 David Moncoutié FRA COF 2011 + 10" 3 Jérémy Roy FRA FDJ 2011 + 26" 4 Lars Bak DEN THR 2011 + 5' 00" 5 Jérôme Pineau FRA QST 2011 + 5' 02" 6 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2011 + 5' 03" 7 Vladimir Gusev RUS KAT 2011 + 5' 08" 8 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LAM 2011 + 5' 16" 9 Maarten Tjallingii NED RAB 2011 + 5' 16" 10 Philippe Gilbert BEL OLO 2011 + 6' 48"General classification after stage 13 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Thomas Voeckler FRA 20px EUC 2011 55h 49' 57" 2 Fränk Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 1' 49" 3 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2011 + 2' 06" 4 Andy Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 2' 17" 5 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2011 + 3' 16" 6 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2011 + 3' 22" 7 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 + 4' 11" 8 Philippe Gilbert BEL OLO 2011 + 4' 35" 9 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2011 + 4' 35" 10 Nicolas Roche IRL ALM 2011 + 4' 57" Stage 14 16 July 2011 — Saint-Gaudens to Plateau de Beille, 168.5 km 0 on thumb|300px This stage had six categorised climbs. From the original break, which had as many as 24 members but was disrupted by several breaks from among the group, Sandy Casar of FDJ 2011 had the virtual lead at one point, but by the beginning of the last climb, to the highest category finish at Plateau de Beille his lead was little over two minutes. On the steeper lower slopes of the climb the chase group was reduced to the eight leading men in the general classification, Voeckler's teammate Pierre Rolland, Rigoberto Urán, who took the white jersey for the leading young rider at the end of the stage, Jean-Christophe Péraud, and Jelle Vanendert. After three abortive attempts by Andy Schleck to split the group, Vanendert broke from the select group of favourites with some 6 km 0 on remaining, and was the first to overtake Casar, but only Damiano Cunego was unable to stay with the group. Ivan Basso put the group under further pressure, but Samuel Sánchez was the only one to make any meaningful pursuit of Vanendert, with those two riders reversing the finishing positions from stage 12. Andy Schleck gained two seconds over the group in the final few hundred metres, and Vanendert's stage victory also earned him the leadership of the mountains category.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2011/stage-14/results Vanendert tops Plateau de Beille Les Clarke Cyclingnews.com 16 July 2011 24 July 2011 Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jelle Vanendert BEL OLO 2011 5h 13' 25" 2 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 + 21" 3 Andy Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 46" 4 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2011 + 48" 5 Rigoberto Urán COL SKY 2011 + 48" 6 Thomas Voeckler FRA 20px EUC 2011 + 48" 7 Fränk Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 48" 8 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2011 + 48" 9 Pierre Rolland FRA EUC 2011 + 48" 10 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2011 + 48"General classification after stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Thomas Voeckler FRA 20px EUC 2011 61h 04' 10" 2 Fränk Schleck LUX 20px LEO 2011 + 1' 49" 3 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2011 + 2' 06" 4 Andy Schleck LUX 20px LEO 2011 + 2' 15" 5 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2011 + 3' 16" 6 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 + 3' 44" 7 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2011 + 4' 01" 8 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2011 + 5' 46" 9 Kevin De Weert BEL QST 2011 + 6' 18" 10 Rigoberto Urán COL SKY 2011 + 7' 55" Stage 15 17 July 2011 — Limoux to Montpellier, 192.5 km 0 on thumb|300px On the last largely flat stage before the final day of the race, the main breakaway group of the day had five members; and was established from the beginning of the stage. The group—Mickaël Delage (FDJ 2011), Niki Terpstra (QST 2011), Samuel Dumoulin (COF 2011), Mikhail Ignatiev (KAT 2011) and Anthony Delaplace (SAU 2011)—was never more than three minutes clear of the peloton and as the catch approached, Ignatiev and Terpstra moved clear of their colleagues. Terpstra was the last member of the group to be caught, with about 3 km 0 on remaining; despite some attempts at late breakaways including one by Philippe Gilbert, sprinters dominated the finish, with Mark Cavendish winning his fourth stage of the race ahead of Tyler Farrar and Alessandro Petacchi.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2011/stage-15/results Fourth stage win for Cavendish in Montpellier Peter Cossins Cyclingnews.com 17 July 2011 24 July 2011 Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px THR 2011 4h 20' 24" 2 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2011 s.t. 3 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LAM 2011 s.t. 4 Daniel Oss ITA LIQ 2011 s.t. 5 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2011 s.t. 6 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2011 s.t. 7 Gerald Ciolek GER QST 2011 s.t. 8 Tony Gallopin FRA COF 2011 s.t. 9 Francisco Ventoso ESP MOV 2011 s.t. 10 Sébastien Hinault FRA ALM 2011 s.t.General classification after stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Thomas Voeckler FRA 20px EUC 2011 65h 24' 34" 2 Fränk Schleck LUX 20px LEO 2011 + 1' 49" 3 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2011 + 2' 06" 4 Andy Schleck LUX 20px LEO 2011 + 2' 15" 5 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2011 + 3' 16" 6 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 + 3' 44" 7 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2011 + 4' 01" 8 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2011 + 5' 46" 9 Kevin De Weert BEL QST 2011 + 6' 18" 10 Rigoberto Urán COL 20px SKY 2011 + 7' 55" Stage 16 19 July 2011 — Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Gap, 162.5 km 0 on thumb|300px The first stage to enter the Alps had a very high pace for the first two hours, with no break from the peloton until the second half of the stage. Ten riders eventually moved clear of the peloton, but extended their margin rapidly to six minutes. After an unsuccessful attempt to move ahead of the bunch by Mikhail Ignatiev (KAT 2011), Ryder Hesjedal (GRM 2011) got clear to lead over the category 2 mountain. He was eventually caught by his teammate Thor Hushovd and another Norwegian, Edvald Boasson Hagen (SKY 2011), before Hushovd went on to win the stage, his second of the tour. On the ascent of the Col de Manse, Alberto Contador made two attacks, the second of which was successful, with Cadel Evans and Samuel Sánchez joining him in taking a time advantage on the stage over the other riders in contention for high placings in the general classification, and more than a minute over Andy Schleck.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2011/stage-16/results Hushovd smashes breakaway for second stage win Les Clarke Cyclingnews.com 19 July 2011 12 July 2013 Stage 16 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Thor Hushovd NOR GRM 2011 3h 31' 38" 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2011 s.t. 3 Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2011 + 2" 4 Tony Martin GER THR 2011 + 38" 5 Mikhail Ignatiev RUS KAT 2011 + 52" 6 Alan Pérez ESP EUS 2011 + 1' 25" 7 Jérémy Roy FRA FDJ 2011 + 1' 25" 8 Marco Marcato ITA VCD 2011 + 1' 55" 9 Dries Devenyns BEL QST 2011 + 1' 55" 10 Andriy Hryvko UKR AST 2011 + 1' 58"General classification after stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Thomas Voeckler FRA 20px EUC 2011 69h 00' 56" 2 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2011 + 1' 45" 3 Fränk Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 1' 49" 4 Andy Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 3' 03" 5 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 + 3' 26" 6 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2011 + 3' 49" 7 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2011 + 4' 01" 8 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2011 + 6' 04" 9 Rigoberto Urán COL 20px SKY 2011 + 7' 55" 10 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2011 + 8' 20" Stage 17 20 July 2011 — Gap to Pinerolo (Italy), 179 km 0 on thumb|300px This stage had five categorised climbs, but as with the preceding stage, finished with a descent. More than 60 km 0 on had passed before any break was established, but a group of fourteen riders finally got clear and extended their lead to over eight minutes. From that group, Rubén Pérez (EUS 2011) broke away to be first over the Col de Sestriere, but was caught by a counterattack on the final climb initiated by Sylvain Chavanel (QST 2011), which also included Edvald Boasson Hagen (SKY 2011), Bauke Mollema (RAB 2011) and Jonathan Hivert (SAU 2011). Boasson Hagen led over the final mountain and retained his lead on the descent to win the stage, while Hivert left the road twice and thus enabled Mollema to take second place. Among the General Classification contenders both Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck were aggressive on the last climb, but were unable to drop their opponents, while on the descent an attack initiated by yellow jersey wearer Thomas Voeckler, accompanied by Contador and Samuel Sánchez, was able to escape the group. Voeckler went off the road on two corners on the descent; and although Contador and Sánchez were able to stay clear for most of the descent, they were caught by a group that included all the other members of the top eight in the overall ranking—apart from Voeckler and Ivan Basso, who both conceded 27 seconds to their rivals.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2011/stage-17/results Norwegian dominance continues with Boasson Hagen win Barry Ryan Cyclingnews.com 20 July 2011 24 July 2011 Stage 17 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2011 4h 18' 00" 2 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2011 + 40" 3 Sandy Casar FRA FDJ 2011 + 50" 4 Julien El Fares FRA COF 2011 + 50" 5 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2011 + 50" 6 Dmitry Fofonov KAZ AST 2011 + 1' 10" 7 Maciej Paterski POL LIQ 2011 + 1' 10" 8 Dimitry Muravyev KAZ RSH 2011 + 1' 10" 9 Jonathan Hivert FRA SAU 2011 + 1' 15" 10 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2011 + 2' 20"General classification after stage 17 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Thomas Voeckler FRA 20px EUC 2011 73h 23' 49" 2 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2011 + 1' 18" 3 Fränk Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 1' 22" 4 Andy Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 2' 36" 5 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 + 2' 59" 6 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2011 + 3' 34" 7 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2011 + 3' 49" 8 Tom Danielson USA 20px GRM 2011 + 6' 04" 9 Rigoberto Urán COL 20px SKY 2011 + 7' 36" 10 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2011 + 7' 53" Stage 18 21 July 2011 — Pinerolo (Italy) to Col du Galibier–Serre Chevalier, 200.5 km 0 on thumb|300px This stage had three highest category climbs, including both the highest point of the 2011 Tour and the highest finish in the history of the race. A group of 14 riders made a break after 45 km 0 on, and their lead reached nine minutes, but dropped to five and a half by the time Maxim Iglinsky (AST 2011) led over the Col Agnel. The lead group had been reduced to six by the top of the second climb, the Col d'Izoard, which Iglinski again passed first, but by this time the group of favourites for the overall race had been affected by a solo attack by Andy Schleck. He gained two minutes on the remaining part of that climb, and had assistance from Joost Posthuma and Maxime Monfort, members of his LEO 2011 team who had been in the early break. The group of the remaining leading General Classification competitors seemed poorly co-ordinated, and with 10 km 0 on to go, Schleck had reached the head of the race with an advantage of 4:24 over the yellow jersey group. Cadel Evans was the pace setter for the group in pursuit of Schleck, and some of the leading challengers lost time to the pursuing group, including Alberto Contador and Samuel Sánchez. Andy Schleck's winning margin was reduced at the end of the stage to a little over two minutes, with his brother Fränk passing the remnants of the chase group to take second place. Thomas Voeckler retained the overall race lead, although his advantage was reduced to 15 seconds. More than half the field finished outside the cut-off time for elimination, but were reprieved and instead penalised by the loss of 20 points, which meant that José Joaquín Rojas moved to 15 points behind Mark Cavendish in the competition for the green jersey.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2011/stage-18/results Schleck's mountain raid nets stage win Susan Westemeyer Cyclingnews.com 21 July 2011 24 July 2011 Stage 18 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Andy Schleck LUX LEO 2011 6h 07' 56" 2 Fränk Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 2' 07" 3 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2011 + 2' 15" 4 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2011 + 2' 18" 5 Thomas Voeckler FRA 20px EUC 2011 + 2' 21" 6 Pierre Rolland FRA EUC 2011 + 2' 27" 7 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2011 + 2' 33" 8 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2011 + 3' 22" 9 Tom Danielson USA 20px GRM 2011 + 3' 25" 10 Ryder Hesjedal CAN 20px GRM 2011 + 3' 31"General classification after stage 18 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Thomas Voeckler FRA 20px EUC 2011 79h 34' 06" 2 Andy Schleck LUX 20px LEO 2011 + 15" 3 Fränk Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 1' 08" 4 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2011 + 1' 12" 5 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2011 + 3' 46" 6 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2011 + 3' 46" 7 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 + 5' 20" 8 Tom Danielson USA 20px GRM 2011 + 7' 08" 9 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2011 + 9' 27" 10 Rein Taaramäe EST 20px COF 2011 + 9' 36" Stage 19 22 July 2011 — Modane to Alpe d'Huez, 109.5 km 0 on thumb|300px thumb|Yellow Jersey signed by Andy Schleck (Collection KOERS. Museum of Cycle Racing) This was the shortest stage of the tour, other than time trials, and featured three mountains. Although a 14-man break had moved ahead of the peloton within the first 10 km 0 on, the race was animated by a break by Alberto Contador after 16 km 0 on. He was joined in the break by yellow jersey wearer Thomas Voeckler, Andy Schleck and Cadel Evans, but another acceleration 5 km 0 on later left only Schleck able to stay with Contador. Evans soon afterwards had a mechanical issue with his bicycle, and waited for the peloton to catch him up, while Voeckler opted to try to follow Contador and Schleck alone. By the top of the first climb, the Col du Télégraphe, Contador and Schleck had passed most of the first breakaway group, and in passing the col second behind Gorka Izagirre, Schleck became virtual leader of the mountains classification on the last day that points were available in that competition. The climb to the Col du Galibier saw the front group reduced to four men: Contador, Schleck, Rui Costa and Christophe Riblon; Samuel Sánchez counter-attacked to join the group on the descent, while Voeckler dropped to the pursuit group that included the other leading riders in the general classification. The advantage of the leaders over the chase group dropped from its maximum of nearly two minutes to 42 seconds by the top of the Galibier, by which time Voeckler had been dropped to a third group. The chase group caught up with the leaders by the bottom of the valley, and the larger group was also joined by the yellow jersey group before the beginning of the climb to Alpe d'Huez. Ryder Hesjedal and Pierre Rolland had attacked along the valley, and led by some 38 seconds at the beginning of the climb. Attacks at the foot of the climb by Jakob Fuglsang, and then by Evans and Bauke Mollema, were unable to escape the group, but Contador was again able to break clear. When he caught Rolland and Hesjedal, the Canadian immediately fell away, while Rolland was able to stay with Contador for some time. The following group gradually diminished in numbers, and Voeckler dropped back, eventually finishing in 20th place. Shortly after Contador moved clear into the lead on his own, with 10 km 0 on remaining, Peter Velits and Sánchez broke from the pursuit group. Sánchez caught up with Rolland, and the pair drew closer to Contador, while the two favourites for the general classification, Andy Schleck and Cadel Evans, rode in close proximity. Sánchez and Rolland caught up with the rapidly tiring Contador with 2.5 km 0 on remaining, and Rolland immediately attacked and went on to win the stage and take the lead in the young riders' competition. The two Spaniards worked together for a while, before Sánchez, in an effort that was to secure him the polka-dot jersey of the top climber, moved on to take second place. Despite a flurry of late attacks, Evans and both Schleck brothers finished on the same time. Andy Schleck assumed leadership of the overall classification. As had happened on the previous stage, more than half the field had to rely on a reprieve from the commissionaires having missed the cut-off time, but the penalty points made little difference to the green jersey competition as the two leaders in that classification both received the same sanction.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2011/stage-19/results Rolland wins on the Alpe d'Huez at end of epic stage Peter Cossins Cyclingnews.com 22 July 2011 24 July 2011 Stage 19 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Pierre Rolland FRA EUC 2011 3h 13' 25" 2 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 + 14" 3 Peter Velits SVK THR 2011 + 57" 4 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2011 + 57" 5 Thomas De Gendt BEL VAC 2011 + 57" 6 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2011 + 57" 7 Fränk Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 57" 8 Andy Schleck LUX 20px LEO 2011 + 57" 9 Ryder Hesjedal CAN 20px GRM 2011 + 1' 15" 10 Tom Danielson USA 20px GRM 2011 + 1' 15"General classification after stage 19 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Andy Schleck LUX 20px LEO 2011 82h 48' 43" 2 Fränk Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 53" 3 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2011 + 57" 4 Thomas Voeckler FRA EUC 2011 + 2' 10" 5 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2011 + 3' 31" 6 Samuel Sánchez ESP 20px EUS 2011 + 4' 22" 7 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2011 + 4' 40" 8 Tom Danielson USA 20px GRM 2011 + 7' 11" 9 Pierre Rolland FRA 20px EUC 2011 + 8' 57" 10 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2011 + 9' 42" Stage 20 23 July 2011 — Grenoble, 42.5 km 0 on individual time trial (ITT) thumb|300px In the final competitive stage of the race, riders left in reverse order of their standings in the general classification. Fabian Cancellara, the world champion at the time trial, was widely considered favourite to win the stage, and his time was the fastest for some time, but it was surpassed by Richie Porte and, shortly after, by Thomas De Gendt, before Tony Martin set the best time at every intermediate checkpoint, and at the stage finish, times which remained unbeaten. Pierre Rolland, although he lost his place in the top ten to Jean-Christophe Péraud, was able to retain his lead in the young riders' category ahead of Rein Taaramäe. Defending champion Alberto Contador, in posting the time which was second at the time, moved up one place in the overall rankings, before the final three riders, whose compared times were to be decisive in the final positions for the tour. It was widely expected that the 57 second advantage that Andy Schleck had over Cadel Evans at the beginning of the stage would leave the pair very closely matched, but even by the first checkpoint in seemed evident that Evans would more than make up the deficit. Evans beat Contador's time, to take second on the stage, and to pass both Andy and Fränk Schleck and assume the lead in the overall classification.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2011/stage-20/results Evans conquers all with picture perfect time trial Les Clarke Cyclingnews.com 23 July 2011 24 July 2011 Stage 20 result RiderTeamTime 15.0 km 27.5 km 37.5 km Finish 1 Tony Martin GER THR 2011 20' 12" 40' 26" 49' 53" 55' 33" 2 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2011 + 21" + 7" + 2" + 7" 3 Thomas De Gendt BEL VCD 2011 + 25" + 38" + 1' 06" + 1' 29" 4 Richie Porte AUS SBS 2011 + 1' 02" + 1' 03" + 1' 24" + 1' 30" 5 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2011 + 47" + 1' 13" + 1' 26" + 1' 33" 6 Samuel Sánchez ESP 20px EUS 2011 + 44" + 1' 08" + 1' 19" + 1' 37" 7 Fabian Cancellara SUI LEO 2011 + 30" + 1' 02" + 1' 29" + 1' 42" 8 Peter Velits SVK THR 2011 + 34" + 1' 29" + 1' 46" + 2' 03" 9 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2011 + 43" + 1' 26" + 1' 50" + 2' 03" 10 Tom Danielson USA 20px GRM 2011 + 45" + 1' 26" + 1' 52" + 2' 08"General classification after stage 20 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Cadel Evans AUS 20px BMC 2011 83h 45' 20" 2 Andy Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 1' 34" 3 Fränk Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 2' 30" 4 Thomas Voeckler FRA EUC 2011 + 3' 20" 5 Samuel Sánchez ESP 20px EUS 2011 + 4' 55" 6 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2011 + 6' 05" 7 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2011 + 7' 23" 8 Tom Danielson USA 20px GRM 2011 + 8' 15" 9 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2011 + 10' 11" 10 Pierre Rolland FRA 20px EUC 2011 + 10' 43" Stage 21 24 July 2011 — Créteil to Paris (Champs-Élysées), 95 km 0 onhttp://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2011/stage-21 Last tango in Paris Cyclingnews.com 21 June 2011 2 July 2011 Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France thumb|300px After a silent tribute to Laurent Fignon and the victims of the attacks in Oslo and Utøya Island, and in keeping with tradition, the final stage began at a slow pace, and was a largely ceremonial procession through the suburbs of Paris. Shortly after the riders reached the circuit in the centre of the city, racing began in earnest, and after various unsuccessful attempts, the main break was initiated by Ben Swift (SKY 2011) with 40 km to go, and he was joined by Kristjan Koren (LIQ 2011), Sergio Paulinho (RSH 2011), Christophe Riblon (ALM 2011) and Lars Bak (THR 2011). At the intermediate sprint, with 35 km remaining, Mark Cavendish (THR 2011) extended his lead in the points competition, and shortly after that the breakaway reached its greatest advantage at 45 seconds. As the peloton closed down their advantage, mainly through the work of QST 2011 and LAM 2011, the breakaway lost members, until in the final kilometre only Bak remained clear, but the closing peloton was being driven by his own team. The lead-out train for Cavendish led the race through the final corners, and he won the final stage for the third successive year, a record, to become the first British winner of the green jersey. The leaders of the other three categories finished in the peloton to secure their victories, and the traditional prize-giving was made shortly after the race.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2011/stage-21/results Cadel Evans wins 2011 Tour de France Cyclingnews.com 24 July 2011 Stage 21 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px THR 2011 2h 27' 02" 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2011 s.t. 3 André Greipel GER OLO 2011 s.t. 4 Tyler Farrar USA 20px GRM 2011 s.t. 5 Fabian Cancellara SUI LEO 2011 s.t. 6 Daniel Oss ITA LIQ 2011 s.t. 7 Borut Božič SLO VCD 2011 s.t. 8 Tomas Vaitkus LTU AST 2011 s.t. 9 Gerald Ciolek GER QST 2011 s.t. 10 Jimmy Engoulvent FRA SAU 2011 s.t.Final General Classification Rank Rider Team Time 1 Cadel Evans AUS 20px BMC 2011 86h 12' 22" 2 Andy Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 1' 34" 3 Fränk Schleck LUX LEO 2011 + 2' 30" 4 Thomas Voeckler FRA EUC 2011 + 3' 20" 5 Samuel Sánchez ESP 20px EUS 2011 + 4' 55" 6 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2011 + 6' 05" 7 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2011 + 7' 23" 8 Tom Danielson USA 20px GRM 2011 + 8' 15" 9 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2011 + 10' 11" 10 Pierre Rolland FRA 20px EUC 2011 + 10' 43" Footnotes N References 30em 2011 Tour de France 1 11 12 21 Stage 12 To Stage 21 Category:Tour de France stages