2011 Tour Down Under

13th edition of the Tour Down Under stage race January 2024 2011 Tour Down Under 2011 UCI World Tour 1 27 18–23 January 2011 6 758 km 17h 54' 27" Cameron Meyer GRM 2011 Australia orange Matthew Goss THR 2011 Australia Ben Swift SKY 2011 Great Britain Luke Roberts UniSA-Australia Australia white Matthew Goss THR 2011 Australia blue Cameron Meyer GRM 2011 Australia black GCE 2011 2010 2012 The 2011 Santos Tour Down Under was the 13th edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 18 to 23 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and was the first race of the 2011 UCI World Tour.http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/mapof2011routes 2011 Map of all Routes - Santos Tour Down Under - UCI World Tour 24 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101027094424/http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/mapof2011routes 27 October 2010 dead The Tour was preceded by the Cancer Council Classic race, on Sunday, 16 January, that consisted in a circuit of 30 laps around the Rymill Park in Adelaide's East End, totaling 51 km mi 0.http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/cancercouncilclassic Cancer Council Classic – Santos Tour Down Under – UCI World Tour 17 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110111133239/http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/cancercouncilclassic 11 January 2011 dead The race was won by GRM 2011 rider Cameron Meyer, after holding onto the leader's ochre jersey which came from a breakaway stage win on stage four.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jan/23/tour-down-under-ben-swift The Guardian 23 January 2011 23 January 2011 Press Association Cameron Meyer wins Tour Down Under as Ben Swift takes final stagehttp://www.iol.co.za/sport/cycling/meyer-wins-armstrong-bows-out-1.1015712 Independent Online South Africa 23 January 2011 23 January 2011 South African Press Association–AFP Meyer wins, Armstrong bows out Meyer's winning margin over runner-up and fellow Australian Matthew Goss (THR 2011) – winner of the first stage of the race – was just two seconds, the equal second smallest margin in the race's history. SKY 2011's Ben Swift – a stage winner on the second and final stages – completed the podium, eight seconds down on Meyer. In the race's other classifications, overall winner Meyer also guaranteed himself the black jersey for the highest placed rider under the age of 26, and Goss took home the blue jersey for amassing the highest number of points during stages at intermediate sprints and stage finishes. UniSA-Australia rider Luke Roberts won the King of the Mountains classification, with GCE 2011 finishing at the head of the teams classification. Overall favourites The 2011 Tour Down Under marked Mark Cavendish of THR 2011's first appearance.http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/news--and--media/latestnewsreleases/welcomedownunder-cavendish,skyprocycling,bmcracingteam,lampre-isdandteamkatusha Welcome Cavendish, Sky Pro Cycling, BMC Racing Team, Lampre-ISD, Team Katusha – Santos Tour Down Under – UCI World Tour 17 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110111135104/http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/news--and--media/latestnewsreleases/welcomedownunder-cavendish,skyprocycling,bmcracingteam,lampre-isdandteamkatusha 11 January 2011 dead André Greipel left Mark Cavendish's team of THR 2010 in 2010 and joined OLO 2011, creating a rivalry between the two top sprinters. Greipel became the leader of OLO 2011, and tried to take full advantage of his captaincy to win his third Tour Down Under.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/santos-tour-down-under-upt-1/preview Preview – Santos Tour Down Under Cyclingnews.com 17 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110113063041/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/santos-tour-down-under-upt-1/preview 13 January 2011 dead Although he was not expected to be an overall contender, the 2011 Tour marks Lance Armstrong's last race outside the U.S. as a professional cyclist.http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/news--and--media/latestnewsreleases/lancearmstrongboostsridenumbers Lance Armstrong boosts ride numbers – Santos Tour Down Under – UCI World Tour 17 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110112193051/http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/news--and--media/latestnewsreleases/lancearmstrongboostsridenumbers 12 January 2011 dead Participating teams List of teams and cyclists in the 2011 Tour Down Under As the Tour Down Under was a UCI World Tour event, all UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. UCI ProTeams: 22em ALM 2011 AST 2011 BMC 2011 EUS 2011 GRM 2011 LAM 2011 LIQ 2011 QST 2011 OLO 2011 RAB 2011 THR 2011 KAT 2011 LEO 2011 GCE 2011 RSH 2011 SAX 2011 SKY 2011 VAC 2011 Teams awarded a wildcard invitation: Uni SA-Australia Schedule StageRouteDistanceDateWinner 1 Mawson Lakes > Angaston138 km on Tuesday, 18 JanuaryMatthew Goss AUS 2Tailem Bend > Mannum146 km on Wednesday, 19 JanuaryBen Swift GBR 3Unley > Stirling129 km on Thursday, 20 JanuaryMichael Matthews AUS 4Norwood > Strathalbyn124 km on Friday, 21 JanuaryCameron Meyer AUS 5McLaren Vale > Willunga131 km on Saturday, 22 JanuaryFrancisco Ventoso ESP 6Adelaide > Adelaide90 km on Sunday, 23 JanuaryBen Swift GBR Stages Stage 1, Mawson Lakes to Angaston Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Matthew Goss AUS THR 2011 3h 17' 08" 2 André Greipel GER OLO 2011 s.t. 3 Robbie McEwen AUS RSH 2011 s.t. 4 Christopher Sutton AUS SKY 2011 s.t. 5 Elia Viviani ITA LIQ 2011 s.t. 6 Romain Feillu FRA VAC 2011 s.t. 7 Alessandro Ballan ITA BMC 2011 s.t. 8 Iñaki Isasi ESP EUS 2011 s.t. 9 José Joaquín Rojas ESP GCE 2011 s.t. 10 Greg Henderson NZL SKY 2011 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Matthew Goss AUS 20px|Ochre jersey 20px|Blue jersey 20px|Black jersey THR 2011 3h 16' 58" 2 André Greipel GER OLO 2011 + 4" 3 Robbie McEwen AUS RSH 2011 + 6" 4 Mitchell Docker AUS UniSA-Australia + 7" 5 Mathieu Perget FRA ALM 2011 + 7" 6 Simon Clarke AUS 20px|Red jersey AST 2011 + 7" 7 Miguel Minguez ESP EUS 2011 + 7" 8 Christopher Sutton AUS SKY 2011 + 10" 9 Elia Viviani ITA LIQ 2011 + 10" 10 Romain Feillu FRA VAC 2011 + 10" Stage 2, Tailem Bend to Mannum Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2011 3h 27' 44" 2 Robbie McEwen AUS RSH 2011 s.t. 3 Graeme Brown AUS RAB 2011 s.t. 4 Romain Feillu FRA VAC 2011 s.t. 5 Jürgen Roelandts BEL OLO 2011 s.t. 6 Francesco Chicchi ITA QST 2011 s.t. 7 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2011 s.t. 8 Denis Galimzyanov RUS KAT 2011 s.t. 9 Francisco Ventoso ESP GCE 2011 s.t. 10 Allan Davis AUS AST 2011 s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Robbie McEwen AUS 20px|Ochre jersey RSH 2011 6h 44' 42" 2 Matthew Goss AUS 20px|Black jersey THR 2011 + 0" 3 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2011 + 0" 4 André Greipel GER OLO 2011 + 4" 5 Mitchell Docker AUS 20px|Blue jersey UniSA-Australia + 4" 6 Graeme Brown AUS RAB 2011 + 6" 7 David Tanner AUS SAX 2011 + 6" 8 Mathieu Perget FRA ALM 2011 + 7" 9 Miguel Minguez ESP EUS 2011 + 7" 10 Simon Zahner SWI BMC 2011 + 7" Stage 3, Unley to Stirling Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2011 3h 11' 47" 2 André Greipel GER OLO 2011 s.t. 3 Matthew Goss AUS 20px|Black jersey THR 2011 s.t. 4 Simon Gerrans AUS SKY 2011 s.t. 5 Luke Roberts AUS 20px|White jersey UniSA-Australia s.t. 6 Francisco Ventoso ESP GCE 2011 s.t. 7 Gorka Izagirre ESP EUS 2011 s.t. 8 Allan Davis AUS AST 2011 s.t. 9 Blel Kadri FRA ALM 2011 s.t. 10 Simone Ponzi ITA LIQ 2011 s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Matthew Goss AUS 20px|Ochre jersey 20px|Blue jersey 20px|Black jersey THR 2011 9h 56' 25" 2 André Greipel GER OLO 2011 + 2" 3 Robbie McEwen AUS RSH 2011 + 4" 4 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2011 + 4" 5 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2011 + 4" 6 Allan Davis AUS AST 2011 + 14" 7 Francisco Ventoso ESP GCE 2011 + 14" 8 Manuele Mori ITA LAM 2011 + 14" 9 Alessandro Ballan ITA BMC 2011 + 14" 10 Greg Henderson NZL SKY 2011 + 14" Stage 4, Norwood to Strathalbyn Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Cameron Meyer AUS GRM 2011 2h 57' 55" 2 Thomas De Gendt BEL VAC 2011 s.t. 3 Laurens ten Dam NED RAB 2011 + 3" 4 Matthew Wilson AUS GRM 2011 + 10" 5 Matthew Goss AUS 20px|Ochre jersey THR 2011 + 24" 6 José Joaquín Rojas ESP GCE 2011 + 24" 7 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2011 + 24" 8 Jürgen Roelandts BEL OLO 2011 + 24" 9 Nikolay Trusov RUS KAT 2011 + 24" 10 Romain Feillu FRA VAC 2011 + 24"General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Cameron Meyer AUS 20px|Ochre jersey 20px|Black jersey GRM 2011 12h 54' 30" 2 Laurens ten Dam NED RAB 2011 + 10" 3 Matthew Goss AUS THR 2011 + 12" 4 Robbie McEwen AUS RSH 2011 + 15" 5 André Greipel GER OLO 2011 + 16" 6 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2011 + 18" 7 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2011 + 18" 8 Blel Kadri FRA ALM 2011 + 26" 9 Francisco Ventoso ESP GCE 2011 + 27" 10 Allan Davis AUS AST 2011 + 28" Stage 5, McLaren Vale to Willunga Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Francisco Ventoso ESP GCE 2011 3h 06' 10" 2 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2011 s.t. 3 Matthew Goss AUS THR 2011 s.t. 4 José Joaquín Rojas ESP GCE 2011 s.t. 5 Luke Roberts AUS 20px|White jersey UniSA-Australia s.t. 6 Robert Hunter RSA RSH 2011 s.t. 7 Blel Kadri FRA ALM 2011 s.t. 8 Alessandro Ballan ITA BMC 2011 s.t. 9 Ben Hermans BEL RSH 2011 s.t. 10 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2011 s.t.General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 Cameron Meyer AUS 20px|Ochre jersey 20px|Black jersey GRM 2011 16h 00' 40" 2 Matthew Goss AUS 20px|Blue jersey THR 2011 + 8" 3 Laurens ten Dam NED RAB 2011 + 10" 4 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2011 + 12" 5 Francisco Ventoso ESP GCE 2011 + 17" 6 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2011 + 18" 7 Blel Kadri FRA ALM 2011 + 26" 8 André Greipel GER OLO 2011 + 27" 9 Allan Davis AUS AST 2011 + 28" 10 Luke Roberts AUS 20px|White jersey UniSA-Australia + 28" Stage 6, Adelaide to Adelaide Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2011 1h 53' 47" 2 Greg Henderson NZL SKY 2011 s.t. 3 Matthew Goss AUS 20px|Blue jersey THR 2011 s.t. 4 Robbie McEwen AUS RSH 2011 s.t. 5 Juan José Haedo ARG SBS 2011 s.t. 6 Allan Davis AUS AST 2011 s.t. 7 André Greipel GER OLO 2011 s.t. 8 Romain Feillu FRA VAC 2011 s.t. 9 Davide Viganò ITA LEO 2011 s.t. 10 Jonathan Cantwell AUS UniSA-Australia s.t.Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Cameron Meyer AUS 20px|Ochre jersey 20px|Black jersey GRM 2011 17h 54' 27" 2 Matthew Goss AUS 20px|Blue jersey THR 2011 + 2" 3 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2011 + 8" 4 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2011 + 9" 5 Laurens ten Dam NED RAB 2011 + 10" 6 Francisco Ventoso ESP GCE 2011 + 17" 7 André Greipel GER OLO 2011 + 26" 8 Blel Kadri FRA ALM 2011 + 26" 9 Allan Davis AUS AST 2011 + 27" 10 Luke Roberts AUS 20px|White jersey UniSA-Australia + 28" Classification leadership In the 2011 Tour Down Under, six 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 an ochre jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the Tour Down Under, and the winner was considered the winner of the Tour. Additionally, there was a sprint classification, which awarded a blue jersey. In the sprint classification, cyclists earned points for finishing in the top three in a stage or intermediate sprint, with the top three finishers in the stage getting 8, 6, and 4 points respectively, and the top three in the intermediate sprints getting 6, 4, and 2. There was also a mountains classification, which awarded a white jersey. In the mountains classifications, points were won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. Unlike most other cycling events, there was no categorization of climbs as each awards the same points (16, 12, 8, 6, and 4) to the first five riders past the summit. The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification. This classification awarded a black jersey. Due to UCI rules limiting the number of jersey awards to four, the above are the only jerseys awarded to riders which were then worn the next day during the stage. But there were two other jerseys. The first was the red jersey for the most aggressive rider. This award was comparable to the combativity award of the Tour de France. While the rider received a red jersey on the podium after the stage, he wore his normal jersey (unless holding one of the above four) in the next stage, with the aggressive rider award indicated by a red bib number. The sixth and final jersey was for the teams classification. This jersey was not presented on the podiums daily, but it was awarded to the winning team at the end of the Tour. The teams classification was calculated by adding the times of each team's best four riders per stage per day. The jersey was blue. Stage WinnerGeneral Classification25px|link=|alt=Mountains Classification25px|link=|alt=Sprint Classification25px|link=|alt=Young Rider Classification25px|link=|alt=Team Classification25px|link=|alt=Aggressive Rider25px|link=|alt= 1 Matthew Goss Matthew Goss Luke Roberts Matthew Goss Matthew Goss SKY 2011 Simon Clarke 2 Ben Swift Robbie McEwen Mitchell Docker Yuriy Krivtsov 3 Michael Matthews Matthew Goss Matthew Goss Luke Durbridge 4 Cameron Meyer Cameron Meyer Thomas De Gendt Cameron Meyer GRM 2011 Thomas De Gendt 5 Francisco Ventoso Matthew Goss GCE 2011 Richie Porte 6 Ben Swift Stuart O'Grady Final Cameron Meyer Luke Roberts Matthew Goss Cameron Meyer GCE 2011 – References External links Tour Down Under official website 2011 Tour Down Under at cyclingnews Category:Tour Down Under Tour Down Under Category:2011 in Oceanian sport Tour