2011 Tour de Picardie

May 2011 2011 Tour de Picardie 2010–2011 UCI Europe Tour 15 27 Tour de Picardie 2011 Route.gif The route of the 2011 Tour de Picardie 13–15 May 3 518 km 12h 01' 00" Romain Feillu VAC 2011 France Kenny Dehaes yellow OLO 2011 Belgium Filippo Pozzato KAT 2011 Italy Kenny Dehaes OLO 2011 Belgium green Johan Le Bon FST 2011 France polkadot SAU 2011 2010 2012 The 2011 Tour de Picardie was the 65th edition of the Tour de Picardie cycling stage race. It started on 13 May in Abbeville and ended on 15 May in Peronne and consisted of three stages. The race was won by Team Vacansoleil-DCM rider Romain Feillu, who claimed the leader's yellow and blue jersey after a strong finish on the 3rd stage. Feillu' winning margin over runner-up Kenny De Haes of Omega Pharma-Lotto was 8 seconds, and Katusha's Filippo Pozzato completed the podium, 8 seconds down on Feillu. In the race's other classifications, Omega-Pharma Lotto rider Kenny de Haes won the points classification's green jersey. Bretagne-Schuller rider Johan Lethe King of the Mountains classification, with Saur-Sojasun finishing at the head of the teams classification. Pre-race favourites The winner of the 2010 Tour de Picardie, Ben Swift, was not looking to defend last year's victory because of his racing at the 2010 Tour of California, while other pre-race favourites like 3 stage winner of Tour Méditerranéen winner, Romain Feillu, as well as Kenny Dehaeswho was 5th at 2008. Stages 1 13 May 2011 – Abbeville to La Neuville-en-Hez, 162 km Stage Result and General Classification after Stage RiderTeamTime 1 Egidijus Juodvalkis LIT 20px20px20px LAN 2011 3h 42' 29" 2 Kenny Dehaes BEL OLO 2011 + 1" 3 Martin Elmiger SUI ALM 2011 + 1" RiderTeamTime 1 Egidijus Juodvalkis LIT 20px20px20px LAN 2011 3h 42' 29" 2 Kenny Dehaes BEL OLO 2011 + 5" 3 Martin Elmiger SUI ALM 2011 + 7" 2 14 May 2011 – Villers-Saint-Paul to Château-Thierry, 166.5 km Stage Result and General Classification after Stage RiderTeamTime 1 Romain Feillu FRA VAC 2011 3h 45' 26" 2 Saïd Haddou FRA EUC 2011 st" 3 Mathieu Drujon FRA 20px AUB 2011 st" RiderTeamTime 1 Egidijus Juodvalkis LIT 20px LAN 2011 3h 42' 29" 2 Romain Feillu FRA VAC 2011 + 1" 3 Kenny Dehaes BEL 20px OLO 2011 + 5" 3 15 May 2011 – Charly-sur-Marne to Péronne, 189.5 km Stage Result and General Classification after Stage RiderTeamTime 1 Jimmy Casper FRA 20px SAU 2011 4h 32' 58" 2 Filippo Pozzato ITA KAT 2011 st" 3 Romain Feillu FRA 20px VAC 2011 st" RiderTeamTime 1 Romain Feillu FRA 20px VAC 2011 12h 01' 00" 2 Kenny Dehaes BEL 20px OLO 2011 + 8" 3 Filippo Pozzato ITA KAT 2011 + 8" Classification leadership Stage WinnerGeneral classification25pxMountains classification25pxPoints classification25pxTeam Classification25px 1 Egidijus Juodvalkis Egidijus Juodvalkis Johan Le Bon Egidijus Juodvalkis LAN 2011 2 Romain Feillu Kenny Dehaes AUB 2011 3 Jimmy Casper Romain FeilluSAU 2011 Final Romain Feillu Johan Le Bon Kenny Dehaes SAU 2011 Winners General classification RiderTeamTime 1 Romain Feillu FRA 20px VAC 2011 12h 01' 00" 2 Kenny Dehaes BEL 20px OLO 2011 + 8" 3 Filippo Pozzato ITA KAT 2011 + 8" Points RiderTeamTime 1 Kenny Dehaes BEL 20px OLO 2011 46 points 2 Romain Feillu FRA 20px VAC 2011 45 points 3 Filippo Pozzato ITA KAT 2011 41 points Mountains RiderTeamTime 1 Johan Le Bon FRA 20px FST 2011 20 points 2 Mathieu Halleguen FRA FST 2011 9 points 3 Benoit Daeninck FRA RML 2011 8 points Team Pos.TeamTime1 SAU 2011 20px| 36h 03' 42"2AUB 2011 + 7"3FST 2011 + 7" References https://web.archive.org/web/20110605080558/http://www.letour.fr/2011/TDO/LIVE/fr/100/classement/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110623160520/http://www.letour.fr/2011/TDO/HISTO/fr/palmaresdepuis.html See also https://web.archive.org/web/20110623140759/http://www.letour.fr/fr/homepage_courseTDO.html Tour de Picardie Tour de Picardie 2011