2011 Tour of Belgium

2011 Tour of Belgium 2010–11 UCI Europe Tour 25—29 May 4+Prologue 727.3 km Philippe Gilbert BEL OLO 2011 black Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2011 Björn Leukemans BEL VAC 2011 André Greipel GER OLO 2011 yellow Pim Ligthart NED VAC 2011 white Marcus Burghardt GER BMC 2011 red VAC 2011 2010 2012 The 2011 Tour of Belgium is the 81st edition of the Tour of Belgium cycling stage race. It takes place from 25 May to 29 May 2011 in Belgium. The race is part of the UCI Europe Tour. It begins with a short prologue in Buggenhout, followed by four longer stages, ultimately finishing in Putte. Schedule StageRouteDistanceDateWinner PBuggenhout Belgium > Buggenhout Belgium5.6 km Wednesday, May 25Netherlands Lieuwe Westra 1Lochristi Belgium > Knokke-Heist Belgium162.5 km Thursday, May 26Germany André Greipel 2Knokke-Heist Belgium > Ypres Belgium187.8 km Friday, May 27Lithuania Aidis Kruopis 3Bertem Belgium > Eupen Belgium202 km Saturday, May 28Belgium Philippe Gilbert 4Oreye Belgium > Putte Belgium169.4 km Sunday, May 29Germany André Greipel Teams Twenty-one teams have been invited to the 2011 Tour of Belgium: 7 teams are from the UCI ProTeams, 7 are UCI Professional Continental Teams and 7 are UCI Continental Teams. UCI ProTeams KAZ AST 2011 USA BMC 2011 BEL OLO 2011 BEL QST 2011 NED RAB 2011 RUS KAT 2011 NED VAC 2011 UCI Professional Continental Teams ITA ASA 2011 FRA COF 2011 BEL LAN 2011 FRA SAU 2011 NED SKS 2011 BEL TSV 2011 BEL VWA 2011 UCI Continental Teams BEL SKT 2011 BEL BKP 2011 BEL Donckers Koffie–Jelly Belly BEL Jong Vlaanderen–Bauknecht BEL Sunweb–Revor BEL Telenet–Fidea BEL WBC 2011 Stages Prologue 25 May 2011 – Buggenhout (Belgium), 5.6 km mi on With only 7 turns in the course, the short prologue in Buggenhout was not technical and favored more powerful riders. One of these riders is André Greipel, who set the first strong mark at 6' 45" as one of the first riders. Surprisingly, the first rider to beat his time was his young teammate Jens Debusschere, who stayed in the lead for quite a long time. Eventually Sebastian Langeveld beat the time of Debusschere and from that point on, with the winds turning, a few more riders managed to come close to the time of Langeveld. Eventually Langevelds compatriot Lieuwe Westra beat his time by a mere four seconds to take the stage win and the first black jersey. The Belgian spectators were delighted to see Tom Boonen and Philippe Gilbert riding good times, both finishing in the top 10 after a period of absence following the spring classics. Lieuwe Westra just prevents Gilbert from taking prologue victory http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1031905 sporza.be 2011-05-25 nl Prologue Result and General Classification after Prologue RiderTeamTime 1 Lieuwe Westra NED 20px|Black jersey20px|Yellow jersey VAC 2011 6' 37" 2 Philippe Gilbert BEL OLO 2011 + 1" 3 Dominique Cornu BEL TSV 2011 + 2" 4 Sebastian Langeveld NED RAB 2011 + 4" 5 Maarten Wynants BEL RAB 2011 + 7" 6 Jens Debusschere BEL 20px|White jersey OLO 2011 + 7" 7 Cyril Lemoine FRA SAU 2011 + 8" 8 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2011 + 8" 9 André Greipel GER OLO 2011 + 9" 10 Jens Keukeleire BEL COF 2011 + 9" Stage 1 26 May 2011 – Lochristi (Belgium) to Knokke-Heist (Belgium), 162.5 km mi on The stage started with one minute of silence in remembrance of Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt, a former stage winner during the Tour of Belgium who died two weeks earlier as a result of a crash during the 2011 Giro d'Italia. With around 60 kilometres to go and strong winds picking up as the peloton got closer to the North Sea, the QST 2011 team pulled the peloton apart by using the drafting technique, as such creating an elite group. Notable absentees in this group were leader in the race Lieuwe Westra, two time Tour of Belgium winner Stijn Devolder and classics specialist Filippo Pozzato who would finish several minutes back in one of the dropped groups. The elite group sprinted for the victory in Knokke-Heist, with André Greipel taking the stage win and due to the bonification seconds he also became the new leader. Greipel beats Van Hummel, Vantomme and Boonen http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1032633 sporza.be 2011-05-26 nl Stage 1 result RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER OLO 2011 3h 38' 14" 2 Kenny van Hummel NED SKS 2011 s.t. 3 Maxime Vantomme BEL KAT 2011 s.t. 4 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2011 s.t. 5 Nikolay Trusov RUS KAT 2011 s.t. 6 Pim Ligthart NED VAC 2011 s.t. 7 Allan Davis AUS AST 2011 s.t. 8 Maarten Wynants BEL RAB 2011 s.t. 9 Michael Van Staeyen BEL TSV 2011 s.t. 10 Aidis Kruopis LTU LAN 2011 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER 20px|Black jersey20px|Yellow jersey OLO 2011 3h 44' 49" 2 Philippe Gilbert BEL OLO 2011 + 2" 3 Dominique Cornu BEL TSV 2011 + 3" 4 Maarten Wynants BEL RAB 2011 + 8" 5 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2011 s.t. 6 Jens Keukeleire BEL 20px|White jersey COF 2011 + 10" 7 Sebastian Langeveld NED RAB 2011 s.t. 8 Pim Ligthart NED VAC 2011 + 13" 9 John Murphy USA BMC 2011 s.t. 10 Jens Debusschere BEL OLO 2011 + 14" Stage 2 27 May 2011 – Knokke-Heist (Belgium) to Ypres (Belgium), 187.8 km mi on Just a few kilometres into the stage, five riders broke away from the peloton: Koen Barbé, Marcus Burghardt, Niko Eeckhout, Jens Mouris and Luca Paolini. The breakaway group got a lead of up to four minutes, but was caught just after the second climb of the Kemmelberg by Philippe Gilbert. Soon after, about 20 other riders also closed the gap, while Gilbert had managed to win the last intermediate sprint of the day, which gave him enough time bonus to overtake his teammate André Greipel in the standings. The lead group increased to almost 60 riders and with the finish line coming closer it was hard for anyone to get away from the pack. A late solo breakaway by Jelle Wallays was ended just 2 kilometres from the finish and the group sprinted for the stage win. In the sprint, Tom Boonen and Allan Davis came up strongly to the front but faded early, allowing Aidis Kruopis to overtake them in the final metres and book the biggest win of his young career. André Greipel lost both the black jersey for the overall lead and the yellow jersey of the points classification, respectively to Philippe Gilbert and Tom Boonen. Kruopis speeds past Boonen in the sprint http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1033523 sporza.be 2011-05-27 nl Stage 2 result RiderTeamTime 1 Aidis Kruopis LTU LAN 2011 4h 21' 41" 2 Stefan van Dijk NED VWA 2011 s.t. 3 Pim Ligthart NED VAC 2011 s.t. 4 Allan Davis AUS AST 2011 s.t. 5 Pieter Ghyllebert BEL SKT 2011 s.t. 6 Maxime Vantomme BEL KAT 2011 s.t. 7 Tom Boonen BEL 20px|Yellow jersey QST 2011 s.t. 8 Tom Meeusen BEL Telenet–Fidea s.t. 9 Rafaâ Chtioui TUN ASA 2011 s.t. 10 Maarten Wynants BEL RAB 2011 s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Philippe Gilbert BEL 20px|Black jersey OLO 2011 8h 06' 29" 2 André Greipel GER OLO 2011 + 1" 3 Dominique Cornu BEL TSV 2011 + 4" 4 Maarten Wynants BEL RAB 2011 + 9" 5 Pim Ligthart NED 20px|White jersey VAC 2011 + 10" 6 Tom Boonen BEL 20px|Yellow jersey QST 2011 + 11" 7 Jens Keukeleire BEL COF 2011 + 11" 8 Sebastian Langeveld NED RAB 2011 + 14" 9 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2011 + 16" 10 Cyril Lemoine FRA SAU 2011 + 17" Stage 3 28 May 2011 – Bertem (Belgium) to Eupen (Belgium), 202 km mi on Stage 3 result RiderTeamTime 1 Philippe Gilbert BEL 20px|Black jersey OLO 2011 4h 50' 47" 2 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2011 s.t. 3 Björn Leukemans BEL VAC 2011 s.t. 4 Bert De Waele BEL LAN 2011 + 7" 5 Egor Silin RUS KAT 2011 + 21" 6 Joost van Leijen NED VAC 2011 + 46" 7 Niki Terpstra NED QST 2011 + 48" 8 Sébastien Joly FRA SAU 2011 + 50" 9 Enrico Gasparotto ITA AST 2011 + 53" 10 Pim Ligthart NED 20px|White jersey VAC 2011 + 56"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Philippe Gilbert BEL 20px|Black jersey20px|Yellow jersey OLO 2011 12h 57' 04" 2 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2011 + 19" 3 Björn Leukemans BEL VAC 2011 + 35" 4 Bert De Waele BEL LAN 2011 + 1' 02" 5 Niki Terpstra NED QST 2011 + 1' 18" 6 Pim Ligthart NED 20px|White jersey VAC 2011 + 1' 18" 7 Maarten Wynants BEL RAB 2011 + 1' 20" 8 Joost van Leijen NED VAC 2011 + 1' 28" 9 Jens Keukeleire BEL COF 2011 + 3' 11" 10 Maxime Vantomme BEL KAT 2011 + 3' 25" Stage 4 29 May 2011 – Oreye (Belgium) to Putte (Belgium), 169.4 km mi on Stage 4 result RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER OLO 2011 3h 51' 43" 2 Aidis Kruopis LTU LAN 2011 s.t. 3 Luca Paolini ITA KAT 2011 s.t. 4 Adrien Petit FRA COF 2011 s.t. 5 Allan Davis AUS AST 2011 s.t. 6 Michael Van Staeyen BEL TSV 2011 s.t. 7 Stefan van Dijk NED VWA 2011 s.t. 8 Tom Meeusen BEL Telenet–Fidea s.t. 9 Pieter Vanspeybrouck BEL TSV 2011 s.t. 10 Olivier Pardini BEL WBC 2011 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Philippe Gilbert BEL 20px|Black jersey OLO 2011 16h 48' 46" 2 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2011 + 20" 3 Björn Leukemans BEL VAC 2011 + 36" 4 Bert De Waele BEL LAN 2011 + 1' 03" 5 Pim Ligthart NED 20px|White jersey VAC 2011 + 1' 16" 6 Niki Terpstra NED QST 2011 + 1' 19" 7 Maarten Wynants BEL RAB 2011 + 1' 21" 8 Joost van Leijen NED VAC 2011 + 1' 29" 9 Jens Keukeleire BEL COF 2011 + 3' 12" 10 Maxime Vantomme BEL KAT 2011 + 3' 26" Final standings General classification RiderTeamTime 1 Philippe Gilbert BEL 20px|Black jersey OLO 2011 16h 48' 46" 2 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2011 + 20" 3 Björn Leukemans BEL VAC 2011 + 36" 4 Bert De Waele BEL LAN 2011 + 1' 03" 5 Pim Ligthart NED 20px|White jersey VAC 2011 + 1' 16" 6 Niki Terpstra NED QST 2011 + 1' 19" 7 Maarten Wynants BEL RAB 2011 + 1' 21" 8 Joost van Leijen NED VAC 2011 + 1' 29" 9 Jens Keukeleire BEL COF 2011 + 3' 12" 10 Maxime Vantomme BEL KAT 2011 + 3' 26" Points classification RiderTeamPoints 1 André Greipel GER 20px OLO 2011 71 2Philippe Gilbert BEL 20px|Black jersey OLO 2011 71 3 Aidis Kruopis LTU LAN 2011 65 4 Pim Ligthart NED 20px VAC 2011 55 5 Allan Davis AUS AST 2011 49 6 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2011 44 7 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2011 41 8 Maarten Wynants BEL RAB 2011 39 9 Stefan van Dijk NED VWA 2011 38 10 Maxime Vantomme BEL KAT 2011 37 Sprint classification RiderTeamPoints1 Marcus Burghardt GER 20px BMC 2011 242 Michael Schär SUI BMC 2011 213 Graeme Brown AUS RAB 2011 164 Philippe Gilbert BEL 20px|Black jersey OLO 2011 165 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2011 166 Kurt Hovelynck BEL Donckers Koffie–Jelly Belly 157 Pim Ligthart NED 20px VAC 2011 88 Joost van Leijen NED VAC 2011 89 Steven Van Vooren BEL TSV 2011 810 Luca Paolini ITA KAT 2011 8 Young Rider classification RiderTeamTime1 Pim Ligthart NED 20px VAC 2011 16h 50' 02"2 Jens Keukeleire BEL COF 2011 + 1' 56"3 Maxime Vantomme BEL KAT 2011 + 2' 10"4 Michael Schär SUI BMC 2011 + 2' 27"5 Pieter Vanspeybrouck BEL TSV 2011 + 2' 51"6 Tom Meeusen BEL Telenet–Fidea + 3' 25"7 Jean-Lou Paiani FRA SAU 2011 + 7' 24"8 Wietse Bosmans BEL BKP 2011 + 10' 48"9 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2011 + 13' 14"10 Tanel Kangert EST AST 2011 + 16' 20" Team classification TeamPoints 1 NED VAC 2011 50h 29' 14" 2 KAZ AST 2011 + 3' 01" 3 RUS KAT 2011 + 4' 59" 4 FRA SAU 2011 + 5' 45" 5 BEL TSV 2011 + 7' 44" 6 NED RAB 2011 + 16' 08" 7 BEL QST 2011 + 20' 35" 8 USA BMC 2011 + 21' 50" 9 BEL LAN 2011 + 22' 23" 10 FRA COF 2011 + 25' 04" Classification leadership table Stage Winner General classification25pxAlgemeen Klassement Points classification25pxPuntentrui Sprints Classification25pxRushesklassement Young Rider classification25 pxJongerentrui Team classificationPloegenklassement P Lieuwe Westra Lieuwe Westra Lieuwe Westra Graeme Brown Jens Debusschere OLO 2011 1 André Greipel André Greipel André Greipel Jens Keukeleire 2 Aidis Kruopis Philippe Gilbert Tom Boonen Niko Eeckhout Pim Ligthart QST 2011 3 Philippe Gilbert Philippe Gilbert Michael SchärVAC 2011 4 André Greipel André Greipel Marcus Burghardt Final Philippe Gilbert André Greipel Marcus Burghardt Pim Ligthart VAC 2011 References External links Race website Category:Tour of Belgium Tour of Belgium Tour of Belgium