2011 Paris–Nice

2011 Paris–Nice 2011 UCI World Tour 2 27 Paris-Nice 2011.png 300px 6–13 March 2011 8 1307 km 34h 03' 37" Tony Martin THR 2011 Germany yellow Andreas Klöden RSH 2011 Germany Bradley Wiggins SKY 2011 Great Britain Rémi Pauriol FDJ 2011 France polkadot Heinrich Haussler GRM 2011 Australia green Rein Taaramäe COF 2011 Estonia white RSH 2011 2010 2012 The 2011 Paris–Nice was the 69th running of the Paris–Nice cycling stage race, often known as the Race to the Sun. It started on 6 March in Houdan and ended on 13 March in Nice and consisted of eight stages, including a time trial. It was the second race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season. The race was won by THR 2011 rider Tony Martin, after holding onto the leader's yellow jersey which came from a time trial stage win on stage six.https://www.espn.com/olympics/cycling/news/story?id=6212137 ESPN 13 March 2011 13 March 2011 Associated Press Tony Martin wins Paris–Nicehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/9423659.stm BBC Sport 13 March 2011 13 March 2011 Bradley Wiggins finishes third in Paris–Nice race Martin's winning margin over runner-up and fellow German Andreas Klöden (RSH 2011) – winner of the fifth stage of the race – was 36 seconds, with SKY 2011's Bradley Wiggins completing the podium, 41 seconds down on Martin. In the race's other classifications, Rein Taaramäe of COF 2011 won the white jersey for the highest placed rider under the age of 25, and GRM 2011's Heinrich Haussler took home the green jersey for amassing the highest number of points during stages at intermediate sprints and stage finishes. FDJ 2011 rider Rémi Pauriol won the King of the Mountains classification, with RSH 2011 finishing at the head of the teams classification. Teams thumb|right|Thomas Voeckler wins sprint finish to end stage four 22 teams were invited to the 2011 Paris–Nice. The teams were:http://www.letour.fr/2011/PNC/COURSE/us/equipes.html Participating teams 12 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110208165554/http://www.letour.fr/2011/PNC/COURSE/us/equipes.html 8 February 2011 dead 18em ALM 2011 AST 2011 BMC 2011 FST 2011 COF 2011 EUC 2011 EUS 2011 FDJ 2011 GRM 2011 LAM 2011 LEO 2011 LIQ 2011 OLO 2011 QST 2011 RAB 2011 THR 2011 KAT 2011 MOV 2011 RSH 2011 SBS 2011 SKY 2011 VCD 2011 Route +Stage characteristics and winnershttps://www.cyclingnews.com/news/paris-nice-2011-route-unveiled/ Paris-Nice 2011 route unveiled Stephen Farrand Cycling News 1 February 2011 27 August 2024 Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 6 March Houdan to Houdan 154.5 km on 20px|link=|alt= Flat stage Thomas De Gendt BEL 2 7 March Montfort-l'Amaury to Amilly 198.5 km on 20px|link=|alt= Flat stage Greg Henderson NZL 3 8 March Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire to Nuits-Saint-Georges 202.5 km on 20px|link=|alt= Hilly stage Matthew Goss AUS 4 9 March Crêches-sur-Saône to Belleville 191 km on 20px|link=|alt= Hilly stage Thomas Voeckler FRA 5 10 March Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise to Vernoux-en-Vivarais 194 km on 20px|link=|alt= Medium mountain stage Andreas Klöden GER 6 11 March Rognes to Aix-en-Provence 27 km on 20px|link=|alt= Individual time trial Tony Martin GER 7 12 March Brignoles to Biot 215.5 km on 20px|link=|alt= Medium mountain stage Rémy Di Gregorio FRA 8 13 March Nice to Nice 124 km on 20px|link=|alt= Medium mountain stage Thomas Voeckler FRA Stages Stage 1 6 March 2011 – Houdan to Houdan, 154.5 km 1 on Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Thomas De Gendt BEL VAC 2011 4h 05' 06" 2 Jérémy Roy FRA FDJ 2011 s.t. 3 Heinrich Haussler AUS GRM 2011 s.t. 4 Peter Sagan SVK LIQ 2011 s.t. 5 Greg Henderson NZL SKY 2011 s.t. 6 Jens Voigt GER LEO 2011 s.t. 7 Wouter Weylandt BEL LEO 2011 s.t. 8 Danilo Wyss SUI BMC 2011 s.t. 9 Romain Feillu FRA VAC 2011 s.t. 10 Gert Steegmans BEL QST 2011 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Thomas De Gendt BEL 20px|Yellow jersey20px|Green jersey20px|White jersey20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey VAC 2011 4h 04' 53" 2 Jérémy Roy FRA FDJ 2011 + 6" 3 Heinrich Haussler AUS GRM 2011 + 9" 4 Damien Gaudin FRA 20px|Polkadot jersey BBO 2011 + 10" 5 Jens Voigt GER LEO 2011 + 11" 6 Romain Feillu FRA 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey VAC 2011 + 12" 7 Peter Sagan SVK LIQ 2011 + 13" 8 Greg Henderson NZL SKY 2011 + 13" 9 Wouter Weylandt BEL LEO 2011 + 13" 10 Danilo Wyss SUI BMC 2011 + 13" Stage 2 7 March 2011 – Montfort-l'Amaury to Amilly, 198.5 km 1 on Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Greg Henderson NZL SKY 2011 5h 00' 56" 2 Matthew Goss AUS THR 2011 s.t. 3 Denis Galimzyanov RUS KAT 2011 s.t. 4 Heinrich Haussler AUS GRM 2011 s.t. 5 Peter Sagan SVK LIQ 2011 s.t. 6 Romain Feillu FRA 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey VAC 2011 s.t. 7 Jürgen Roelandts BEL OLO 2011 s.t. 8 José Joaquín Rojas ESP GCE 2011 s.t. 9 Tomas Vaitkus LTU AST 2011 s.t. 10 Danilo Wyss SUI BMC 2011 s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Thomas De Gendt BEL 20px|Yellow jersey20px|White jersey20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey VAC 2011 9h 05' 48" 2 Greg Henderson NZL 20px|Green jersey SKY 2011 + 4" 3 Jérémy Roy FRA FDJ 2011 + 7" 4 Matthew Goss AUS THR 2011 + 8" 5 Tony Gallopin FRA COF 2011 + 8" 6 Heinrich Haussler AUS GRM 2011 + 10" 7 Denis Galimzyanov RUS KAT 2011 + 10" 8 Jens Voigt GER LEO 2011 + 12" 9 Romain Feillu FRA 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey VAC 2011 + 13" 10 Peter Sagan SVK LIQ 2011 + 14" Stage 3 8 March 2011 – Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire to Nuits-Saint-Georges, 202.5 km 1 on Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Matthew Goss AUS THR 2011 5h 16' 48" 2 Heinrich Haussler AUS GRM 2011 s.t. 3 Denis Galimzyanov RUS KAT 2011 s.t. 4 José Joaquín Rojas ESP GCE 2011 s.t. 5 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2011 s.t. 6 Greg Henderson NZL 20px|Green jersey SKY 2011 s.t. 7 Anthony Ravard FRA ALM 2011 s.t. 8 Francesco Gavazzi ITA LAM 2011 s.t. 9 Romain Feillu FRA 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey VAC 2011 s.t. 10 Valerio Agnoli ITA LIQ 2011 s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Matthew Goss AUS 20px|Yellow jersey20px|White jersey THR 2011 14h 22' 34" 2 Thomas De Gendt BEL 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey VAC 2011 + 2" 3 Heinrich Haussler AUS 20px|Green jersey GRM 2011 + 6" 4 Greg Henderson NZL SKY 2011 + 6" 5 Denis Galimzyanov RUS KAT 2011 + 8" 6 Jérémy Roy FRA FDJ 2011 + 9" 7 Tony Gallopin FRA COF 2011 + 10" 8 Cyril Gautier FRA BBO 2011 + 11" 9 Cédric Pineau FRA FDJ 2011 + 11" 10 Jens Voigt GER LEO 2011 + 14" Stage 4 9 March 2011 – Crêches-sur-Saône to Belleville, 191 km 1 on Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Thomas Voeckler FRA BBO 2011 5h 04' 20" 2 Rémi Pauriol FRA FDJ 2011 s.t. 3 Thomas De Gendt BEL 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey VAC 2011 s.t. 4 Rémy Di Gregorio FRA AST 2011 s.t. 5 Heinrich Haussler AUS 20px|Green jersey GRM 2011 + 13" 6 Peter Sagan SVK LIQ 2011 + 13" 7 Romain Feillu FRA 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey VAC 2011 + 13" 8 Samuel Dumoulin FRA COF 2011 + 13" 9 Grega Bole SLO LAM 2011 + 13" 10 Danilo Wyss SUI BMC 2011 + 13"General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Thomas De Gendt BEL 20px|Yellow jersey20px|White jersey20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey VAC 2011 19h 26' 46" 2 Thomas Voeckler FRA BBO 2011 + 10" 3 Rémi Pauriol FRA 20px|Polkadot jersey FDJ 2011 + 16" 4 Matthew Goss AUS THR 2011 + 21" 5 Rémy Di Gregorio FRA AST 2011 + 24" 6 Heinrich Haussler AUS 20px|Green jersey GRM 2011 + 27" 7 Jérémy Roy FRA FDJ 2011 + 30" 8 Tony Gallopin FRA COF 2011 + 31" 9 Cyril Gautier FRA BBO 2011 + 32" 10 Jens Voigt GER LEO 2011 + 35" Stage 5 10 March 2011 – Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise to Vernoux-en-Vivarais, 194 km 1 on Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Andreas Klöden GER RSH 2011 4h 59' 00" 2 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 s.t. 3 Matteo Carrara ITA 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey VAC 2011 s.t. 4 Tony Martin GER THR 2011 s.t. 5 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2011 s.t. 6 Robert Kišerlovski CRO AST 2011 s.t. 7 Janez Brajkovič SLO RSH 2011 s.t. 8 Xavier Tondó ESP GCE 2011 s.t. 9 Luis León Sánchez ESP RAB 2011 + 18" 10 Pierre Rolland FRA BBO 2011 + 19"General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 Andreas Klöden GER 20px|Yellow jersey20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RSH 2011 24h 26' 13" 2 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 + 4" 3 Matteo Carrara ITA VAC 2011 + 6" 4 Tony Martin GER THR 2011 + 10" 5 Robert Kišerlovski CRO 20px|White jersey AST 2011 + 10" 6 Janez Brajkovič SLO 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RSH 2011 + 10" 7 Xavier Tondó ESP GCE 2011 + 10" 8 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2011 + 10" 9 Luis León Sánchez ESP RAB 2011 + 28" 10 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2011 + 29" Stage 6 11 March 2011 – Rognes to Aix-en-Provence, 27 km 1 on, (ITT) Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Tony Martin GER THR 2011 33' 24" 2 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2011 + 20" 3 Richie Porte AUS SAX 2011 + 29" 4 Andreas Klöden GER 20px|Yellow jersey20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RSH 2011 + 46" 5 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2011 + 55" 6 Lieuwe Westra NED VAC 2011 + 57" 7 Andrew Talansky USA GRM 2011 + 1' 05" 8 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2011 + 1' 10" 9 Levi Leipheimer USA 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RSH 2011 + 1' 10" 10 Tejay van Garderen USA THR 2011 + 1' 29"General Classification after Stage 6 RiderTeamTime 1 Tony Martin GER 20px|Yellow jersey THR 2011 24h 59' 47" 2 Andreas Klöden GER 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RSH 2011 + 36" 3 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2011 + 39" 4 Rein Taaramäe EST 20px|White jersey COF 2011 + 1' 10" 5 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2011 + 1' 14" 6 Levi Leipheimer USA 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RSH 2011 + 1' 29" 7 Janez Brajkovič SLO 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RSH 2011 + 1' 32" 8 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 + 1' 37" 9 Xavier Tondó ESP GCE 2011 + 1' 51" 10 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2011 + 1' 57" Stage 7 12 March 2011 – Brignoles to Biot, 215.5 km 1 on Stage 7 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Rémy Di Gregorio FRA AST 2011 5h 46' 23" 2 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 + 5" 3 Rigoberto Urán COL SKY 2011 + 5" 4 Andreas Klöden GER 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RSH 2011 + 7" 5 Tony Martin GER 20px|Yellow jersey THR 2011 + 7" 6 Rein Taaramäe EST 20px|White jersey COF 2011 + 7" 7 Janez Brajkovič SLO 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RSH 2011 + 9" 8 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2011 + 9" 9 Xavier Tondó ESP GCE 2011 + 9" 10 Maxime Monfort BEL LEO 2011 + 11"General Classification after Stage 7 RiderTeamTime 1 Tony Martin GER 20px|Yellow jersey THR 2011 30h 46' 17" 2 Andreas Klöden GER 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RSH 2011 + 36" 3 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2011 + 41" 4 Rein Taaramäe EST 20px|White jersey COF 2011 + 1' 10" 5 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2011 + 1' 21" 6 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 + 1' 29" 7 Janez Brajkovič SLO 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RSH 2011 + 1' 34" 8 Levi Leipheimer USA 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RSH 2011 + 1' 36" 9 Xavier Tondó ESP GCE 2011 + 1' 53" 10 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2011 + 2' 04" Stage 8 13 March 2011 – Nice to Nice, 124 km 1 on Stage 8 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Thomas Voeckler FRA BBO 2011 3h 15' 58" 2 Diego Ulissi ITA LAM 2011 + 23" 3 Julien El Fares FRA COF 2011 + 1' 06" 4 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 + 1' 06" 5 David López García ESP GCE 2011 + 1' 06" 6 Matteo Carrara ITA VAC 2011 + 1' 08" 7 Gorka Izagirre ESP EUS 2011 + 1' 12" 8 José Joaquín Rojas ESP GCE 2011 + 1' 22" 9 Simon Špilak SLO LAM 2011 + 1' 22" 10 Tomas Vaitkus LTU AST 2011 + 1' 22"Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Tony Martin GER 20px|Yellow jersey THR 2011 34h 03' 37" 2 Andreas Klöden GER 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RSH 2011 + 36" 3 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2011 + 41" 4 Rein Taaramäe EST 20px|White jersey COF 2011 + 1' 10" 5 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2011 + 1' 13" 6 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2011 + 1' 24" 7 Janez Brajkovič SLO 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RSH 2011 + 1' 34" 8 Levi Leipheimer USA 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RSH 2011 + 1' 36" 9 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2011 + 2' 04" 10 Maxime Monfort BEL LEO 2011 + 2' 26" Classification leadership progress Stage Winner General Classification25 px Points Classification25 px Mountains Classification25 px Young Rider Classification25 px Team Classification25 px 1 Thomas De Gendt Thomas De Gendt Thomas De Gendt Damien Gaudin Thomas De Gendt VAC 2011 2 Greg Henderson Greg Henderson 3 Matthew Goss Matthew Goss Heinrich Haussler Jussi Veikkanen Matthew Goss 4 Thomas Voeckler Thomas De Gendt Rémi Pauriol Thomas De Gendt 5 Andreas Klöden Andreas Klöden Robert Kišerlovski RSH 2011 6 Tony Martin Tony Martin Rein Taaramäe 7 Rémy Di Gregorio 8 Thomas Voeckler Final Tony Martin Heinrich Haussler Rémi Pauriol Rein Taaramäe RSH 2011 References Further reading http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/paris-nice/2014/guide_historique_fr.pdf Guide Historique 2014 French Historic Guide 2014 L'Equipe 74 https://web.archive.org/web/20140327051041/http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/paris-nice/2014/guide_historique_fr.pdf 27 March 2014 External links https://www.letour.fr/us/homepage_horscoursePNC.html Paris-Nice Category:Paris–Nice Paris-Nice