Cycling race
2011 Critérium du Dauphiné 2011 UCI World Tour , race 15 of 27The route of the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné
Dates 5–12 June Stages 7+prologue Distance 1,064.4 km (661.4 mi) Winning time 26h 40' 51"
The 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné , was the 63rd running of the Critérium du Dauphiné (formerly Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ) cycling stage race. It started on 5 June in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and ended on 12 June in La Toussuire and consisted of eight stages, including a race-commencing prologue stage and an individual time trial, held as the third stage. It was the 15th race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season.
The race was won by Team Sky rider Bradley Wiggins , who claimed the leader's yellow and blue jersey after a strong finish on the individual time trial stage, and maintained his advantage to the end of the race.[1] Cadel Evans of BMC Racing Team was 1 minute and 26 seconds,[2] Astana 's Alexander Vinokourov completed the podium, 23 seconds down on Evans.[2]
In the race's other classifications, Team Katusha rider Joaquim Rodríguez won both the King of the Mountains classification, and the green jersey for the points classification, Saur–Sojasun 's Jérôme Coppel won the young rider classification, with Team Europcar finishing at the head of the teams classification.
Teams [ ] Twenty-two teams, each containing up to eight riders, started the race:[3]
Pre-race favourites [ ] The winner of the 2010 Critérium du Dauphiné , Janez Brajkovič , was looking to defend last year's victory, while other pre-race favourites like Tirreno–Adriatico and Tour de Romandie winner, Cadel Evans , as well as Ivan Basso , Robert Gesink , Samuel Sánchez , Alexander Vinokourov and Bradley Wiggins used the race as a trial-run for the Tour de France .
Route [ ] Stages [ ] Prologue [ ] 5 June 2011 – Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne , 5.4 km (3.4 mi) individual time trial (ITT)[5]
Prologue Result and General Classification after Prologue [6] [7] [8]
Stage 1 [ ] 6 June 2011 – Albertville to Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse , 144 km (89 mi)[9] Stage 2 [ ] 7 June 2011 – Voiron to Lyon , 179 km (111 mi)[12] Stage 3 [ ] 8 June 2011 – Grenoble , 42.5 km (26.4 mi) individual time trial (ITT)[15] Stage 4 [ ] 9 June 2011 – La Motte-Servolex to Mâcon , 173.5 km (107.8 mi)[18] Stage 5 [ ] 10 June 2011 – Parc des Oiseaux – Villars-les-Dombes to Les Gets , 210 km (130 mi)[21] Stage 6 [ ] 11 June 2011 – Les Gets to Le Collet d'Allevard , 192.5 km (119.6 mi)[24] Stage 7 [ ] 12 June 2011 – Pontcharra to La Toussuire , 117.5 km (73.0 mi)[27] Classification leadership [ ] References [ ]
^ "Bradley Wiggins shows mountain form to win Critérium du Dauphiné" . The Guardian . Retrieved 12 June 2011 .^ a b "Wiggins completes Dauphine victory" . Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group . Reuters . 12 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011 .^ "Start List" . Cycling News . Retrieved 2 February 2019 .^ "Critérium du Dauphiné 2011" . Cycling News . Retrieved 2 February 2019 .^ Simms, Daniel (31 May 2011). "Prologue Preview" . Cycling News . Retrieved 2 February 2019 . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "2011 Critérium du Dauphiné" . BikeRaceInfo . Retrieved 2 February 2019 .^ "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF) . El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 6 June 2011. p. 33. Retrieved 2 February 2019 .^ "Boom blasts to prologue win" . Cycling News . 5 June 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2019 .^ Simms, Daniel (31 May 2011). "Stage 1 Preview" . Cycling News . Retrieved 2 February 2019 . ^ a b "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF) . El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 7 June 2011. p. 31. Retrieved 2 February 2019 .^ a b Farrand, Stephen (6 June 2011). "Van Den Broeck wins alone in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse" . Cycling News . Retrieved 2 February 2019 . ^ Simms, Daniel (31 May 2011). "Stage 2 Preview" . Cycling News . Retrieved 2 February 2019 . ^ a b "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF) . El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 8 June 2011. p. 26. Retrieved 2 February 2019 .^ a b "Degenkolb powers to sprint win" . Cycling News . 7 June 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2019 .^ Simms, Daniel (31 May 2011). "Stage 3 Preview" . Cycling News . Retrieved 2 February 2019 . ^ a b "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF) . El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 June 2011. p. 34. Retrieved 2 February 2019 .^ a b "Martin untouchable in Grenoble time trial" . Cycling News . 8 June 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2019 .^ Simms, Daniel (31 May 2011). "Stage 4 Preview" . Cycling News . Retrieved 2 February 2019 . ^ a b "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF) . El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 10 June 2011. p. 33. Retrieved 2 February 2019 .^ a b Ryan, Barry (9 June 2011). "Another win for Degenkolb" . Cycling News . Retrieved 2 February 2019 . ^ Simms, Daniel (31 May 2011). "Stage 5 Preview" . Cycling News . Retrieved 2 February 2019 . ^ a b "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF) . El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 11 June 2011. p. 26. Retrieved 2 February 2019 .^ a b Ryan, Barry (10 June 2011). "Kern wins big for Europcar" . Cycling News . Retrieved 2 February 2019 . ^ Simms, Daniel (31 May 2011). "Stage 6 Preview" . Cycling News . Retrieved 2 February 2019 . ^ a b "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF) . El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 June 2011. p. 30. Retrieved 2 February 2019 .^ a b Farrand, Stephen (11 June 2011). "Rodriguez climbs to mountaintop stage victory" . Cycling News . Retrieved 2 February 2019 . ^ Simms, Daniel (31 May 2011). "Stage 7 Preview" . Cycling News . Retrieved 2 February 2019 . ^ a b "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF) . El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 13 June 2011. p. 32. Retrieved 2 February 2019 .^ a b Farrand, Stephen (12 June 2011). "Wiggins claims Dauphiné overall victory" . Cycling News . Retrieved 2 February 2019 .
Further reading [ ]
Lars Boom (NED)
Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL)
John Degenkolb (GER)
Christophe Kern (FRA)
Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)
