2011 Critérium International

2011 Critérium International
2010–11 UCI Europe Tour
	The route of the 2011 Critérium International
Race details
Dates	26–27 March
Stages	3
Distance	280 km (174.0 mi)
Winning time	7h 13' 12"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
	Youth
	Team
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The 2011 Critérium International was the 80th edition of the Critérium International cycling stage race. It started on 26 March in Porto-Vecchio and ended on 27 March in Porto-Vecchio and consisted of 3 stages, including 2 stages on the same day; a flat stage and an individual time trial, held as the second and third stages.

The race was won by Leopard-Trek rider Fränk Schleck, who claimed the leader's yellow jersey after a strong finish in the first stage, and maintained his advantage to the end of the race. Schleck's winning margin over runner-up Vasil Kiryienka of Team Movistar was 13 seconds, and Cofidis' Rein Taaramäe completed the podium, 17 seconds down on Kiryienka.

In the race's other classifications, Kiryienka won the green jersey for the points classification, the King of the Mountains classification was won by Pim Ligthart of Vacansoleil–DCM, Taaramäe won the young rider classification, and Movistar finished at the head of the teams classification.

Pre-race favourites

The winner of the 2010 Critérium International, Pierrick Fédrigo, was looking to defend the previous year's victory, while other pre-race favourites included 2 time runner-up in the Tour de France Andy Schleck and Vuelta a España 5th place, Fränk Schleck, as well as Alexander Vinokourov.^[1]

Teams

The following teams participated in the 2011 edition of the Critérium International:^[2]

UCI ProTour Teams

UCI Professional Continental Teams

UCI Continental Teams

BigMat–Auber 93

Stages

Stage 1

26 March 2011 – Porto-Vecchio to Col de l'Ospedale, 198 km

Stage 1 Results^[3]

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Fränk Schleck (LUX)	Leopard Trek	5h 21' 02"
2	Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)	Movistar Team	+ 16"
3	Rein Taaramäe (EST)	Cofidis	+ 22"
4	David López García (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 58"
5	Alexandre Geniez (FRA)	Skil–Shimano	+ 1'00"
6	Sergey Lagutin (UZB)	Vacansoleil–DCM	+ 1'09"
7	Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR)	Team Sky	+ 1'09"
8	Pierre Rolland (FRA)	Team Europcar	+ 1'09"
9	Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA)	FDJ	+ 1'09"
10	Andy Schleck (LUX)	Leopard Trek	+ 1'09"

General Classification after Stage 1

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Fränk Schleck (LUX)	Leopard Trek	5h 20' 52"
2	Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)	Movistar Team	+ 20"
3	Rein Taaramäe (EST)	Cofidis	+ 28"
4	David López García (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 1'08"
5	Alexandre Geniez (FRA)	Skil–Shimano	+ 1'10"
6	Sergey Lagutin (UZB)	Vacansoleil–DCM	+ 1'19"
7	Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR)	Team Sky	+ 1'19"
8	Pierre Rolland (FRA)	Team Europcar	+ 1'19"
9	Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA)	FDJ	+ 1'19"
10	Andy Schleck (LUX)	Leopard Trek	+ 1'19"

Stage 2

27 March 2011 – Porto-Vecchio 75 km

Stage 2 Results^[4]

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Simon Geschke (GER)	Skil–Shimano	1h 43' 10"
2	Murilo Antonio Fischer (BRA)	Garmin–Cervélo	+ 0"
3	Laurent Mangel (FRA)	Saur–Sojasun	+ 0"
4	Florian Vachon (FRA)	Bretagne–Schuller	+ 0"
5	Arnaud Molmy (FRA)	BigMat–Auber 93	+ 0"
6	Jonathan Hivert (FRA)	Saur–Sojasun	+ 0"
7	Julien El Farès (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 0"
8	Tony Gallopin (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 0"
9	Fabian Wegmann (GER)	Leopard Trek	+ 0"
10	Jérôme Cousin (FRA)	Team Europcar	+ 0"

General Classification after Stage 2

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Fränk Schleck (LUX)	Leopard Trek	7h 04' 02"
2	Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)	Movistar Team	+ 20"
3	Rein Taaramäe (EST)	Cofidis	+ 28"
4	David López García (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 1'08"
5	Alexandre Geniez (FRA)	Skil–Shimano	+ 1'10"
6	Cyril Gautier (FRA)	Team Europcar	+ 1'19"
7	Sergey Lagutin (UZB)	Vacansoleil–DCM	+ 1'19"
8	Pierre Rolland (FRA)	Team Europcar	+ 1'19"
9	Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)	Garmin–Cervélo	+ 1'19"
10	Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 1'19"

Stage 3

27 March 2011 – Porto-Vecchio 7 km

Stage 3 Results^[5]

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Andreas Klöden (GER)	Team RadioShack	8' 47"
2	Bradley Wiggins (GBR)	Team Sky	+ 04"
3	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Leopard Trek	+ 10"
4	David Zabriskie (USA)	Garmin–Cervélo	+ 14"
5	Andrew Talansky (USA)	Garmin–Cervélo	+ 15"
6	Jérôme Coppel (FRA)	Saur–Sojasun	+ 16"
7	Maxime Monfort (BEL)	Leopard Trek	+ 16"
8	Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)	Movistar Team	+ 17"
9	Tiago Machado (POR)	Team RadioShack	+ 20"
10	Anthony Roux (FRA)	FDJ	+ 21"

General Classification after Stage 3

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Fränk Schleck (LUX)	Leopard Trek	7h 13' 12"
2	Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)	Movistar Team	+ 13"
3	Rein Taaramäe (EST)	Cofidis	+ 30"
4	Alexandre Geniez (FRA)	Skil–Shimano	+ 1'14"
5	Tiago Machado (POR)	Team RadioShack	+ 1'15"
6	Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 1'16"
7	Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)	Garmin–Cervélo	+ 1'19"
8	Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA)	FDJ	+ 1'23"
9	David López García (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 1'25"
10	Sergey Lagutin (UZB)	Vacansoleil–DCM	+ 1'25"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Points classification	Young rider classification	Team Classification
1	Fränk Schleck	Fränk Schleck	Pim Ligthart	Fränk Schleck	Rein Taaramäe	Movistar Team
2	Simon Geschke			Fränk Schleck
3	Andreas Klöden			Vasil Kiryienka
Final		Fränk Schleck	Pim Ligthart	Vasil Kiryienka	Rein Taaramäe	Movistar Team

References

^ Atkins, Ben (14 February 2011). "Sixteen teams announced for Critérium International". Velonation. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
^ "Teams". Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
^ Quénet, Jean-François (26 March 2011). "Fränk Schleck climbs to victory in opening stage". CyclingNews. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
^ Quénet, Jean-François (27 March 2011). "Geschke wins the sprint in Porto Vecchio". Cycling News. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
^ Quénet, Jean-François (27 March 2011). "Schleck defends overall lead". Cycling News. Retrieved 17 February 2012.