2011 Tour Down Under
| 2011 UCI World Tour, race 1 of 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 18–23 January | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 758 km (471.0 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 17h 54' 27" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Cameron Meyer (Australia)
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(Garmin–Cervélo) |
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| Second |
Matthew Goss (Australia)
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(HTC–Highroad) | |
| Third |
 Ben Swift (Great Britain)
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(Team Sky) | |
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Mountains |
Luke Roberts (Australia)
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(UniSA-Australia) |
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Youth |
Cameron Meyer (Australia)
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(Garmin–Cervélo) |
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Sprints |
Matthew Goss (Australia)
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(HTC–Highroad) |
| Team | Movistar Team | ||
The 2011 Santos Tour Down Under was the 13th edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 18 to 23 January and was the first race of the 2011 UCI World Tour. The Tour was preceded by the Cancer Council Classic race, on Sunday, 16 January, that consisted in a circuit of 30 laps around the Rymill Park in Adelaide's East End, totaling 51 kilometres (32 mi).
The race was won by Garmin–Cervélo rider Cameron Meyer, after holding onto the leader's ochre jersey which came from a breakaway stage win on stage four. Meyer's winning margin over runner-up and fellow Australian Matthew Goss (HTC–Highroad) – winner of the first stage of the race – was just two seconds, the equal second smallest margin in the race's history. Team Sky's Ben Swift – a stage winner on the second and final stages – completed the podium, eight seconds down on Meyer.
In the race's other classifications, overall winner Meyer also guaranteed himself the black jersey for the highest placed rider under the age of 26, and Goss took home the blue jersey for amassing the highest number of points during stages at intermediate sprints and stage finishes. UniSA-Australia rider Luke Roberts won the King of the Mountains classification, with Movistar Team finishing at the head of the teams classification.
The 2011 Tour Down Under was a very exciting race this year as Mark Cavendish of HTC–Highroad marked his first appearance ever. Germany's André Greipel left Mark Cavendish's team of Team HTC–Columbia in 2010 and joined Omega Pharma–Lotto, creating a rivalry between two top sprinters. Greipel, the leader of Omega Pharma–Lotto tried to take full advantage of his captaincy and win his third Tour Down Under.
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