2011 Tour of the Basque Country
| 2011 UCI World Tour, race 8 of 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Race details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | 4–9 April | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 874.2 km (543.2 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 22h 12' 11" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
Winner |
 Andreas Klöden (Germany)
|
(Team RadioShack) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second |
 Chris Horner (United States)
|
(Team RadioShack) | |
| Third |
 Robert Gesink (Netherlands)
|
(Rabobank) | |
|
|
|||
 |
Points |
Andreas Klöden (Germany)
|
(Team RadioShack) |
 |
Mountains |
 Michael Albasini (Switzerland)
|
(HTC–Highroad) |
 |
Sprints |
Bram Tankink (Netherlands)
|
(Rabobank) |
| Team | Movistar Team | ||
The 2011 Tour of the Basque Country, was the 51st running of the Tour of the Basque Country cycling stage race. It started on 4 April in Zumarraga and ended on 9 April in Zalla and consisted of six stages, including a race-concluding individual time trial. It was the eighth race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season.
The race was won by Team RadioShack rider Andreas Klöden, who claimed the leader's yellow jersey for the second time – having previously won the race in 2000 – with a second-place finish on the final time trial stage. Klöden had also led the race after stage two, having finished second on the stage; one of three second place stage finishes that Klöden achieved during the week. Klöden's winning margin over his team-mate and runner-up Chris Horner was 47 seconds, and Rabobank's Robert Gesink completed the podium, also 47 seconds down on Klöden, but behind Horner on countback.
In the race's other classifications, Klöden's consistent high finishes earned him the white jersey for amassing the highest number of points at stage finishes, HTC–Highroad rider Michael Albasini won the King of the Mountains classification, Bram Tankink of Rabobank won the blue jersey for the sprints classification, with Movistar Team finishing at the head of the teams classification.
As the Tour of the Basque Country was part of the 2011 UCI World Tour, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to attend. Two UCI Professional Continental teams were awarded wildcards, and these were the Geox–TMC and Caja Rural teams.
...
Wikipedia