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2011 Tour de Romandie

Field	Value
previous	[2010](2010-tour-de-romandie)
next	[2012](2012-tour-de-romandie)
series	[2011 UCI World Tour](2011-uci-world-tour)
race_no	13
season_no	27
image	2011 Tour de Romandie.PNG
image_caption	Map of the race
image_size	200 px
date	26 April – 1 May 2011
stages	5 + Prologue
distance	694.5
unit	km
time	16h 51' 49
first	Cadel Evans
first_team
first_nat	AUS
first_color	yellow
second	Tony Martin
second_team
second_nat	GER
third	Alexander Vinokourov
third_team
third_nat	KAZ
mountains	Chris Anker Sørensen
mountains_team
mountains_nat	DEN
mountains_color	pink
sprints_color	green
sprints	Matthias Brändle
sprints_team
sprints_nat	AUT
youth	Andrew Talansky
youth_team
youth_nat	USA
youth_color	white
team

The 2011 Tour de Romandie was the 65th running of the Tour de Romandie cycling stage race. It started on 26 April in Martigny and ended on 1 May in Geneva and consisted of six stages, including a race-commencing prologue stage and also a penultimate day individual time trial. It was the 13th race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season.

The race was won by rider Cadel Evans, who claimed the leader's yellow jersey for the second time – having previously won the race in 2006 – with an eighth-place finish on the penultimate time trial stage, and held his advantage to the end of the race. Evans' winning margin over runner-up Tony Martin was 18 seconds, and 's Alexander Vinokourov completed the podium, 19 seconds down on Evans.

In the race's other classifications, rider Chris Anker Sørensen won the King of the Mountains classification, Matthias Brändle of won the green jersey for the sprints classification, 's Andrew Talansky won the young rider classification, with also finishing at the head of the teams classification.

Pre-race favourites

Pre-race favourites include the 2006 winner, Cadel Evans, 2009 winner, Roman Kreuziger and the 2010 winner Simon Špilak. Beside them there will be Ivan Basso, Paris–Nice's winner, Tony Martin and 's Luis León Sánchez.

Stages

Prologue

;26 April 2011 – Martigny, 3 km, individual time trial (ITT)

Prologue Result and General Classification after Prologue

Rider	Team	Time
1	Jonathan Castroviejo [[File:Jersey yellow.svg	20px	Yellow jersey]][[File:Jersey white.svg	20px	White jersey]]
2	Taylor Phinney
3	Leigh Howard
4	Geoffroy Lequatre
5	David Millar
6	Dennis van Winden
7	Patrick Gretsch
8	Mark Renshaw
9	Alexander Vinokourov
10	Daniele Bennati

Stage 1

;27 April 2011 – Martigny to Leysin, 169.3 km

Rider	Team	Time
1	Pavel Brutt
2	Oleksandr Kvachuk
3	Branislau Samoilau
4	Jack Bobridge
5	Damiano Cunego
6	Beñat Intxausti
7	Cadel Evans
8	Chris Froome
9	David López García
10	Simon Špilak

|| |General Classification after Stage 1

Rider	Team	Time
1	Pavel Brutt [[File:Jersey yellow.svg	20px	Yellow jersey]][[File:Jersey green.svg	20px	Green jersey]]
2	Oleksandr Kvachuk [[File:Jersey pink.svg	20px	Pink jersey]]
3	Branislau Samoilau
4	Jack Bobridge [[File:Jersey white.svg	20px	White jersey]]
5	Alexander Vinokourov
6	Gorka Verdugo
7	Cadel Evans
8	Steve Morabito
9	Damiano Cunego
10	Beñat Intxausti

Stage 2

;28 April 2011 – Romont, 171.8 km

Rider	Team	Time
1	Damiano Cunego
2	Cadel Evans
3	Alexander Vinokourov
4	Rui Costa
5	David López García
6	Beñat Intxausti
7	Andrew Talansky
8	Tony Martin
9	Denis Menchov
10	Pieter Weening

|| |General Classification after Stage 2

Rider	Team	Time
1	Pavel Brutt [[File:Jersey yellow.svg	20px	Yellow jersey]][[File:Jersey green.svg	20px	Green jersey]]
2	Damiano Cunego
3	Cadel Evans
4	Alexander Vinokourov
5	Gorka Verdugo
6	Steve Morabito
7	Beñat Intxausti
8	Oliver Zaugg
9	Pieter Weening
10	Thomas Rohregger

Stage 3

;29 April 2011 – Thierrens to Neuchâtel, 165.7 km

Rider	Team	Time
1	Alexander Vinokourov
2	Mikaël Cherel
3	Tony Martin
4	Ben Swift
5	Óscar Freire
6	Davide Viganò
7	Geoffroy Lequatre
8	Alan Pérez
9	Manuele Mori
10	Rob Ruijgh

|| |General Classification after Stage 3

Rider	Team	Time
1	Pavel Brutt [[File:Jersey yellow.svg	20px	Yellow jersey]]
2	Alexander Vinokourov
3	Damiano Cunego
4	Cadel Evans
5	Gorka Verdugo
6	Steve Morabito
7	Beñat Intxausti
8	Oliver Zaugg
9	Pieter Weening
10	Thomas Rohregger

Stage 4

;30 April 2011 – Aubonne to Bougy-Villars, 20.1 km, individual time trial (ITT)

Rider	Team	Time
1	David Zabriskie
2	Richie Porte
3	Lieuwe Westra
4	Bradley Wiggins
5	Tony Martin
6	Andrew Talansky
7	Steven Kruijswijk
8	Cadel Evans
9	Jonathan Castroviejo
10	Linus Gerdemann

|| |General Classification after Stage 4

Rider	Team	Time
1	Cadel Evans [[File:Jersey yellow.svg	20px	Yellow jersey]]
2	Tony Martin
3	Alexander Vinokourov
4	Marco Pinotti
5	Beñat Intxausti
6	Pieter Weening
7	Janez Brajkovič
8	Pavel Brutt
9	Andrew Talansky [[File:Jersey white.svg	20px	White jersey]]
10	David Millar

Stage 5

;1 May 2011 – Champagne to Geneva, 164.6 km

Rider	Team	Time
1	Ben Swift
2	Davide Viganò
3	Óscar Freire
4	Fabio Sabatini
5	Enrico Gasparotto
6	Fumiyuki Beppu
7	Tony Martin
8	Nicolas Roche
9	Yukiya Arashiro
10	Enrique Sanz

|| |Final General Classification

Rider	Team	Time
1	Cadel Evans [[File:Jersey yellow.svg	20px	Yellow jersey]]
2	Tony Martin
3	Alexander Vinokourov
4	Marco Pinotti
5	Beñat Intxausti
6	Pieter Weening
7	Janez Brajkovič
8	Pavel Brutt
9	Andrew Talansky [[File:Jersey white.svg	20px	White jersey]]
10	David Millar

Jersey progress

Stage	Winner	General Classification
[[Image:Jersey yellow.svg	25px	link=	alt=]]	Mountain Grand Prix
[[Image:Jersey pink.svg	25px	link=	alt=]]	Sprints Classification
[[Image:Jersey green.svg	25px	link=	alt=]]	Youth Classification
[[Image:Jersey white.svg	25px	link=	alt=]]	Team Classification	Cadel Evans	Chris Anker Sørensen	Matthias Brändle	Andrew Talansky
P	Jonathan Castroviejo	Jonathan Castroviejo	not awarded	not awarded	Jonathan Castroviejo
1	Pavel Brutt	Pavel Brutt	Oleksandr Kvachuk	Pavel Brutt	Jack Bobridge
2	Damiano Cunego	Peter Stetina
3	Alexander Vinokourov	Dario Cioni
4	David Zabriskie	Cadel Evans	Andrew Talansky
5	Ben Swift	Chris Anker Sørensen	Matthias Brändle
Final

References

(1 May 2011). "Cadel Evans wins 2nd Tour de Romandie title". [[Time Inc.]].
(1 May 2011). "Evans gets "home win" and a boost for the Tour de France". [[TF1 Group]].
[http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-romandie-upt/start-list Start list]

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