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2011 Tour de Suisse

Field	Value
name	2011 Tour de Suisse
series	[2011 UCI World Tour](2011-uci-world-tour)
race_no	16
season_no	27
image	Tour de Suisse 2011.png
image_size	300px
image_caption	The route of the 2011 Tour de Suisse
date	11–19 June 2011
stages	9
distance	1246.4
unit	km
time	31h 45' 02"
first	Levi Leipheimer
first_team
first_nat	USA
first_color	yellow
second	Damiano Cunego
second_team
second_nat	ITA
third	Steven Kruijswijk
third_team
third_nat	NED
points	Peter Sagan
points_team
points_nat	SVK
points_color	light blue
mountains	Andy Schleck
mountains_team
mountains_nat	LUX
mountains_color	green
sprints	Lloyd Mondory
sprints_team
sprints_nat	FRA
sprints_color	blue
team
previous	[2010](2010-tour-de-suisse)
next	[2012](2012-tour-de-suisse)

The 2011 Tour de Suisse was the 75th running of the Tour de Suisse cycling stage race. It started on 11 June with an individual time trial in Lugano and ended with another individual time trial on 19 June, in Schaffhausen. It was the 16th race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season.

Just like the previous edition of the race won by Fränk Schleck, the lead of the race changed hands in the final time trial stage. rider Damiano Cunego, who had held the lead of the race since stage three, had an advantage of over 90 seconds to his nearest challenger Steven Kruijswijk of , but it was 's Levi Leipheimer, who had been fourth prior to the final stage and almost two minutes in arrears of Cunego, that took the final overall honours. Leipheimer, who was only third on the stage behind Fabian Cancellara () and team-mate Andreas Klöden, triumphed by four seconds over Cunego after 1246.4 km of racing. Kruijswijk managed to hold on to third place in the overall classification, 62 seconds down on Leipheimer, but eight seconds ahead of another rider, Jakob Fuglsang.

In the race's other classifications, rider Andy Schleck won the King of the Mountains classification, 's Peter Sagan won the points classification after placing five times in the top three of stage results, Lloyd Mondory of finished clear at the top of the sprints classification, with also finishing at the head of the teams classification.

Route

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner	1	2	3
11 June	Lugano	7.3 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	20px	link=	alt=]]	Individual time trial	Fabian Cancellara
12 June	Airolo to Crans-Montana	149 km			Mauricio Soler
13 June	Brig-Glis to Grindelwald	107.6 km			Peter Sagan
14 June	Grindelwald to Huttwil	198.4 km			Thor Hushovd
15 June	Huttwil to Tobel-Tägerschen	204.2 km			Borut Božič
16 June	Tobel-Tägerschen to Triesenberg (Liechtenstein)	157.7 km			Steven Kruijswijk
17 June	Vaduz (Liechtenstein) to (Austria)	222.8 km			Thomas De Gendt
18 June	Tübach to Schaffhausen	167.3 km			Peter Sagan
19 June	Schaffhausen	32.1 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	20px	link=	alt=]]	Individual time trial	Fabian Cancellara

Stages

Stage 1

;11 June 2011 – Lugano, 7.3 km individual time trial (ITT)

Rider	Team	Time
1	Fabian Cancellara [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg	20px]][[Image:Jersey light blue.svg	20px]]
2	Tejay van Garderen
3	Peter Sagan
4	Gustav Larsson
5	Andreas Klöden
6	Tom Danielson
7	Peter Velits
8	Bauke Mollema
9	Levi Leipheimer
10	Linus Gerdemann

Stage 2

;12 June 2011 – Airolo to Crans-Montana, 149 km

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Mauricio Soler
2	Damiano Cunego
3	Fränk Schleck
4	Danilo Di Luca
5	Bauke Mollema
6	Levi Leipheimer
7	Tejay van Garderen
8	Mathias Frank
9	Eros Capecchi
10	Laurens ten Dam

|| |General classification after Stage 2

Rider	Team	Time
1	Mauricio Soler [[File:Jersey yellow.svg	20px	Yellow jersey]]
2	Damiano Cunego
3	Bauke Mollema
4	Tejay van Garderen [[Image:Jersey light blue.svg	20px]]
5	Fränk Schleck
6	Levi Leipheimer
7	Danilo Di Luca
8	Mathias Frank
9	Chris Froome
10	Eros Capecchi

Stage 3

;13 June 2011 – Brig-Glis to Grindelwald, 107.6 km

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Peter Sagan
2	Damiano Cunego
3	Jakob Fuglsang
4	Laurens ten Dam
5	Giampaolo Caruso
6	Tejay van Garderen [[Image:Jersey light blue.svg	20px]]
7	Fränk Schleck
8	Bauke Mollema
9	Mauricio Soler [[File:Jersey yellow.svg	20px	Yellow jersey]]
10	Francis De Greef

|| |General classification after Stage 3

Rider	Team	Time
1	Damiano Cunego [[File:Jersey yellow.svg	20px	Yellow jersey]]
2	Mauricio Soler
3	Bauke Mollema
4	Laurens ten Dam [[Image:Jersey green.svg	20px	Green jersey]]
5	Tejay van Garderen
6	Fränk Schleck
7	Jakob Fuglsang
8	Danilo Di Luca
9	Steven Kruijswijk
10	Levi Leipheimer

Stage 4

;14 June 2011 – Grindelwald to Huttwil, 198.4 km

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Thor Hushovd
2	Peter Sagan [[Image:Jersey light blue.svg	20px]]
3	Marco Marcato
4	José Joaquín Rojas
5	Óscar Freire
6	Enrico Gasparotto
7	Greg Van Avermaet
8	Zdeněk Štybar
9	Tom Boonen
10	Daryl Impey

|| |General classification after Stage 4

Rider	Team	Time
1	Damiano Cunego [[File:Jersey yellow.svg	20px	Yellow jersey]]
2	Mauricio Soler
3	Bauke Mollema
4	Laurens ten Dam [[File:Jersey green.svg	20px	Green jersey]]
5	Tejay van Garderen
6	Fränk Schleck
7	Jakob Fuglsang
8	Danilo Di Luca
9	Steven Kruijswijk
10	Levi Leipheimer

Stage 5

;15 June 2011 – Huttwil to Tobel-Tägerschen, 204.2 km

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Borut Božič
2	Óscar Freire
3	Peter Sagan [[Image:Jersey light blue.svg	20px]]
4	Tejay van Garderen
5	José Joaquín Rojas
6	Marco Marcato
7	Anthony Ravard
8	Linus Gerdemann
9	Greg Van Avermaet
10	Ben Swift

|| |General classification after Stage 5

Rider	Team	Time
1	Damiano Cunego [[File:Jersey yellow.svg	20px	Yellow jersey]]
2	Mauricio Soler
3	Bauke Mollema
4	Laurens ten Dam [[Image:Jersey green.svg	20px	Green jersey]]
5	Tejay van Garderen
6	Fränk Schleck
7	Jakob Fuglsang
8	Danilo Di Luca
9	Steven Kruijswijk
10	Levi Leipheimer

Stage 6

;16 June 2011 – Tobel-Tägerschen to Triesenberg (Liechtenstein), 157.7 km

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Steven Kruijswijk
2	Levi Leipheimer
3	Damiano Cunego [[File:Jersey yellow.svg	20px	Yellow jersey]]
4	Bauke Mollema
5	Giampaolo Caruso
6	Fränk Schleck
7	Mathias Frank
8	Laurens ten Dam [[Image:Jersey green.svg	20px	Green jersey]]
9	Jakob Fuglsang
10	Tom Danielson

|| |General classification after Stage 6

Rider	Team	Time
1	Damiano Cunego [[File:Jersey yellow.svg	20px	Yellow jersey]]
2	Bauke Mollema
3	Steven Kruijswijk
4	Fränk Schleck
5	Levi Leipheimer
6	Laurens ten Dam [[File:Jersey green.svg	20px	Green jersey]]
7	Jakob Fuglsang
8	Mathias Frank
9	Giampaolo Caruso
10	Tejay van Garderen

Stage 7

;17 June 2011 – Vaduz (Liechtenstein) to (Austria), 222.8 km

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Thomas De Gendt
2	Andy Schleck
3	José Joaquín Rojas
4	Christian Vande Velde
5	Alberto Losada
6	Sergey Lagutin
7	Jan Bakelants
8	Marco Marcato
9	George Hincapie
10	Manuele Boaro

|| |General classification after Stage 7

Rider	Team	Time
1	Damiano Cunego [[File:Jersey yellow.svg	20px	Yellow jersey]]
2	Bauke Mollema
3	Steven Kruijswijk
4	Fränk Schleck
5	Levi Leipheimer
6	Jakob Fuglsang
7	Mathias Frank
8	Laurens ten Dam
9	Giampaolo Caruso
10	Tejay van Garderen

Stage 8

;18 June 2011 – Tübach to Schaffhausen, 167.3 km Rabobank's Bauke Mollema, who was placed second overall at the time, punctured about 15 km from the finish. When the Leopard Trek team heard it, they led the chase, and Mollema was unable to get back to the group, and he finished 48 seconds behind. Rabobank assistant directeur sportif Frans Maassen said that Mollema should have had a chance to win the stage.{{cite web

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Peter Sagan [[File:Jersey light blue.svg	20px	Light blue jersey]]
2	Matthew Goss
3	Ben Swift
4	Koldo Fernández
5	Thor Hushovd
6	José Joaquín Rojas
7	Gerald Ciolek
8	Ian Stannard
9	Simon Clarke
10	Tejay van Garderen

|| |General classification after Stage 8

Rider	Team	Time
1	Damiano Cunego [[File:Jersey yellow.svg	20px	Yellow jersey]]
2	Steven Kruijswijk
3	Fränk Schleck
4	Levi Leipheimer
5	Bauke Mollema
6	Jakob Fuglsang
7	Laurens ten Dam
8	Giampaolo Caruso
9	Mathias Frank
10	Tejay van Garderen

Stage 9

;19 June 2011 – Schaffhausen, 32.1 km individual time trial (ITT)

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Fabian Cancellara
2	Andreas Klöden
3	Levi Leipheimer
4	Nelson Oliveira
5	Tom Danielson
6	Gustav Larsson
7	Jakob Fuglsang
8	Thomas De Gendt
9	Chris Froome
10	Christian Vande Velde

|| |Final General classification

Rider	Team	Time
1	Levi Leipheimer [[File:Jersey yellow.svg	20px	Yellow jersey]]
2	Damiano Cunego
3	Steven Kruijswijk
4	Jakob Fuglsang
5	Bauke Mollema
6	Mathias Frank
7	Fränk Schleck
8	Laurens ten Dam
9	Tom Danielson
10	Maxime Monfort

Leadership classification

Stage	Winner	General classification
[[Image:Jersey yellow.svg	25px]]
Mountains Classification
[[Image:Jersey green.svg	25px]]
Points classification
[[Image:Jersey light blue.svg	25px]]
Sprints Classification
[[Image:Jersey blue.svg	25px]]
Team Classification
[[Image:Jersey yellow number.svg	25px]]
Final	Levi Leipheimer	Andy Schleck	Peter Sagan	Lloyd Mondory
1	Fabian Cancellara	Fabian Cancellara	no award	Fabian Cancellara	no award
2	Mauricio Soler	Mauricio Soler	Matti Breschel	Tejay van Garderen	Lloyd Mondory
3	Peter Sagan	Damiano Cunego	Laurens ten Dam	Peter Sagan
4	Thor Hushovd
5	Borut Božič
6	Steven Kruijswijk
7	Thomas De Gendt	Andy Schleck
8	Peter Sagan
9	Fabian Cancellara	Levi Leipheimer

References

(19 June 2011). "Classement General Etape 9". Sportal Digital Media; MATsport Timing.
"Tour De Suisse (Pro Tour) - Tour of Switzerland". BikeRaceInfo.
(5 October 2010). "Four Mountaintop Finishes In 2011 Tour De Suisse". Future Publishing Limited.
Fotheringham, Alasdair. (19 June 2011). "Leipheimer wins Tour of Switzerland after time trial surge". [[TF1 Group]].
(19 June 2011). "Levi Leipheimer snatches Tour de Suisse victory from Damiano Cunego". Guardian Media Group.
"2011 Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse)". BikeRaceInfo.
Ryan, Barry. (18 June 2011). "Tour de Suisse 2011: Sagan sprints to second stage win". Future Publishing Limited.

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