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| Series | 2011 UCI World Tour |
| Race no | 13 |
| Season no | 27 |
| Date | 26 April – 1 May 2011 |
| Stages | 5 + Prologue |
| Distance | 694.5 |
| Unit | km |
| Time | 16h 51' 49 |
| First | Cadel Evans |
| First nat | AUS |
| First color | yellow |
| Second | Tony Martin |
| Second nat | GER |
| Third | Alexander Vinokourov |
| Third nat | KAZ |
| Mountains | Chris Anker Sørensen |
| Mountains nat | DEN |
| Mountains color | pink |
| Sprints color | green |
| Sprints | Matthias Brändle |
| Sprints nat | AUT |
| Youth | Andrew Talansky |
| Youth nat | USA |
| Youth color | white |
The 2011 Tour de Romandie was the 65th edition of the Tour de Romandie cycling stage race and the 13th event of the 2011 UCI World Tour. 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.[1]
The race was won by rider Cadel Evans, who claimed the leader's yellow jersey for the second time[2] – 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.[3] Evans' winning margin over runner-up Tony Martin was 18 seconds,[3] and 's Alexander Vinokourov completed the podium, 19 seconds down on Evans.[3]
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 included the 2006 winner Cadel Evans, 2009 winner Roman Kreuziger, and the 2010 winner Simon Špilak.[citation needed]
Teams
Twenty teams participated in the race.[4]
Stages
Prologue
- 26 April – Martigny, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi), individual time trial (ITT)
Stage 1
- 27 April 2011 – Martigny to Leysin, 169.3 kilometres (105.2 mi)
Stage 2
- 28 April 2011 – Romont, 168.3 kilometres (104.6 mi)
Stage 3
Stage 4
- 30 April 2011 – Aubonne to Bougy-Villars, 20.1 kilometres (12.5 mi), individual time trial (ITT)
Stage 5
Classification leadership
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Team classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Jonathan Castroviejo | Jonathan Castroviejo | not awarded | Jonathan Castroviejo | |
| 1 | Pavel Brutt | Pavel Brutt | Oleksandr Kvachuk | Jack Bobridge | |
| 2 | Damiano Cunego | Peter Stetina | |||
| 3 | Alexander Vinokourov | ||||
| 4 | David Zabriskie | Cadel Evans | Andrew Talansky | ||
| 5 | Ben Swift | Chris Anker Sørensen | |||
| Final | Cadel Evans | Chris Anker Sørensen | Andrew Talansky | ||
References
- ^ "Tour de Romandie 2011". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ^ "Cadel Evans wins 2nd Tour de Romandie title". Sports Illustrated. Time Inc.. Associated Press. 1 May 2011. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "Evans gets "home win" and a boost for the Tour de France". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. Reuters. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "Startlist for Tour de Romandie 2011". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 14 May 2026.