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2011 Tour de Suisse

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2011 Tour de Suisse
2011 UCI World Tour, race 16 of 27
The route of the 2011 Tour de Suisse
The route of the 2011 Tour de Suisse
Race details
Dates11–19 June 2011
Stages9[1]
Distance1,246.4[2] km (774.5 mi)
Winning time31h 45' 02"
Results
Winner  Levi Leipheimer (USA) (Team RadioShack)
  Second  Damiano Cunego (ITA) (Lampre–ISD)
  Third  Steven Kruijswijk (NED) (Rabobank)

Points  Peter Sagan (SVK) (Liquigas–Cannondale)
Mountains  Andy Schleck (LUX) (Leopard Trek)
Sprints  Lloyd Mondory (FRA) (Ag2r–La Mondiale)
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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.[3] 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. Lampre–ISD 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 Rabobank, but it was Team RadioShack'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 (Leopard Trek) and team-mate Andreas Klöden,[4] triumphed by four seconds over Cunego after 1,246.4 kilometres (774.5 miles) of racing.[5] Kruijswijk managed to hold on to third place in the overall classification, 62 seconds down on Leipheimer, but eight seconds ahead of another Leopard Trek rider, Jakob Fuglsang.

In the race's other classifications, Leopard Trek rider Andy Schleck won the King of the Mountains classification, Liquigas–Cannondale's Peter Sagan won the points classification after placing five times in the top three of stage results, Lloyd Mondory of Ag2r–La Mondiale finished clear at the top of the sprints classification, with Leopard Trek also finishing at the head of the teams classification.

Route

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Stage characteristics and winners[6]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 11 June Lugano 7.3 km (4.5 mi) Individual time trial  Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
2 12 June Airolo to Crans-Montana 149 km (92.6 mi)  Mauricio Soler (COL)
3 13 June Brig-Glis to Grindelwald 107.6 km (66.9 mi)  Peter Sagan (SVK)
4 14 June Grindelwald to Huttwil 198.4 km (123.3 mi)  Thor Hushovd (NOR)
5 15 June Huttwil to Tobel-Tägerschen 204.2 km (126.9 mi)  Borut Božič (SLO)
6 16 June Tobel-Tägerschen to Triesenberg (Liechtenstein) 157.7 km (98.0 mi)  Steven Kruijswijk (NED)
7 17 June Vaduz (Liechtenstein) to Serfaus–Fiss–Ladis [de] (Austria) 222.8 km (138.4 mi)  Thomas De Gendt (BEL)
8 18 June Tübach to Schaffhausen 167.3 km (104.0 mi)  Peter Sagan (SVK)
9 19 June Schaffhausen 32.1 km (19.9 mi) Individual time trial  Fabian Cancellara (SUI)

Stages

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Stage 1

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11 June 2011 – Lugano, 7.3 km (4.5 mi) individual time trial (ITT)
Stage 1 Result and General classification after Stage 1
Rider Team Time
1  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) Leopard Trek 9' 41"
2  Tejay van Garderen (USA) HTC–Highroad + 9"
3  Peter Sagan (SVK) Liquigas–Cannondale + 17"
4  Gustav Larsson (SWE) Saxo Bank–SunGard + 17"
5  Andreas Klöden (GER) Team RadioShack + 18"
6  Tom Daniels