2011 Critérium International

2011 Critérium International

2010–2011 UCI Europe Tour
The route of the 2011 Critérium International
Race details
Dates		26–27 March
Stages		3
Distance		280 km (174.0 mi)
Winning time		7h 13' 12" (39.9 km/h/24.8 mph)
Palmarès
	Winner	Fränk Schleck (Luxembourg)	(Leopard Trek)
	Second	Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus)	(Movistar Team)
	Third	Rein Taaramäe (Estonia)	(Cofidis)
	Points	Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus)	(Movistar Team)
	Mountains	Pim Ligthart (Netherlands)	(Vacansoleil-DCM)
	Youth	Rein Taaramäe (Estonia)	(Cofidis)
	Team	Movistar Team
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The 2011 Critérium International, was the 79th running of the Critérium International cycling stage race. It started on 26 March in Porto-Vecchio and ended on 27 March in Porto-Vecchio and consisted of 3 stages, including 2 stages on the same day; a flat stage and an individual time trial, held as the second and third stages.

The race was won by Leopard-Trek rider Fränk Schleck, who claimed the leader's yellow jersey after a strong finish first stage, and maintained his advantage to the end of the race. Schleck's winning margin over runner-up Vasil Kiryienka of Team Movistar was 13 seconds, and Cofidis' Rein Taaramäe completed the podium, 17 seconds down on Kiryienka.

In the race's other classifications, Team Movistar rider Vasil Kiryienka won the green jersey for the points classification, the King of the Mountains classificationwas won by Pim Ligthart of Vacansoleil-DCM, Cofidis' Rein Taaramäe won the young rider classification, with Movistar finishing at the head of the teams classification.

Pre-race favourites

The winner of the 2010 Critérium International, Pierrick Fédrigo, was looking to defend last year's victory, while other pre-race favourites like 2 time runner-up of the Tour de France Andy Schleck and Vuelta a España 5th place , Fränk Schleck, as well as Alexander Vinokourov.

Teams

Ag2r-La Mondiale Astana BigMat-Auber 93 Cofidis Bretagne-Schuller Euskaltel-Euskadi Team Europcar FDJ

Garmin-Cervélo Skil-Shimano Team RadioShack Saur-Sojasun Movistar Team Team Sky Vacansoleil-DCM Leopard Trek

Stages

Stage 1

26 March 2011 – Porto-Vecchio to Col de l’Ospedale, 198 km

Stage Result and General Classification after Stage Rider Team Time 1  Fränk Schleck (LUX) Leopard Trek 5h 20' 52" 2  Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) Movistar Team + 20" 3  Rein Taaramäe (EST) Cofidis + 28" Rider Team Time 1  Fränk Schleck (LUX) Leopard Trek 5h 20' 52" 2  Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) Movistar Team + 20" 3  Rein Taaramäe (EST) Cofidis + 28"

Stage 2

27 March 2011 – Porto-Vecchio 75 km

Stage Result and General Classification after Stage Rider Team Time 1  Simon Geschke (GER) Skil-Shimano 1h 43' 10" 2  Murilo Fischer (BRA) Movistar Team s.t. 3  Laurent Mangel (FRA) Saur-Sojasun s.t. Rider Team Time 1  Fränk Schleck (LUX) Leopard Trek 7h 4' 02" 2  Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) Movistar Team + 20" 3  Rein Taaramäe (EST) Cofidis + 28"

Stage 3

27 March 2011 – Porto-Vecchio 7 km

Stage Result and General Classification after Stage Rider Team Time 1  Andreas Klöden (GER) Team RadioShack 8' 46" 2  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Team Sky + 4" 3  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Leopard Trek + 10" Rider Team Time 1  Fränk Schleck (LUX) Leopard Trek 7h 13' 12" 2  Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) Movistar Team + 13" 3  Rein Taaramäe (EST) Cofidis + 20"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Points classification	Young rider classification	Team Classification
1	Fränk Schleck	Fränk Schleck	Pim Ligthart	Fränk Schleck	Rein Taaramäe	Movistar Team
2	Simon Geschke
3	Andreas Klöden			Vasil Kiryienka
Final		Fränk Schleck	Pim Ligthart	Vasil Kiryienka	Rein Taaramäe	Movistar Team

References

• http://www.letour.fr/2011/CRI/LIVE/us/100/classement/index.html

External links

• http://www.letour.fr/us/homepage_courseCRI.html