2011 Paris–Roubaix

The 2011 Paris–Roubaix was the 109th running of the Paris–Roubaix single-day cycling race, often known as the Hell of the North. It was held on 10 April 2011 over a distance of 258 kilometres (160.3 miles) and was the ninth race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season.

2011 Paris–Roubaix

2011 UCI World Tour, race 9 of 27
Official event poster
Race details
Dates	10 April 2011
Stages	1
Distance	258 km (160.3 mi)
Winning time	6h 07' 28"
Results
Winner  Johan Vansummeren (BEL) (Garmin–Cervélo)   Second  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (Leopard Trek)   Third  Maarten Tjallingii (NED) (Rabobank)
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Garmin–Cervélo's Johan Vansummeren claimed victory after making a solo breakaway from a four-man group with 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) remaining, holding on to win by 19 seconds at the velodrome in Roubaix.^[1][2] He also held on to victory, despite riding the final 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) with a flat rear tyre.^[1] Second place went to Leopard Trek rider and defending race winner Fabian Cancellara who caught the remaining riders from the breakaway – Maarten Tjallingii of Rabobank, Lars Bak of HTC–Highroad and Grégory Rast of Team RadioShack – and outsprinted them in Roubaix. Tjallingii completed the podium in third.

Johan Vansummeren en route to victory in Roubaix

Teams

25 teams competed in the 2011 Paris–Roubaix. They were:^[3]

Teams for Paris-Roubaix Ag2r–La Mondiale Astana BMC Racing Team Euskaltel–Euskadi Garmin–Cervélo HTC–Highroad Lampre–ISD Leopard Trek Liquigas–Cannondale Omega Pharma–Lotto Quick-Step Rabobank Team Katusha Movistar Team Team RadioShack Saxo Bank–SunGard Team Sky Vacansoleil–DCM

Wild Cards Bretagne–Schuller Cofidis FDJ Saur–Sojasun Skil–Shimano Team Europcar Team NetApp

Results

Results (1–10)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Johan Vansummeren (BEL)	Garmin–Cervélo	6h 07' 28"
2	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	Leopard Trek	+ 19"
3	Maarten Tjallingii (NED)	Rabobank	+ 19"
4	Grégory Rast (SUI)	Team RadioShack	+ 19"
5	Lars Bak (DEN)	HTC–Highroad	+ 21"
6	Alessandro Ballan (ITA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 36"
7	Bernhard Eisel (AUT)	HTC–Highroad	+ 47"
8	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	Garmin–Cervélo	+ 47"
9	Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP)	Team Sky	+ 47"
10	Mathew Hayman (AUS)	Team Sky	+ 47"

See also

• 2011 in road cycling