2011 Paris–Nice

The 2011 Paris–Nice was the 69th running of the Paris–Nice cycling stage race, often known as the Race to the Sun. It started on 6 March in Houdan and ended on 13 March in Nice and consisted of eight stages, including a time trial. It was the second race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season.

2011 Paris–Nice

2011 UCI World Tour, race 2 of 27
Race details
Dates	6–13 March 2011
Stages	8
Distance	1,307 km (812.1 mi)
Winning time	34h 03' 37"
Results
Winner  Tony Martin (Germany) (HTC–Highroad)   Second  Andreas Klöden (Germany) (Team RadioShack)   Third  Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) (Team Sky) Points  Heinrich Haussler (Australia) (Garmin–Cervélo) Mountains  Rémi Pauriol (France) (FDJ) Youth  Rein Taaramäe (Estonia) (Cofidis)   Team Team RadioShack
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The race was won by HTC–Highroad rider Tony Martin, after holding onto the leader's yellow jersey which came from a time trial stage win on stage six.^[1][2] Martin's winning margin over runner-up and fellow German Andreas Klöden (Team RadioShack) – winner of the fifth stage of the race – was 36 seconds, with Team Sky's Bradley Wiggins completing the podium, 41 seconds down on Martin.

In the race's other classifications, Rein Taaramäe of Cofidis won the white jersey for the highest placed rider under the age of 25, and Garmin–Cervélo's Heinrich Haussler took home the green jersey for amassing the highest number of points during stages at intermediate sprints and stage finishes. FDJ rider Rémi Pauriol won the King of the Mountains classification, with Team RadioShack finishing at the head of the teams classification.

Teams

Thomas Voeckler wins sprint finish to end stage four

22 teams were invited to the 2011 Paris–Nice. The teams were:^[3]

• Ag2r–La Mondiale
• Astana
• BMC Racing Team
• Bretagne–Schuller
• Cofidis
• Team Europcar
• Euskaltel–Euskadi
• FDJ
• Garmin–Cervélo
• Lampre–ISD
• Leopard Trek
• Liquigas–Cannondale
• Omega Pharma–Lotto
• Quick-Step
• Rabobank
• HTC–Highroad
• Team Katusha
• Movistar Team
• Team RadioShack
• Saxo Bank–SunGard
• Team Sky
• Vacansoleil–DCM

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[4]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	6 March	Houdan to Houdan	154.5 km (96.0 mi)		Flat stage	Thomas De Gendt (BEL)
2	7 March	Montfort-l'Amaury to Amilly	198.5 km (123.3 mi)		Flat stage	Greg Henderson (NZL)
3	8 March	Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire to Nuits-Saint-Georges	202.5 km (125.8 mi)		Hilly stage	Matthew Goss (AUS)
4	9 March	Crêches-sur-Saône to Belleville	191 km (119 mi)		Hilly stage	Thomas Voeckler (FRA)
5	10 March	Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise to Vernoux-en-Vivarais	194 km (121 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Andreas Klöden (GER)
6	11 March	Rognes to Aix-en-Provence	27 km (17 mi)		Individual time trial	Tony Martin (GER)
7	12 March	Brignoles to Biot	215.5 km (133.9 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Rémy Di Gregorio (FRA)
8	13 March	Nice to Nice	124 km (77 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Thomas Voeckler (FRA)

Stages

Stage 1

6 March 2011 – Houdan to Houdan, 154.5 km (96.0 mi)^[4]

Stage 1 Result Rider Team Time 1  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) Vacansoleil–DCM 4h 05' 06" 2  Jérémy Roy (FRA) FDJ s.t. 3  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) Garmin–Cervélo s.t. 4  Peter Sagan (SVK) Liquigas–Cannondale s.t. 5  Greg Henderson (NZL) Team Sky s.t. 6  Jens Voigt (GER) Leopard Trek s.t. 7  Wouter Weylandt (BEL) Leopard Trek s.t. 8  Danilo Wyss (SUI) BMC Racing Team s.t. 9  Romain Feillu (FRA) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 10  Gert Steegmans (BEL) Quick-Step s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1 Rider Team Time 1  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) Vacansoleil–DCM 4h 04' 53" 2  Jérémy Roy (FRA) FDJ + 6" 3  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) Garmin–Cervélo + 9" 4  Damien Gaudin (FRA) Team Europcar + 10" 5  Jens Voigt (GER) Leopard Trek + 11" 6  Romain Feillu (FRA) Vacansoleil–DCM + 12" 7  Peter Sagan (SVK) Liquigas–Cannondale + 13" 8  Greg Henderson (NZL) Team Sky + 13" 9  Wouter Weylandt (BEL) Leopard Trek + 13" 10  Danilo Wyss (SUI) BMC Racing Team + 13"

Stage 2

7 March 2011 – Montfort-l'Amaury to Amilly, 198.5 km (123.3 mi)^[4]

Stage 2 Result Rider Team Time 1  Greg Henderson (NZL) Team Sky 5h 00' 56" 2  Matthew Goss (AUS) HTC–Highroad s.t. 3  Denis Galimzyanov (RUS) Team Katusha s.t. 4  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) Garmin–Cervélo s.t. 5  Peter Sagan (SVK) Liquigas–Cannondale s.t. 6  Romain Feillu (FRA) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 7  Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto s.t. 8  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) Movistar Team s.t. 9  Tomas Vaitkus (LTU) Astana s.t. 10  Danilo Wyss (SUI) BMC Racing Team s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2 Rider Team Time 1  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) Vacansoleil–DCM 9h 05' 48" 2  Greg Henderson (NZL) Team Sky + 4" 3  Jérémy Roy (FRA) FDJ + 7" 4  Matthew Goss (AUS) HTC–Highroad + 8" 5  Tony Gallopin (FRA) Cofidis + 8" 6  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) Garmin–Cervélo + 10" 7  Denis Galimzyanov (RUS) Team Katusha + 10" 8  Jens Voigt (GER) Leopard Trek + 12" 9  Romain Feillu (FRA) Vacansoleil–DCM + 13" 10  Peter Sagan (SVK) Liquigas–Cannondale + 14"

Stage 3

8 March 2011 – Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire to Nuits-Saint-Georges, 202.5 km (125.8 mi)^[4]

Stage 3 Result Rider Team Time 1  Matthew Goss (AUS) HTC–Highroad 5h 16' 48" 2  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) Garmin–Cervélo s.t. 3  Denis Galimzyanov (RUS) Team Katusha s.t. 4  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) Movistar Team s.t. 5  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Team Sky s.t. 6  Greg Henderson (NZL) Team Sky s.t. 7  Anthony Ravard (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale s.t. 8  Francesco Gavazzi (ITA) Lampre–ISD s.t. 9  Romain Feillu (FRA) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 10  Valerio Agnoli (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3 Rider Team Time 1  Matthew Goss (AUS) HTC–Highroad 14h 22' 34" 2  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) Vacansoleil–DCM + 2" 3  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) Garmin–Cervélo + 6" 4  Greg Henderson (NZL) Team Sky + 6" 5  Denis Galimzyanov (RUS) Team Katusha + 8" 6  Jérémy Roy (FRA) FDJ + 9" 7  Tony Gallopin (FRA) Cofidis + 10" 8  Cyril Gautier (FRA) Team Europcar + 11" 9  Cédric Pineau (FRA) FDJ + 11" 10  Jens Voigt (GER) Leopard Trek + 14"

Stage 4

9 March 2011 – Crêches-sur-Saône to Belleville, 191 km (118.7 mi)^[4]

Stage 4 Result Rider Team Time 1  Thomas Voeckler (FRA) Team Europcar 5h 04' 20" 2  Rémi Pauriol (FRA) FDJ s.t. 3  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 4  Rémy Di Gregorio (FRA) Astana s.t. 5  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) Garmin–Cervélo + 13" 6  Peter Sagan (SVK) Liquigas–Cannondale + 13" 7  Romain Feillu (FRA) Vacansoleil–DCM + 13" 8  Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) Cofidis + 13" 9  Grega Bole (SLO) Lampre–ISD + 13" 10  Danilo Wyss (SUI) BMC Racing Team + 13"

General Classification after Stage 4 Rider Team Time 1  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) Vacansoleil–DCM 19h 26' 46" 2  Thomas Voeckler (FRA) Team Europcar + 10" 3  Rémi Pauriol (FRA) FDJ + 16" 4  Matthew Goss (AUS) HTC–Highroad + 21" 5  Rémy Di Gregorio (FRA) Astana + 24" 6  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) Garmin–Cervélo + 27" 7  Jérémy Roy (FRA) FDJ + 30" 8  Tony Gallopin (FRA) Cofidis + 31" 9  Cyril Gautier (FRA) Team Europcar + 32" 10  Jens Voigt (GER) Leopard Trek + 35"

Stage 5

10 March 2011 – Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise to Vernoux-en-Vivarais, 194 km (120.5 mi)^[4]

Stage 5 Result Rider Team Time 1  Andreas Klöden (GER) Team RadioShack 4h 59' 00" 2  Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi s.t. 3  Matteo Carrara (ITA) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 4  Tony Martin (GER) HTC–Highroad s.t. 5  Rein Taaramäe (EST) Cofidis s.t. 6  Robert Kišerlovski (CRO) Astana s.t. 7  Janez Brajkovič (SLO) Team RadioShack s.t. 8  Xavier Tondó (ESP) Movistar Team s.t. 9  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Rabobank + 18" 10  Pierre Rolland (FRA) Team Europcar + 19"

General Classification after Stage 5 Rider Team Time 1  Andreas Klöden (GER) Team RadioShack 24h 26' 13" 2  Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 4" 3  Matteo Carrara (ITA) Vacansoleil–DCM + 6" 4  Tony Martin (GER) HTC–Highroad + 10" 5  Robert Kišerlovski (CRO) Astana + 10" 6  Janez Brajkovič (SLO) Team RadioShack + 10" 7  Xavier Tondó (ESP) Movistar Team + 10" 8  Rein Taaramäe (EST) Cofidis + 10" 9  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Rabobank + 28" 10  Roman Kreuziger (CZE) Astana + 29"

Stage 6

11 March 2011 – Rognes to Aix-en-Provence, 27 km (16.8 mi), (ITT)^[4]

Stage 6 Result Rider Team Time 1  Tony Martin (GER) HTC–Highroad 33' 24" 2  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Team Sky + 20" 3  Richie Porte (AUS) Saxo Bank–SunGard + 29" 4  Andreas Klöden (GER) Team RadioShack + 46" 5  Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 55" 6  Lieuwe Westra (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM + 57" 7  Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin–Cervélo + 1' 05" 8  Rein Taaramäe (EST) Cofidis + 1' 10" 9  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack + 1' 10" 10  Tejay van Garderen (USA) HTC–Highroad + 1' 29"

General Classification after Stage 6 Rider Team Time 1  Tony Martin (GER) HTC–Highroad 24h 59' 47" 2  Andreas Klöden (GER) Team RadioShack + 36" 3  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Team Sky + 39" 4  Rein Taaramäe (EST) Cofidis + 1' 10" 5  Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 1' 14" 6  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack + 1' 29" 7  Janez Brajkovič (SLO) Team RadioShack + 1' 32" 8  Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 1' 37" 9  Xavier Tondó (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 51" 10  Bauke Mollema (NED) Rabobank + 1' 57"

Stage 7

12 March 2011 – Brignoles to Biot, 215.5 km (133.9 mi)^[4]

Stage 7 Result Rider Team Time 1  Rémy Di Gregorio (FRA) Astana 5h 46' 23" 2  Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 5" 3  Rigoberto Urán (COL) Team Sky + 5" 4  Andreas Klöden (GER) Team RadioShack + 7" 5  Tony Martin (GER) HTC–Highroad + 7" 6  Rein Taaramäe (EST) Cofidis + 7" 7  Janez Brajkovič (SLO) Team RadioShack + 9" 8  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Team Sky + 9" 9  Xavier Tondó (ESP) Movistar Team + 9" 10  Maxime Monfort (BEL) Leopard Trek + 11"

General Classification after Stage 7 Rider Team Time 1  Tony Martin (GER) HTC–Highroad 30h 46' 17" 2  Andreas Klöden (GER) Team RadioShack + 36" 3  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Team Sky + 41" 4  Rein Taaramäe (EST) Cofidis + 1' 10" 5  Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 1' 21" 6  Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 1' 29" 7  Janez Brajkovič (SLO) Team RadioShack + 1' 34" 8  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack + 1' 36" 9  Xavier Tondó (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 53" 10  Bauke Mollema (NED) Rabobank + 2' 04"

Stage 8

13 March 2011 – Nice to Nice, 124 km (77.1 mi)^[4]

Stage 8 Result Rider Team Time 1  Thomas Voeckler (FRA) Team Europcar 3h 15' 58" 2  Diego Ulissi (ITA) Lampre–ISD + 23" 3  Julien El Fares (FRA) Cofidis + 1' 06" 4  Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 1' 06" 5  David López García (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 06" 6  Matteo Carrara (ITA) Vacansoleil–DCM + 1' 08" 7  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 1' 12" 8  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 22" 9  Simon Špilak (SLO) Lampre–ISD + 1' 22" 10  Tomas Vaitkus (LTU) Astana + 1' 22"

Final General Classification Rider Team Time 1  Tony Martin (GER) HTC–Highroad 34h 03' 37" 2  Andreas Klöden (GER) Team RadioShack + 36" 3  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Team Sky + 41" 4  Rein Taaramäe (EST) Cofidis + 1' 10" 5  Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 1' 13" 6  Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 1' 24" 7  Janez Brajkovič (SLO) Team RadioShack + 1' 34" 8  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack + 1' 36" 9  Bauke Mollema (NED) Rabobank + 2' 04" 10  Maxime Monfort (BEL) Leopard Trek + 2' 26"

Classification leadership progress

Stage	Winner	General Classification	Points Classification	Mountains Classification	Young Rider Classification	Team Classification
1	Thomas De Gendt	Thomas De Gendt	Thomas De Gendt	Damien Gaudin	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil–DCM
2	Greg Henderson		Greg Henderson
3	Matthew Goss	Matthew Goss	Heinrich Haussler	Jussi Veikkanen	Matthew Goss
4	Thomas Voeckler	Thomas De Gendt		Rémi Pauriol	Thomas De Gendt
5	Andreas Klöden	Andreas Klöden			Robert Kišerlovski	Team RadioShack
6	Tony Martin	Tony Martin			Rein Taaramäe
7	Rémy Di Gregorio
8	Thomas Voeckler
Final		Tony Martin	Heinrich Haussler	Rémi Pauriol	Rein Taaramäe	Team RadioShack