Algarve Tour 2011
| Algarve Tour 2011 | |
| Host country |
 Portugal
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| Competition period | February 16-20 |
| Stages | 5 stages |
| overall length | 707.7 km |
| Starting field | 160 drivers in 21 teams (150 of them arrived at the finish) |
| winner | |
| Overall rating | 1. Tony Martin 18:48:45 h 2. Tejay van Garderen + 00:32 min 3. Lieuwe Westra + 00:39 min  
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| Team evaluation |
HTC-Highroad 56:28:06 h
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| Scoring jerseys | |
 Overall rating
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Tony Martin
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 Scoring
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Tyler Farrar
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 Mountain scoring
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Ricardo Mestre
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 Sprint scoring
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César Fonte
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The 37th Algarve Tour (officially: Volta ao Algarve ) was a cycling stage race in Portugal that took place from February 16 to 20, 2011. It was held in five stages over a total distance of 707.7 kilometers. The race was part of the UCI Europe Tour 2011 and classified there in category 2.1.
The overall victory was won by the German Tony Martin from the HTC Highroad team ahead of his team mate Tejay van Garderen . Third place went to Lieuwe Westra ( Vacansoleil-DCM ) from the Netherlands .
Attendees
Twelve of the 18 ProTeams were at the start as well as five Professional Continental Teams . The field of 21 teams was completed by the four Portuguese Continental teams . Eleven German and three Swiss professionals took part.
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Stages and course of the race
The first stage, which started at the Algarve Stadium in Faro , contained only a few short climbs. Nevertheless, the expected mass sprint did not take place, instead the Belgian Philippe Gilbert from Omega Pharma-Lotto pulled away on the last kilometer and celebrated a narrow solo victory. The second section was flat, especially towards the end, with the German new professional John Degenkolb ( HTC-Highroad ) celebrating his first professional victory in the mass sprint. The third stage ended on a short but steep climb of almost three kilometers. Gilbert lost over a minute and had to hand over the overall lead to the winner of the day Steve Cummings ( Sky ProCycling ), who led a top group of five to the finish. Large gaps between the individual groups have not yet emerged.
The following day only came up with a few climbs. Again a German won the mass sprint , this time André Greipel , Gilbert's team-mate. The decision about overall victory was made in the final short time trial: day winner Tony Martin also won the yellow jersey.
| stage | Day | Start finish | Type | km | Stage winner | Overall rating |
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| 1. | February 16 | Estádio Algarve > Albufeira |  |
157.5 |
 Philippe Gilbert
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Philippe Gilbert
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| 2. | February 17th | Lagoa > Lagos | |
139 |
John Degenkolb
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| 3. | February 18 | Tavira > Malhao |  |
179.2 |
 Steve Cummings
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Steve Cummings
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| 4th | 19th of February | Albufeira > Tavira | |
167.3 |
André Greipel
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| 5. | 20. February | Lagoa - Portimão |  |
17.2 |
Tony Martin
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Tony Martin
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