Bavaria Tour 2011

Bavaria Tour 2011
Host country	Germany
Competition period	May 25-29, 2011
Stages	5
overall length	798.3 km
Starting field	124 in 20 teams (113 of which arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating	1. Geraint Thomas 19:09:36 h 2. Nicki Sørensen + 0:17 min 3. Michael Albasini + 0:19 min
Team evaluation	Sky ProCycling 57:38:20 h
Scoring jerseys
Scoring	Edvald Boasson Hagen
Mountain scoring	Pieter Serry
Young talent evaluation	Thibaut Pinot
course
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Arrival of the field in Moosburg

Overall result after 5th stages

	Geraint Thomas	19:09:36 h
2.	Nicki Sørensen	+ 00:17 min
3.	Michael Albasini	+ 00:19 min
4th	Blel Kadri	+ 01:23 min
5.	Andreas Klier	+ 01:26 min
6th	Johannes Fröhlinger	+ 01:46 min
7th	Thibaut Pinot	+ 01:47 min
8th.	Wesley Sulzberger	+ 01:53 min
9.	Pieter Serry	+ 02:11 min
10.	David Loosli	+ 03:25 min
	Edvald Boasson Hagen	14 p.
2.	Michael Albasini	12 p.
3.	Jarosław Marycz	12 p.
	Pieter Serry	10 p.
2.	Fabian Wegmann	8 p.
3.	Tony Hurel	6 p.
	Thibaut Pinot	19:11:23 h
2.	Pieter Serry	0 + 0:24 min
3.	Edvald Boasson Hagen	0 + 2:58 min
	Sky ProCycling	57:38:20 h
2.	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 02:28 min
3.	HTC highroad	+ 02:59 min

The 32nd Bayern Tour took place from May 25th to 29th, 2011. The race was held in five stages, including an individual time trial , over a distance of 798.3 kilometers. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour 2011 and was classified there in the 2nd HC category.

In the individual time trial, nine physically handicapped cyclists competed, including participants in the Paralympics such as Michael Teuber and Wolfgang Sacher .

Overall winner was the Briton Geraint Thomas from Team Sky ProCycling ahead of Nicki Sørensen (Saxo Bank SunGard) from Denmark and Michael Albasini (HTC-Highroad) from Switzerland.

Participating teams

Eight ProTeams , eight Professional Continental Teams , including the NetApp team from Germany , and four German Continental teams received invitations .

UCI ProTeams ag2r La Mondiale Euskaltel-Euskadi Garmin-Cervélo	HTC highroad Lampre ISD Leopard Trek	Saxo Bank SunGard Sky ProCycling
UCI Professional Continental Teams Caja Rural CCC Polsat Polkowice FDJ	Geox-TMC Skil-Shimano Team Europcar	Team NetApp Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
UCI Continental Teams Nutrixxion Sparkasse Team Eddy Merckx-Indeland	Team Heizomat	Team NSP

Stages

In the 1st stage from Pfarrkirchen to Freystadt on May 25th, five outliers were only made three kilometers from the finish. The Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen won the mass sprint ahead of André Schulze (CCC Polsat Polkowice) and Heinrich Haussler (Garmin Cervelo).

The 2nd stage from Freystadt to Bad Gögging on May 26th was won by the German John Degenkolb ahead of Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) and Edvald Boasson Hagen.

The 3rd stage from Bad Gögging to Aichach on May 27th ran over hilly terrain, in bad weather a top group around the eventual overall winner Geraint Thomas from the Sky ProCycling team was able to break away and drive a decisive five minutes ahead of the other favorites. Michael Albasini ( HTC-Highroad ) was victorious in the group sprint.

The 4th stage on May 28th was the time trial in Friedberg . The Briton Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) won the time trial and surprisingly relegated time trial world champion Fabian Cancellara to second place. Geraint Thomas took over the yellow jersey with fifth place.

The final stage from Friedberg to Moosburg on May 29th was marked by the solo trip by Jarosław Marycz from the Saxobank Sungard team. Only after 140 kilometers was Marycz swallowed by the peloton about five kilometers from the finish. The final stage was won by the Italian Giacomo Nizzolo (Leopard Trek) in a mass sprint in Moosburg ahead of John Degenkolb and Edvald Boasson Hagen.

Overall winner of the Bayern Rundfahrt 2011 was Geraint Thomas ahead of Nicki Sørensen and Michael Albasini .

stage	Day	Start finish	km	Type	Stage winner	Overall leader
1.	25. May	Parish churches - Freystadt	223.2		Edvald Boasson Hagen	Edvald Boasson Hagen
2.	May 26	Freystadt - Bad Gögging	206.2		John Degenkolb
3.	May 27th	Bad Gögging - Aichach	180.8		Michael Albasini	Michael Albasini
4th	28th of May	Friedberg EZF	026.0		Bradley Wiggins	Geraint Thomas
5.	May 29th	Friedberg - Moosburg	162.1		Giacomo Nizzolo

Ratings in the course of the race

The table shows the leader in the respective classification after the respective stage.

	Stage winner	Overall rating	Young talent evaluation	Mountain scoring	Scoring	Team evaluation
1	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Maxime Bouet	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Lampre ISD
2	John Degenkolb			Matthias Bertling		Sky ProCycling
3	Michael Albasini	Michael Albasini	Pieter Serry	Pieter Serry	Maxime Bouet
4th	Bradley Wiggins	Geraint Thomas	Thibaut Pinot
5	Giacomo Nizzolo				Edvald Boasson Hagen

Web links

• Website of the Bavaria Tour

Individual evidence

1. ↑ bayern-rundfahrt.com: Nine Paralympics in Friedberg at the start  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 18, 2012  
2. ↑ Bayern Rundfahrt - start list ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.