Circuit de Lorraine 2011 was a cycling stage race that took place from May 18-22, 2011. It led on five stages over a distance of 848.5 kilometers. Circuit de Lorraine was part of the UCI Europe Tour 2011 and classified there in category 2.1.
Teams and drivers
132 drivers from 17 teams took part. A team had to have at least six and a maximum of eight drivers. Roubaix Lille Métropole started with only six drivers, Androni Giocattoli and Skil-Shimano with seven, and all other teams with eight drivers. Last year's winner was again at the start with the Italian Fabio Felline .
Ratings / jerseys
During the tour, jerseys were awarded in four individual ratings: the yellow jersey for the best overall, the green jersey for the best in points, the dotted jersey for the best climber and the red jersey for the best sprinter. In addition, the best team was determined.
Overall individual ranking (yellow jersey)
The yellow jersey was won by the driver with the lowest total of all times in the individual stages. This also included time credits. Each stage winner was credited 10 seconds, the second 6 seconds and the third 4 seconds. The first three of a super sprint of a stage ( super point chaud ) would receive 3, 2 and 1 second time credits.
Driver with the best points (green jersey)
For the evaluation of the driver with the best points, the first 15 drivers of each stage received the following points: 25, 20, 16, 14, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. The driver with the highest number of points wore the green jersey.
Best climber (dotted jersey)
Points for the best climber were awarded as follows:
- Category I increases: 15, 12, 10 points
- Category II increases: 10, 8, 6 points
- Category III increases: 5, 4, 3 points
The driver with the highest number of points wore the dotted jersey.
Best sprinter (red jersey)
There were two sprints on each stage. The first three drivers each received:
- 3, 2 and 1 points in the first sprint rating
- 6, 4 and 2 points in the second sprint rating, the so-called super point chaud .
The driver with the highest number of points wore the red jersey.
Team ranking
The sum of the times of the first three drivers of each team resulted in the stage team time. The team with the lowest total of all of its stage team times won the overall ranking.
Stage overview
The tour extended over five stages with a total of 848.5 kilometers. It led through all four departments ( Meurthe-et-Moselle , Meuse , Moselle and Vosges ) of the Lorraine region , as well as the German state of Saarland . Two sprint ratings were carried out on each stage.
1st stage: Amneville - Longwy, 161 km
The first stage led over 161 km from Amnéville to Longwy . In addition to the two sprint classifications, there were four mountain classifications on the stage. In the final sprint, Frenchman Anthony Roux prevailed against his compatriots Romain Feillu and Laurent Mangel and took the lead in the overall standings. Guillaume Faucon secured the lead in the mountain classification .
2nd stage: Briey - Commercy, 164 km
The second stage led from Briey to Commercy . There were no attacks on the 164 km, so that the second stage of the tour was decided in a mass sprint. The French Sébastien Chavanel prevailed against the Australian Zakkari Dempster and the French Romain Feillu . With the time credit, Romain Feillu took the lead in the overall ranking. The Belgian Thomas De Gendt won all four mountain classifications of this stage and thus took over the dotted jersey.
3rd stage: Château-Salins - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, 206 km
The 3rd stage from Château-Salins to Saint-Dié-des-Vosges was the queen's stage of the tour. Five mountain classifications had to be completed over the 206 km. Thomas De Gendt won two of them and extended his lead in the mountain classification. On the last climb, Julien Simon and Pierre Roland drove an attack, which Thomas De Gendt followed. After the descent, the trio had a lead of 20 seconds, 15 seconds of which they saved the finish line. Thomas De Gendt prevailed in the finish sprint and took the lead in the overall standings.
4th stage: Baccarat - Rehlingen, 168 km
The fourth stage led from Baccarat over 168 km to Rehlingen in Germany and contained four mountain ratings. The three drivers Romain Zingle , Jonathan Hivert and Gianluca Maggiore attacked after 37 km and still had 2:20 minutes ahead of the field with 40 km to go, but were swallowed up by the field 15 km later. So there was a decision in the mass sprint. Anthony Roux secured the second victory of the tour. With the ten second time credit, he reduced his gap to Thomas De Gendt in the overall standings to six seconds.
5th stage: Metz - Hayange, 149.5 km
FDJ team bikes before the start in Metz.
The last stage of the tour was 149.5 km from Metz to Hayange . The stage contained four mountain ratings. There was another sprint decision about the day's victory. The Frenchman Romain Feillu won ahead of his compatriots Anthony Roux and Sébastien Chavanel . Thanks to the six second time credit, Anthony Roux was able to make up the gap in the overall standings to the leader Thomas De Gendt and thus secured the tour victory.
Overall ratings
Yellow jersey (overall individual ranking)
106 of 132 riders who started reached the destination in Hayange . The French Anthony Roux won the tour at the same time ahead of the Belgian Thomas De Gendt . If there was a tie, the lead in the points evaluation (green jersey) was decisive for the victory.
Green jersey (points evaluation)
Dotted jersey (mountain classification)
Red jersey (sprint classification)
team
The Dutch team Vacansoleil-DCM secured the team title at the same time ahead of the French team Saur-Sojasun . In the event of a tie, the number of first places in the daily team ranking tipped the balance in favor of Vacansoleil-DCM.
Web links
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Circuit de Lorraine 2011 in the Radsportseiten.net database
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Règlement (PDF; 197 kB), accessed on May 24, 2011
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Results 1st stage (PDF; 549 kB), May 18, 2011, accessed on May 24, 2011
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Results 2nd stage (PDF; 746 kB), May 19, 2011, accessed on May 24, 2011
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Results 3rd stage (PDF; 492 kB), May 20, 2011, accessed on May 24, 2011
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Results 4th stage (PDF; 472 kB), May 21, 2011, accessed on May 24, 2011
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Results of the 5th stage (PDF; 671 kB), May 22, 2011, accessed on May 24, 2011
Individual evidence
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uk.eurosport.yahoo.com, Chavanel wins second Lorraine stage , May 19, 2011, accessed May 24, 2011
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uk.eurosport.yahoo.com, De Gendt wins Lorraine stage, takes lead , May 20, 2011, accessed May 24, 2011
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uk.eurosport.yahoo.com, Roux doubles up in Lorraine , May 21, 2011, accessed May 24, 2011
Anthony Roux
Rui Faria da Costa
Fabio Felline
Zakkari Dempster
Kristof Goddaert
Wouter Poels
Andrey Amador
Yukiya Arashiro
Matthias Brändle
Oleg Chuzhda
Caja Rural
De Rosa-Ceramica Flaminia
Rapha Condor-Sharp
