Critérium International 2011
| Critérium International 2011 | |
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| Racing series | UCI Europe Tour - Category 2.HC |
| Host country |
 France
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| Competition period | March 26-27 |
| Stages | 3 |
| overall length | 281 km |
| Starting field | 123 drivers in 16 teams (101 of them arrived at the finish) |
| winner | |
| Overall rating | 1. Fränk Schleck 7:13:12 h 2. Wassil Kiryjenka + 00:13 min 3. Rein Taaramae + 00:30 min .svg){kind=small} 
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| Team evaluation |
 Movistar Team 21:42:35 h
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| Scoring jerseys | |
| course | |
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| ← Critérium International 2010 | Critérium International 2012 → |
The 80th Critérium International was a cycling - stage race , which from 26 to 27 March 2011 at the island of Corsica took place. The tour was held in three stages over a total distance of 281 kilometers. The race was part of the UCI Europe Tour in 2011 and there into the category classified 2.HC.
Attendees
A total of 16 teams were at the start, nine of them ProTeams . In addition, the seven Professional Continental Teams Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne , Team Europcar , FDJ , Bretagne-Schuller , Big Mat-Auber 93 and Saur-Sojasun from France and Skil-Shimano from the Netherlands were given the right to start the tour.
route
The Critérium International, organized by the Amaury Sport Organization , took place for the second time in 2011 in Corsica around Porto-Vecchio .
On the first day there was a mountain stage on which seven mountain ratings were carried out. The section finally ended after a 14.3 kilometer climb on the Col de L'Ospédale . This stage should already bring a preliminary decision in the overall classification.
On the following Sunday morning, a 75-kilometer flat stage around Porto-Vecchio was on the program. In the afternoon, the race in the same city ended with a flat seven-kilometer individual time trial.
Stages
| stage | Day | Start finish | Type | km | Stage winner | Overall rating |
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| 1. | 26th of March | Porto-Vecchio> Col de l'Ospedale |  |
198.0 |
Frank Schleck
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Frank Schleck
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| 2. | 27th of March | Porto-Vecchio> Porto-Vecchio |  |
75.0 |
 Simon Geschke
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| 3. | 27th of March | Porto-Vecchio |  |
7.8 |
Andreas Klöden
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Race course
On the first mountain stage, the German Jens Voigt, as the last member of the breakaway group of the day, from which Pim Ligthart laid the foundation for his victory in the mountain classifications, was overtaken at the foot of the Col de l'Ospedale by a group of around 20 men . After further attacks, including from his brother Andy , Fränk Schleck ( Leopard Trek ) pulled away, only the Estonian Rein Taaramae from Cofidis was able to stay on his rear wheel until Wassil Kiryjenka ( Movistar Team ) also caught up with the front. Schleck had attacked two kilometers earlier and won by 16 seconds ahead of Kiryjenka, who overtook Taaramae by four seconds.
As expected, the flat section ended in a mass sprint the following day, which German Simon Geschke from the Dutch team Skil-Shimano won and thus celebrated his first professional victory. In the final time trial in the afternoon, Andreas Klöden ( Team RadioShack ) won another German. Klöden referred the British specialists Bradley Wiggins and Jakob Fuglsang to their places. Fränk Schleck defended the yellow jersey in twelfth place, although he lost seven seconds to Kiryjenka, who was second and best on points. Rein Taaramae finished the tour in third place and secured the white jersey of the best young driver.
Scoring jerseys in the course of the race
| stage |
 total
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 mountain
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 Points
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 offspring
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 team
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| 1. | Frank Schleck | Pim Ligthart | Frank Schleck | Purely Taaramae | Movistar team |
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| 3. | Vasil Kiryenka |
Web links
- Critérium International 2011 in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- Official website of the race