Tour of Qatar 2011

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Tour of Qatar 2011
Tour of Qatar Logo.svg
Host country QatarQatar Qatar
Competition period February 6-11, 2011
Stages 5 + prolog
overall length 714 km
Starting field 126 in 16 teams
(115 of which arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating 1. Mark Renshaw 3:31:04 h 2. Heinrich Haussler + 0:08 min 3. Daniele Bennati + 0:17 minAustraliaAustralia
AustraliaAustralia
ItalyItaly
Team evaluation United StatesUnited States Team Garmin-Cervélo 46:34:58 h
Scoring jerseys
Scoring Scoring AustraliaAustralia Heinrich Haussler
Young talent evaluation Young talent evaluation BelgiumBelgium Nikolas Maes
course
Map Qatar Tour 2011
2010 2012

The 10th Tour of Qatar ( Tour of Qatar ) was a cycling stage race . It took place from February 2nd to 4th for women and February 6th to 11th for men.

Men's race

The tour of Qatar was part of the UCI Asia Tour and was classified in category 2.1. The bike race was held in six stages over a distance of 714 kilometers. It started with a team time trial in the capital Doha in the Cultural Village. The route did not present any topographical difficulties, so sprinters dominated the tour.

The Australian Mark Renshaw from HTC-Highroad secured the victory just ahead of his compatriot Heinrich Haussler ( Team Garmin-Cervélo ) and the Italian Daniele Bennati from Leopard Trek .

Attendees

The organizer Amaury Sport Organization was able to win ten ProTeams for the event. In addition, the Professional Continental Teams Skil-Shimano , Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator , FDJ , Geox-TMC , Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli and An Post-Sean Kelly were at the start. Ten Germans, one Austrian and three Swiss were nominated.

UCI ProTeams
BelgiumBelgium Quickstep Cycling Team
United StatesUnited States HTC highroad
ItalyItaly Lampre ISD

 

LuxembourgLuxembourg Leopard Trek
RussiaRussia Katusha team
NetherlandsNetherlands Rabobank Cycling Team

 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sky ProCycling
United StatesUnited States Team Garmin-Cervélo
United StatesUnited States BMC Racing Team

 

KazakhstanKazakhstan Pro team Astana
UCI Professional Continental Teams
NetherlandsNetherlands Skil-Shimano
BelgiumBelgium Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
FranceFrance FDJ

 

SpainSpain Geox-TMC
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli
BelgiumBelgium To Post Sean Kelly

Stages and course of the race

The tour of Qatar started with a short prologue time trial in the Cultural Village of the capital Doha . The Dutch specialist Lars Boom was able to secure the gold jersey from time trial world champion Fabian Cancellara . The first stage across the peninsula, on which there were two intermediate sprints as on all other sections, ended in the sprint of a large group that had formed after a wind edge and was able to drive out onto the rest of the field for five minutes. Thanks to the time bonuses at the finish, the winner of the day Tom Boonen ( Quickstep Cycling Team ) took over the gold jersey. On the following day, Boonen was only able to defend it by just under a second, as the German-Australian Heinrich Haussler , second the day before, won the mass sprint, while Boonen was no longer credited with time in sixth.

The third stage led back and forth several times in the south of Doha between Al Wakra and Mesaieed, with the wind again playing an important role. After the edge of the wind the field split up and many drivers could no longer follow the pace of the first group. Again could Garmin-Cervélo -Fahrer Heinrich Haussler make the sprint successfully and also took the overall lead because Tom Boonen was dropped due to a defect. The field was also torn apart shortly before the finish the next day. Day winner Mark Renshaw ( HTC-Highroad ) took gold because Haussler did not receive a bonus as fourth. Since Renshaw also earned valuable time credits on the two intermediate sprints on the final day, which led the professionals back into the capital Doha, he was finally able to win the race, even if he and Haussler were unable to intervene in the fight for the day's victory the Italian neo-professional Andrea Guardini from Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli secured.

stage Day Start finish km Stage winner Overall first
P 0February 6th Cultural Village EZF 002 NetherlandsNetherlands Lars Boom NetherlandsNetherlands Lars Boom
1. 0February 7th Dukhan - Al Khor Corniche 145.5 BelgiumBelgium Tom Boonen BelgiumBelgium Tom Boonen
2. 0February 8 Camel Race Track - Doha Golf Club 135.5 AustraliaAustralia Heinrich Haussler
3. 0February 9 Al Wakra - Mesaieed 150.5 AustraliaAustralia Heinrich Haussler AustraliaAustralia Heinrich Haussler
4th February 10th West Bay Lagoon - Al Kharaitiyat 153.5 AustraliaAustralia Mark Renshaw AustraliaAustralia Mark Renshaw
5. February 11th Sealine Beach Resort - Doha Corniche 126.5 ItalyItaly Andrea Guardini

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