Murcia Tour 2011

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Final result after the 3rd stage
winner SpainSpain Alberto Contador 9:27:16 h
Second FranceFrance Jérôme Coppel + 0:11 min
Third RussiaRussia Denis Menchov + 0:53 min
Fourth NetherlandsNetherlands Wout Poels + 1:46 min
fifth ColombiaColombia Fabio Duarte + 1:47 min
Sixth FranceFrance Alexandre Geniez + 2:04 min
seventh FranceFrance Fabrice Jeandesboz + 2:06 min
Eighth SpainSpain Francisco Perez + 2:12 min
Ninth SpainSpain David Blanco + 2:21 min
Tenth Belarus 1995Belarus Vasil Kiryenka + 2:22 min
Scoring SpainSpain Alberto Contador 51 P.
Second FranceFrance Jerome Coppel 41 P.
Third RussiaRussia Dennis Menchov 36 P.
Mountain scoring FranceFrance Laurent lack 15 p.
Second SpainSpain Alberto Contador 10 p.
Third RussiaRussia Denis Menchov 8 p.
Sprint scoring NetherlandsNetherlands Albert Timmer 6 p.
Second GermanyGermany Johannes Fröhlinger 4 p.
Third SpainSpain José Luis Roldan 2 p.
Team evaluation SpainSpain Geox-TMC 28:25:45 h
Second FranceFrance Saur soy sun + 0:23 min
Third DenmarkDenmark Saxo Bank-SunGard + 3:45 min

The 31st Tour of Murcia (Spanish: Vuelta Ciclista a la Region de Murcia ) took place from March 4th to 6th, 2011. Unlike in previous years, the bike race was held in three instead of five stages over a distance of 274.3 kilometers. The route had to be shortened due to financial problems of the organizer. It belongs to the UCI Europe Tour 2011 and is classified in category 2.1.

Stages

stage Day Start finish km Stage winner Leader
1st stage 4th of March San Pedro del Pinatar - Alhama de Murcia 178.7 AustraliaAustralia Michael Matthews AustraliaAustralia Michael Matthews
2nd stage 5. March Murcia (Estrella de Levante) - Centro de Interpretación de Sierra Espuña 183.2 SpainSpain Alberto Contador SpainSpain Alberto Contador
3rd stage 6th March Murcia ( EZF ) 12.4 SpainSpain Alberto Contador

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