Tour of Andalusia 2011

Vuelta a Andalucía Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 2011
Host country	Spain
Competition period	February 20th to 24th
Stages	5 stages
overall length	680.6 km
Starting field	119 drivers in 17 teams (109 of them arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating	1. Markel Irízar 16:27:21 h 2. Jurgen Van Den Broeck + 00:01 min 3. Levi Leipheimer + 00:02 min
Team evaluation	00 Team RadioShack 49:22:15 h
Scoring jerseys
Overall rating	Markel Irízar
Mountain scoring	Javier Ramírez
Sprint scoring	Jan Bakelants
Scoring	Óscar Freire
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The 57th Tour of Andalusia (officially: Vuelta a Andalucía Ruta Ciclista Del Sol ) was a cycling stage race in the autonomous community of Andalusia in Spain , which took place from February 20 to 24, 2011. It was held in five stages over a total distance of 680.6 kilometers. The race was part of the UCI Europe Tour 2011 and classified there in category 2.1.

The Spaniard Markel Irízar from the American team RadioShack won the overall standings with a one-second lead over the Belgian Jurgen Van Den Broeck ( Omega Pharma-Lotto ). Irizar's team-mate Levi Leipheimer was also just barely beaten in third place, two seconds behind.

Teams

The following cycling teams started :

ProTeams

• Rabobank
• Omega Pharma Lotto
• Sky ProCycling
• Vacansoleil DCM
• Team RadioShack
• Euskaltel-Euskadi
• Team Leopard Trek
• Team Katyusha
• Movistar team

Professional Continental Teams

• Saur soy sun
• Caja Rural
• Skil-Shimano
• Geox-TMC
• Andalucía Caja Granada

Continental teams

• Orbea
• Team NetApp
• KTM Murcia

Stages

stage	Day	Start finish	km	Stage winner
prolog	20. February	Individual time trial in Benahavís	6.8 km	Jimmy Engoulvent
1.	21st of February	Almuñér - Adra	161.3 km	Jonathan Hivert
2.	February 22	Otura - Jaén	175.3 km	Francisco Ventoso
3.	February 23	La Guardia de Jaén - Cordoba	174 km	Óscar Freire
4th	February 24	Cordoba - Antequera	162.7 km	Óscar Freire

Web links

• Official website
• Tour of Andalusia 2011 in the database of Radsportseiten.net