Tour de France 2010/11. stage

00000 Result of the 11th stage 00000
		Mark Cavendish (THR)	4:42:29 h
2.		Alessandro Petacchi (LAM)	equal time
3.		Tyler Farrar (CPT)	equal time
4th		José Joaquín Rojas Gil (MOV)	equal time
5.		Robbie McEwen (KAT)	equal time
6th		Yukiya Arashiro (DEN)	equal time
7th		Thor Hushovd (CTT)	equal time
8th.		Lloyd Mondory (ALM)	equal time
9.		Jürgen Roelandts (OLO)	equal time
10.		Gerald Ciolek (MRM)	equal time
		Stéphane Augé (COF)
Intermediate results after the 11th stage
		Andy Schleck (TNK)	53:43:25 h
2.		Alberto Contador (AST)	+ 0:41 min
3.		Samuel Sánchez (EUS)	+ 2:45 min
		Alessandro Petacchi (LAM)	161 pts.
2.		Thor Hushovd (CTT)	157 pts.
3.		Robbie McEwen (KAT)	138 pts.
		Jérôme Pineau (EQS)	92 pts.
2.		Anthony Charteau (DEN)	90 pts.
3.		Christophe Moreau (MOV)	62 pts.
		Andy Schleck (TNK)	53:43:25 h
2.		Robert Gesink (TLJ)	+ 4:22 min
3.		Roman Kreuziger (CAN)	+ 5:11 min
		Caisse d'Epargne	161: 14: 29 h
2.		Team RadioShack	+ 0:31 min
3.		Astana	+ 14:54 min

The 11th stage of the Tour de France 2010 on July 15th led over 184.5 km from Sisteron to Bourg-lès-Valence . There were two sprint classifications on this flat stage as well as a third category mountain classification with the Col de Cabre after 56.5 km. After Robert Hunter and Charles Wegelius had given up , 179 of the 198 registered participants started.

Race course

After driving around three kilometers through the neutral zone, the drivers reached the real start at 12:55 p.m. Stéphane Augé initiated the first attack, followed by Anthony Geslin and José Alberto Benítez . This group was able to pull away and quickly achieved a lead of well over three minutes. In the field, the sprinter teams then took the lead again.

Benítez drove first over the only mountain classification of the day. As the field approached this, some drivers prepared the sprint around the last mountain point still to be awarded, which Jérôme Pineau secured. Due to the increased pace, the field in the mountain classification came a little closer to the outliers. Even after that, the field kept the outliers under control and gave them no more than three minutes ahead. Geslin won the first sprint classification. After that, the lead of the leading group fell, although the field only drove at moderate speed due to the high temperatures. Augé won the second sprint classification. After that, the lead slowly shrank, but the field hesitated to catch up with the leaders. The three runaways began to attack each other, whereupon Geslin let himself be overtaken by the field. 22 kilometers from the finish, Augé and Benítez also gave up their attack and fell back into the field.

The RadioShack team now led the field and did not allow Anthony Roux and Jérémy Roy to attack . The Saxo Bank team then tried to use the wind to split the field and increased the pace dramatically. Sylvain Chavanel and Jaroslaw Popowytsch tried to pull away eight kilometers from the finish, but were unsuccessful. The HTC-Columbia team and a few drivers from other teams then took over the pace work to prepare for the final sprint. Mark Cavendish was able to achieve his third day win in this Tour de France in the sprint. Stage runner-up Alessandro Petacchi fought back for the green jersey, as its previous wearer Thor Hushovd was only seventh.

In the final sprint, Cavendish's start-up Mark Renshaw was pushed to the fence by Julian Dean . Renshaw hit his head three times. Then he drove a wave against his teammate Tyler Farrar and pushed him to the fence. After the race, Renshaw was banned from the tour for headbutting and leaving the driving line. The previous offense by Dean was not punished. The decision sparked outrage among the Columbia team, but they did not protest.

Sprint scoring

• 1st intermediate sprint in Montlaur-en-Diois (83.5 km) ( 544  m )

First	Anthony Geslin	6 pts.
Second	Stéphane Augé	4 pts.
Third	José Alberto Benítez	2 pts.

• 2nd intermediate sprint in Mirabel-et-Blacons (kilometer 130) ( 245  m )

First	Stéphane Augé	6 pts.
Second	Anthony Geslin	4 pts.
Third	José Alberto Benítez	2 pts.

• Finish in Bourg-lès-Valence (km 184.5) ( 136  m )

First	Mark Cavendish	35 pts.
Second	Alessandro Petacchi	30 pts.
Third	Tyler Farrar	26 pts.
Fourth	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	24 pts.
fifth	Robbie McEwen	22 pts.
Sixth	Yukiya Arashiro	20 pts.
seventh	Thor Hushovd	19 pts.
Eighth	Lloyd Mondory	18 pts.
Ninth	Jürgen Roelandts	17 pts.
Tenth	Gerald Ciolek	16 pts.
11.	Sébastien Turgot	15 pts.
12.	Edvald Boasson Hagen	14 pts.
13.	Óscar Freire	13 pts.
14th	Rubén Pérez	12 pts.
15th	Samuel Sánchez	11 pts.
16.	Luke Roberts	10 pts.
17th	Nicolas Roche	9 pts.
18th	Kevin De Weert	8 pts.
19th	Egoi Martínez	7 pts.
20th	Danilo Hondo	6 pts.
21st	Christian Knees	5 pts.
22nd	Daniel Lloyd	4 pts.
23.	Julian Dean	3 pts.
24.	Martin Elmiger	2 pts.
25th	George Hincapie	1 point

Mountain ratings

• Col de Cabre, category 3 (km 56.5) ( 1180  m ; 5.0 km at 5.9%)

First	José Alberto Benítez	4 pts.
Second	Stéphane Augé	3 pts.
Third	Anthony Geslin	2 pts.
Fourth	Jérôme Pineau	1 point

Duties and Exclusions

• 055 - Robert Hunter ( Garmin-Transitions ): Not started for the stage
• 109 - Charles Wegelius ( Omega Pharma-Lotto ): Not started for the stage
• 117 - Mark Renshaw ( Team HTC-Columbia ): Excluded from the race for headbutted Julian Dean and pushing Tyler Farrar away

Web links

• Results and ratings

Individual evidence

1. ^ Red card to Renshaw. sportschau.de, July 15, 2010, archived from the original on July 18, 2010 ; Retrieved July 15, 2010 .