Vuelta al Táchira 2011

Vuelta al Táchira 2011
Racing series	UCI America Tour  -  Category 2.2
Host country	Venezuela
Competition period	12-23 January 2011
Stages	12
overall length	1595.9 km (¢ 39.47 km / h)
Starting field	86 drivers from 4 nations in 16 teams (60 of them arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating	1. Manuel Medina 37:25:45 h 2. Carlos Becerra + 1:28 min 3. Noel Vásquez + 1:58 min
Team evaluation	Gobierno del Zulia 112: 18: 02 h
Scoring jerseys
Overall rating	Manuel Medina
Sprint scoring	Artur García
Mountain scoring	Jonathan Camargo
Combination scoring	Miguel Ubeto
Scoring	Miguel Ubeto
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The 46th Vuelta al Táchira took place from January 12 to 23, 2011. The bike race was held in twelve stages over a distance of 1,595.9 kilometers. It belonged to the UCI America Tour 2011 and was classified there in category 2.2.

Overall winner was the Venezuelan Manuel Medina from the Gobierno del Zulia team ahead of the Colombian Carlos Becerra (Lóteria del Táchira Sporade) and his compatriot and teammate Noel Vásquez .

Participating teams

Eleven local and four foreign cycling teams, including two national teams, received invitations. The Transporte Eleang team did not take part in the race. German-speaking drivers were not at the start.

National teams  Cuba  Dominican Republic Other teams from abroad Boyacá Orgullo de América Mineralex Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Regional teams from Venezuela Gobierno del Zulia Lotería del Táchira Sporade Gobierno de Apure-Valeven Cinema Tachira Sporade Gobierno Democrático del Táchira-Drodínica Alcaldia de Maracaibo Cauchos Guayana-Gobierno de Carabobo Club El Diamante-Gobierno de Apure Fundación Nelson Cabrera-Gob. Trujillo Regional selection from Carabobo Alcaldía de Libertad-Capacho Transport Eleang

Stages

The first of the twelve stages of the Vuelta al Táchira was neutralized due to protests by the participants about the poor condition of the road.

stage	Day	Start finish	km	Type	Stage winner	Overall leader
1.	January 12th	San Fernando de Apure - San Fernando de Apure	118.5		neutralized
2.	13th January	Achaguas - Mantecal	134.7		Miguel Chacón	Miguel Chacón
3.	January 14th	Elorza - Guasdualito	153.8		Miguel Ubeto	Miguel Ubeto
4th	15. January	El Cantón - Santa Barbara de Barinas	125.8		Honorio Machado
5.	January 16	Santa María de Caparo - Pregonero	151.1		Manuel Medina	Manuel Medina
6th	January 17th	El Piñal - San Antonio	124.2		Artur García
7th	January 18th	Ureña - Rubio	136.6		Miguel Ubeto
8th.	January 19th	Delicias - Cordero	101.8		José Chacón	Juan Murillo
9.	January 20th	Colón - San Simón	167.4		Edwin Becerra	Manuel Medina
10.	21th January	Coloncito - La Grita	131.1		Jonathan Camargo
11.	22nd of January	La Fria - Capacho Cerro El Cristo	135.4		Noel Vásquez
12.	January 23	San Cristóbal - San Cristóbal	115.2		John Navas

Ratings

At the intermediate evaluations during each stage and at the finish of each day segment, time credits for the overall evaluation and points for the special evaluations were awarded as follows. The points gained in the intermediate sprints were added to the points achieved in the daily goal to create the point evaluation.

Points for sprint scoring and scoring:

Intermediate sprints

1: 3 points

2: 2 points

3: 1 points

Bonus sprints

1: 3 points, 3 seconds

2: 2 points, 2 seconds

3: 1 point, 1 second

Points for scoring:

Milestone

1:25 points, 10 seconds

2: 20 points, 6 seconds

3: 16 points, 4 seconds

4: 14 points

5: 12 points

6: 10 points

7: 9 points

8: 8 points

9: 7 points

10: 6 points

11: 5 points

12: 4 points

13: 3 points

14: 2 points

15: 1 point

Points for combination scoring:

Milestone

1: 15 points

2: 12 points

3: 10 points

4: 8 points

5: 7 points

6: 5 points

7: 4 points

8: 3 points

9: 2 points

10: 1 point

Points for mountain classification:

Category C mountain

1: 4 points

2: 2 points

3: 1 point

Category B mountain

1: 7 points

2: 4 points

3: 2 points

4: 1 point

Category A mountain

1: 10 points

2: 7 points

3: 5 points

4: 3 points

5: 1 point

Ratings in the course of the race

The table shows the leader in the respective classification after the respective stage.

	Overall rating	Sprint scoring	Mountain scoring	Scoring	Combination scoring	Team evaluation
1 neutralized	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	Miguel Chacón	Yosvani Cacéres	-	Miguel Chacón	Miguel Chacón	Fundación Nelson Cabrera-Gob. Trujillo
3	Miguel Ubeto	Franklin Chacón	-	Miguel Ubeto	Miguel Ubeto	Cinema Tachira Sporade
4th		Artur García	-
5	Manuel Medina		Manuel Medina			Gobierno del Zulia
6th				Artur García
7th				Miguel Ubeto
8th	Juan Murillo
9	Manuel Medina
10
11			Jonathan Camargo
12

See also

• Tachira

Web links

• The Vuelta al Táchira 2011 at live-radsport.ch
• Vuelta al Táchira 2011 in the database of Radsportseiten.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.correodelorinoco.gob.ve: Suspendida primera etapa de la Vuelta al Táchira 2011 (Spanish)