2011 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 11
(44,4 km / h)
Mickaël Delage (FDJ )
The 11th stage of the Tour de France 2011 on July 13, led over 167.5 km Blaye -les -Mines Lavaur after. On the stage there was a sprint, as well as one climbs the 3rd and 4th category. There were still 177 of the 198 registered riders at the start.
Race course
The race pace was initially quite high in light rain, which prevented successful escape attempts. Only after about 13 kilometers, a group was able to sell that was initiated once again by Mickaël Delage. To him, Rubén Pérez, Lars Boom, Andrij Hrywko, Tristan Valentin and Jimmy Engoulvent connected to. The first increase Boom won the two mountain points before Hrywko. Following the increase in maximum lead of over four minutes was achieved.
Meanwhile, two HTC - driver harnessed the field behind them was formed the Team Europcar. The sprint was first crossed by Delage, the field was again successful against its competitors by Mark Cavendish. Due to the tailwind the pace of the field was very high again, so also the projection of outliers shrank again. In addition to the HTC team, other teams subsequently led to the field. The second climb of the day was again won by Delage.
After it had been temporarily dry, put before the finals again a heavy rain. Boom and Hrywko raised a few kilometers from the finish the pace of the breakaway group, the field yet but came ever closer. In a recent attack Boom tried to stay ahead, but as his companion was still obtained. In the final sprint Cavendish could, whose team drew the sprint again, from André Greipel and Tyler Farrar and conquered so for the first time in two years the green jersey.
Climbs
- Côte de Tonnac, Category 3 ( 28.5 km; 346 m, 3.6 km at 4.9%)
- Côte de Puylaurens, Category 4 ( 135.5 km; 322 m; 4.2 km at 3.8 %)
Scoring
- Intermediate sprint in Gaillac ( 85 km; 146 m )
- Target in Lavaur ( 167.5 km; 144 m )