2011 Tour of California
The 6th Tour of California took place from 15 to 22 May 2011. For the second time this cycle race was extended in May. The stage race was divided into eight stages and over a distance of 1231.8 kilometers. The tour was part of the UCI America Tour 2010 and classified in the highest category there 2.HC.
- 4.1 ratings in the itinerary
Participating teams
At the start were 18 professional teams, including nine of the highest international class, the ProTeam. In addition, four Professional Continental teams and five US-based Continental teams were invited by the organizers.
Route
The first leg of the tour around Lake Tahoe was canceled due to snowfall after the organizers had originally shortened the stage. The second stage was therefore reduced by about half, the start was moved from Squaw Valley to Nevada City. Therefore, the total race distance was reduced to 949.2 km. After the first two flat sections was made on the fourth, only 131 km long stage a mountaintop finish in San Jose (1st category). Previously, with the Mount Hamilton already a mountain classification of "honor category" happens.
After the fifth, undulating stage another preliminary decision for the overall victory was precipitated with the traditional 24 km long individual time trial in Solvang, which had formed no later than the next summit finish on Mount Baldy (Honorary category). The tour ended with a flat stage in Thousand Oaks.
Stages
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
Stage 7
Stage 8
Race course
After the British Team Sky won the first two bunch sprints for himself, won Christopher Horner of Team RadioShack superior to the first mountain top finish and was the lead in the time trial of Solvang against his teammate and three-time race winner Levi Leipheimer say. The two also dominated the summit finish on the penultimate day, when she crossed the finish line together.
Could convince Peter Sagan of the Liquigas -Cannondale, who decided the hilly fifth stage for himself and won the points classification. While Jonathan Patrick McCarty secured the mountain classification, the German team NetApp was always represented in breakaways what Jan Barta gave twice that of the most combative rider's jersey. At the end of Matthew Goss gave the American team HTC -Highroad another victory.
Ratings in the itinerary
The table shows the leaders in their respective standings after each stage.
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