2011 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Explained

2011 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Series:2011 UCI World Tour
Race No:12 of 27
Date:24 April 2011
Stages:1
Distance:255.5
Unit:km
Time:6h 13' 18"
Speed:41.066
First:Philippe Gilbert
First Nat:Belgium
Second:Fränk Schleck
Second Nat:Luxembourg
Third:Andy Schleck
Third Nat:Luxembourg
Previous:2010
Next:2012

The 2011 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 97th running of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 24 April 2011 over a distance of 255.5km (158.8miles), starting in Liège and finishing in Ans, via Bastogne in the Ardennes region of Belgium. It was the twelfth race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season.Philippe Gilbert of became only the second rider to win all three Ardennes classics,[1] after rider Davide Rebellin first did so in 2004, by winning a three-man sprint to complete a run of four victories within ten days with another victory in Brabantse Pijl to go with the Ardennes classics.[2] Gilbert outsprinted both Andy Schleck and Fränk Schleck of on the final straight – to take Belgium's first victory in the race since Frank Vandenbroucke in 1999 – after the trio had escaped along with 's Greg Van Avermaet with around 20km (10miles) remaining. Van Avermaet was dropped, and eventually finished seventh behind the Schlecks and trio that had usurped him within the closing kilometres, Roman Kreuziger of, Rigoberto Urán of and Chris Anker Sørensen of .

Results

CyclistTeamTimeUCI World Tour
Points
16h 13' 18"100
2s.t.80
3s.t.70
4+ 24"60
5+ 24"50
6+ 24"40
7+ 27"30
8+ 29"20
9+ 39"10
10+ 39"4

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Notes and References

  1. News: Gilbert wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. Michael. FitzGerald. 24 April 2011. 24 April 2011.
  2. News: Gilbert goes 4-for-4 with victory in Liege-Bastogne-Liege classic; Schlecks are second, third. The Washington Post. Associated Press. 24 April 2011. 24 April 2011.