2011 Tour de Picardie explained

2011 Tour de Picardie
Series:	2010–2011 UCI Europe Tour
Race No:	15
Season No:	27
Date:	13–15 May
Stages:	3
Distance:	518
Unit:	km
Time:	12h 01' 00"
Speed:	39.9
First:	Romain Feillu
First Nat:	France
Second:	Kenny Dehaes
First Color:	yellow
Second Nat:	Belgium
Third:	Filippo Pozzato
Third Nat:	Italy
Points:	Kenny Dehaes
Points Nat:	Belgium
Points Color:	green
Mountains:	Johan Le Bon
Mountains Nat:	France
Mountains Color:	polkadot
Previous:	2010
Next:	2012

The 2011 Tour de Picardie was the 65th edition of the Tour de Picardie cycling stage race. It started on 13 May in Abbeville and ended on 15 May in Peronne and consisted of three stages.

The race was won by Team Vacansoleil-DCM rider Romain Feillu, who claimed the leader's yellow and blue jersey after a strong finish on the 3rd stage. Feillu' winning margin over runner-up Kenny De Haes of Omega Pharma-Lotto was 8 seconds, and Katusha's Filippo Pozzato completed the podium, 8 seconds down on Feillu.

In the race's other classifications, Omega-Pharma Lotto rider Kenny de Haes won the points classification's green jersey. Bretagne-Schuller rider Johan Lethe King of the Mountains classification, with Saur-Sojasun finishing at the head of the teams classification.

Pre-race favourites

The winner of the 2010 Tour de Picardie, Ben Swift, was not looking to defend last year's victory because of his racing at the 2010 Tour of California, while other pre-race favourites like 3 stage winner of Tour Méditerranéen winner, Romain Feillu, as well as Kenny Dehaeswho was 5th at 2008.

Stages

1

13 May 2011 – Abbeville to La Neuville-en-Hez, 162 kmStage Result and General Classification after Stage

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 1"
3			+ 1"

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 5"
3			+ 7"

2

14 May 2011 – Villers-Saint-Paul to Château-Thierry, 166.5 kmStage Result and General Classification after Stage

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			st"
3			st"

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 1"
3			+ 5"

3

15 May 2011 – Charly-sur-Marne to Péronne, 189.5 kmStage Result and General Classification after Stage

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			st"
3			st"

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 8"
3			+ 8"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Points classification
1	Egidijus Juodvalkis	Egidijus Juodvalkis	Johan Le Bon	Egidijus Juodvalkis
2	Romain Feillu	Egidijus Juodvalkis		Kenny Dehaes
3	Jimmy Casper	Romain Feillu		Kenny Dehaes
Final		Romain Feillu	Johan Le Bon	Kenny Dehaes

Winners

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 8"
3			+ 8"

Points

	Rider	Team	Time
1			46 points
2			45 points
3			41 points

Mountains

	Rider	Team	Time
1			20 points
2			9 points
3			8 points

Team

Pos.	Team	Time
1		36h 03' 42"
2		+ 7"
3		+ 7"

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20110605080558/http://www.letour.fr/2011/TDO/LIVE/fr/100/classement/index.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20110623160520/http://www.letour.fr/2011/TDO/HISTO/fr/palmaresdepuis.html