The World Road championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark.
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championship Time Trial | September 21 | ||||
| World Championship Road Race | September 25 |
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | May 7–29 | ||||
 Tour de France | July 2–24 | ||||
 Vuelta a España | August 20 – September 11 |
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Santos Tour Down Under | January 18–23 | ||||
| Paris–Nice | March 6–13 | ||||
| Tirreno–Adriatico | March 9–15 | ||||
| Milano–Sanremo | March 19 | ||||
| Volta Ciclista a Catalunya | March 21–27 | ||||
 Gent–Wevelgem | March 27 | ||||
| Ronde van Vlaanderen / Tour des Flandres | April 3 | ||||
| Tour of the Basque Country | April 4–9 | ||||
| Paris–Roubaix | April 10 | ||||
 Amstel Gold Race | April 17 | ||||
| La Flèche Wallonne | April 20 | ||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | April 24 | ||||
 Tour de Romandie | April 26 – May 1 | ||||
| Critérium du Dauphiné | June 5–12 | ||||
| Tour de Suisse | June 11–19 | ||||
| Clásica de San Sebastián | July 30 | ||||
 Tour de Pologne | July 31 – August 6 | ||||
| Eneco Tour | August 8–14 | ||||
| Vattenfall Cyclassics | August 21 | ||||
| GP Ouest-France | August 28 | ||||
 GP de Québec | September 9 | ||||
| GP de Montréal | September 11 | ||||
 Tour of Beijing | October 5–9 | ||||
| Giro di Lombardia | October 15 |
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Le Tour de Langkawi | January 23 – February 1 | ||||
| Critérium International | March 26–27 | ||||
| Three Days of De Panne | March 29–31 | ||||
| Giro del Trentino | April 19–22 | ||||
 Presidential Tour of Turkey | April 24 – May 1 | ||||
| Four Days of Dunkirk | May 4–8 | ||||
 Tour of California | May 15–22 | ||||
| Bayern-Rundfahrt | May 25–29 | ||||
| Tour of Belgium | May 25–29 | ||||
 Tour of Luxembourg | June 1–5 | ||||
| Tour of Qinghai Lake | July 1–10 | ||||
 Tour of Austria | July 3–10 | ||||
| Tour de Wallonie | July 23–27 | ||||
| Danmark Rundt | August 3–7 | ||||
| Vuelta a Burgos | August 3–7 | ||||
| Tour du Limousin | August 16–19 | ||||
| Tour of Hainan | October 20–28 |
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Elite | February 26 | ||||
| E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke | March 26 | ||||
| Gran Premio Miguel Induráin | April 2 | ||||
| Scheldeprijs | April 6 | ||||
| Brabantse Pijl | April 13 | ||||
| Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop | May 5 | ||||
| June 5 | |||||
| Tre Valli Varesine | August 16 | ||||
| Paris–Brussels | September 10 | ||||
| GP du Fourmies | September 11 | ||||
| Tour de Vendée | October 2 | ||||
| Giro dell'Emilia | October 8 | ||||
| Paris–Tours | October 9 | ||||
| Giro del Piemonte | October 13 |
| Tour | Individual champion | Individual champion's team | Team champion | Nations champion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Tour | | ||||
| Africa Tour | None | Groupement Sportif Petrolier Algérie |  | ||
| America Tour | None | EPM–UNE |  | ||
| Asia Tour | Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team | Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team | |||
| Europe Tour | |||||
| Oceania Tour | Team Jayco–AIS | Team Jayco–AIS |
See main article: 2011 national cycling championships.