The 2011 Clásica de San Sebastián was the 31st edition of the

Clásica de San Sebastián The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa — Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián (San Sebastián Classic) is a one-day professional men's bicycle road race in northern Spain that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián. It is the mo ...

, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 30 July 2011, over a distance of , starting and finishing in

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, in the

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Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

. It was the eighteenth event of the

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season. Similar to his late race attacks to win the Ardennes classics earlier in the year, 's

Philippe Gilbert Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who is best known for winning the World Road Race Championships in 2012, and for being one of two riders, along with Davide Rebellin, to have won the three ...

accelerated away from the pack with remaining in the race and caught and passed 's

Carlos Barredo Carlos Barredo Llamazales (born 5 June 1981, in Oviedo, Asturias) is a Spanish former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2004 and 2012. He was issued a suspension for the first two months of the 2011 season in response t ...

on the road. Barredo could not hold Gilbert's pace and thus Gilbert opened up a gap of over ten seconds that he held to the finish, to secure his fourteenth victory of the season. Barredo, the

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winner, finished second just ahead of a sprint finish for third place, won by Greg Van Avermaet for .

Teams and riders

As the race was held under the auspices of the UCI World Tour, all eighteen ProTour teams were invited automatically. Three additional wildcard invitations were given – , and – to form the event's 21-team peloton. The 21 teams invited to the race were: Teams consisted of up to eight riders, and 168 riders started the event. The event took place less than a week after the conclusion of the

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, and many of the riders who took part in that event, contested the race.

Results

References

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