The 2011 La Flèche Wallonne was the 75th running of
La Flèche Wallonne, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 20 April 2011 over a distance of between
Charleroi
Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. and
Huy in
Belgium, and was the eleventh race of the
2011 UCI World Tour
The 2011 UCI World Tour was the third edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The series started with the Tour Down Under's opening stage on 18 January, and consisted of 14 stage races and 13 one- ...
season.
As he had done in the closing stages of his winning performance at the
Amstel Gold Race three days prior to La Flèche Wallonne, '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 ...
attacked on the final uphill climb – the
Mur de Huy
The Mur de Huy ( en, Wall of Huy) is a high hill located in Huy, Wallonia, Belgium. It is also known as ''le Chemin des Chapelles'' ( en, The Path of the Chapels) because of the seven chapels along its route. This climb is famous for being part ...
– to the finish and accelerated away from the field, gapping them by three seconds to take victory and his third classics win in the space of a week, having also won the
Brabantse Pijl; the first rider to win all three in the same season. Gilbert also became the first Belgian to win La Flèche Wallonne since
Mario Aerts
Mario Aerts (born 31 December 1974 in Herentals, Belgium) is a former professional road bicycle racer, who competed between 1996 and 2011. He competed for three teams; Vlaanderen 2002, and the Lotto team through various sponsorships, competing ...
won the race in 2002. Second place went to – just like he did in the Amstel Gold Race –
Joaquim Rodríguez of , with
Samuel Sánchez
Samuel "Samu" Sánchez González (born 5 February 1978) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally in the sport between 2000 and 2017 for the and squads. He was the gold medal winner in the road race at the 2 ...
finishing third for , five seconds behind Gilbert.
Teams
25 teams were selected to compete in the 2011 La Flèche Wallonne.
All UCI ProTeams were represented as well as seven UCI Professional Continental teams. The teams that competed were:
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Results
References
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