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The 2011 Paris–Nice was the 69th running of the
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Paris–Nice
Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...
cycling stage race, often known as the ''Race to the Sun''. It started on 6 March in Houdan
Houdan () is a commune of the Yvelines department west of Paris in the north of France.
History
The name has evolved from the Saxon "Hoding," meaning "settlement on the hill". Houdan is thought to have been inhabited since the 5th century. B ...
and ended on 13 March in Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...
and consisted of eight stages, including a time trial. It was the second 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.
The race was won by rider Tony Martin, after holding onto the leader's yellow jersey which came from a time trial stage win on stage six. Martin's winning margin over runner-up and fellow German Andreas Klöden () – winner of the fifth stage of the race – was 36 seconds, with 's Bradley Wiggins completing the podium, 41 seconds down on Martin.
In the race's other classifications, Rein Taaramäe
Rein Taaramäe (born April 24, 1987) is an Estonian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Career Cofidis (2008–14)
Taaramäe turned professional in 2008 for after riding for the team as a stagiaire in late 2007 and winni ...
of won the white jersey for the highest placed rider under the age of 25, and 's Heinrich Haussler took home the green jersey for amassing the highest number of points during stages at intermediate sprints and stage finishes. rider Rémi Pauriol
Rémi Pauriol (born 4 April 1982 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2006 and 2013.
In 2007, he won his first professional contest, the French race Route Adélie. In 20 ...
won the King of the Mountains classification, with finishing at the head of the teams classification.
Teams competing
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Stages
Stage 1
;6 March 2011 –Houdan
Houdan () is a commune of the Yvelines department west of Paris in the north of France.
History
The name has evolved from the Saxon "Hoding," meaning "settlement on the hill". Houdan is thought to have been inhabited since the 5th century. B ...
to Houdan
Houdan () is a commune of the Yvelines department west of Paris in the north of France.
History
The name has evolved from the Saxon "Hoding," meaning "settlement on the hill". Houdan is thought to have been inhabited since the 5th century. B ...
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Stage 2
;7 March 2011 – Montfort-l'Amaury to Amilly,Stage 3
;8 March 2011 – Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire toNuits-Saint-Georges
Nuits-Saint-Georges () is a commune in the arrondissement of Beaune of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. It lies in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Wine
Nuits-Saint-Georges is the main town of the Côte de Nuits wine-produci ...
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Stage 4
;9 March 2011 – Crêches-sur-Saône to Belleville,Stage 5
;10 March 2011 –Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise
Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Rhône department
The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes th ...
to Vernoux-en-Vivarais,
Stage 6
;11 March 2011 – Rognes toAix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...
, , individual time trial
An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa a cronometro'' "stopwatch stage"). There are also track-b ...
(ITT)
Stage 7
;12 March 2011 – Brignoles toBiot
The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 ...
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Stage 8
;13 March 2011 –Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...
to Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...
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Classification leadership progress
References
External links
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