2011 Paris–Roubaix
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The 2011 Paris–Roubaix was the 109th running of the
Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ...
single-day cycling race, often known as the ''Hell of the North''. It was held on 10 April 2011 over a distance of and was the ninth 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 2011 Tour Down Under, Tour Down Under's opening stage on 18 January, and consisted of 14 ...
season. 's Johan Vansummeren claimed victory after making a solo breakaway from a four-man group with remaining, holding on to win by 19 seconds at the velodrome in
Roubaix Roubaix ( , ; ; ; ) is a city in northern France, located in the Lille metropolitan area on the Belgian border. It is a historically mono-industrial Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, depar ...
. He also held on to victory, despite riding the final with a flat rear tyre. Second place went to rider and defending race winner
Fabian Cancellara Fabian Cancellara (born 18 March 1981), nicknamed "Spartacus", is a Swiss people, Swiss cycling executive, businessman and former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI ProTeam . He is known for being a qual ...
who caught the remaining riders from the breakaway –
Maarten Tjallingii Maarten Pieter Tjallingii ( ; born 5 November 1977) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2016. Career Maarten Tjallingii was born in Leeuwarden. He lost one of his kidneys as a child. Tjallingii ...
of ,
Lars Bak Lars Ytting Bak (born 16 January 1980) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2019 for the Fakta, , , , and squads. Since retiring as a rider, Bak has acted as a directeur sportif for in ...
of and
Grégory Rast Grégory Rast (born 17 January 1980 in Cham) is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2018 for the , , , and teams. He was the winner of the Swiss National Road Race Championships in 2004 and ...
of – and outsprinted them in Roubaix. Tjallingii completed the podium in third.


Teams

25 teams competed in the 2011 Paris–Roubaix. They were: Teams for Paris-Roubaix * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Wild Cards * * * * * * *


Results


See also

* 2011 in road cycling


References

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