The 2011 Tour de Picardie was the 65th edition of the

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cycling stage race. It started on 13 May in Abbeville and ended on 15 May in Peronne and consisted of three stages. The race was won by Team Vacansoleil-DCM rider Romain Feillu, who claimed the leader's yellow and blue jersey after a strong finish on the 3rd stage. Feillu' winning margin over runner-up Kenny De Haes of Omega Pharma-Lotto was 8 seconds, and Katusha's Filippo Pozzato completed the podium, 8 seconds down on Feillu. In the race's other classifications, Omega-Pharma Lotto rider Kenny de Haes won the points classification's green jersey. Bretagne-Schuller rider Johan Lethe King of the Mountains classification, with Saur-Sojasun finishing at the head of the teams classification.

Pre-race favourites

The winner of the 2010 Tour de Picardie,

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, was not looking to defend last year's victory because of his racing at the

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, while other pre-race favourites like 3 stage winner of

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winner,

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, as well as

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who was 5th at 2008.

Stages

1

;13 May 2011 –

Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France. It is the chef-lieu of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the river Somme, it was the capital of ...

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, 162 km Stage Result and General Classification after Stage

2

;14 May 2011 –

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, 166.5 km Stage Result and General Classification after Stage

3

;15 May 2011 –

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to Péronne, 189.5 km Stage Result and General Classification after Stage

Classification leadership

Winners

General classification

Points

Mountains

Team

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References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20110605080558/http://www.letour.fr/2011/TDO/LIVE/fr/100/classement/index.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20110623160520/http://www.letour.fr/2011/TDO/HISTO/fr/palmaresdepuis.html