The 2011 Vattenfall Cyclassics was the 16th edition of the

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, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 21 August 2011, over a distance of , starting and finishing in

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. It was the 22nd event of the

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season. Fresh from his victory in the

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a week before the Cyclassics, 's

Edvald Boasson Hagen Edvald Boasson Hagen (born 17 May 1987) is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . He was ranked as no. 3 in the world by UCI as of 31 August 2009, when he was 22 years old. He is known as an all-rounder, havin ...

– who, in 2010, was second to

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, who elected to compete in the concurrent

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in 2011 – took the victory in a sprint finish out of a large group of riders, who had broken away after a split in the field. Boasson Hagen had attacked from 250 metres out, and held off Gerald Ciolek, who took second place for , while

Borut Božič Borut Božič (born 8 August 1980) is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2018 for the , , , , , and teams. Considered a sprinter in the mold of Óscar Freire, Božič's career highlight ...

completed the podium for .

Results

References

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