Paris–Nice
Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, 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 ...
cycling stage race, often known as the ''Race to the Sun''. It started on 6 March in Houdan and ended on 13 March in
Nice
Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million2011 UCI World Tour
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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
Andreas Klöden (born 22 June 1975) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1998 and 2013. His major achievements include a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games and finishing second in the gene ...
() – winner of the fifth stage of the race – was 36 seconds, with 's
Bradley Wiggins
Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional Road bicycle racing, road and track cycling, track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016. He began his cycling career on the track, but ...
completing the podium, 41 seconds down on Martin.
In the race's other classifications,
Rein Taaramäe
Rein Taaramäe (born 24 April 1987) is an Estonian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team .
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Taaramäe turned professional in 2008 for after riding for the team as a stagiaire in late 20 ...
of won the white jersey for the highest placed rider under the age of 25, and 's
Heinrich Haussler
Heinrich Haussler (born 25 February 1984) is an Australian former road racing cyclist of German heritage, who competed as a professional from 2004 to April 2023. He won 2 stages in Grand Tours during his career, one at the 2005 Vuelta a Espa� ...
took home the green jersey for amassing the highest number of points during stages at intermediate sprints and stage finishes. rider Rémi Pauriol won the King of the Mountains classification, with finishing at the head of the teams classification.
Teams
22 teams were invited to the 2011 Paris–Nice. The teams were:
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Montfort-l'Amaury
Montfort-l'Amaury () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It is located north of Rambouillet. The name comes from Amaury I de Montfort, the first ''seigneur'' (lord) of Montfort.
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Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire
Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire () is a Communes of France, commune and a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Nièvre Departments of France, department in central France. It was created in 1973 by the merger of two former communes: Cosne-sur-L ...
to
Nuits-Saint-Georges
Nuits-Saint-Georges () is a communes of France, commune in the arrondissement of Beaune of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in Eastern France.
Wine
Nuits-Saint-Georges is ...
,
Stage 4
;9 March 2011 –
Crêches-sur-Saône
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Population
See also
*Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department
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Aix-en-Provence
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Nice
Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one millionNice
Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million