2011 Tour de Luxembourg

Route of the Tour de Luxembourg
Race details
Dates	1–5 June
Stages	4 + Prologue
Distance	730.6 km (454.0 mi)
Winning time	18h 35' 32"
Results
Winner   Linus Gerdemann  (GER) (Leopard Trek)   Second   Alexandre Geniez  (FRA) (Skil–Shimano)   Third   Tony Gallopin  (FRA) (Cofidis) Points   Davide Appollonio  (ITA) (Team Sky) Mountains   Christian Poos  (LUX) (Differdange–Magic–SportFood.de) Youth   Alexandre Geniez  (FRA) (Skil–Shimano)   Team Cofidis
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The 2011 Tour de Luxembourg cycling race was the 71st running of the Tour de Luxembourg. It was won by Linus Gerdemann from Germany, a member of the Luxembourg-based team, Leopard Trek. Gerdemann became in doing so the first German to ever win the Tour de Luxembourg.

Stages

Key:
: Leader and eventual winner of General Classification, based on total time.
: Leader and eventual winner of points classification, based on points given for finishing position on each mass start stage.
: Leader and eventual winner of climbers' classification, based on points gained on passing hilltops.
: Leader and eventual winner of young riders' classification, based on total time, but restricted to riders under 25 at beginning of year.

Prologue

1 June 2011 — Luxembourg, 2.7 km (1.7 mi) (ITT) ^[1]

Prologue result and General Classification after Prologue Rider Team Time 1   Fabian Cancellara  (SUI) Leopard Trek 3' 42" 2   Damien Gaudin  (FRA) Team Europcar + 5" 3   Jimmy Engoulvent  (FRA) Saur–Sojasun + 8" 4   Roman Feillu  (FRA) Vacansoleil–DCM + 11" 5   Mathew Hayman  (AUS) Team Sky s.t. 6   Jimmy Casper  (FRA) Saur–Sojasun s.t. 7   Borut Božič  (SLO) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 8   Martin Mortensen  (DEN) Leopard Trek + 14" 9   Laurent Mangel  (FRA) Saur–Sojasun s.t. 10   Grégory Rast  (SUI) Team RadioShack + 15"

Stage 1

2 June 2011 – Luxembourg to Bascharage, 192.8 km (119.8 mi) ^{[2] [3]}

Stage 1 Result Rider Team Time 1   Denis Galimzyanov  (RUS) Team Katusha 4h 48' 32" 2   Gregory Henderson  (NZL) Team Sky s.t. 3   Davide Appollonio  (ITA) Team Sky s.t. 4   Mathew Hayman  (AUS) Team Sky + 3" 5   Jacopo Guarnieri  (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale s.t. 6   Jeremy Hunt  (GBR) Team Sky s.t. 7   Mickaël Delage  (FRA) FDJ s.t. 8   Michael Van Staeyen  (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator s.t. 9   Joeri Stallaert  (BEL) Landbouwkrediet s.t. 10   Mitchell Docker  (AUS) Skil–Shimano s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1 Rider Team Time 1   Fabian Cancellara  (SUI) Leopard Trek 4h 52' 17" 2   Damien Gaudin  (FRA) Team Europcar + 5" 3   Jimmy Casper  (FRA) Saur–Sojasun + 8" 4   Roman Feillu  (FRA) Vacansoleil–DCM + 11" 5   Mathew Hayman  (AUS) Team Sky + 11" 6   Borut Božič  (SLO) Vacansoleil–DCM + 11" 7   Martin Mortensen  (DEN) Leopard Trek + 14" 8   Laurent Mangel  (FRA) Saur–Sojasun + 14" 9   Grégory Rast  (SUI) Team RadioShack + 15" 10   Ian Stannard  (GBR) Team Sky + 15"

Stage 2

3 June 2011 – Schifflange to Differdange, 200.7 km (124.7 mi) ^{[4] [5]}

Stage 2 Result Rider Team Time 1   Linus Gerdemann  (GER) Leopard Trek 5h 16' 19" 2   Arthur Vichot  (FRA) FDJ + 9" 3   Jérémie Galland  (FRA) Saur–Sojasun s.t. 4   Mickaël Delage  (FRA) FDJ s.t. 5   Tony Gallopin  (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 6   Julien El Fares  (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 7   Alan Marangoni  (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale s.t. 8   Björn Leukemans  (BEL) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 9   Chris Froome  (GBR) Team Sky s.t. 10   Maxime Monfort  (BEL) Leopard Trek s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2 Rider Team Time 1   Linus Gerdemann  (GER) Leopard Trek 10h 08' 55" 2   Alexandre Geniez  (FRA) Skil–Shimano + 2" 3   Tony Gallopin  (FRA) Cofidis + 3" 4   Maxime Monfort  (BEL) Leopard Trek + 5" 5   Mickaël Delage  (FRA) FDJ + 8" 6   Jérémie Galland  (FRA) Saur–Sojasun + 10" 7   Jurgen Van Goolen  (BEL) Veranda's Willems–Accent + 11" 8   Julien El Fares  (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 9   Björn Leukemans  (BEL) Vacansoleil–DCM + 12" 10   Alan Marangoni  (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale + 13"

Stage 3

4 June 2011 – Eschweiler to Roost (Luxlait), 185.0 km (115.0 mi) ^{[6] [7]}

Stage 3 Result Rider Team Time 1   Davide Appollonio  (ITA) Team Sky 4h 44' 31" 2   Denis Galimzyanov  (RUS) Team Katusha s.t. 3   Mickaël Delage  (FRA) FDJ s.t. 4   Romain Feillu  (FRA) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 5   Pieter Vanspeybrouck  (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator s.t. 6   Tony Gallopin  (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 7   Alexandre Geniez  (FRA) Skil–Shimano s.t. 8   Davide Cimolai  (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale s.t. 9   Borut Božič  (SLO) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 10   Jérémie Galland  (FRA) Saur–Sojasun s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3 Rider Team Time 1   Linus Gerdemann  (GER) Leopard Trek 14h 53' 26" 2   Alexandre Geniez  (FRA) Skil–Shimano + 2" 3   Tony Gallopin  (FRA) Cofidis + 3" 4   Maxime Monfort  (BEL) Leopard Trek + 5" 5   Mickaël Delage  (FRA) FDJ + 8" 6   Jérémie Galland  (FRA) Saur–Sojasun + 10" 7   Jurgen Van Goolen  (BEL) Veranda's Willems–Accent + 11" 8   Julien El Fares  (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 9   Björn Leukemans  (BEL) Vacansoleil–DCM + 12" 10   Alan Marangoni  (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale + 13"

Stage 4

5 June 2011 – Mersch to Luxembourg, 152.1 km (94.5 mi) ^{[8] [9]}

Stage 4 Result Rider Team Time 1   Romain Feillu  (FRA) Vacansoleil–DCM 3h 42' 06" 2   Fränk Schleck  (LUX) Leopard Trek s.t. 3   Pieter Vanspeybrouck  (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator s.t. 4   Tony Gallopin  (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 5   Davide Appollonio  (ITA) Team Sky s.t. 6   Maxime Vantomme  (BEL) Team Katusha s.t. 7   Julien El Fares  (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 8   Jérémie Galland  (FRA) Saur–Sojasun s.t. 9   Linus Gerdemann  (GER) FDJ s.t. 10   Jens Keukeleire  (BEL) Cofidis s.t.

Final General Classification Rider Team Time 1   Linus Gerdemann  (GER) Leopard Trek 18h 35' 32" 2   Alexandre Geniez  (FRA) Skil–Shimano + 2" 3   Tony Gallopin  (FRA) Cofidis + 3" 4   Maxime Monfort  (BEL) Leopard Trek + 5" 5   Mickaël Delage  (FRA) FDJ + 8" 6   Jérémie Galland  (FRA) Saur–Sojasun + 10" 7   Jurgen Van Goolen  (BEL) Veranda's Willems–Accent + 11" 8   Julien El Fares  (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 9   Björn Leukemans  (BEL) Vacansoleil–DCM + 12" 10   Alan Marangoni  (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale + 13"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
P	Fabian Cancellara	Fabian Cancellara	not awarded	not awarded	Damien Gaudin	Leopard Trek
1	Denis Galimzyanov		Denis Galimzyanov	Christian Poos		Saur–Sojasun
2	Linus Gerdemann	Linus Gerdemann	Linus Gerdemann		Alexandre Geniez	Cofidis
3	Davide Appollonio		Denis Galimzyanov
4	Romain Feillu		Davide Appollonio
Final		Linus Gerdemann	Davide Appollonio	Christian Poos	Alexandre Geniez	Cofidis

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Linus Gerdemann  (GER)	Leopard Trek	18h 35' 32"
2	Alexandre Geniez  (FRA)	Skil–Shimano	+ 2"
3	Tony Gallopin  (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 3"
4	Maxime Monfort  (BEL)	Leopard Trek	+ 5"
5	Mickaël Delage  (FRA)	FDJ	+ 8"
6	Jérémie Galland  (FRA)	Saur–Sojasun	+ 10"
7	Jurgen Van Goolen  (BEL)	Veranda's Willems–Accent	+ 11"
8	Julien El Fares  (FRA)	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Björn Leukemans  (BEL)	Vacansoleil–DCM	+ 12"
10	Alan Marangoni  (ITA)	Liquigas–Cannondale	+ 13"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Davide Appollonio  (ITA)	Team Sky	42
2	Denis Galimzyanov  (RUS)	Team Katusha	36
3	Romain Feillu  (FRA)	Vacansoleil–DCM	31
4	Mickaël Delage  (FRA)	FDJ	29
5	Tony Gallopin  (FRA)	Cofidis	27
6	Linus Gerdemann  (GER)	Leopard Trek	22
7	Pieter Vanspeybrouck  (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator	22
8	Jérémie Galland  (FRA)	Saur–Sojasun	17
9	Arthur Vichot  (FRA)	FDJ	16
10	Fränk Schleck  (LUX)	Leopard Trek	16

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Christian Poos  (LUX)	Differdange–Magic–SportFood.de	40
2	Johannes Fröhlinger  (GER)	Skil–Shimano	32
3	Anthony Geslin  (FRA)	FDJ	17
4	Anthony Delaplace  (FRA)	Saur–Sojasun	15
5	Anthony Charteau  (FRA)	Team Europcar	10
6	Linus Gerdemann  (GER)	Leopard Trek	10
7	Martijn Keizer  (NED)	Vacansoleil–DCM	10
8	Javier Ramirez  (ESP)	Andalucía–Caja Granada	10
9	Sébastien Delfosse  (BEL)	Landbouwkrediet	7
10	Bert Scheirlinckx  (BEL)	Landbouwkrediet	7

Young riders classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Alexandre Geniez  (FRA)	Skil–Shimano	18h 35' 34"
2	Tony Gallopin  (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 1"
3	Arthur Vichot  (FRA)	FDJ	+ 12"
4	Anthony Roux  (FRA)	FDJ	+ 53"
5	Romain Zingle  (BEL)	Cofidis	+ 58"
6	Damien Gaudin  (FRA)	Team Europcar	+ 1' 39"
7	Rémi Cusin  (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 1' 51"
8	Pieter Vanspeybrouck  (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator	+ 1' 54"
9	Davide Appollonio  (ITA)	Team Sky	+ 1' 55"
10	Simon Geschke  (GER)	Skil–Shimano	+ 1' 58"

Team classification

Pos.	Team	Time
1	Cofidis	55h 47' 36"
2	FDJ	+ 6"
3	Leopard Trek	+ 31"
4	Saur–Sojasun	+ 43"
5	Skil–Shimano	+ 2' 58"
6	Team Sky	+ 3' 10"
7	Liquigas–Cannondale	+ 3' 32"
8	Veranda's Willems–Accent	+ 3' 33"
9	Vacansoleil–DCM	+ 3' 51"
10	Landbouwkrediet	+ 3' 52"

References

General

• "Results 2011". aotdl.com (in French). Archived from the original on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.

Specific

1. "Skoda Tour de Luxembourg – P – General" (PDF). aotdl.com. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
2. "Skoda Tour de Luxembourg – 1 – Stage" (PDF). aotdl.com. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
3. "Skoda Tour de Luxembourg – 1 – General" (PDF). aotdl.com. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
4. "Skoda Tour de Luxembourg – 2 – Stage" (PDF). aotdl.com. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
5. "Skoda Tour de Luxembourg – 2 – General" (PDF). aotdl.com. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
6. "Skoda Tour de Luxembourg – 3 – Stage" (PDF). aotdl.com. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
7. "Skoda Tour de Luxembourg – 3 – General" (PDF). aotdl.com. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
8. "Skoda Tour de Luxembourg – 4 – Stage" (PDF). aotdl.com. 5 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
9. "Skoda Tour de Luxembourg – 4 – General" (PDF). aotdl.com. 5 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.