2011 Gent–Wevelgem
Appearance
2011 UCI World Tour, race 6 of 27 | |||||||||||||
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Tom Boonen riding at Kemmelberg. | |||||||||||||
Race details | |||||||||||||
Dates | 27 March | ||||||||||||
Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 219 km (136.1 mi) | ||||||||||||
Results | |||||||||||||
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The 2011 Gent–Wevelgem was the 73rd running of the Gent–Wevelgem cycling race, held on 27 March 2011. Quick-Step's Tom Boonen won the race in a sprint finish ahead of Leopard Trek rider Daniele Bennati and Tyler Farrar of Garmin–Cervélo.[1]
Teams
[edit]As this is a UCI World Tour event, the organisers are obliged to give a place to each of the 18 ProTour teams. They also invited 7 wild card teams, indicated with an asterisk below. Each of the 25 teams were permitted up to eight riders: 196 riders began the race.[2]
- Ag2r–La Mondiale
- Astana
- BMC Racing Team
- Cofidis*
- Team Europcar*
- Euskaltel–Euskadi
- FDJ*
- Garmin–Cervélo
- HTC–Highroad
- Landbouwkrediet*
- Lampre–ISD
- Liquigas–Cannondale
- Leopard Trek
- Omega Pharma–Lotto
- Quick-Step
- Rabobank
- Skil–Shimano*
- Team Katusha
- Movistar Team
- Team RadioShack
- Saxo Bank–SunGard
- Team Sky
- Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator*
- Vacansoleil–DCM
- Veranda's Willems–Accent*
Results
[edit]Cyclist | Team | Time | UCI World Tour Points | |
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1 | ![]() |
Quick-Step | 4h 35' 00" | 80 |
2 | ![]() |
Leopard Trek | s.t. | 60 |
3 | ![]() |
Garmin–Cervélo | s.t. | 50 |
4 | ![]() |
Omega Pharma–Lotto | s.t. | 40 |
5 | ![]() |
Ag2r–La Mondiale | s.t. | 30 |
6 | ![]() |
Skil–Shimano | s.t. | - |
7 | ![]() |
HTC–Highroad | s.t. | 14 |
8 | ![]() |
Ag2r–La Mondiale | s.t. | 10 |
9 | ![]() |
Rabobank | s.t. | 6 |
10 | ![]() |
Saxo Bank–SunGard | s.t. | 2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Boonen sprints to victory". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ^ "Gent–Wevelgem". gent-wevelgem.be. 1 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
External links
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