2011 Tour of Flanders (World Tour), Belgium

Ronde van Vlaanderen - Tour des Flandres, 258 km

Results: Sunday, April 3

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Brugge - Ninove, 256 km.

The Race: After a race of non-stop aggression in which Fabian Cancellara looked to have made a successful escape, Cancellara was caught and a small group of favorites came together just before the final climb, the Bosberg with about 12 km to go. Philippe Gilbert took off on the climb but after doing the time-trial of his life, was chased down by a group of 12 with about 6 km to go. At about 3km to go Cancellara gave it another go and got clear with Sylvain Chavanel (who had been active most of the race) and Nick Nuyens. Cancellara led it out but ran out of gas before the line. Nuyens took the sprint after it looked like Chavanel had to slow down as Cancellara crowded him.

Results:

199 starters, 135 finishers, 64 abandons

1. Nick Nuyens (Saxo) 6hr 1min 20sec. 42.509 km/hr
2. Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) s.t.
3. Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
4. Tom Boonen (Quick Step) @ 2sec
5. Sebastian Langeveld (Rabobank) @ 5sec
6. George Hincapie (BMC) s.t.
7. Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil) s.t.
8. Staf Scheirlinckx (Veranda's Willems) s.t.
9. Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) s.t.
10. Geraint Thomas (Sky) s.t.
11. Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky) s.t.
12. Alessandro Ballan (BMC) @ 9sec
13. Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 24sec
14. Bernhard Eisel (HTC-Highraod) s.t.
15. Dominique Rollin (FDJ) s.t.
16. Danilo Hondo (Lampre) s.t.
17. Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r) s.t.
18. José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) s.t.
19. Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) s.t.
20. Maarten Wynants (Rabobank) s.t.
21. Mathew Hayman (Sky) s.t.
22. Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) s.t.
23. William Bonnet (FDJ) s.t.
24. Sébastien Minard (Ag2r) s.t.
25. Marcus Burghardt (BMC) s.t.
26. Dennis Van Winden (Rabobank) s.t.
27. Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Saxo) s.t.
28. Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) s.t.
29. Vincent Jerome (Europcar) s.t.
30. Matteo Tosatto (Saxo) s.t.

Philippe Gilbert takes off.

Tom Boonen

Fabian Cancellara

Here's Fabian Cancellara with Sylvain Chavanel on his wheel.

And here's the guy who took it all, nick Nuyens.

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2011 Route map

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Teams:

18 UCI-World Tour teams

 

7 wildcards