2011 Baltic Chain Tour

{{Short description|International cycling stage race}}

{{Infobox cycling race report

| image =

| name = 2011 Baltic Chain Tour

| series = 2011 UCI Europe Tour

| race_no =

| season_no =

| date = 17—20 August 2012

| stages = 4

| distance = 637.6

| unit = km

| time = {{nowrap|14h 39' 16"}}

| speed =

| first = Erki Pütsep

| first_nat = EST

| first_team = {{UCI team code|ALB2|2011}}

| first_color = yellow

| second = Igor Boev

| second_nat = RUS

| second_team = National Team Russia

| third = Ivo Suur

| third_nat = EST

| third_team = Nissan Pro Shop Team

| sprints = Gediminas Bagdonas

| sprints_nat = LTU

| sprints_team = National Team Lithuania

| sprints_color = green

| mountains = Volodymyr Gomenuk

| mountains_nat = UKR

| mountains_natvar =

| mountains_team = {{UCI team code|KLS|2011}}

| mountains_color = polkadot

| youth = Igor Boev

| youth_nat = RUS

| youth_team = National Team Russia

| youth_color = white

| team = {{UCI team code|ALB2|2011}}

| previous =

| next = 2012

}}

The 2011 Baltic Chain Tour was the inaugural modern era edition of the Baltic Chain Tour road cycling race. It was held over a period of four days between 17 and 20 May 2013. The race was a part of the 2012 UCI Europe Tour with a race classification of 2.2. General classification was won by Estonian cyclist Erki Pütsep.[http://balticchaintour.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/4st-Stage-General.pdf Official results]

Schedule

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!Stage

!Start

!Finish

!Distance

!Date

!Winner

!Time

P

|Vilnius

|Vilnius

| 3.0 km

|align=right| 16 August

|{{flagathlete|Gediminas Bagdonas|LTU}}

|{{nowrap|0h 3' 37"}}

1

|Vilnius

|Panevėžys

| 175.0 km

|align=right| 17 August

|{{flagathlete|Gediminas Bagdonas|LTU}}

|{{nowrap|4h 06' 08"}}

2

|Panevėžys

|Šiauliai

| 165.8 km

|align=right| 18 August

|{{flagathlete|Indulis Bekmanis|LAT}}

|{{nowrap|3h 48' 49"}}

3

|Rīga

|Sigulda

| 139.6 km

|align=right| 19 August

|{{flagathlete|Raimondas Rumšas|LTU}}

|{{nowrap|3h 06' 26"}}

4

|Viljandi

|Viljandi

| 153.0 km

|align=right| 20 August

|{{flagathlete|Volodymyr Gomenuk|UKR}}

|{{nowrap|3h 36' 03"}}

Classification leadership table

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| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Stage

| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Stage winner

| style="background:#EFEFEF" |General Classification
Image:Jersey yellow.svg

| style="background:#EFEFEF"|Sprint
Image:Jersey green.svg

| style="background:#EFEFEF"|King of the Mountains
Image:Jersey polkadot.svg

| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Young riders classification (U26)
Image:Jersey white.svg

| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Team classification

P

| Gediminas Bagdonas

| rowspan=2 style="background:lemonchiffon"| Gediminas Bagdonas

|  

|  

| rowspan=2 style="background:white"| Ramūnas Navardauskas

| rowspan=4 style="background:orange"|National Team Lithuania

1

| Gediminas Bagdonas

| style="background:lightgreen"| Gediminas Bagdonas

| rowspan=3 style="background:salmon"| Andris Smirnovs

2

| Indulis Bekmanis

| rowspan=2 style="background:lemonchiffon"| Indulis Bekmanis

| rowspan=2 style="background:lightgreen"| Armands Bēcis

| rowspan=2 style="background:white"| Indulis Bekmanis

3

| Raimundas Rumsas

4

| Volodymyr Gomenuk

| style="background:lemonchiffon"| Erki Pütsep

| style="background:lightgreen"| Gediminas Bagdonas

| style="background:salmon"| Volodymyr Gomenuk

| style="background:white"| Igor Boev

| style="background:orange"| {{UCI team code|ALB2|2011}}

colspan=2| Final

| style="background:yellow"|Erki Pütsep

| style="background:green"|Gediminas Bagdonas

| style="background:red"|Volodymyr Gomenuk

| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Igor Boev

| style="background:darkorange"|{{UCI team code|ALB2|2011}}

References

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{{Baltic Chain Tour}}

Category:2011 UCI Europe Tour

Category:2011 in Latvian sport

Category:2011 in Estonian sport

Category:2011 in Lithuanian sport

Category:Baltic Chain Tour

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