2011 Giro di Lombardia

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = Giro di Lombardia

| series = 2011 UCI World Tour

| race_no = 26

| season_no = 26

| image =

| image_caption =

| date = 15 October 2011

| stages = 1

| distance = 241

| unit = km

| time = 6h 20' 02"

| speed = 38.049

| first = Oliver Zaugg

| first_nat = Switzerland

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

| second = Dan Martin

| second_nat = Republic of Ireland

| second_team = {{UCI team code|GRM|2011}}

| third = Joaquim Rodríguez

| third_nat = Spain

| third_team = {{UCI team code|KAT|2011}}

| previous = 2010

| next = 2012

}}

The 2011 Giro di Lombardia was the 105th edition of the Giro di Lombardia single-day cycling race, often known as the Race of the Falling Leaves. It was held on 15 October 2011, over a distance of {{convert|241|km|1|abbr=on}}, starting in Milan and ending in Lecco for the first time.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-di-lombardia/preview|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=12 October 2011|access-date=15 October 2011|first=Barry|last=Ryan|title=Gilbert the man to beat as chapter closes for Tour of Lombardy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017121349/http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-di-lombardia/preview|archive-date=17 October 2011|url-status=dead}} It was the 26th and final event of the 2011 UCI World Tour.

{{UCI team code|LEO|2011}} rider Oliver Zaugg won the race, having attacked on the final climb of Salita di Ello and stayed away until the end, winning a race for the first time in his professional career.{{cite news|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/15102011/2/cycling-swiss-zaugg-claims-maiden-win-lombardy.html|work=Yahoo! Eurosport|publisher=TF1 Group|agency=Reuters|date=15 October 2011|access-date=15 October 2011|title=Zaugg claims maiden win in Lombardy}} The remaining podium places were contested for – eight seconds behind Zaugg – in a five-man sprint for the line with {{UCI team code|GRM|2011}}'s Dan Martin just besting Joaquim Rodríguez of {{UCI team code|KAT|2011}} for second place. The two-time defending race winner and World Tour points leader Philippe Gilbert finished in eighth position, 16 seconds down on Zaugg.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/GiroLombardia/2010/it/download/Ordine_di_arrivo_lombardia2011.pdf|date=15 October 2011|access-date=15 October 2011|work=Giro di Lombardia|publisher=RCS MediaGroup|title=Il Lombardia 2011: Ordine d'arrivo / Ordre d'arrivee / Order of arrival}}

Teams

As the race was held under the auspices of the UCI World Tour, all eighteen ProTour teams were invited automatically. Seven additional wildcard invitations were given – {{UCI team code|ASA|2011}}, {{UCI team code|AND|2011}}, {{UCI team code|COG|2011}}, {{UCI team code|FAR|2011}}, {{UCI team code|FDJ|2011}}, {{UCI team code|GEO|2011}} and {{UCI team code|EUC|2011}} – to form the event's 25-team peloton.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-of-lombardy-teams-announced|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=5 August 2011|access-date=15 October 2011|title=Tour of Lombardy teams announced}}

{{UCI team code|ASA|2011}}
{{UCI team code|ALM|2011}}
{{UCI team code|AND|2011}}
{{UCI team code|AST|2011}}
{{UCI team code|BMC|2011}}
{{UCI team code|COG|2011}}
{{UCI team code|EUS|2011}}
{{UCI team code|FAR|2011}}
{{UCI team code|FDJ|2011}}
{{UCI team code|GRM|2011}}
{{UCI team code|GEO|2011}}
{{UCI team code|THR|2011}}
{{UCI team code|LAM|2011}}

{{UCI team code|LEO|2011}}
{{UCI team code|LIQ|2011}}
{{UCI team code|OLO|2011}}
{{UCI team code|QST|2011}}
{{UCI team code|RAB|2011}}
{{UCI team code|SAX|2011}}
{{UCI team code|EUC|2011}}
{{UCI team code|KAT|2011}}
{{UCI team code|MOV|2011}}
{{UCI team code|RSH|2011}}
{{UCI team code|SKY|2011}}
{{UCI team code|VCD|2011}}

Results

class="wikitable"

style="background:#ccccff;"

!Cyclist

!Team

!Time

!UCI World Tour
Points

| {{flagathlete|Oliver Zaugg|SUI}}

| {{UCI team code|LEO|2011}}

|align="right"| 6h 20' 02"

|align="center"| 100

| {{flagathlete|Dan Martin|IRL}}

| {{UCI team code|GRM|2011}}

|align="right"| + 8"

|align="center"| 80

| {{flagathlete|Joaquim Rodríguez|ESP}}

| {{UCI team code|KAT|2011}}

|align="right"| + 8"

|align="center"| 70

| {{flagathlete|Ivan Basso|ITA}}

| {{UCI team code|LIQ|2011}}

|align="right"| + 8"

|align="center"| 60

| {{flagathlete|Przemysław Niemiec|POL}}

| {{UCI team code|LAM|2011}}

|align="right"| + 8"

|align="center"| 50

| {{flagathlete|Domenico Pozzovivo|ITA}}

| {{UCI team code|CSF|2011}}

|align="right"| + 8"

|align="center"| –

| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Visconti|ITA}}

| {{UCI team code|FAR|2011}}

|align="right"| + 16"

|align="center"| –

| {{flagathlete|Philippe Gilbert|BEL}}

| {{UCI team code|OLO|2011}}

|align="right"| + 16"

|align="center"| 20

| {{flagathlete|Carlos Betancur|COL}}

| {{UCI team code|ASA|2011}}

|align="right"| + 16"

|align="center"| –

| {{flagathlete|Riccardo Chiarini|ITA}}

| {{UCI team code|AND|2011}}

|align="right"| + 16"

|align="center"| –

References

Giro Di Lombardia, 2011

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