2011 Paris–Roubaix
{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 2011 Paris–Roubaix
| image = 2011 Paris–Roubaix.jpg
| image_caption = Official event poster
| image_size =
| series = 2011 UCI World Tour
| race_no = 9 of 27
| date = 10 April 2011
| stages = 1
| distance = 258
| unit = km
| time = 6h 07' 28"
| speed = 42.1
| first = Johan Vansummeren
| first_nat = BEL
| first_natvar =
| first_team = {{UCI team code|GRM|2011}}
| second = Fabian Cancellara
| second_nat = SUI
| second_natvar =
| second_team = {{UCI team code|LEO|2011}}
| third = Maarten Tjallingii
| third_nat = NED
| third_natvar =
| third_team = {{UCI team code|RAB|2011}}
| previous = 2010
| next = 2012
}}
The 2011 Paris–Roubaix was the 109th running of the Paris–Roubaix single-day cycling race, often known as the Hell of the North. It was held on 10 April 2011 over a distance of {{convert|258|km|1|abbr=off}} and was the ninth race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season.
{{UCI team code|GRM|2011}}'s Johan Vansummeren claimed victory after making a solo breakaway from a four-man group with {{convert|15|km|1|abbr=off}} remaining, holding on to win by 19 seconds at the velodrome in Roubaix.{{cite news|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/10042011/58/vansummeren-wins-paris-roubaix.html|title=Vansummeren wins Paris-Roubaix|work=Yahoo! Eurosport|publisher=TF1 Group|date=10 April 2011|access-date=10 April 2011|agency=Reuters}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/8441279/Paris-Roubaix-2011-Johan-Van-Summeren-upsets-odds-to-win-the-hell-of-the-north-ahead-of-Fabian-Cancellara.html|title=Johan Van Summeren upsets odds to win 'the hell of the north' ahead of Fabian Cancellara|first=John|last=MacLeary|work=The Daily Telegraph|publisher=Telegraph Media Group|date=10 April 2011|access-date=10 April 2011}} He also held on to victory, despite riding the final {{convert|5|km|1|abbr=off}} with a flat rear tyre. Second place went to {{UCI team code|LEO|2011}} rider and defending race winner Fabian Cancellara who caught the remaining riders from the breakaway – Maarten Tjallingii of {{UCI team code|RAB|2011}}, Lars Bak of {{UCI team code|THR|2011}} and Grégory Rast of {{UCI team code|RSH|2011}} – and outsprinted them in Roubaix. Tjallingii completed the podium in third.
File:Vansummeren PR 2011 1.JPG en route to victory in Roubaix]]
Teams
25 teams competed in the 2011 Paris–Roubaix. They were:{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/2011/PRX/COURSE/us/equipes.html|title=Equipes|date=10 April 2011|work=Letour.fr|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=10 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410052239/http://www.letour.fr/2011/PRX/COURSE/us/equipes.html|archive-date=10 April 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
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Teams for Paris-Roubaix
- {{UCI team code|ALM|2011}}
- {{UCI team code|AST|2011}}
- {{UCI team code|BMC|2011}}
- {{UCI team code|EUS|2011}}
- {{UCI team code|GRM|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|KAT|2011}}
- {{UCI team code|MOV|2011}}
- {{UCI team code|RSH|2011}}
- {{UCI team code|SBS|2011}}
- {{UCI team code|SKY|2011}}
- {{UCI team code|VAC|2011}}
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Wild Cards
- {{UCI team code|FST|2011}}
- {{UCI team code|COF|2011}}
- {{UCI team code|FDJ|2011}}
- {{UCI team code|SAU|2011}}
- {{UCI team code|SKS|2011}}
- {{UCI team code|EUC|2011}}
- {{UCI team code|APP|2011}}
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Results
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|+ Results (1–10) |
!Cyclist
!Team !Time |
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style="text-align:center"| 1
| {{flagathlete|Johan Vansummeren|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|GRM|2011}} | 6h 07' 28" |
style="text-align:center"| 2
| {{flagathlete|Fabian Cancellara|SUI}} | {{UCI team code|LEO|2011}} | + 19" |
style="text-align:center"| 3
| {{flagathlete|Maarten Tjallingii|NED}} | {{UCI team code|RAB|2011}} | + 19" |
style="text-align:center"| 4
| {{flagathlete|Grégory Rast|SUI}} | {{UCI team code|RSH|2011}} | + 19" |
style="text-align:center"| 5
| {{flagathlete|Lars Bak|DEN}} | {{UCI team code|THR|2011}} | + 21" |
style="text-align:center"| 6
| {{flagathlete|Alessandro Ballan|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|BMC|2011}} | + 36" |
style="text-align:center"| 7
| {{flagathlete|Bernhard Eisel|AUT}} | {{UCI team code|THR|2011}} | + 47" |
style="text-align:center"| 8
| {{flagathlete|Thor Hushovd|NOR}} | {{UCI team code|GRM|2011}} | + 47" |
style="text-align:center"| 9
| {{flagathlete|Juan Antonio Flecha|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|SKY|2011}} | + 47" |
style="text-align:center"| 10
| {{flagathlete|Mathew Hayman|AUS}} | {{UCI team code|SKY|2011}} | + 47" |
See also
References
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{{2011 UCI World Tour}}
{{Paris-Roubaix}}
{{Paris–Roubaix winners}}
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