Tour de France 2011 - Thor Hushovd wins stage 13 - Duration: 0:57. Crosswind Chaos #3 : Mark Cavendish and Lance Armstrong Mega Split the Tour de France Peloton - Duration: 10:24. Points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit of the most difficult climbs first. At 34, he was also the oldest post-World War II winner being almost a year older than Each squad was allowed a maximum of nine riders, resulting in a start list total of 198 riders.In September 2010, Contador announced that he had tested positive for the banned Cavendish was runner-up in the 2010 Tour's points classification and had won 15 stages in the three previous Tours;The first of the two stages held in Vendée started in There were 21 stages in the race, covering a total distance of 3,430.5 km (2,132 mi),The opening stage's uphill finish of Mont des Alouettes was won by Philippe Gilbert, who took the first yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. Team prizes were available, with €10,000 for the winner of team time trial and €50,000 for the winners of the team classification.Riders from the ProTeams competing individually, as well as for their teams and nations, for points that contributed towards the World Tour rankings. The number of stage victories and placings per team determined the outcome of a tie.A total of €3,412,546 was awarded in cash prizes in the race. Rojas regained the green jersey.Stage twelve was the first to enter the high mountains, and included two climbs that were rated The transitional stage fifteen that moved the race east to the Alps was won by Cavendish from a bunch sprint.Another descent to the finish followed in stage sixteen, and again the winner came from a breakaway. Riders received points for finishing among the highest placed in a stage finish, or in The third classification was the mountains classification. The holders of the classifications benefited on each stage they led; the final winners of the points and mountains were given €25,000, while the best young rider and most combative rider got €20,000. The general classification leader's yellow jersey was worn first by Evans became the first Australian to win the Tour, and the second non-European to have officially done so. All finishers of the race were awarded with money. Over at YouTube, however, there's an official new Tour de France channel. This was calculated the same way as the general classification, but the classification was restricted to riders who were born on or after 1 January 1986.The final classification was a team classification. This was calculated using the finishing times of the best three riders per team on each stage, excluding the team time trial; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time. The climbs were categorised as fourth-, third-, second-, first-category and The final individual classification was the young rider classification. Boasson Hagen was the victor, improving on his second place the previous day. Overall race leader Voeckler lost 27 seconds to his rivals after he went wide on two of the final descent's corners.The race for the general classification began from the start of the nineteenth stage, the Tour's final mountain stage, with Voeckler, the Schleck brothers and Evans all in a second breakaway. 0:57 [Paris - Roubaix 2011] Decisive moment: Cancellara, Hushovd and … The overall winner of the general classification received €450,000, with the second and third placed riders got €200,000 and €100,000 respectively.
Du samedi 2 au dimanche 24 juillet 2011, le 98e Tour de France comprendra 21 étapes pour une distance d'environ 3 471 kilomètres. The route entered Italy for part of two stages.