2011 Three Days of De Panne
Cycling race
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The 2011 Three Days of De Panne (Dutch: 2011 KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde) was the 35th edition of the Three Days of De Panne, an annual bicycle race. Taking part in and around the De Panne region of West Flanders, it began in Middelkerke on 29 March and finished in De Panne two days later. The 538.7-kilometre-long (334.7 mi) stage race comprised four stages, with two held on the final day. It was part of the 2010–2011 UCI Europe Tour and was rated as a 2.HC event. Sébastien Rosseler of Team RadioShack won the general classification, his first ever victory in a stage race.[1]
Dates29–31 March
Stages4
Distance538.7 km (334.7 mi)
Winning time12 hr 21' 33"
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| Dates | 29–31 March | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 538.7 km (334.7 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 12 hr 21' 33" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams
23 teams were invited to participate in the tour: 12 UCI ProTeams and 11 UCI Professional Continental Teams.[2]
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Stages
Stage 1
29 March 2011 – Middelkerke to Zottegem, 194.0 km (120.5 mi)[3][4]
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Stage 2
30 March 2011 – Oudenaarde to Koksijde, 219.0 km (136.1 mi)[5][6]
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Stage 3a
31 March 2011 – De Panne to De Panne, 111.0 km (69.0 mi)[7][8]
Stage 3b
31 March 2011 – De Panne to Koksijde to De Panne, 14.7 km (9.1 mi) individual time trial (ITT)[9][10]
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Classification leadership
| Stage | Winner | General classification |
Points classification |
Mountains classification |
Sprints classification |
Team classification | Combativity award |
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| 1 | André Greipel | André Greipel | André Greipel | Laurens De Vreese | Bert De Backer | Vacansoleil–DCM | Pim Ligthart |
| 2 | Denis Galimzyanov | Lieuwe Westra | Peter Sagan | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | |||
| 3a | Jacopo Guarnieri | Bert De Backer | Denis Galimzyanov | Lieuwe Westra | Skil–Shimano | Frederico Canuti | |
| 3b | Sébastien Rosseler | Sébastien Rosseler | Team RadioShack | Lieuwe Westra | |||
| Final | Sébastien Rosseler | Denis Galimzyanov | Lieuwe Westra | Bert De Backer | Team RadioShack | no award | |
Final standings
| Rider | Team | Time | |
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| 1 |  Sébastien Rosseler (BEL) |
Team RadioShack | 12h 21' 33" |
| 2 |  Lieuwe Westra (NED) |
Vacansoleil–DCM | + 6" |
| 3 |  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) |
Team RadioShack | + 14" |
| 4 |  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) |
Quick-Step | + 18" |
| 5 |  Bert Grabsch (GER) |
HTC–Highroad | + 22" |
| 6 |  Andriy Hrivko (UKR) |
Astana | + 24" |
| 7 |  Dmitriy Muravyev (KAZ) |
Team RadioShack | + 26" |
| 8 | Rick Flens (NED) |
Rabobank | + 30" |
| 9 |  Tomas Vaitkus (LIT) |
Astana | + 34" |
| 10 | Cyril Lemoine (FRA) |
Saur–Sojasun | + 50" |
| Rider | Team | Points | |
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| 1 |  Denis Galimzyanov (RUS) |
Team Katusha | 29 |
| 2 | Lieuwe Westra (NED) |
Vacansoleil–DCM | 27 |
| 3 | Romain Feillu (FRA) |
Vacansoleil–DCM | 24 |
| 4 | John Degenkolb (GER) |
HTC–Highroad | 23 |
| 5 | André Greipel (GER) |
Omega Pharma–Lotto | 20 |
| 6 | Dmitriy Muravyev (KAZ) |
Team RadioShack | 20 |
| 7 | Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) |
Team RadioShack | 18 |
| 8 | Tomas Vaitkus (LIT) |
Astana | 16 |
| 9 | Jimmy Casper (FRA) |
Saur–Sojasun | 15 |
| 10 | Vladimir Gusev (RUS) |
Team Katusha | 14 |
| Rider | Team | Points | |
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| 1 | Lieuwe Westra (NED) |
Vacansoleil–DCM | 15 |
| 2 | Dmitriy Muravyev (KAZ) |
Team RadioShack | 8 |
| 3 | Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) |
Team RadioShack | 7 |
| 4 | Vladimir Gusev (RUS) |
Team Katusha | 4 |
| 5 | Bert De Backer (BEL) |
Skil–Shimano | 3 |
| 6 | Jens Debusschere (BEL) |
Omega Pharma–Lotto | 3 |
| 7 | André Greipel (GER) |
Omega Pharma–Lotto | 2 |
| Rider | Team | Time | |
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| 1 | Bert De Backer (BEL) |
Skil–Shimano | 10 |
| 2 | Arnoud van Groen (NED) |
Veranda's Willems–Accent | 6 |
| 3 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (BEL) |
Quick-Step | 5 |
| 4 | Romain Feillu (FRA) |
Vacansoleil–DCM | 3 |
| 5 | Lieuwe Westra (NED) |
Vacansoleil–DCM | 2 |
| 6 | André Greipel (GER) |
Omega Pharma–Lotto | 1 |
| 7 | Jimmy Casper (FRA) |
Saur–Sojasun | 1 |
| 8 | Jens Debusschere (BEL) |
Omega Pharma–Lotto | 1 |
| Pos. | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Team RadioShack | 37h 05' 23" |
| 2 | HTC–Highroad | + 2' 28" |
| 3 | Astana | + 3' 08" |
| 4 | Rabobank | + 3' 16" |
| 5 | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 3' 34" |
| 6 | Skil–Shimano | + 4' 22" |
| 7 | Quick-Step | + 4' 40" |
| 8 | Omega Pharma–Lotto | + 4' 58" |
| 9 | Veranda's Willems–Accent | + 5' 36" |