2011 UCI World Tour, race 6 of 27 | |||||||||||||
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Race details | |||||||||||||
Dates | 27 March | ||||||||||||
Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 219 km (136.1 mi) | ||||||||||||
Results | |||||||||||||
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The 2011 Gent–Wevelgem was the 73rd running of the Gent–Wevelgem cycling race, held on 27 March 2011. Quick-Step's Tom Boonen won the race in a sprint finish ahead of Leopard Trek rider Daniele Bennati and Tyler Farrar of Garmin–Cervélo. [1]
As this is a UCI World Tour event, the organisers are obliged to give a place to each of the 18 ProTour teams. They also invited 7 wild card teams, indicated with an asterisk below. Each of the 25 teams were permitted up to eight riders: 196 riders began the race. [2]
Cyclist | Team | Time |
UCI World Tour Points | |
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1 | Tom Boonen ( BEL) | Quick-Step | 4h 35' 00" | 80 |
2 | Daniele Bennati ( ITA) | Leopard Trek | s.t. | 60 |
3 | Tyler Farrar ( USA) | Garmin–Cervélo | s.t. | 50 |
4 | André Greipel ( GER) | Omega Pharma–Lotto | s.t. | 40 |
5 | Lloyd Mondory ( FRA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | s.t. | 30 |
6 | Mitchell Docker ( AUS) | Skil–Shimano | s.t. | - |
7 | Bernhard Eisel ( AUT) | HTC–Highroad | s.t. | 14 |
8 | Kristof Goddaert ( BEL) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | s.t. | 10 |
9 | Lars Boom ( NED) | Rabobank | s.t. | 6 |
10 | Baden Cooke ( AUS) | Saxo Bank–SunGard | s.t. | 2 |