The 2011 Paris–Nice was the 69th running of the
Paris–Nice cycling stage race, often known as the Race to the Sun. It started on 6 March in
Houdan and ended on 13 March in
Nice and consisted of eight stages, including a time trial. It was the second race of the
2011 UCI World Tour season.
The race was won by
HTC–Highroad rider
Tony Martin, after holding onto the leader's yellow jersey which came from a time trial stage win on stage six.[1][2] Martin's winning margin over runner-up and fellow German
Andreas Klöden (
Team RadioShack) – winner of the fifth stage of the race – was 36 seconds, with
Team Sky's
Bradley Wiggins completing the podium, 41 seconds down on Martin.
In the race's other classifications,
Rein Taaramäe of
Cofidis won the white jersey for the highest placed rider under the age of 25, and
Garmin–Cervélo's
Heinrich Haussler took home the green jersey for amassing the highest number of points during stages at intermediate sprints and stage finishes.
FDJ rider
Rémi Pauriol won the King of the Mountains classification, with
Team RadioShack finishing at the head of the teams classification.
Teams competing
22 teams were invited to the 2011 Paris–Nice. The teams were:[3]