# 2011 Tour de Suisse

The 2011 Tour de Suisse was the 75th running of the Tour de Suisse cycling stage race. It started on 11 June with an individual time trial in Lugano and ended with another individual time trial on 19 June, in Schaffhausen. It was the 16th race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season.
Just like the previous edition of the race won by Fränk Schleck, the lead of the race changed hands in the final time trial stage. Lampre–ISD rider Damiano Cunego, who had held the lead of the race since stage three, had an advantage of over 90 seconds to his nearest challenger Steven Kruijswijk of Rabobank, but it was Team RadioShack's Levi Leipheimer, who had been fourth prior to the final stage and almost two minutes in arrears of Cunego, that took the final overall honours. Leipheimer, who was only third on the stage behind Fabian Cancellara (Leopard Trek) and team-mate Andreas Klöden, triumphed by four seconds over Cunego after 1,246.4 kilometres (774.5 miles) of racing. Kruijswijk managed to hold on to third place in the overall classification, 62 seconds down on Leipheimer, but eight seconds ahead of another Leopard Trek rider, Jakob Fuglsang.
In the race's other classifications, Leopard Trek rider Andy Schleck won the King of the Mountains classification, Liquigas–Cannondale's Peter Sagan won the points classification after placing five times in the top three of stage results, Lloyd Mondory of Ag2r–La Mondiale finished clear at the top of the sprints classification, with Leopard Trek also finishing at the head of the teams classification.

## Route

Stage characteristics and winners :
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner |
| 1 | 11 June | Lugano | 7.3 km (4.5 mi) | Individual time trial | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) |
| 2 | 12 June | Airolo to Crans-Montana | 149 km (92.6 mi) | | Mauricio Soler (COL) |
| 3 | 13 June | Brig-Glis to Grindelwald | 107.6 km (66.9 mi) | | Peter Sagan (SVK) |
| 4 | 14 June | Grindelwald to Huttwil | 198.4 km (123.3 mi) | | Thor Hushovd (NOR) |
| 5 | 15 June | Huttwil to Tobel-Tägerschen | 204.2 km (126.9 mi) | | Borut Božič (SLO) |
| 6 | 16 June | Tobel-Tägerschen to Triesenberg (Liechtenstein) | 157.7 km (98.0 mi) | | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) |
| 7 | 17 June | Vaduz (Liechtenstein) to Serfaus–Fiss–Ladis [de] (Austria) | 222.8 km (138.4 mi) | | Thomas De Gendt (BEL) |
| 8 | 18 June | Tübach to Schaffhausen | 167.3 km (104.0 mi) | | Peter Sagan (SVK) |
| 9 | 19 June | Schaffhausen | 32.1 km (19.9 mi) | Individual time trial | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) |

## Stages
### Stage 1
#### 11 June 2011 – Lugano, 7.3 km (4.5 mi) individual time trial (ITT)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) | Leopard Trek | 9' 41" |
| 2 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | HTC–Highroad | + 9" |
| 3 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 17" |
| 4 | Gustav Larsson (SWE) | Saxo Bank–SunGard | + 17" |
| 5 | Andreas Klöden (GER) | Team RadioShack | + 18" |
| 6 | Tom Danielson (USA) | Garmin–Cervélo | + 20" |
| 7 | Peter Velits (SVK) | HTC–Highroad | + 21" |
| 8 | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Rabobank | + 22" |
| 9 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) | Team RadioShack | + 22" |
| 10 | Linus Gerdemann (GER) | Leopard Trek | + 22" |

### Stage 2
#### 12 June 2011 – Airolo to Crans-Montana, 149 km (92.6 mi)

| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mauricio Soler (COL) | Movistar Team | 4h 23' 20" |
| 2 | Damiano Cunego (ITA) | Lampre–ISD | + 12" |
| 3 | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | + 12" |
| 4 | Danilo Di Luca (ITA) | Team Katusha | + 16" |
| 5 | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Rabobank | + 18" |
| 6 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) | Team RadioShack | + 34" |
| 7 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | HTC–Highroad | + 36" |
| 8 | Mathias Frank (SUI) | BMC Racing Team | + 39" |
| 9 | Eros Capecchi (ITA) | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 47" |
| 10 | Laurens ten Dam (NED) | Rabobank | + 47" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mauricio Soler (COL) | Movistar Team | 4h 33' 19" |
| 2 | Damiano Cunego (ITA) | Lampre–ISD | + 16" |
| 3 | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Rabobank | + 22" |
| 4 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | HTC–Highroad | + 27" |
| 5 | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | + 31" |
| 6 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) | Team RadioShack | + 38" |
| 7 | Danilo Di Luca (ITA) | Team Katusha | + 39" |
| 8 | Mathias Frank (SUI) | BMC Racing Team | + 52" |
| 9 | Chris Froome (GBR) | Team Sky | + 1' 02" |
| 10 | Eros Capecchi (ITA) | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 1' 05" |

### Stage 3
#### 13 June 2011 – Brig-Glis to Grindelwald, 107.6 km (66.9 mi)

| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Liquigas–Cannondale | 3h 09' 47" |
| 2 | Damiano Cunego (ITA) | Lampre–ISD | s.t. |
| 3 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Leopard Trek | + 21" |
| 4 | Laurens ten Dam (NED) | Rabobank | + 21" |
| 5 | Giampaolo Caruso (ITA) | Team Katusha | + 48" |
| 6 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | HTC–Highroad | + 1' 04" |
| 7 | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | + 1' 04" |
| 8 | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Rabobank | + 1' 04" |
| 9 | Mauricio Soler (COL) | Movistar Team | + 1' 04" |
| 10 | Francis De Greef (BEL) | Omega Pharma–Lotto | + 1' 04" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Damiano Cunego (ITA) | Lampre–ISD | 7h 43' 16" |
| 2 | Mauricio Soler (COL) | Movistar Team | + 54" |
| 3 | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Rabobank | + 1' 16" |
| 4 | Laurens ten Dam (NED) | Rabobank | + 1' 19" |
| 5 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | HTC–Highroad | + 1' 21" |
| 6 | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | + 1' 25" |
| 7 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Leopard Trek | + 1' 32" |
| 8 | Danilo Di Luca (ITA) | Team Katusha | + 1' 53" |
| 9 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | Rabobank | + 2' 00" |
| 10 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) | Team RadioShack | + 2' 10" |

### Stage 4
#### 14 June 2011 – Grindelwald to Huttwil, 198.4 km (123.3 mi)

| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | Thor Hushovd (NOR) | Garmin–Cervélo | 4h 46' 05" |
| 2 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Liquigas–Cannondale | s.t. |
| 3 | Marco Marcato (ITA) | Vacansoleil–DCM | + 2" |
| 4 | José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 2" |
| 5 | Óscar Freire (ESP) | Rabobank | + 2" |
| 6 | Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) | Astana | + 2" |
| 7 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | + 2" |
| 8 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Quick-Step | + 2" |
| 9 | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Quick-Step | + 2" |
| 10 | Daryl Impey (RSA) | Team NetApp | + 2" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Damiano Cunego (ITA) | Lampre–ISD | 12h 29' 23" |
| 2 | Mauricio Soler (COL) | Movistar Team | + 54" |
| 3 | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Rabobank | + 1' 16" |
| 4 | Laurens ten Dam (NED) | Rabobank | + 1' 19" |
| 5 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | HTC–Highroad | + 1' 21" |
| 6 | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | + 1' 25" |
| 7 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Leopard Trek | + 1' 32" |
| 8 | Danilo Di Luca (ITA) | Team Katusha | + 1' 53" |
| 9 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | Rabobank | + 2' 00" |
| 10 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) | Team RadioShack | + 2' 10" |

### Stage 5
#### 15 June 2011 – Huttwil to Tobel-Tägerschen, 204.2 km (126.9 mi)

| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | Borut Božič (SLO) | Vacansoleil–DCM | 4h 44' 48" |
| 2 | Óscar Freire (ESP) | Rabobank | s.t. |
| 3 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Liquigas–Cannondale | s.t. |
| 4 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | HTC–Highroad | s.t. |
| 5 | José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Marco Marcato (ITA) | Vacansoleil–DCM | s.t. |
| 7 | Anthony Ravard (FRA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 8 | Linus Gerdemann (GER) | Leopard Trek | s.t. |
| 9 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
| 10 | Ben Swift (GBR) | Team Sky | s.t. |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Damiano Cunego (ITA) | Lampre–ISD | 17h 14' 11" |
| 2 | Mauricio Soler (COL) | Movistar Team | + 54" |
| 3 | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Rabobank | + 1' 16" |
| 4 | Laurens ten Dam (NED) | Rabobank | + 1' 19" |
| 5 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | HTC–Highroad | + 1' 21" |
| 6 | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | + 1' 25" |
| 7 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Leopard Trek | + 1' 32" |
| 8 | Danilo Di Luca (ITA) | Team Katusha | + 1' 53" |
| 9 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | Rabobank | + 2' 00" |
| 10 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) | Team RadioShack | + 2' 10" |

### Stage 6
#### 16 June 2011 – Tobel-Tägerschen to Triesenberg (Liechtenstein), 157.7 km (98.0 mi)

| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | Rabobank | 4h 12' 03" |
| 2 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) | Team RadioShack | + 9" |
| 3 | Damiano Cunego (ITA) | Lampre–ISD | + 18" |
| 4 | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Rabobank | + 21" |
| 5 | Giampaolo Caruso (ITA) | Team Katusha | + 21" |
| 6 | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | + 30" |
| 7 | Mathias Frank (SUI) | BMC Racing Team | + 30" |
| 8 | Laurens ten Dam (NED) | Rabobank | + 1' 19" |
| 9 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Leopard Trek | + 1' 27" |
| 10 | Tom Danielson (USA) | Garmin–Cervélo | + 1' 42" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Damiano Cunego (ITA) | Lampre–ISD | 21h 26' 28" |
| 2 | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Rabobank | + 1' 23" |
| 3 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | Rabobank | + 1' 36" |
| 4 | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | + 1' 41" |
| 5 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) | Team RadioShack | + 1' 59" |
| 6 | Laurens ten Dam (NED) | Rabobank | + 2' 24" |
| 7 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Leopard Trek | + 2' 45" |
| 8 | Mathias Frank (SUI) | BMC Racing Team | + 3' 10" |
| 9 | Giampaolo Caruso (ITA) | Team Katusha | + 3' 11" |
| 10 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | HTC–Highroad | + 3' 22" |

### Stage 7
#### 17 June 2011 – Vaduz (Liechtenstein) to Serfaus–Fiss–Ladis [de] (Austria), 222.8 km (138.4 mi)

| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | Thomas De Gendt (BEL) | Vacansoleil–DCM | 5h 38' 42" |
| 2 | Andy Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | + 35" |
| 3 | José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 48" |
| 4 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) | Garmin–Cervélo | + 51" |
| 5 | Alberto Losada (ESP) | Team Katusha | + 54" |
| 6 | Sergey Lagutin (UZB) | Vacansoleil–DCM | + 1' 33" |
| 7 | Jan Bakelants (BEL) | Omega Pharma–Lotto | + 1' 34" |
| 8 | Marco Marcato (ITA) | Vacansoleil–DCM | + 2' 30" |
| 9 | George Hincapie (USA) | BMC Racing Team | + 2' 30" |
| 10 | Manuele Boaro (ITA) | Saxo Bank–SunGard | + 2' 30" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Damiano Cunego (ITA) | Lampre–ISD | 27h 09' 49" |
| 2 | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Rabobank | + 1' 23" |
| 3 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | Rabobank | + 1' 36" |
| 4 | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | + 1' 41" |
| 5 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) | Team RadioShack | + 1' 59" |
| 6 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Leopard Trek | + 2' 38" |
| 7 | Mathias Frank (SUI) | BMC Racing Team | + 3' 10" |
| 8 | Laurens ten Dam (NED) | Rabobank | + 3' 10" |
| 9 | Giampaolo Caruso (ITA) | Team Katusha | + 3' 11" |
| 10 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | HTC–Highroad | + 3' 22" |

### Stage 8
#### 18 June 2011 – Tübach to Schaffhausen, 167.3 km (104.0 mi)

Rabobank's Bauke Mollema, who was placed second overall at the time, punctured about 15 km from the finish. When the Leopard Trek team heard it, they led the chase, and Mollema was unable to get back to the group, and he finished 48 seconds behind. Rabobank assistant directeur sportif Frans Maassen said that Mollema should have had a chance to win the stage.
| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Liquigas–Cannondale | 3h 52' 00" |
| 2 | Matthew Goss (AUS) | HTC–Highroad | s.t. |
| 3 | Ben Swift (GBR) | Team Sky | s.t. |
| 4 | Koldo Fernández (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | s.t. |
| 5 | Thor Hushovd (NOR) | Garmin–Cervélo | s.t. |
| 6 | José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 7 | Gerald Ciolek (GER) | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 8 | Ian Stannard (GBR) | Team Sky | s.t. |
| 9 | Simon Clarke (AUS) | Astana | s.t. |
| 10 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | HTC–Highroad | s.t. |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Damiano Cunego (ITA) | Lampre–ISD | 31h 01' 49" |
| 2 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | Rabobank | + 1' 36" |
| 3 | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | + 1' 41" |
| 4 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) | Team RadioShack | + 1' 59" |
| 5 | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Rabobank | + 2' 11" |
| 6 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Leopard Trek | + 2' 38" |
| 7 | Laurens ten Dam (NED) | Rabobank | + 3' 10" |
| 8 | Giampaolo Caruso (ITA) | Team Katusha | + 3' 11" |
| 9 | Mathias Frank (SUI) | BMC Racing Team | + 3' 20" |
| 10 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | HTC–Highroad | + 3' 22" |

### Stage 9
#### 19 June 2011 – Schaffhausen, 32.1 km (19.9 mi) individual time trial (ITT)

| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) | Leopard Trek | 41' 01" |
| 2 | Andreas Klöden (GER) | Team RadioShack | + 9" |
| 3 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) | Team RadioShack | + 13" |
| 4 | Nelson Oliveira (POR) | Team RadioShack | + 25" |
| 5 | Tom Danielson (USA) | Garmin–Cervélo | + 38" |
| 6 | Gustav Larsson (SWE) | Saxo Bank–SunGard | + 41" |
| 7 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Leopard Trek | + 44" |
| 8 | Thomas De Gendt (BEL) | Vacansoleil–DCM | + 48" |
| 9 | Chris Froome (GBR) | Team Sky | + 1' 02" |
| 10 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) | Garmin–Cervélo | + 1' 04" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) | Team RadioShack | 31h 45' 02" |
| 2 | Damiano Cunego (ITA) | Lampre–ISD | + 4" |
| 3 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | Rabobank | + 1' 02" |
| 4 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Leopard Trek | + 1' 10" |
| 5 | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Rabobank | + 2' 05" |
| 6 | Mathias Frank (SUI) | BMC Racing Team | + 2' 24" |
| 7 | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | + 2' 35" |
| 8 | Laurens ten Dam (NED) | Rabobank | + 3' 11" |
| 9 | Tom Danielson (USA) | Garmin–Cervélo | + 3' 17" |
| 10 | Maxime Monfort (BEL) | Leopard Trek | + 4' 12" |

## Leadership classification

| Stage | Winner | General classification | Mountains Classification | Points classification | Sprints Classification | Team Classification |
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Fabian Cancellara | no award | Fabian Cancellara | no award | Leopard Trek |
| 2 | Mauricio Soler | Mauricio Soler | Matti Breschel | Tejay van Garderen | Lloyd Mondory | Rabobank |
| 3 | Peter Sagan | Damiano Cunego | Laurens ten Dam | Peter Sagan | Lloyd Mondory | Rabobank |
| 4 | Thor Hushovd | Damiano Cunego | Laurens ten Dam | Peter Sagan | Lloyd Mondory | Rabobank |
| 5 | Borut Božič | Damiano Cunego | Laurens ten Dam | Peter Sagan | Lloyd Mondory | Rabobank |
| 6 | Steven Kruijswijk | Damiano Cunego | Laurens ten Dam | Peter Sagan | Lloyd Mondory | Rabobank |
| 7 | Thomas De Gendt | Damiano Cunego | Andy Schleck | Peter Sagan | Lloyd Mondory | Leopard Trek |
| 8 | Peter Sagan | Damiano Cunego | Andy Schleck | Peter Sagan | Lloyd Mondory | Leopard Trek |
| 9 | Fabian Cancellara | Levi Leipheimer | Andy Schleck | Peter Sagan | Lloyd Mondory | Leopard Trek |
| Final | Final | Levi Leipheimer | Andy Schleck | Peter Sagan | Lloyd Mondory | Leopard Trek |