# 2011 Critérium International

The 2011 Critérium International was the 80th edition of the Critérium International cycling stage race. It started on 26 March in Porto-Vecchio and ended on 27 March in Porto-Vecchio and consisted of 3 stages, including 2 stages on the same day; a flat stage and an individual time trial, held as the second and third stages.
The race was won by Leopard-Trek rider Fränk Schleck, who claimed the leader's yellow jersey after a strong finish in the first stage, and maintained his advantage to the end of the race. Schleck's winning margin over runner-up Vasil Kiryienka of Team Movistar was 13 seconds, and Cofidis' Rein Taaramäe completed the podium, 17 seconds down on Kiryienka.
In the race's other classifications, Kiryienka won the green jersey for the points classification, the King of the Mountains classification was won by Pim Ligthart of Vacansoleil–DCM, Taaramäe won the young rider classification, and Movistar finished at the head of the teams classification.

## Pre-race favourites

The winner of the 2010 Critérium International, Pierrick Fédrigo, was looking to defend the previous year's victory, while other pre-race favourites included 2 time runner-up in the Tour de France Andy Schleck and Vuelta a España 5th place, Fränk Schleck, as well as Alexander Vinokourov.

## Teams

The following teams participated in the 2011 edition of the Critérium International:

## Stages
### Stage 1
#### 26 March 2011 – Porto-Vecchio to Col de l'Ospedale, 198 km

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | 5h 21' 02" |
| 2 | Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) | Movistar Team | + 16" |
| 3 | Rein Taaramäe (EST) | Cofidis | + 22" |
| 4 | David López García (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 58" |
| 5 | Alexandre Geniez (FRA) | Skil–Shimano | + 1'00" |
| 6 | Sergey Lagutin (UZB) | Vacansoleil–DCM | + 1'09" |
| 7 | Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR) | Team Sky | + 1'09" |
| 8 | Pierre Rolland (FRA) | Team Europcar | + 1'09" |
| 9 | Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA) | FDJ | + 1'09" |
| 10 | Andy Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | + 1'09" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | 5h 20' 52" |
| 2 | Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) | Movistar Team | + 20" |
| 3 | Rein Taaramäe (EST) | Cofidis | + 28" |
| 4 | David López García (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 1'08" |
| 5 | Alexandre Geniez (FRA) | Skil–Shimano | + 1'10" |
| 6 | Sergey Lagutin (UZB) | Vacansoleil–DCM | + 1'19" |
| 7 | Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR) | Team Sky | + 1'19" |
| 8 | Pierre Rolland (FRA) | Team Europcar | + 1'19" |
| 9 | Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA) | FDJ | + 1'19" |
| 10 | Andy Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | + 1'19" |

### Stage 2
#### 27 March 2011 – Porto-Vecchio 75 km

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Simon Geschke (GER) | Skil–Shimano | 1h 43' 10" |
| 2 | Murilo Antonio Fischer (BRA) | Garmin–Cervélo | + 0" |
| 3 | Laurent Mangel (FRA) | Saur–Sojasun | + 0" |
| 4 | Florian Vachon (FRA) | Bretagne–Schuller | + 0" |
| 5 | Arnaud Molmy (FRA) | BigMat–Auber 93 | + 0" |
| 6 | Jonathan Hivert (FRA) | Saur–Sojasun | + 0" |
| 7 | Julien El Farès (FRA) | Cofidis | + 0" |
| 8 | Tony Gallopin (FRA) | Cofidis | + 0" |
| 9 | Fabian Wegmann (GER) | Leopard Trek | + 0" |
| 10 | Jérôme Cousin (FRA) | Team Europcar | + 0" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | 7h 04' 02" |
| 2 | Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) | Movistar Team | + 20" |
| 3 | Rein Taaramäe (EST) | Cofidis | + 28" |
| 4 | David López García (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 1'08" |
| 5 | Alexandre Geniez (FRA) | Skil–Shimano | + 1'10" |
| 6 | Cyril Gautier (FRA) | Team Europcar | + 1'19" |
| 7 | Sergey Lagutin (UZB) | Vacansoleil–DCM | + 1'19" |
| 8 | Pierre Rolland (FRA) | Team Europcar | + 1'19" |
| 9 | Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) | Garmin–Cervélo | + 1'19" |
| 10 | Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 1'19" |

### Stage 3
#### 27 March 2011 – Porto-Vecchio 7 km

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Andreas Klöden (GER) | Team RadioShack | 8' 47" |
| 2 | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | Team Sky | + 04" |
| 3 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Leopard Trek | + 10" |
| 4 | David Zabriskie (USA) | Garmin–Cervélo | + 14" |
| 5 | Andrew Talansky (USA) | Garmin–Cervélo | + 15" |
| 6 | Jérôme Coppel (FRA) | Saur–Sojasun | + 16" |
| 7 | Maxime Monfort (BEL) | Leopard Trek | + 16" |
| 8 | Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) | Movistar Team | + 17" |
| 9 | Tiago Machado (POR) | Team RadioShack | + 20" |
| 10 | Anthony Roux (FRA) | FDJ | + 21" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | 7h 13' 12" |
| 2 | Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) | Movistar Team | + 13" |
| 3 | Rein Taaramäe (EST) | Cofidis | + 30" |
| 4 | Alexandre Geniez (FRA) | Skil–Shimano | + 1'14" |
| 5 | Tiago Machado (POR) | Team RadioShack | + 1'15" |
| 6 | Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 1'16" |
| 7 | Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) | Garmin–Cervélo | + 1'19" |
| 8 | Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA) | FDJ | + 1'23" |
| 9 | David López García (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 1'25" |
| 10 | Sergey Lagutin (UZB) | Vacansoleil–DCM | + 1'25" |

## Classification leadership

| Stage | Winner | General classification | Mountains classification | Points classification | Young rider classification | Team Classification |
| 1 | Fränk Schleck | Fränk Schleck | Pim Ligthart | Fränk Schleck | Rein Taaramäe | Movistar Team |
| 2 | Simon Geschke | Fränk Schleck | Pim Ligthart | Fränk Schleck | Rein Taaramäe | Movistar Team |
| 3 | Andreas Klöden | Fränk Schleck | Pim Ligthart | Vasil Kiryienka | Rein Taaramäe | Movistar Team |
| Final | Final | Fränk Schleck | Pim Ligthart | Vasil Kiryienka | Rein Taaramäe | Movistar Team |