# 2011 in men's road cycling
## World Championships

The World Road championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark.
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| World Championship Time Trial | September 21 | Tony Martin (GER) | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) |
| World Championship Road Race | September 25 | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | Matthew Goss (AUS) | André Greipel (GER) |

## Grand Tours

| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Giro d'Italia | May 7–29 | Michele Scarponi (ITA) | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | John Gadret (FRA) |
| Tour de France | July 2–24 | Cadel Evans (AUS) | Andy Schleck (LUX) | Fränk Schleck (LUX) |
| Vuelta a España | August 20 – September 11 | Juan José Cobo (ESP) | Chris Froome (GBR) | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) |

## UCI WorldTour

| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Santos Tour Down Under | January 18–23 | Cameron Meyer (AUS) | Matthew Goss (AUS) | Ben Swift (GBR) |
| Paris–Nice | March 6–13 | Tony Martin (GER) | Andreas Klöden (GER) | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | March 9–15 | Cadel Evans (AUS) | Robert Gesink (NED) | Michele Scarponi (ITA) |
| Milano–Sanremo | March 19 | Matthew Goss (AUS) | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) |
| Volta Ciclista a Catalunya | March 21–27 | Alberto Contador (ESP) | Michele Scarponi (ITA) | Dan Martin (IRL) |
| Gent–Wevelgem | March 27 | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Daniele Bennati (ITA) | Tyler Farrar (USA) |
| Ronde van Vlaanderen / Tour des Flandres | April 3 | Nick Nuyens (BEL) | Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) |
| Tour of the Basque Country | April 4–9 | Andreas Klöden (GER) | Chris Horner (USA) | Robert Gesink (NED) |
| Paris–Roubaix | April 10 | Johan Vansummeren (BEL) | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) | Maarten Tjallingii (NED) |
| Amstel Gold Race | April 17 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) | Simon Gerrans (AUS) |
| La Flèche Wallonne | April 20 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | April 24 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Andy Schleck (LUX) |
| Tour de Romandie | April 26 – May 1 | Cadel Evans (AUS) | Tony Martin (GER) | Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | June 5–12 | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | Cadel Evans (AUS) | Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) |
| Tour de Suisse | June 11–19 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) | Damiano Cunego (ITA) | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | July 30 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Carlos Barredo (ESP) | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) |
| Tour de Pologne | July 31 – August 6 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Dan Martin (IRL) | Marco Marcato (ITA) |
| Eneco Tour | August 8–14 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | David Millar (GBR) |
| Vattenfall Cyclassics | August 21 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | Gerald Ciolek (GER) | Borut Božič (SLO) |
| GP Ouest-France | August 28 | Grega Bole (SLO) | Simon Gerrans (AUS) | Thomas Voeckler (FRA) |
| GP de Québec | September 9 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Robert Gesink (NED) | Rigoberto Urán (COL) |
| GP de Montréal | September 11 | Rui Costa (POR) | Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA) | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) |
| Tour of Beijing | October 5–9 | Tony Martin (GER) | David Millar (GBR) | Chris Froome (GBR) |
| Giro di Lombardia | October 15 | Oliver Zaugg (SUI) | Dan Martin (IRE) | Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) |

## 2.HC Category Races

| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Le Tour de Langkawi | January 23 – February 1 | Jonathan Monsalve (VEN) | Libardo Niño (COL) | Emanuele Sella (ITA) |
| Critérium International | March 26–27 | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) | Rein Taaramäe (EST) |
| Three Days of De Panne | March 29–31 | Sébastien Rosseler (BEL) | Lieuwe Westra (NED) | Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) |
| Giro del Trentino | April 19–22 | Michele Scarponi (ITA) | Tiago Machado (POR) | Luca Ascani (ITA) |
| Presidential Tour of Turkey | April 24 – May 1 | Alexander Efimkin (RUS) | Andrey Zeits (KAZ) | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) |
| Four Days of Dunkirk | May 4–8 | Thomas Voeckler (FRA) | Laurent Pichon (FRA) | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) |
| Tour of California | May 15–22 | Chris Horner (USA) | Levi Leipheimer (USA) | Tom Danielson (USA) |
| Bayern-Rundfahrt | May 25–29 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Nicki Sørensen (DEN) | Michael Albasini (SUI) |
| Tour of Belgium | May 25–29 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | Björn Leukemans (BEL) |
| Tour of Luxembourg | June 1–5 | Linus Gerdemann (GER) | Alexandre Geniez (FRA) | Tony Gallopin (FRA) |
| Tour of Qinghai Lake | July 1–10 | Gregor Gazvoda (SLO) | Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ) | Mateusz Taciak (POL) |
| Tour of Austria | July 3–10 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) | Leopold König (CZE) | Carlos Sastre (ESP) |
| Tour de Wallonie | July 23–27 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | Joost van Leijen (NED) | Ben Hermans (BEL) |
| Danmark Rundt | August 3–7 | Simon Gerrans (AUS) | Daniele Bennati (ITA) | Michael Mørkøv (DEN) |
| Vuelta a Burgos | August 3–7 | Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) | Daniel Moreno (ESP) | Juan José Cobo (ESP) |
| Tour du Limousin | August 16–19 | Björn Leukemans (BEL) | Mathieu Ladagnous (FRA) | Florian Guillou (FRA) |
| Tour of Hainan | October 20–28 | Valentin Iglinsky (KAZ) | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) | Alexander Schmitt (GER) |

## 1.HC Category Races

| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Elite | February 26 | Sebastian Langeveld (NED) | Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP) | Mathew Hayman (AUS) |
| E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke | March 26 | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) | Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) | Vladimir Gusev (RUS) |
| Gran Premio Miguel Induráin | April 2 | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Alexandr Kolobnev (RUS) | Fabian Wegmann (GER) |
| Scheldeprijs | April 6 | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | Denis Galimzyanov (RUS) | Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) |
| Brabantse Pijl | April 13 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Björn Leukemans (BEL) | Anthony Geslin (FRA) |
| Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop | May 5 | John Degenkolb (GER) | Jérôme Baugnies (BEL) | Michael Matthews (AUS) |
| TD Bank International Cycling Championship | June 5 | Alex Rasmussen (DEN) | Peter Sagan (SLO) | Robert Förster (GER) |
| Tre Valli Varesine | August 16 | Davide Rebellin (ITA) | Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) |
| Paris–Brussels | September 10 | Denis Galimzyanov (RUS) | Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) | Anthony Ravard (FRA) |
| GP du Fourmies | September 11 | Guillaume Blot (FRA) | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Stefan van Dijk (NED) |
| Tour de Vendée | October 2 | Marco Marcato (ITA) | Pello Bilbao (ESP) | Maxime Bouet (FRA) |
| Giro dell'Emilia | October 8 | Carlos Betancur (COL) | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Rigoberto Urán (COL) |
| Paris–Tours | October 9 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | Marco Marcato (ITA) | Kasper Klostergaard (DEN) |
| Giro del Piemonte | October 13 | Daniel Moreno (ESP) | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | Luca Paolini (ITA) |

## UCI tours

| Tour | Individual champion | Individual champion's team | Team champion | Nations champion |
| World Tour | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Omega Pharma–Lotto | Omega Pharma–Lotto | Belgium |
| Africa Tour | Adil Jelloul (MAR) | None | Groupement Sportif Petrolier Algérie | Morocco |
| America Tour | Miguel Ubeto (VEN) | None | EPM–UNE | Colombia |
| Asia Tour | Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team | Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team | Iran |
| Europe Tour | Giovanni Visconti (ITA) | Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli | FDJ | Italy |
| Oceania Tour | Richard Lang (AUS) | Team Jayco–AIS | Team Jayco–AIS | Australia |