| 2011 UCI World Tour, race 1 of 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 18–23 January 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 758 km (471.0 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 17h 54' 27" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2011 Santos Tour Down Under was the 13th edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 18 to 23 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and was the first race of the 2011 UCI World Tour.[1] The Tour was preceded by the Cancer Council Classic race, on Sunday, 16 January, that consisted in a circuit of 30 laps around the Rymill Park in Adelaide's East End, totaling 51 kilometres (32 mi).[2]
The race was won by Garmin–Cervélo rider Cameron Meyer, after holding onto the leader's ochre jersey which came from a breakaway stage win on stage four.[3][4] Meyer's winning margin over runner-up and fellow Australian Matthew Goss (HTC–Highroad) – winner of the first stage of the race – was just two seconds, the equal second smallest margin in the race's history. Team Sky's Ben Swift – a stage winner on the second and final stages – completed the podium, eight seconds down on Meyer.
In the race's other classifications, overall winner Meyer also guaranteed himself the black jersey for the highest placed rider under the age of 26, and Goss took home the blue jersey for amassing the highest number of points during stages at intermediate sprints and stage finishes. UniSA-Australia rider Luke Roberts won the King of the Mountains classification, with Movistar Team finishing at the head of the teams classification.
- ^ "2011 Map of all Routes - Santos Tour Down Under - UCI World Tour". Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
- ^ "Cancer Council Classic – Santos Tour Down Under – UCI World Tour". Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ "Cameron Meyer wins Tour Down Under as Ben Swift takes final stage". The Guardian. Press Association. 23 January 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ^ "Meyer wins, Armstrong bows out". Independent Online. South Africa. South African Press Association–AFP. 23 January 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.