Giro d'Italia 2011

Name: Giro d'Italia 2011
Start: 2011-05-07T00:00:00Z
End: 2011-05-29T00:00:00Z
Location: Italy

last updated 28 August 2019

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Giro d'Italia 2011

The 2011 Giro d'Italia will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, with a mountainous route that looks set to exalt a possible duel between Vincenzo Nibali and Riccardo Ricco. Vincenzo Nibali, Michele Scarponi, Denis Menchov and Alberto Contador. Race director Angelo Zomegnan revealed the route in Turin, where the three weeks of racing will begin on Saturday, May 7 with a 21.5km team time trial. The corsa rosa concludes with a 32.8km individual time trial that finishes in the shadow of the spectacular Milan Duomo on Sunday, May 29.

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Giro d'Italia 2011
7 May 2011 - 29 May 2011 | Italy | HIS (Historical Calendar)
- Giro d'Italia 2011 route unveiled in Turin
- Giro d'Italia past winners
- Stage 1 - HTC-Highroad triumphs in team time trial | Venaria Reale - Turin
  2011-05-07 19.3km
  
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- Stage 2 - Petacchi wins the sprint in Parma | Alba - Parma
  2011-05-08 244km
  
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- Stage 3 - Vicioso victorious in Rapallo | Reggio Emilia - Rapallo
  2011-05-09 173km
  
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- Stage 4 - Stage neutralised as Giro d'Italia pays tribute to Wouter Weylandt | Genova Quarto dei Mille - Livorno
  2011-05-10 216km
  
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- Stage 5 - Weening wins stage and takes over Giro d'Italia lead | Piombino - Orvieto
  2011-05-11 191km
  
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- Stage 6 - Ventoso sprints to stage win in Fiuggi | Orvieto - Fiuggi
  2011-05-12 216km
  
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- Stage 7 - De Clercq prevails on first summit finish | Maddaloni - Montevergine di Mercogliano
  2011-05-13 110km
  
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- Stage 8 - Gatto and Contador surprise the sprinters | Sapri - Tropea
  2011-05-14 217km
  
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- Stage 9 - Contador climbs to stage victory and into overall lead | Messina - Etna
  2011-05-15 169km
  
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- Rest day | - - -
  2011-05-16
- Stage 10 - Cavendish wins into Teramo | Termoli - Teramo
  2011-05-17 159km
  
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- Stage 11 - Gadret grabs first Grand Tour stage win | Tortoreto - Castelfidardo
  2011-05-18 142km
  
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- Stage 12 - Cavendish reigns in Ravenna | Castelfidardo - Ravenna
  2011-05-19 184km
  
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- Stage 13 - Contador extends GC lead as rivals suffer | Spilimbergo - Grossglockner
  2011-05-20 167km
  
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- Stage 14 - Anton conquers Monte Zoncolan | Lienz - Monte Zoncolan
  2011-05-21 210km
  
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- Stage 15 - Two’s a treat for Nieve and Euskaltel-Euskadi | Conegliano - Gardeccia-Val di Fassa
  2011-05-22 229km
  
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- Rest day 2 | - - -
  2011-05-23
- Stage 16 - Contador time trials to stage win to extend lead | Belluno - Nevegal
  2011-05-24 12.7km
  
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- Stage 17 - Ulissi awarded stage after Visconti gets grabby | Feltre - Tirano
  2011-05-25 230km
  
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- Stage 18 - Capecchi gets one for Liquigas | Morbegno - San Pellegrino Terme
  2011-05-26 151km
  
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- Stage 19 - Tiralongo gets by with a little help from a friend | Bergamo - Macugnaga
  2011-05-27 209km
  
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- Stage 20 - Kiryienka soars to Sestriere | Verbania - Sestriere
  2011-05-28 242km
  
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- Stage 21 - Contador claims second Giro d'Italia victory | Milan - Milan
  2011-05-29 26km
  
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Latest Content on the Race

Alberto Contador in action during stage 2.

Contador expected to start Giro d'Italia

By Cycling News last updated 28 August 19

Zomegnan confirms deal struck in 2010

Stage three winner Theo Bos (Rabobank) on the podium.

Rabobank subs Brown for Bos in Giro d'Italia

By Cycling News last updated 29 August 19

Bos out with respiratory infection

Gazzetta dello Sport publishes evidence from Mantova doping investigation

By Stephen Farrand last updated 29 August 19

Phone taps reveal talks of HGH, EPO and transfusions

Michele Scarponi (Androni-Giocattoli) found himself in no-mans-land as he rode across the Strada bianche

Wilson and Millar call to limit danger on gravel stages

By Jean-François Quénet last updated 29 August 19

Garmin-Cervélo captains in talks with Giro organisers

The finish line was eerily silent as Vicioso celebrates, having no idea that Weylandt had died.

Savio reverses Vicioso’s sad destiny

By Jean-François Quénet last updated 29 August 19

Spanish rider reinstated as Giro stage winner 11 years after disillusion

Despite a crash, Millar continued to fight in defense of the pink jersey.

Millar suffers on the road to Orvieto in Giro d'Italia

By Jean-François Quénet last updated 29 August 19

Le Mevel misses out on the maglia rosa

Leopard Trek was allowed to cross the line first in memory of their fallen teammate Wouter Weylandt.

Leopard Trek leaves Giro d'Italia

By Cycling News last updated 29 August 19

Riders decide not to continue after Weylandt's death

Before his fatal crash, Wouter Weylandt ferried bottles to his teammates

Millar pays tribute to Weylandt

By Daniel Simms last updated 29 August 19

Giro leader to wear maglia rosa in honour of fallen Belgian

Leopard Trek create donation account to help Weylandt’s family

By Stephen Farrand last updated 29 August 19

Zomegnan says safety is a priority as race continues

Italian champion Giovanni Visconti (Farnese Vini - Neri Sottol) has physio tape on his knee due to an injury.

Visconti's Giro d'Italia hampered by knee injury

By Jean-François Quénet last updated 29 August 19

Italian champion "miraculously" still in the race

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Contador expected to start Giro d'Italia

Rabobank subs Brown for Bos in Giro d'Italia

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Top News on the Race

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2011 Giro d'Italia title a "statistic" for Scarponi

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