The 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné, was the 63rd running of the Critérium du Dauphiné (formerly Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré) cycling stage race. It started on 5 June in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and ended on 12 June in La Toussuire and consisted of eight stages, including a race-commencing prologue stage and an individual time trial, held as the third stage. It was the 15th race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season.

The race was won by rider Bradley Wiggins, who claimed the leader's yellow and blue jersey after a strong finish on the individual time trial stage, and maintained his advantage to the end of the race. Wiggins' winning margin over runner-up Cadel Evans of was 1 minute and 26 seconds, and 's Alexander Vinokourov completed the podium, 23 seconds down on Evans.

In the race's other classifications, rider Joaquim Rodríguez won both the King of the Mountains classification, and the green jersey for the points classification, 's Jérôme Coppel won the young rider classification, with finishing at the head of the teams classification.

Teams Twenty-two teams, each containing up to eight riders, started the race:

Pre-race favourites The winner of the 2010 Critérium du Dauphiné, Janez Brajkovič, was looking to defend last year's victory, while other pre-race favourites like Tirreno–Adriatico and Tour de Romandie winner, Cadel Evans, as well as Ivan Basso, Robert Gesink, Samuel Sánchez, Alexander Vinokourov and Bradley Wiggins used the race as a trial-run for the Tour de France.

Route +Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P 5 June Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Individual time trial 1 6 June Albertville to Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse Medium mountain stage 2 7 June Voiron to Lyon Flat stage 3 8 June Grenoble Individual time trial 4 9 June La Motte-Servolex to Mâcon Flat stage 5 10 June Parc des Oiseaux – Villars-les-Dombes to Les Gets Medium mountain stage 6 11 June Les Gets to Le Collet d'Allevard High mountain stage 7 12 June Pontcharra to La Toussuire High mountain stage

Stages

Prologue 5 June 2011 – Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, individual time trial (ITT) Prologue Result and General Classification after Prologue RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 2" 3 + 5" 4 + 6" 5 + 8" 6 + 9" 7 + 9" 8 + 9" 9 + 10" 10 + 11"

Stage 1 6 June 2011 – Albertville to Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse,

Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 6" 3 + 7" 4 + 7" 5 + 7" 6 + 7" 7 + 13" 8 + 13" 9 + 15" 10 + 15"General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 5" 3 + 7" 4 + 11" 5 + 13" 6 + 17" 7 + 20" 8 + 23" 9 + 24" 10 + 27"

Stage 2 7 June 2011 – Voiron to Lyon,

Stage 2 Result

RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 11" 3 + 11" 4 + 13" 5 + 17" 6 + 23" 7 + 26" 8 + 27" 9 + 29" 10 + 34"

Stage 3 8 June 2011 – Grenoble, individual time trial (ITT)

Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 11" 3 + 43" 4 + 58" 5 + 1' 17" 6 + 1' 20" 7 + 1' 36" 8 + 1' 37" 9 + 1' 56" 10 + 2' 00"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1' 11" 3 + 1' 21" 4 + 1' 56" 5 + 2' 12" 6 + 2' 25" 7 + 2' 28" 8 + 2' 45" 9 + 2' 46" 10 + 2' 52"

Stage 4 9 June 2011 – La Motte-Servolex to Mâcon,

Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1' 11" 3 + 1' 21" 4 + 1' 56" 5 + 2' 12" 6 + 2' 25" 7 + 2' 28" 8 + 2' 45" 9 + 2' 46" 10 + 2' 52"

Stage 5 10 June 2011 – Parc des Oiseaux – Villars-les-Dombes to Les Gets,

Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 7" 3 + 9" 4 + 9" 5 + 9" 6 + 9" 7 + 9" 8 + 9" 9 + 9" 10 + 9"General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1' 11" 3 + 1' 21" 4 + 1' 56" 5 + 2' 22" 6 + 2' 28" 7 + 2' 45" 8 + 2' 46" 9 + 2' 52" 10 + 2' 52"

Stage 6 11 June 2011 – Les Gets to Le Collet d'Allevard,

Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 31" 3 + 39" 4 + 41" 5 + 50" 6 + 54" 7 + 1' 00" 8 + 1' 06" 9 + 1' 09" 10 + 1' 58"General Classification after Stage 6 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1' 26" 3 + 1' 52" 4 + 2' 13" 5 + 2' 52" 6 + 3' 01" 7 + 3' 30" 8 + 4' 14" 9 + 4' 22" 10 + 4' 27"

Stage 7 12 June 2011 – Pontcharra to La Toussuire,

Stage 7 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 7" 3 + 7" 4 + 7" 5 + 7" 6 + 10" 7 + 10" 8 + 10" 9 + 10" 10 + 10"Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1' 26" 3 + 1' 49" 4 + 2' 10" 5 + 2' 51" 6 + 3' 05" 7 + 3' 30" 8 + 4' 14" 9 + 4' 22" 10 + 4' 31"

Classification leadership Stage WinnerGeneral classificationMountains classificationPoints classificationYoung rider classificationTeam Classification P Lars Boom Lars Boom Sébastien Hinault Lars Boom John Degenkolb 1 Jurgen Van den Broeck Alexander Vinokourov Jurgen Van den Broeck Alexander Vinokourov Edvald Boasson Hagen 2 John Degenkolb Joaquim Rodríguez Rob Ruijgh 3 Tony Martin Bradley Wiggins Bradley Wiggins Rui Costa 4 John Degenkolb Leonardo Duque John Degenkolb 5 Christophe Kern 6 Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Jérôme Coppel 7 Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Final Bradley Wiggins Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Jérôme Coppel

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