| 2011 UCI World Tour, race 12 of 27 | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 24 April 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 255.5 km (158.8 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6h 13' 18" | ||||||||||||
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The2011 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 97th running of theLiège–Bastogne–Liège, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 24 April 2011 over a distance of 255.5 kilometres (158.8 miles), starting inLiège and finishing inAns, viaBastogne in theArdennes region ofBelgium. It was the twelfth race of the2011 UCI World Tour season.
Philippe Gilbert ofOmega Pharma–Lotto became only the second rider to win all threeArdennes classics,[1] afterGerolsteiner riderDavide Rebellin first did so in 2004, by winning a three-man sprint to complete a run of four victories within ten days with another victory inBrabantse Pijl to go with the Ardennes classics.[2] Gilbert outsprinted bothAndy Schleck andFränk Schleck ofLeopard Trek on the final straight – to take Belgium's first victory in the race sinceFrank Vandenbroucke in 1999 – after the trio had escaped along withBMC Racing Team'sGreg Van Avermaet with around 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) remaining. Van Avermaet was dropped, and eventually finished seventh behind the Schlecks and trio that had usurped him within the closing kilometres,Roman Kreuziger ofAstana,Rigoberto Urán ofTeam Sky andChris Anker Sørensen ofSaxo Bank–SunGard.
| Cyclist | Team | Time | UCI World Tour Points | |
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| 1 |  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Omega Pharma–Lotto | 6h 13' 18" | 100 |
| 2 |  Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | s.t. | 80 |
| 3 | Andy Schleck (LUX) | Leopard Trek | s.t. | 70 |
| 4 |  Roman Kreuziger (CZE) | Astana | + 24" | 60 |
| 5 |  Rigoberto Urán (COL) | Team Sky | + 24" | 50 |
| 6 |  Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN) | Saxo Bank–SunGard | + 24" | 40 |
| 7 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | + 27" | 30 |
| 8 |  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 29" | 20 |
| 9 | Björn Leukemans (BEL) | Vacansoleil–DCM | + 39" | 10 |
| 10 |  Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 39" | 4 |
