{{Infobox cycling race report | name = Vattenfall Cyclassics | series = 2011 UCI World Tour | image = Vattenfall Cyclassics 2011 Sieger Edvald Boasson Hagen.JPG | image_caption = Boasson Hagen celebrating his victory | race_no = 22 | season_no = 27 | date = August 21, 2011 | stages = 1 | distance = 215 | unit = km | time = 4h 49' 40" | first = Edvald Boasson Hagen | first_nat = NOR | first_natvar = | first_team = {{UCI team code|SKY|2011}} | second = Gerald Ciolek | second_nat = GER | second_natvar = | second_team = {{UCI team code|QST|2011}} | third = Borut Božič | third_nat = SLO | third_natvar = | third_team = {{UCI team code|VAC|2011}} | previous = 2010 | next = 2012 }} The '''2011 Vattenfall Cyclassics''' was the 16th edition of the Vattenfall Cyclassics, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 21 August 2011, over a distance of {{convert|215|km|1|abbr=on}}, starting and finishing in Hamburg, Germany. It was the 22nd event of the 2011 UCI World Tour season.
Fresh from his victory in the Eneco Tour a week before the Cyclassics, {{UCI team code|SKY|2011}}'s Edvald Boasson Hagen – who, in 2010, was second to Tyler Farrar, who elected to compete in the concurrent Vuelta a España in 2011 – took the victory in a sprint finish out of a large group of riders, who had broken away after a split in the field.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://eurosport.yahoo.com/21082011/58/boasson-hagen-wins-vattenfall-cyclassics.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721023342/http://eurosport.yahoo.com/21082011/58/boasson-hagen-wins-vattenfall-cyclassics.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 21, 2012|title=Boasson Hagen wins Vattenfall Cyclassics|work=Yahoo! Eurosport|publisher=TF1 Group|date=21 August 2011|accessdate=22 August 2011}}</ref> Boasson Hagen had attacked from 250 metres out,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,15264_7116423,00.html|first=Jonathan|last=Turner|title=Boasson Hagen bosses rivals|work=Sky Sports|publisher=British Sky Broadcasting|date=21 August 2011|accessdate=22 August 2011}}</ref> and held off Gerald Ciolek, who took second place for {{UCI team code|QST|2011}}, while Borut Božič completed the podium for {{UCI team code|VAC|2011}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/8714384/Team-Sky-registers-wins-in-Vuelta-a-Espana-and-Vattenfall-Cyclassics-in-Hamburg.html|first=Brendan|last=Gallagher|title=Team Sky registers wins in Vuelta a España and Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg|work=The Guardian|date=21 August 2011|accessdate=22 August 2011}}</ref>
==Results== <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vattenfall-cyclassics-upt-1/results|title=Boasson Hagen claims Vattenfall victory|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=21 August 2011|accessdate=22 August 2011}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Rank !Cyclist !Team !Time !UCI World Tour<br>Points<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTYwNzk&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=NjY0NTM&LangId=1 |title=Points allocation |access-date=2011-08-22 |archive-date=2014-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712184029/http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTYwNzk&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=NjY0NTM&LangId=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | 1 | {{flagathlete|Edvald Boasson Hagen|NOR}} | {{UCI team code|SKY|2011}} | 4h 49' 40" | 80 |- | 2 | {{flagathlete|Gerald Ciolek|GER}} | {{UCI team code|QST|2011}} | s.t. | 60 |- | 3 | {{flagathlete|Borut Božič|SLO}} | {{UCI team code|VCD|2011}} | s.t. | 50 |- | 4 | {{flagathlete|Simone Ponzi|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|LIQ|2011}} | s.t. | 40 |- | 5 | {{flagathlete|José Joaquín Rojas|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|MOV|2011}} | s.t. | 30 |- | 6 | {{flagathlete|Jürgen Roelandts|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|OLO|2011}} | s.t. | 22 |- | 7 | {{flagathlete|Simon Clarke|AUS}} | {{UCI team code|AST|2011}} | s.t. | 14 |- | 8 | {{flagathlete|Manuel Antonio Cardoso|POR}} | {{UCI team code|RSH|2011}} | s.t. | 10 |- | 9 | {{flagathlete|Grega Bole|SLO}} | {{UCI team code|LAM|2011}} | s.t. | 6 |- | 10 | {{flagathlete|Michel Kreder|NED}} | {{UCI team code|GRM|2011}} | s.t. | 2 |}
==References== {{reflist}} {{2011 UCI World Tour}} {{Vattenfall Cyclassics}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vattenfall Cyclassics}} Category:2011 UCI World Tour Vattenfall 2011