2011 Tour de France
Rank Rider Team Points
1 Mark Cavendish ( GBR ) HTC-Highroad 334
2 José Joaquín Rojas ( ESP ) Movistar Team 272
3 Philippe Gilbert ( BEL ) Omega Pharma-Lotto 236
4 Cadel Evans ( AUS ) BMC Racing Team 208
5 Thor Hushovd ( NOR ) Garmin-Cervélo 195
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen ( NOR ) Team Sky 192
7 André Greipel ( GER ) Omega Pharma-Lotto 160
8 Tyler Farrar ( USA ) Garmin-Cervélo 127
9 Samuel Sánchez ( ESP ) Euskaltel-Euskadi 105
DSQ Alberto Contador ( ESP ) Saxo Bank-SunGard 105
10 Jérémy Roy ( FRA ) FDJ 104
Points classification
The 2011 Tour de France was the 98th edition of the race. It started on 2 July at the Passage du Gois and ended on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 24 July. The cyclists competed in 21 stages over 23 days, covering a distance of . The route entered Italy for part of two stages. The emphasis of the route was on the Alps, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the mountain range first being visited in the Tour. Cadel Evans of the won the overall general classification. Andy Schleck of was second, with his brother and teammate Fränk third. The general classification leader's yellow jersey was worn first by Philippe Gilbert of , who won the opening stage. In the following stage, 's victory in the team time trial put their rider Thor Hushovd into the overall lead. He held the yellow jersey until the end of the ninth stage when it was taken by Thomas Voeckler (), who went on to hold it throughout the stages in the Pyrenees and up until the end of the final Alpine stage. Andy Schleck, who had won the previous stage (the 18th), held it for the following individual time trial; Evans took enough time in this stage to take the yellow jersey. He then held the lead into the finish in Paris.