2011 Omega Pharma–Lotto season
Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
February 16 Volta ao Algarve , Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Philippe Gilbert ( BEL ) Portugal Albufeira
February 19 Volta ao Algarve , Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour André Greipel ( GER ) Portugal Tavira
February 24 Vuelta a Andalucía , Combination classification UCI Europe Tour Jurgen Van Den Broeck ( BEL ) Spain
February 24 Vuelta a Andalucía , Sprints classification UCI Europe Tour Jan Bakelants ( BEL ) Spain
March 5 Montepaschi Strade Bianche UCI Europe Tour Philippe Gilbert ( BEL ) Italy Siena
March 13 Tirreno-Adriatico , Stage 5 UCI World Tour Philippe Gilbert ( BEL ) Italy Castelraimondo
March 29 Three Days of De Panne , Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour André Greipel ( GER ) Belgium Zottegem
April 13 Brabantse Pijl UCI Europe Tour Philippe Gilbert ( BEL ) Belgium Overijse
April 16 Ronde van Drenthe , Youth classification UCI Europe Tour Adam Blythe ( GBR ) Netherlands
April 17 Amstel Gold Race UCI World Tour Philippe Gilbert ( BEL ) Netherlands Cauberg
April 20 La Flèche Wallonne UCI World Tour Philippe Gilbert ( BEL ) Belgium Huy
April 24 Liège-Bastogne-Liège UCI World Tour Philippe Gilbert ( BEL ) Belgium Ans
April 29 Tour of Turkey , Stage 6 UCI Europe Tour André Greipel ( GER ) Turkey Finike
May 13 Giro d'Italia , Stage 7 UCI World Tour Bart De Clercq ( BEL ) Italy Montevergine
May 15 Tour de Picardie , Points classification UCI Europe Tour Kenny Dehaes ( BEL ) France
May 26 Tour of Belgium , Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour André Greipel ( GER ) Belgium Knokke-Heist
May 28 Tour of Belgium , Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour Philippe Gilbert ( BEL ) Belgium Eupen
May 29 Tour of Belgium , Stage 5 UCI Europe Tour André Greipel ( GER ) Belgium Putte
May 29 Tour of Belgium , Overall UCI Europe Tour Philippe Gilbert ( BEL ) Belgium
May 29 Tour of Belgium , Points classification UCI Europe Tour André Greipel ( GER ) Belgium
Season victories
The 2011 season for began in January with the Tour Down Under, where defending champion André Greipel debuted for the team, and ended in October at the Giro di Lombardia. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour. The team's roster changed drastically from 2010. The team had 28 victories in 2011, which by itself is an impressive total as it tied them with and for third-most among the major teams, behind only and . But the caliber of the bulk of those victories set team Omega Pharma-Lotto apart. Team leader Philippe Gilbert won four races in ten days in April, including all three Ardennes classics, as well as five other races that counted toward the UCI World Tour rankings (and a further nine that did not), marking this as a truly dominant year for the Belgian. He handily won the individual World Tour crown, with his points total more than that of over half the teams in the standings. Thanks mostly to Gilbert, Omega Pharma-Lotto also won the World Tour team award. Greipel also proved a reasonably prolific winner, winning eight races on the season, three of which counted toward the World Tour rankings. The other major story for the team in 2011 was the rift of its two title sponsors. Omega Pharma, through their various product names, and the Belgian national lottery had sponsored the team since 2005, but it was announced relatively early in the 2011 season that they would not remain together after 2011, having different visions for the continuation of the team. Both remain as cycling sponsors, with Omega Pharma moving on to the newly branded in 2012 and the Belgian lottery adding Ridley to this formation, to be known as , for 2012.