2011 Clásica de San Sebastián
| 2011 UCI World Tour, race 18 of 27 | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 30 July 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 234 km (145.4 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 5h 48' 52" | ||||||||||||
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The 2011 Clásica de San Sebastián was the 31st edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 30 July 2011, over a distance of 234 km (145.4 mi), starting and finishing in San Sebastián, in the Basque Country, Spain. It was the eighteenth event of the 2011 UCI World Tour season.
Similar to his late race attacks to win the Ardennes classics earlier in the year, Omega Pharma–Lotto's Philippe Gilbert accelerated away from the pack with 4 km (2.5 mi) remaining in the race and caught and passed Rabobank's Carlos Barredo on the road. Barredo could not hold Gilbert's pace and thus Gilbert opened up a gap of over ten seconds that he held to the finish, to secure his fourteenth victory of the season. Barredo, the 2009 Clásica de San Sebastián winner, finished second just ahead of a sprint finish for third place, won by Greg Van Avermaet for BMC Racing Team.