2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, New Mexico
Up to 24 inches (61 cm) of snow fell in the Sangre de Cristo, and the Central Mountain Chain of New Mexico, while up to 6 inches fell in the Albuquerque Metro Area. The heaviest snowfall totals were 23 inches (58 cm) at the Santa Fe Ski Area, and 20 inches (51 cm)1 inch (2.5 cm) at Sandia Peak east of Albuquerque, Bonito Lake in Lincoln County, and Tres Ritos in Taos County. A 180-mile stretch of Interstate 25 was closed between Las Cruces and Belen due to strong winds and blowing snow. On Thursday evening, Governor Susana Martinez declared a state of emergency across southern New Mexico, due to the steadily decreasing natural gas supply brought about by the catastrophic failure of the El Paso Electric Company's power grid.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, New York
New York City received almost an inch of ice from freezing rain during the night of 1–2 February, causing public transportation on both bus routes and the Long Island Rail Road to be either delayed or shut down entirely. One Long Island resident was killed by a fire sparked by cooking fuel during the storm.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Ohio
Ohio was on the warm sector of the low-pressure system. On the night of January 31 – February 1, the Cleveland and Akron area received a Winter Storm Warning from the NWS Cleveland Field Office for snow and freezing rain. On Monday night 3–6 inches (7.6–15.2 cm) of snow fell during the pre-frontal warm front. During the overnight hours of February 1–2, as the center of low pressure moved from Missouri to lower Indiana, it carried a warm front, with warm air advection and a shallow cold air pool at the bottom.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Ohio
This led to freezing rain in parts of Northeast Ohio. In Canton ice accretion ranged from 0.5 to 0.75 inches (1.3 to 1.9 cm), which led to power lines and trees crashing, leaving almost 40,000 people without power. In the Greater Cleveland area, there was 0.1 inch of ice accretion and scattered outages in the Cleveland suburbs of North Royalton, where 2,000 people lost power, and also in parts of Garfield Heights and Maple Heights. Scattered outages were reported in other parts of the area.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Ohio
The temperatures overnight went from 25 °F (−4 °C) at 7:00PM to 42 °F (6 °C) at 5:00 AM turning the freezing rain to liquid rain, and the NWS canceled the Winter Storm Warning earlier at 5:00. On Wednesday morning as the low moved to New England, cold air advected behind the low and temperatures had plummeted to the middle-20s Fahrenheit by 4:00 PM with Cleveland receiving 1–2 inches (2.5–5.1 cm) of snow and breezy conditions.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Ohio
In the Dayton area, an Ohio Highway Trooper and his wife died from carbon monoxide poisoning from a running generator that built up gas in their home after the home lost power.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Oklahoma
The heavy snowfall, along with sleet and some freezing rain, began developing over Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle on the evening of January 31, with a state of emergency declared by Governor Mary Fallin earlier that day. As a result of the emergency declaration, a state law prohibiting price increases of more than 10 percent on most goods and services during and for 30 days after an emergency declaration went into effect, and will remain in effect for 180 days after the declaration order for prices of repairs, remodeling and construction.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Oklahoma
The Salvation Army of Central Oklahoma opened three shelters and one warming station for those stranded by the storm outdoors, the homeless, and those who lost power during the storm; two in Oklahoma City, one in Norman and one in El Reno, with teams from the Oklahoma chapter of the American Red Cross placed on standby.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Oklahoma
Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City and Tulsa International Airport were closed, with Will Rogers remaining closed for 20 hours; I-44 from Stroud to the Missouri state line, Interstate 40 near Okemah and westbound lanes of I-40 east of Henryetta were among many major highways closed, and the Indian Nation, Creek and Muskogee turnpikes were all either closed entirely or in stretches.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Oklahoma
Most school districts in the state including the Oklahoma City and Tulsa public school districts, as well as most Oklahoma City government offices were shut down a day in advance of the storm. The United States Postal Service released a statement saying that it was attempting to make deliveries across the state but that "some areas may be undeliverable", due to the heavy snow and very low visibility; mail delivery in Oklahoma City did not occur in most areas due to the conditions. Temperatures across the state on February 1 and 2nd hovered in the single digits to mid-teens.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Oklahoma
Winds gusted to near 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) at times creating ground blizzard conditions across the eastern half of the state; wind chill values dropped as low as −36 °F (−38 °C) in Boise City, the lowest recorded wind chill in the state since the deployment of the Oklahoma Mesonet. Heavy snow caved in the roof of a building on the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino complex in Tulsa containing a poker room and electronic casino games, the damage was confined to an area that was part of the original structure built in 1992.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Oklahoma
There was no one injured as a result of the roof collapse as no people were in the affected area at the time; the hotel towers, a concert venue, a convention center, and retail operations at the complex were unaffected and remained open.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Oklahoma
The Tulsa World newspaper canceled its print editions on February 2, 3 and 4, citing the heavy snowfall and hazardous road conditions that could compromise the safety of their newspaper carriers, making it the first time in the newspaper's 111-year history that the print edition had to be canceled; however, the newspaper did continue to publish its electronic editions on its website. A section of a boat dock at the Tera Miranda Marina Resort on the Monkey Island arm of Grand Lake collapsed due to significant snow accumulations on its roof, destroying four boats valued at about $450,000.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Oklahoma
Will Rogers World Airport recorded an estimated 11.6 inches (29 cm) of snow, smashing the all-time daily snowfall record for February for Oklahoma City (the previous record was 6.5 inches (17 cm) on February 7, 1986).


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Oklahoma
Tulsa also set an all-time daily and monthly snowfall record for the storm that month, as the Tulsa International Airport received 14 inches (36 cm)14 inches of accumulated snowfall (the previous February snowfall record for the city of Tulsa was 10.5 inches (27 cm) in February 2003, and the previous record for snowfall in a single 24-hour period in Tulsa was 12.9 inches (33 cm) on March 8–9, 1994).Owasso, Oklahoma received the most snowfall accumulation in Oklahoma with 21 inches (53 cm).


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Oklahoma
Ironically days earlier on January 29, wildfires had burned parts of central and south-central Oklahoma, and ten central and south-central Oklahoma counties were placed under a burn ban due to very dry, wildfire-prone conditions. State Insurance Commissioner John Doak issued an emergency order to allow licensed claims adjustors outside of Oklahoma to help assess damages and losses from the storm for 90 days. On February 2, Governor Fallin asked the White House to approve an emergency disaster declaration request for all 77 Oklahoma counties.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Oklahoma
In a statement by Fallin, state and local governments would receive 75% reimbursement for expenses associated with responding to the storm if the declaration is approved, including overtime costs, costs associated with operating shelters and clearing snow and ice-covered roads. That evening, President Barack Obama granted Fallin's federal emergency request, authorizing the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA to coordinate disaster relief efforts in the state of Oklahoma.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University held its home basketball game on February 2 against the University of Missouri as scheduled, despite the difficulty the Missouri team had arriving in Stillwater due to the blizzard. As a result of the storm, the university provided free tickets to fans who were able to attend the game at Gallagher-Iba Arena, which Oklahoma State won in a 76-70 upset against the #15 Tigers.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Oklahoma
The storm system has caused at least three deaths in Oklahoma, one in a sledding accident and two in an auto crash. On February 1, a 20-year-old Oklahoma City woman died due to injuries suffered in a sledding accident near Lake Stanley Draper, in which the sled being pulled by a vehicle veered off the road, flinging the woman into a guardrail; she was pronounced dead at the scene.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Oklahoma
Two days later as slick road conditions continued across parts of the state, a truck carrying eight people ran off of a bridge and fell into the Spring River (which had been covered in ice), on I-44 in Ottawa County near Miami, killing two people; one of two westbound lanes of I-44 was reopened to traffic the previous evening after blizzard conditions made it impassible.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Pennsylvania
In portions of Pennsylvania north of Philadelphia, ice storm warnings were put into effect. The stormdropped several inches of sleet and snow in the Poconos and included a long period of freezing rain that produced ice accretions of up to half an inch in the Lehigh Valley and the Philadelphia suburbs. The ice tore down numerous tree limbs, trees, and subsequently, power lines.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Pennsylvania
Precipitation started as snow across the region during the early morning of the 1st. As warmer air moved in aloft, the precipitation changed to sleet and freezing rain by the morning rush in the local Philadelphia area, a mixture of sleet and freezing rain by the end of the morning commute in Berks County and the Lehigh Valley and a wintry mix late in the morning in the Poconos. Precipitation tapered off to mainly freezing drizzle during the afternoon and early evening of the 1st.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Pennsylvania
Heavier precipitation moved in again during the evening of the 1st and fell as freezing rain in the Philadelphia suburbs, a mixture of sleet and freezing rain in Berks County and the Lehigh Valley and mainly a snow and sleet mixture in the Poconos. Overnight colder air moved in aloft in over the Poconos and precipitation changed back to all snow for a few hours. Toward sunrise on the 2nd, this process started to reverse at both the surface and aloft.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Pennsylvania
Warmer air was moving north again and the freezing rain changed to plain rain across the Philadelphia suburbs and Berks County around 8 a.m. EST and the Lehigh Valley around 9 a.m. EST. In the Poconos, precipitation changed to freezing rain around 7 a.m. EST and ended as freezing rain around 11 a.m. EST on the 2nd.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Pennsylvania
Representative snow and sleet accumulations included 5.4 inches (14 cm) in Tobyhanna (Monroe County), 5 inches (13 cm) in Pocono Summit (Monroe County), 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) in Delaware Water Gap (Monroe County), 2.1 inches (5.3 cm) at the Lehigh Valley International Airport, 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) in Albrightsville (Carbon County) and 1 inch (2.5 cm) in Easton and Martins Creek (Northampton County).


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Pennsylvania
Representative ice accretions included 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) in Glenmoore (Chester County), Spring Mount (Montgomery County) and Emmaus (Lehigh County), 0.4 inches (1.0 cm) in East Nantmeal (Chester County) and Lansdale (Montgomery County), 0.38 inches (1.0 cm) in Kutztown (Berks County) and Allentown (Lehigh County), 0.33 inches (0.8 cm) in Feasterville (Bucks County) and 0.25 inches (0.6 cm) in Bangor (Northampton County).


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Pennsylvania
Many trees still had snow on them from the winter storm of the previous week to exacerbate the damage. Nearly 300,000 power outages occurred. PECO Energy reported about 185,000 of its southeastern Pennsylvania customers lost power. Power was not completely restored to the last few until the afternoon of the 6th. Pennsylvania Power and Light reported about 79,000 of their customers lost power in Eastern and Central Pennsylvania; while Metropolitan Edison reported around 14,000 of its customers lost power in Berks County. Numerous schools cancelled classes on both the 1st and 2nd. Recycling and garbage pick-ups were delayed.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Pennsylvania
This winter storm added additional strains to snow removal budgets and tight salt supplies. Reading, Hamburg, Boyertown, Birdsboro, Barto, Bechtelsville and Douglassville all suffered power outages. In Bucks County, downed wires in Milford caused a basement fire in one home on Sleepy Hollow Road. In Montgomery County, the worst reported tree and ice damage occurred in Lansdale and Hatfield. A utility pole fire in Pottstown knocked out power to the borough's water treatment plant. There were over 100 reports of downed wires throughout Northampton County.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Pennsylvania
In Northampton and Lehigh County, numerous crashes occurred on U.S. Route 22, Pennsylvania State Route 33 and Interstate 78. On Interstate 78, a driver swerved to avoid hitting a plow truck and was injured. In Bethlehem, a driver was injured after his vehicle rolled over on Schoenersville Road. Also in Bethlehem, a 100-foot section of a porch roof collapsed on the evening of the 2nd on Glendale Avenue from the weight of ice and snow. Three vehicles were damaged. In Berks County, Pennsylvania State Routes 345 (near Birdsboro) and 625 (south of Reading) were closed.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Pennsylvania
In Chester County, there were several slip and fall injuries reported, mainly on the 1st. Just east of Exton, Northbound U.S. Route 202 was closed between Pennsylvania State Routes 30 and 401 because of an accident with injuries on the 2nd. Two roadways were closed because of downed trees and wires in North Coventry Township. One roadway was also closed in West Vincent Township.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Texas
In Texas the storm caused widespread disruption of road and air traffic, including flights into and out of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Love Field. Rolling blackouts were instituted across the state as high demand for electricity left the power grid overloaded and unable to handle the demand. Governor Rick Perry asked for citizens to conserve as much electricity as they can to help ease the overloaded power grids.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Texas
ERCOT, the governing body responsible for most of the electricity distribution in Texas, reported that more than 75% of the state was affected by rolling blackouts on February 2; at one point demand for energy was so great that utility companies began to purchase electricity off the national grids to meet the demand. Parts of Texas were expected to experience additional rolling blackouts Wednesday and Thursday as workers labor to get the electric systems back up and running. Post-analysis indicated that the cold temperatures had caused over 150 generators to encounter difficulties; loss of supply, instrumentation failures, and gas well-head freezing were some of the source causes.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Texas
Throughout the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, multiple large school districts were closed for a record-setting 5 days in a row, letting students out a whole week because of road hazards due to ice and snow. An ice storm affected areas as far south as Houston behind the main storm front, while three men were killed near Houston in traffic accidents. The storm adversely affected activities in the week leading up to Super Bowl XLV, which was played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Texas
The storm caused a failure at a water treatment plant near Donna, Texas, prompting officials to issue a boil water advisory.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Texas
In El Paso, Texas, the storm left major roadways slippery with ice and snow, and the abrupt demands placed on El Paso's utility services resulted in sporadic reports of loss of water and natural gas capability. Freezing temperatures resulted in the total failure of both of the city's natural gas power plants, resulting in rolling blackouts across the city. The loss of power had a ripple effect across the region, as the power failure left water and gas utilities without the power needed to operate pumps to move the water and natural gas to customers.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Texas
This resulted in the complete cancellation of activities at all area independent school districts and institutions of higher education on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and the following Monday. In total, nearly 200,000 El Paso Electric customers went without power at some point as a result of the storm, while 1,200 Texas Gas Service customers went without gas. Over 157 water main breaks due to cold temperatures were reported to the El Paso Water Utilities, which when combined with the frozen water pumping equipment and abnormally high demand for water left El Paso water reservoirs dangerously low.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Texas
Stage 2 mandatory water restrictions, which permit the use of water for drinking only, were implemented Monday night as the water utility worked to raise the water levels in the reservoirs, and on Wednesday the water restrictions were lifted. That same Wednesday it was announced that federal and state officials would conduct an investigation into El Paso Electric as a result of the spectacular failure of the utility during the blizzard.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Wisconsin
In Wisconsin, Governor Scott Walker declared a state of emergency in 29 Wisconsin counties due to the snowstorm, and deployed 75 Wisconsin National Guard soldiers. Early on February 2, the state's emergency management agency issued a Civil Danger Warning warning drivers completely off the roads at the risk of being stranded due to dangerous conditions forcing county plows, law enforcement and salters off the roads, a declaration distributed via NOAA Weather Radio's Emergency Alert System and local media outlets, and otherwise only issued for other major events such as terrorist attacks and water contamination emergencies. The same warning was issued hours later completely disallowing travel within Lake County, Illinois. Interstate 94 and Interstate 43 south of Milwaukee to the state line were both closed for a time due to dangerous conditions and many stranded vehicles.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Areas affected, United States, Wisconsin
Nearly all government buildings, schools, and public facilities were closed for February 2, 2011 in the southeastern region of the state, including Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, Kenosha, Sheboygan, and Madison, with Racine and Kenosha receiving the largest amount of snow, just shy of 24 inches. Three people died of cardiac-related illnesses while clearing snow in Milwaukee.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Non-winter weather events, High winds
Strong gale-force winds were expected in many areas, especially places northwest of the Appalachian Mountains. A storm warning for the entirety of Lake Michigan went up on 1 February, replacing an existing gale warning. Sustained winds of 39 to 55 mph (63 to 89 km/h) and gusts to 70 mph (110 km/h) or higher were reported over portions of Illinois, Wisconsin, and Lake Michigan for several hours at the height of the storm according to the National Weather Service.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Non-winter weather events, Flash freeze
Parts of Texas and Louisiana east to the Mississippi Valley and Florida Panhandle experienced or were to experience rapid drops in temperature and flash freeze events after the squall line moved through.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Non-winter weather events, Storm surge
Localized flooding occurred in northeastern Illinois, near the coast of Lake Michigan where strong winds brought storm surge and lakeshore flooding.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Non-winter weather events, Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes
Severe thunderstorms erupted in many areas of the Midwest and Southeastern United States. Thunderstorms accompanied both heavy rain and snow. Tornadoes were reported in Texas, and a tornado watch was issued for parts of Alabama. An EF1 tornado damaged two homes in Rusk County, Texas.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Impact, Preparations
Local governments ahead of the storm prepared residents on procedures to follow during the storm. This included parking and driving restrictions and preparation of road clearing equipment. Street clearing crews applied chemicals to the roadways to pre-melt ice and snow and checked equipment prior to the event.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Impact, States of emergency
A state of emergency was declared in several American states, including Illinois, Oklahoma, and Missouri.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Impact, Airport traffic
At least 6,400 flight cancellations occurred across North America before the storm. Impact was severe at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, as over 1,100 flights were canceled there. A less severe but still a major impact was at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Toronto where about 300 of its 1,400 daily flights were canceled.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Impact, Airport traffic
By the end of February 2, at least 13,000 individual flight cancellations had taken place across North America.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Impact, Power outages
Many local and widespread power outages affected locations along the storm track, including in Illinois, Ohio, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Indiana, Texas, Colorado and Kentucky.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Impact, Impact on Super Bowl XLV
The storm affected the Dallas, Texas area, bringing a coating of ice to the ground after a rapid freeze. This caused some damage ahead of Super Bowl XLV. Snow falling from the roof of Cowboys Stadium caused several injuries.


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Gallery
Fullerton Ave. and Clark St. blocked by the Chicago Police during the storm


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Gallery
Cars buried in the Bridgeport neighborhood on Chicago's South Side


2011 Groundhog Day blizzard, Gallery
Truck driving through a snowstorm on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri


2011 Guam Men's Soccer League
2011 Guam Men's Soccer League, officially named Budweiser Guam Men's Soccer League due to sponsorship reason, is the association football league of Guam.


2011 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
The 33rd Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup was held in 1 and 4 January 2011. The first leg was played at Guangdong People's Stadium, Guangzhou on 1 January, with the second leg taken place at Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong on 4 January.


2011 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup, Squads, Hong Kong
The squad was selected by Tsang Wai Chung and was announced on 23 December 2010.


2011 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season
The 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande season is the 58th year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and its 44th season in the Chinese football league, also its 22nd season in the top flight. The club was promoted from China League One at the end of the 2010 season.


2011 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season, Starting XI
Source: Squad stats. Using the most used start formation 4–2–3–1. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2011 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season, Squad statistics
Updated to games played on 2 November 2011.No appearances player not listed.


2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open
The 2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open (also known as the WANLIMA Guangzhou International Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament on outdoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2011 WTA Tour. It took place in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, from September 19 through September 24, 2011.


2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Champions, Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei /  Zheng Saisai defeated  Chan Chin-wei /  Han Xinyun, 6–2, 6–1


2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles
Edina Gallovits-Hall and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but decided not to participate.


2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei and Zheng Saisai won the title. They defeated Chan Chin-wei and Han Xinyun 6–2, 6–1 in the final.


2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
Jarmila Gajdošová was the defending champion, but lost to Magdaléna Rybáriková in the quarterfinals.


2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
Chanelle Scheepers won her first WTA singles title, defeating Rybáriková 6–2, 6–2 in the final.


2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw of the 2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open.


2011 Guatemalan general election
General elections were held in Guatemala on 11 September 2011 in order to elect the President, Vice President, members of Congress, members of the Central American Parliament and mayors and councillors for all municipalities. The Patriotic Party emerged as the largest party in Congress, winning 56 of the 158 seats.


2011 Guatemalan general election
As no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, a second round of the presidential election was held on 6 November with Otto Pérez Molina of the PP facing Manuel Baldizón of Renewed Democratic Liberty. Pérez was elected with 53.7% of the vote.


2011 Guatemalan general election, Campaign
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity and other leftist groups ran under the Broad Front of the Left banner, nominating Rigoberta Menchú as their presidential candidate.


2011 Guatemalan general election, Campaign
Guatemala's high crime rate was a major issue in the campaign as it sits near the Mexican border that is a conduit for drug trafficking.


2011 Guatemalan general election, Campaign
Baldizon campaigned on the premise of having Guatemala's football team to the World Cup. He also promised to tackle poverty and crime, as well as assure workers an extra month's salary every year. He also said he would reinstate the death penalty and televise executions.


2011 Guatemalan general election, Opinion polls
Polls showed Pérez Molina with a lead over other possible candidates.


2011 Guatemalan general election, Opinion polls
A poll for the second round showed Pérez Molina with 49.4% to Baldizón's 39.2%; 11% were undecided. A second poll gave Pérez Molina 39.7% to Baldizón's 32.2%, with 28% undecided. A third poll gave Pérez Molina the lead with 45.7% to Baldizón's 37.2% and 17.1% undecided. A final poll had Pérez Molina ahead with 54.6%, Baldizón at 38.7% and undecided at 5.7%.


2011 Guatemalan general election, Opinion polls
Former Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez said that "the polling methods are inadequate. They've failed to capture how between 25 and 30 per cent of the people intend to vote."


2011 Guatemalan general election, Conduct
Amongst the observers for the election were Oscar Almengor, who led a team University of San Carlos.


2011 Guatemalan general election, Conduct
According to Article 186(c) of the Constitution, the relatives of the President cannot participate in the Presidential election when the relative holds the Presidency. Sandra Torres, former wife of the current president, got divorced to run for the presidency. There were several requests to have a warrant to forbid Sandra Torres from participating in the election. On 9 August 2011, the Constitutional Court upheld a sentence of the Supreme Court preventing Torres from running.


2011 Guatemalan general election, Results, President
On 6 November, Molina declared victory in the election saying that: "For all the Guatemalans who have put their trust in me, I thank you very much. To those Guatemalans who did not vote for Otto Perez, I make a call to unite and to work together in the next four years, leaving aside party colours." Turnout for the runoff was half that of the first round in some regions.


2011 Guatemalan general election, Results, Congress
Of 158 congressmen to be elected, 126 congressmen sought re-election but only 56 were re-elected and 102 new congressmen were elected for the first time since democratic election took root in Guatemala. About 65% of MPs were first time representatives, which was the first time this occurred since the 1995 election.


2011 Guerrero earthquake
The 2011 Guerrero earthquake struck with a moment magnitude of 5.7 in southern Mexico at 08:24 local time on 5 May. It was positioned west of Ometepec, Guerrero, with a focal depth of 24 km (14.9 mi), and was lightly felt in many adjacent areas.


2011 Guerrero earthquake
Buildings swayed with the tremor in Mexico City, prompting evacuations and causing panic among many. Following the quake, police patrolled city streets for safety reasons and damage assessments were carried out across the affected region. There were no casualties, though two local police stations suffered slight damage. A number of light aftershocks succeeded the main event, of which the strongest measured a magnitude of 4.1 (ML).


2011 Guerrero earthquake, Geology
The magnitude 5.7 (Mw) earthquake occurred inland near the southern coast of Mexico at a depth of 24 km (14.9 mi), with a duration of nearly one minute and an epicenter about 55 km (34 mi) west of Ometepec, Guerrero. In the region, the Cocos, North American, and Caribbean Plates converge and create a tectonic zone of continuous seismic activity.


2011 Guerrero earthquake, Geology
The quake struck near the eastern periphery of the Guerrero seismic gap, which extends from Acapulco to Ixtapa–Zihuatanejo and contains enough seismic energy to generate an earthquake of up to magnitude 7.5, but it did not cause the gap to rupture. Initial estimates from the USGS placed its intensity at a magnitude of 5.8 (Mw); the National Seismological Service registered the earthquake at magnitude 5.5 (ML).


2011 Guerrero earthquake, Geology
Owing to the moderate magnitude of the quake, significant shaking was felt only in localized parts of Costa Chica, registering strongest at VI (strong) on the Mercalli scale in Azoyú and V (moderate) in populous areas around the epicenter. Lighter ground motions (MM IV–III) were perceived in much of Guerrero, including Acapulco and Chilpancingo, with weak tremors (MM II) reported as far away as in Mexico City, about 300 km (187 mi) from the epicenter. The capital city rests on a former lakebed of largely unconsolidated sedimentary layers, so earthquake shaking in its vicinity is generally amplified.


2011 Guerrero earthquake, Aftershocks
By 6 May, a total of five light aftershocks had occurred near the earthquake's epicenter. Of the five, the first registered a magnitude of 3.7 (ML) and struck about 15 minutes after the main shock, and was succeeded by a magnitude 3.9 (ML) tremor at 10:09 local time. Two similar quakes of minor intensity struck the region the next day; however, the strongest and final aftershock registered a magnitude of 4.1 (ML) and occurred at 04:00 in the morning.


2011 Guerrero earthquake, Impact and response
Despite relatively strong ground motions, damage to the area was very limited; structures around the epicenter were a mix of fairly vulnerable and resistant to earthquake shaking. Buildings swayed with the tremor in Mexico City, causing panic among many citizens and prompting some to evacuate. Several schools in Guerrero were evacuated as a safety precaution. The earthquake and its aftershock sequence contributed to intermittent power outages in Acapulco; more than 40,000 residences in some 40 districts remained without power by the next day. There were no reports of major losses or fatalities in the wake of the tremor, though two police stations located in Acapulco and Marquelia suffered light damage. Elsewhere, some fallen roof tiles and small landslides occurred east of the epicenter in Cuautepec.


2011 Guerrero earthquake, Impact and response
Prior to the arrival of seismic waves in Mexico City, seven of twelve earthquake sensors near the coast of Guerrero detected a "potentially significant quake". Alert systems were subsequently activated in the area, giving locals at least 50 seconds to secure themselves. Shortly after impact, authorities dispatched five helicopters to ascertain any damage in the wake of the quake. SSP officials, along with over 3,000 police officers, patrolled the city streets as a safety measure. In response to the earthquake's occurrence, the Federal District announced the installation of 50,000 seismic alarms in local schools, hospitals, and offices. Reassessments of structural conditions—particularly in earthquake-prone parts of the state—were scheduled, and about 1,817,000 government workers partook in an earthquake simulation exercise the following day.


2011 Guerrero earthquake, Impact and response, Scientific reaction
Although the intensity of the quake was fairly significant, specialists reported that earthquakes of such magnitude do not release nearly enough seismic energy to prevent a major earthquake from occurring in the region. In reality, roughly 900 earthquakes of similar intensities to that of the Guerrero earthquake are required per year to total the energy unleashed by a magnitude 7.5 event. Many locals perceived an apparent increase in recent earthquake occurrences, though at the time seismologists registered normal levels of seismic activity in the area. In 2009, a similar magnitude 5.8 Mw earthquake struck Guerrero near Acapulco at a depth of 35 km (22 mi), killing at least two people.


2011 Guia Race of Macau
The 2011 Guia Race of Macau was the twelfth and final round of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season and the seventh running of the Guia Race of Macau as part of the World Touring Car Championship. It was held on 20 November 2011 on the Guia Circuit in the Chinese special administrative region of Macau. The race was part of the Macau Grand Prix weekend, headlined by the 2011 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three.


2011 Guia Race of Macau
Both races were won by Robert Huff of Chevrolet RML.


2011 Guia Race of Macau
Yvan Muller claimed his third world drivers' championship title, his second in a row. Kristian Poulsen secured the Yokohama Independent Drivers' Trophy title.


2011 Guia Race of Macau, Background
Coming into the final round, Muller was leading the drivers' championship with Huff second as the only other driver in mathematical contention for the title. Poulsen was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.


2011 Guia Race of Macau, Background
Yukinori Taniguchi did not take part in the round due to damage sustained at the Race of China, leaving bamboo-engineering to run a single car for Darryl O'Young. Gary Kwok replaced Colin Turkington at Wiechers-Sport, the Canadian making his debut in the series having competed in the Canadian Touring Car Championship in 2011. Having wrapped up the Jay–Ten Trophy for drivers in natural aspirated cars, Fabio Fabiani was replaced at Liqui Moly Team Engstler by local driver Jo Merszei.


2011 Guia Race of Macau, Background
Four other local drivers joined the grid for the round with André Couto joining SUNRED Engineering for his annual appearance at the race, RPM Racing Team ran a BMW 320si for Mak Ka Lok and Corsa Motorsport ran a pair of Chevrolet Lacettis for Felipe De Souza and Kuok Io Keong. The 778 Auto Sport team entered an ex–Swedish Touring Car Championship Peugeot 308 for Lo Ka Chun.


2011 Guia Race of Macau, Race report, Testing and free practice
The track was damp before the start of testing on Thursday, the session started half an hour late due to barrier repairs. Huff set the fastest time, beating team–mate Muller on his final lap. Charles Ng brought the red flags out when he hit the barriers at the Melco Hairpin and came to a halt. After going through scrutineering after the session, the 778 Auto Sport Peugeot was found not to comply with its original documentation from when it was run in the STCC. As a result, the team was excluded from the rest of the event.


2011 Guia Race of Macau, Race report, Testing and free practice
Alain Menu led a Chevrolet 1–2–3 in the first free practice session on Friday morning, Tiago Monteiro was best of the rest in fourth.


2011 Guia Race of Macau, Race report, Testing and free practice
Huff was back on top in free practice two at the head of another Chevrolet 1–2–3. Javier Villa crashed his Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC at Paiol but the session was stopped early after Fredy Barth crashed at Faraway. Having come to a stop in the middle of the track, the front of the car caught fire and once Barth was extracted from the wreckage he was taken to the local hospital for precautionary checks.


2011 Guia Race of Macau, Race report, Qualifying
The two championship contenders filled the front row with Huff securing pole position for race one ahead of Muller. Robert Dahlgren topped the first session putting him tenth for race two, Franz Engstler was tenth at the end of Q1 to take pole position for the second race ahead of Michel Nykjær and Huff. Menu was the biggest name to drop out of qualifying in the first session, a late collision with Couto hindering him in the final moments. There was a confrontation between the two drivers after the session before Menu left the circuit. Barth had missed the session having been kept in hospital following his practice crash.


2011 Guia Race of Macau, Race report, Qualifying
The second session was interrupted by a red flag when Dahlgren's Volvo crashed at the Solitude Esses, like Barth his car burst into flames shortly after the accident. Dahlgren got out of the car but required medical attention afterwards, and did not start the races. When the session resumed, Huff secured pole position having beaten Muller on both his flying laps, Gabriele Tarquini was third while O'Young was the quickest independent driver in bamboo's only car. O'Young and Nykjær were the only two Yokohama Trophy title contenders who made it through to the second session.


2011 Guia Race of Macau, Race report, Warm-Up
Huff was quickest in Sunday morning's warm–up session. The session came to a close early when Aleksei Dudukalo hit the barriers at Faraway Hill before coming to a halt in the middle of the track and being hit by the Proteam BMW of Ma.


2011 Guia Race of Macau, Race report, Race One
Huff started from pole position and he kept his lead at the start followed by Muller and Tarquini. Further back Couto spun at the high speed Mandarin corner and collected Menu, the safety car picked up the field at the end of the lap as the debris was cleared. The race was resumed on lap five, Monteiro went straight on down the escape road at the Lisboa corner and dropped to near the back of the field. At the same time, O'Young and Mehdi Bennani made contact and the safety car was required again.


2011 Guia Race of Macau, Race report, Race One
The safety car went in at the end of lap seven, on lap nine Dudukalo crashed at Moorish Hill although the race was able to continue. The narrow streets of Macau usually see very little overtaking, on lap ten there were two intra–team battles going on with Engstler getting past team–mate Poulsen to take sixth while Bennani overtook Proteam team–mate Villa for the final points paying position.


2011 Guia Race of Macau, Race report, Race One
Bennani moved up another place on the final lap at the expense of Pepe Oriola as Huff won the race to reduce the championship points gap by seven points to Muller who was second. Tarquini was third to take the final podium spot while Nykjær was the independents' winner in fifth.


2011 Guia Race of Macau, Race report, Race Two
Engstler was on pole position while O'Young started from the pit lane. Coronel took the start from fourth at the start with Nykjær and Huff following. Huff then moved up to second place while Engstler lost another place to Muller and moved down to sixth, he was down to eighth by the second lap when he was passed by Tarquini and Michelisz. Huff passed Coronel for the lead at Lisboa on lap three while Muller closed in on Huff by taking fourth from Bennani.


2011 Guia Race of Macau, Race report, Race Two
The safety car came out shortly after when Kwok crashed at Mandarin and brought out the safety car. The race resumed on lap six and one lap later, local drivers Mak and de Souza came together at Lisboa. Lap nine and Muller moved into the final podium place at the expense of Nykjær, two laps later Tarquini would demote the Danish driver to fifth. Huff won the second race of the day with Coronel second and Muller third who secured the drivers' title by three points. Nykjær was the independent winner once again while Poulsen claimed the independents' title.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election
The 2011 council elections in Guildford saw the Conservatives retain control over Guildford Borough Council with an increased majority of 20 seats. Full results for each ward can be found at Guildford Council election, full results, 2011.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Summary
Going into the 2011 council election the net position was as follows.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Ash South & Tongham, Ash Vale and Ash Wharf
The Ash and Tongham area borders on Aldershot and is to the west of Guildford borough. It is represented by three wards Ash South & Tongham (3 seats), Ash Vale (2 seats) and Ash Wharf (2 seats).


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Ash South & Tongham, Ash Vale and Ash Wharf
The Conservative held all 7 of these seats going into the election. The Liberal Democrats did not put up a candidate for either Ash South & Tongham or Ash Vale. The Labour party did not put up a candidate for Ash Vale either. Additionally, despite it being a ward electing three councillors, the Labour party put up only 2 candidates to contest Ash South & Tongham ward.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Ash South & Tongham, Ash Vale and Ash Wharf
Consequently, the only opponent the Conservatives faced in Ash Vale was 1 UKIP candidate against 2 Conservatives for 2 elected positions. The Conservatives averaged over 80% of the available vote per candidate and were elected.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Ash South & Tongham, Ash Vale and Ash Wharf
In Ash South & Tongham 3 Conservatives faced 2 Labour opponents for the 3 elected positions. The Conservatives averaged over 80% of the available vote per candidate and were elected.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Ash South & Tongham, Ash Vale and Ash Wharf
Of the Ash seats, only in Ash Wharf, the central Ash seat was there a full contest, 2 Conservative, 2 Labour, 2 Liberal Democrat candidates contesting 2 council positions. The Conservative candidates won, averaging around 60% of the available vote.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Ash South & Tongham, Ash Vale and Ash Wharf
The Conservatives therefore relatively easily retained all 7 of their Ash and Tongham seats. 6 of the councillors returned were existing local councillors. The exception was, John Randall who was elected for the first time in Ash Wharf.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Burpham
Burpham was created as a separate ward for the first time in 2003, previously it had been part of the Merrow and Burpham ward which covered much of the east side of the town. Burpham ward, which elects two councillors, was a Conservative - Liberal Democrat marginal in 2003 and 2007 and again in 2011. In 2003, it was split 1 Conservative, 1 Liberal Democrat. In 2007, the Liberal Democrats gained the Conservative seat with a 137-vote majority. In 2011, the Conservatives gained both Liberal Democrat seats with a 125-vote majority. Existing councillors Eddie Owen and Ted Mayne were defeated by Conservatives Christian Holliday and Juneja Monika.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Christchurch
Christchurch ward is to the east of Guildford town, it elects two councillors. From the 1991 to 2003 elections inclusive the ward had been split 1 Conservative, 1 Liberal Democrat. The Conservatives took both seats in 2007 but it remained a marginal as Matt Furniss won by only 74 votes. A large part of that Liberal Democrat vote during the years 1991 to 2007, especially the latter years, was probably a personal vote for Vivienne Johnson as she significantly and repeatedly out-polled her fellow Liberal Democrat candidates.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Christchurch
Vivienne Johnson did not contest the 2011 election and the election wasn’t close. Conservative Matt Furniss obtained around 70% of the available vote and his co-candidate, first time Guildford councillor, Nikki Nelson-Smith received over 60% of the available vote. By contrast the highest Liberal Democrat candidate polled around 25% of the available vote.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Clandon & Horsley
Clandon & Horsley ward elects three councillors. It covers the four rural villages East and West Clandon plus East and West Horsley which are all to the east of the borough. Despite there being three positions up for election, the Liberal Democrats put up only one candidate to contest the ward. There were two Labour candidates and one UKIP candidate.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Clandon & Horsley
Clandon & Horsley is traditionally the safest Conservative ward on Guildford Borough Council.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Clandon & Horsley
In 2007 the Conservatives had a majority of 1896. In 2011 that Conservative majority increased to 2083, which was more than twice that of the next biggest majority in any ward in Guildford in 2011; that of Tillingbourne where there was a 1012 majority. Existing councillors Jennifer Powell, Andrew French and Jenny Wicks were re-elected.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Effingham
Effingham, which elects one councillor, is the most easterly ward in Guildford borough. It is largely centred on the village of Effingham. Liberal Democrat Liz Hogger held on to the seat. Her majority of 166 votes falling slightly from the 211 majority she obtained in 2007.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Effingham
In 2011, Effingham was the only rural ward held by the Liberal Democrats on Guildford Borough Council. All their other councillors represented town wards. Plus it was the only ward anywhere in Guildford Borough Council where the Liberal Democrats obtained more than 50% of the vote.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Friary & St Nicolas
Friary & St Nicolas ward covers much of the town centre (the Friary part of the ward) as well as an area to the south west of Guildford town (the St Nicolas bit). The ward elects three councillors. The Liberal Democrats and their predecessors have had at least one councillor representing this ward since it was created in the run up to the 1973 local elections. Since 1983 all councillors elected for this ward in full Guildford Borough Council elections have been Liberal Democrat candidates (or their predecessors the SDP-Liberal Alliance).


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Friary & St Nicolas
In 2007, the Liberal Democrat majority over the Conservatives in Friary & St Nicolas ward reduced, compared to the 2003 local elections, from 1014 to 553. In 2011, the Liberal Democrats retained control of this ward winning all three seats, however their majority over the Conservatives further reduced to 241 votes. Existing councillors David Goodwin, Anne Meredith and Caroline Reeves were re-elected.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Friary & St Nicolas
Three Peace Party - Non-Violence, Justice, Environment candidates contested Friary & St Nicolas ward. Two of the three Peace Party candidates polled around 4 or 5% of the available vote. One of the Peace Party candidates though polled around 12%, the highest poll figures by far for any Peace Party candidate in the 2011 Guildford elections. Peace Party candidates also contested the Onslow and Westborough wards.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity ward covers a part of the town centre as well as much of the south part of Guildford town. The ward elects three councillors. It had been the only split ward going into the 2011 elections; that is a ward represented by councillors of more than one political party. In 2007 the ward had returned 2 Liberal Democrats and 1 Conservative. As a result of a by election in November 2007, that had changed to 2 Conservative and 1 Liberal Democrat.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Holy Trinity
In 2011, the Conservatives took all three Holy Trinity seats with a majority of 145 over existing Liberal Democrat councillor Sarah Di Caprio. Existing Conservative councillor Sarah Creedy and by election victor Melanie Bright were elected, as was first time councillor for the area Philip Hooper.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Lovelace
Lovelace, which elects one councillor, is the name for the rural ward towards the north east of the borough encompassing the villages of Ripley, Ockham and Wisley. Conservative candidate John Garrett got around 70% of the vote. The Labour candidate edged the Liberal Democrat to second place by three votes, both getting just below 15% of the vote.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Lovelace
Just as in the 2003 elections, the Labour candidates by a few votes edged the Liberal Democrat candidates into runner up spot in Lovelace and in the neighbouring ward of Send. Other rural wards in Guildford Borough Council have tended to be Conservative - Liberal Democrat contests, rather than ones where Labour was runner up to the Conservatives. Send and Lovelace are unique in that regard.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Merrow
Merrow elects 3 councillors. The Conservative majority in Merrow increased from 191 votes to 855. County councillor for the area, Graham Ellwood, topped the poll.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Normandy
Normandy elects one councillor. It is a rural ward to the west of Guildford, between Guildford town to its east and Ash and Aldershot to its west.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Normandy
Election results in Normandy can be more volatile in their electoral swings than is typically for rural wards in Guildford. In the 1980s, Normandy was the first ward, outside of Guildford town centre, to elect an SDP-Liberal Alliance councillor, in a full Guildford Borough Council election. In 1999, the Conservatives regained Normandy ward from the Liberal Democrats, whereas in the same 1999 election the Liberal Democrats not only comfortably held on to their seats in Guildford town and eastern part of the borough, but actually made net gains there. In the 2007 election, Conservative Diana Lockyer-Nibbs obtained over 77% of the vote, in Normandy, making it one of the safest seats in that election.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Normandy
In 2011, Normandy, became a marginal again as Diana Lockyer-Nibbs, just defeated an independent candidate by 15 votes. That independent candidate campaigned on planning and traveller issues.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Normandy
Normandy was the only ward in Guildford contested by an independent candidate in 2011.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Onslow
Onslow ward includes Guildford Park and Onslow Village towards the west south west of Guildford town. Onslow Village despite its name is an early twentieth-century garden suburb rather than a rural village. Onslow ward elects 3 councillors.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Onslow
In the eight full council elections since 1983, half the time Onslow ward has elected 3 Liberal Democrat councillors (or their predecessors SDP-Liberal Alliance councillors) and half of the time it has elected 1 Conservative councillor plus 2 Liberal Democrats (or SDP-Liberal Alliance) councillors.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Onslow
1999 was 3 Liberal Democrat councillors; 2003 was 1 Conservative, 2 Liberal Democrats; 2007 was 3 Liberal Democrat councillors; 2011 was 1 Conservative, 2 Liberal Democrats.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Onslow
In 2011, Conservative Adrian Chandler finished in second place. Existing Liberal Democrat councillor Christopher Ward fell to fourth place in a ward, where only the top three candidates are elected. The other two existing Liberal Democrat councillors Tony Phillips and Steve Freeman were elected in first and third place respectively.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Onslow
Onslow was the only ward contested by a Green Party candidate. He came fourth last; the three Peace Party candidates all obtained fewer votes than him.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Pilgrims
Pilgrims is the large rural ward to the south west of Guildford borough. It elects one councillor. An increased turnout, saw Conservative Tony Rooth returned with a higher numerical vote and a higher numerical majority (691 versus 602) but a lower percentage vote and a lower percentage majority. His share of the vote fell from around 83% to around 78%.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Pirbright
Pirbright, towards the north west of Guildford borough elects one councillor. Labour did not put up a candidate for this ward so it was a straight fight between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats as it had been in 2007, and as it had been in the by election in this ward in July 2010. The Conservative share of the vote was roughly 66% in 2007, 64% in the by election and 71% in 2011.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Send
Send elects two councillors. The Liberal Democrats and Labour each put up one candidate. The Conservatives put up two candidates. Both Conservatives were safely elected. However, there was a marked difference between the polling figures for the two Conservative candidates. Keith Taylor got 302 votes more than his co-candidate.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Send
This can only be accounted for by some combination of one of two following things either a large number of electors voted for only one candidate, that candidate being Keith Taylor, or there was a not insignificant number of voters who opted for Conservative-Labour votes and/or Conservative-Liberal Democrat votes with Keith Taylor being the Conservative they selected for those options.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Send
The Labour and Liberal Democrat vote figures were very similar; with the Labour candidate beating the Liberal Democrat candidate by 6 votes.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Shalford
Shalford ward is to the south of Guildford borough. It elects 2 councillors. The Conservative majority over the Liberal Democrats increased from 495 in 2007, to 746 in 2011.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Stoke
Stoke ward elects two councillors. Historically the name Stoke applied to much of the north part of Guildford both within and outside the modern town boundaries, but the modern Stoke ward is more limited and is centred on the Bellfields and Slyfield Green parts of Guildford town.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Stoke
Since the founding of Guildford Borough Council and its first election in 1973, the council has never had a three way Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat ward, where going into the count any one of those three parties could realistically have taken the seat. This is because Labour have tended to be only competitive in two wards Stoke and Westborough, where historically their candidates tended to be elected with comfortable majorities, but not elsewhere.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Stoke
That classic three way Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat marginal occurred in Stoke in 2011. Two elected positions were up for grabs contested by 2 Conservative candidates, 2 Labour candidates and 2 Liberal Democrat candidates and no one else. When the votes were counted all six candidates were within 200 votes of one another. When the votes were counted, the average vote per Conservative candidate was above 30%, the average vote per Labour candidate was above 30% and the average vote per Liberal Democrat candidate was above 30%.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Stoke
The two candidates who had been councillors for the ward previously, were the ones who got elected in 2011. Angela Gunning, Labour councillor from 1995 to 2007 topped the poll. Current Liberal Democrat councillor seeking re-election, Zöe Franklin, was second.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Stoke
So for which party was it a good result? All parties and none. The Conservatives came closer to being elected in Stoke than in any other Guildford Borough Council full election, since the council was created in the early 1970s. Their top candidate was 35 votes behind second place in a ward where the top two get elected, but they didn’t actually get elected.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Stoke
The Labour Party gained a seat, returned to Guildford Borough Council and gained marginally the highest average vote per candidate of any of the parties in Stoke, but at every full election from 1973 to 2003 Labour held Stoke ward by a comfortable vote margin and winning all the seats, whereas in 2011 it was a marginal ward where Labour’s actual and percentage votes were noticeably down on its 2003 figures. The Liberal Democrats saw their existing councillor get re-elected in a historically Labour ward in a difficult election for them, but they lost a seat in Stoke and the second Liberal Democrat came last of the six candidates up for election in 2011.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Stoughton
Along with Friary & St Nicolas, Stoughton has been the Liberal Democrats safest ward since the late 1970s. The Liberal Democrats retained control of Stoughton with all three of their candidates elected. However their majority over the Conservatives reduced from 586 to 208. Existing councillors Pauline Searle, Wendy May and Gillian Harwood were re-elected.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Tillingbourne
Tillingbourne is the large rural ward to the south east of Guildford borough. It elects 2 councillors. The area includes Shere, Albury and St Martha’s. Two Conservative candidates stood as did one Labour candidate and one Liberal Democrat. The Conservatives won comfortably with a majority of 1012.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Westborough
Westborough is to the west of Guildford town. It includes Park Barn as well as Westborough itself. The ward elects three councillors. From the 1930s until its capture by the Liberal Democrats in 2003 it had been continuously represented by at least one, and usually three, Labour councillors on Guildford Borough Council and its predecessor Guildford Municipal Borough Council. From 2003 the ward had been represented by Liberal Democrat councillors.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Westborough
One Liberal Democrat candidate, Julia McShane, clearly topped the poll. Thereafter it was a very close result. The next five candidates (the remaining two Liberal Democrats and the three Labour candidates) were all within 55 votes. Third place was 7 votes more than fifth place; third gets elected fourth and fifth do not. The final result saw one Labour gain from the Liberal Democrats, as the ward returned one Labour and two Liberal Democrat councillors.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Westborough
The UKIP candidate in Westborough finished above the three Peace Party candidates. Westborough was the only ward contested by UKIP in the 2011 Guildford Borough Council elections, where their candidate did not finish in last place.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Worplesdon
Worplesdon is the predominantly rural ward outside of Guildford town to its north and north west. It includes Worplesdon, Jacobs Well, Fairlands and Wood Street Village as well as a significant area where the town has spilled over into the surrounding countryside near Westborough and Stoughton. Worplesdon elects three councillors.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Worplesdon
Since the Liberal Democrats captured the ward in the 1995 local elections, the Conservatives have come close to retaking the Worplesdon seats, but prior to 2011 had not succeeded. In the February 1997 by election in Worplesdon the Conservative candidate was 65 votes behind the elected Liberal Democrat candidate and in the 2003 local elections the top placed Conservative was 23 votes behind the bottom placed of the three Liberal Democrats who were elected.


2011 Guildford Borough Council election, Individual Wards, Worplesdon
2011 saw the Conservatives gain all three Worplesdon seats with a majority of 399 votes, exactly the same majority the Liberal Democrats obtained when they gained the seats from the Conservatives back in 1995.


2011 Guildford Council election, full results
A summary of these results can be found at 2011 Guildford Council election


2011 Gulf Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship
In 2011, the Gulf Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship comprised eight teams, divided into two groups.


2011 Gulf Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship, Pools composition
Al-Muharraq SC  (2rd) Al Arabi (4th) Al-Ahli Saudi FC Al Shabab (Dubai)


2011 Gulf Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship, Pools composition
Al Rayyan (Host & 1st) Saham (3rd) Kazma SC Al-Hilal


2011 Guyanese general election
General elections were held in Guyana on 28 November 2011. The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party, which won 32 of the 65 seats. Thus even though the combined parliamentary opposition, consisting of the A Partnership for National Unity coalition (APNU) and the Alliance for Change (AFC), managed to secure an absolute majority of 33 seats, as they had not run as a single list it was Donald Ramotar of the PPP (the largest single party) who assumed the presidency, and not David A. Granger of the PNC (which heads the opposition).


2011 Guyanese general election, Presidential candidates
The candidate of the party with the largest number of seats becomes President. The ruling People's Progressive Party nominated Donald Ramotar, the party's general secretary and advisor to outgoing President Bharrat Jagdeo. The Partnership for National Unity (an alliance of the People's National Congress, the Guyana Action Party and the Working People's Alliance) nominated David A. Granger, a former commander of the Guyana Defence Force.


2011 Guyanese general election, Police protection
Election Day, November 28 was declared a national holiday and troops patrolled the streets in order to prevent violence as had happened in previous elections.


2011 Guyanese general election, Aftermath
The PPP won for the fifth straight time, but with a minority government. PPP candidate Donald Ramotar was elected President, but the opposition parties won a majority in the National Assembly.


2011 Guzzini Challenger
The 2011 Guzzini Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Recanati, Italy between 25 and 31 July 2011.


2011 Guzzini Challenger, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Guzzini Challenger, Champions, Doubles
Frederik Nielsen /  Ken Skupski def. Federico Gaio /  Purav Raja, 6–4, 7–5


2011 Guzzini Challenger – Doubles
Jamie Delgado and Lovro Zovko were the defending champions, but decided not to participate. Frederik Nielsen and Ken Skupski won the title, defeating Federico Gaio and Purav Raja 6–4, 7–5 in the final.


2011 Guzzini Challenger – Singles
Stéphane Bohli was the defending champion, but decided not to participate.


2011 Guzzini Challenger – Singles
Unseeded Fabrice Martin won the title, beating 4th seed Kenny de Schepper 6–1, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3) in the final.


2011 Gwangju FC season
The 2011 season was Gwangju FC's first ever season in the K-League in South Korea. Gwangju FC will be competing in K-League, League Cup and Korean FA Cup.


2011 Gwangju FC season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011 Gyeongnam FC season
The 2011 season was Gyeongnam FC's sixth season in the K-League in South Korea. Chunnam Dragons competed in K-League, League Cup and Korean FA Cup.


2011 Gyeongnam FC season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011 Gyeongryeolbi island fishing incident
The 2011 Gyeongryeolbi island fishing incident occurred on March 2, 2011 in Taean County, in South Chungcheong Do, South Korea, at 3 pm at 64 miles (103 km) southwest off Gyeongryeolbi island between People’s Republic of China fishing boats and the South Korea Coast Guard.


2011 Gyeongryeolbi island fishing incident, Incident
Seven Chinese fishing boats were spotted by a patrol boat from the South Korea Coast Guard. Two of the 30 ton Chinese boats entered 7 miles (11 km) into the South Korea Exclusive Economic Zone illegally. Korean authorities used fire extinguishers to disperse the boats, then sent out two speedboats and seized two of the boats after a 10-minute chase.


2011 Gyeongryeolbi island fishing incident, Incident
When boarding the boat, violence broke out. The fisherman began swinging axes and hammers. The Korean officers fired 10 blanks and live shotgun ammunition. One of the shot penetrated hit left ankle of one Chinese fisherman. Two people were injured in total, including one Chinese fisherman and one Korean coast guard.


2011 Gyeongryeolbi island fishing incident, Aftermath
The fisherman shot was sent to a hospital in Gunsan by helicopter. According to the Coast Guard, this was the first time shots were fired for illegal fishing in the Yellow Sea.


2011 H1 Unlimited season
The 2011 H1 Unlimited season was the fifty sixth running of the H1 Unlimited series for unlimited hydroplane, jointly sanctioned by APBA, its governing body in North America and UIM, its international body.


2011 H1 Unlimited season
The season began in July with the Lucas Oil Indiana Governor's Cup (Madison Regatta), held in Madison, Indiana, United States.


2011 H1 Unlimited season
The finale of the season was held in November with the Oryx Cup, held in Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar. The 2011 Oryx Cup was the 19th running of the UIM World Championship for unlimited hydroplanes.


2011 HKFC International Soccer Sevens
2011 HKFC International Soccer Sevens, officially known as The HKFC Citibank International Soccer Sevens due to sponsorship reason, is the 12th staging of this competition. It was held on 13–15 May 2011. In this year, the number of teams competing in Masters Tournament is reduced from 16 to 12.


2011 HM102
2011 HM102 is the ninth Neptune trojan discovered. It was first observed on 29 April 2011, during the New Horizons KBO Search (268) using the Magellan II (Clay) Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. It has the same orbital period as Neptune and orbits at the L5 Lagrangian point about 60° backwards of Neptune.


2011 HM102, Orbit and classification
Neptune trojans are resonant trans-Neptunian objects (TNO) in a 1:1 mean-motion orbital resonance with Neptune. These Trojans have a semi-major axis (a) very similar Neptune's (30.10 AU).


2011 HM102, Orbit and classification
2011 HM102 orbits the Sun with a semi-major axis of 30.219 AU at a distance of 27.7–32.8 AU once every 166 years and 1 month (60,675 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.08 and an inclination of 29° with respect to the ecliptic. Among the first 17 Neptune trojans discovered so far, it is the one with the highest inclination.


2011 HM102, Physical properties, Diameter and albedo
Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, it measures approximately 100 kilometers in diameter using an absolute magnitude of 8.1 and an assumed albedo of 0.10. It is an averaged-sized body among the first 17 Neptune trojans discovered so far, which measure between 60 and 200 kilometers (for an absolute magnitude of 9.3–6.6 and an assumed albedo of 0.10).


2011 HM102, Numbering and naming
Due to its orbital uncertainty, this minor planet has not been numbered and its official discoverers have not been determined. If named, it will follow the naming scheme already established with 385571 Otrera, which is to name these objects after figures related to the Amazons, an all-female warrior tribe that fought in the Trojan War on the side of the Trojans against the Greek.


2011 HM102, Exploration
In October 2012, 2011 HM102 was the closest known object of any kind to the New Horizons spacecraft. In mid- to late 2013, New Horizons passed within 1.2 AU of 2011 HM102, where it would be detectable with one of the onboard instruments. An observation from New Horizons would measure the phase curve of 2011 HM102 at phase angles unobtainable from Earth. The New Horizons team eventually decided that they would not target 2011 HM102 for observations because the preparations for the Pluto approach took precedence.


2011 HP Open
The 2011 HP Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the HP Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2011 WTA Tour. It was held at the Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka, Japan, from October 10 through October 16, 2011.


2011 HP Open, WTA Players, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 HP Open, Champions, Doubles
Kimiko Date-Krumm /  Zhang Shuai def. Vania King /  Yaroslava Shvedova, 7–5, 3–6, [11–9]


2011 HP Open – Doubles
Chang Kai-chen and Lilia Osterloh were the defending champions, but Osterloh chose not to compete.


2011 HP Open – Doubles
Chang played alongside Jill Craybas, but lost in the First Round to Chan Chin-wei and Han Xinyun.


2011 HP Open – Doubles
Fourth seeds Kimiko Date-Krumm and Zhang Shuai won the title, defeating two-time Grand Slam champions Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova in the final.


2011 HP Open – Singles
Tamarine Tanasugarn was the defending champion, but lost to Angelique Kerber in the quarterfinals.


2011 HP Open – Singles
No.2 seed Marion Bartoli won the 2011 title, defeating No.1 seed and US Open Champion Samantha Stosur 6–3, 6–1.


2011 HP Open – Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw of the 2011 HP Open.


2011 HTC–Highroad Women season
The 2011 season was the tenth for the  HTC–Highroad Women cycling team, which began as the T-Mobile team in 2003. The main new riders for the team were the Americans Amber Neben and Amanda Miller and the German time trial champion Charlotte Becker. Sadly, in January, Carla Swart died whilst training after being hit by a truck. After winning a stage, Ellen van Dijk won the Ladies Tour of Qatar which was the 400th victory for the team (men's and women's) since 2008.


2011 HTC–Highroad Women season
Ina Teutenberg won the fifth round in the Women's World Cup and the team won the seventh round, the Open de Suède Vårgårda team time trial. The team finished second overall in the World Cup. Judith Arndt finished fourth in the individual standings and Teutenberg fifth. At the end of the season Arndt took the third place in the UCI World Ranking, Teutenberg fourth and the team ended in second place in the team classification.


2011 HTC–Highroad Women season, Season, February
The season started for the team with the Ladies Tour of Qatar in February. In stage 2, Ellen van Dijk was part of the front group and took home the stage victory by winning the sprint. The day afterwards she defended successfully her leading position in the general classification and won the points classification as well. Van Dijk dedicated her victories to Carla Swart who died whilst training after being hit by a truck a few weeks earlier. The prize money she earned in Qatar was sent to her family. Van Dijk's victory was the 400th victory for the team (men's and women's) since 2008.


2011 HTC–Highroad Women season, Season, End of July - August
In late July the team won the world cup team time trial, the 2011 Open de Suede Vargarda TTT and was over a minute faster than Team AA Drink. The team consisted of: Ellen van Dijk, Judith Arndt, Amber Neben and Charlotte Becker. The day afterwards was the World Cup road race in Sweden, the 2011 Open de Suede Vargarda. Ellen van Dijk won the sprint of the peloton and finished second behind Annemiek van Vleuten, who had a small gap with the bunch. Teutenberg finished fourth.


2011 HTC–Highroad Women season, Season, End of July - August
Teutenberg won the first stage of the Trophée d'Or Féminin by winning the sprint and the team won the team time trial afterwards. Becker won the third stage. The leaders jersey was lost to Tatiana Antoshina after the fourth stage. In the fifth stage Teutenberg won the bunch sprint behind a breakaway of four riders. In the last stage Becker finished fourth but did not win enough time to win the overall classification and finished second.


2011 HTC–Highroad Women season, Season, September
At the Profile Ladies Tour, Ina Teutenberg finished second in the first stage. The day afterwards Ellen van Dijk won for the third consecutive year the time trial stage of this tour. At the same time the Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche took place. Emilia Fahlin won the prologue and the day afterwards the time trial as well. She lost however thirteen minutes on Emma Pooley in the thirds stage. Evelyn Stevens won stage 4 with over a four minutes lead over teammate Amanda Miller. Fahlin won the two stages afterwards. After finishing again second in the time trial, Miller finished fourth in the general classification.


2011 HTC–Highroad Women season, Season, September
In preparation for the time trial world championships, Arndt won the Chrono Champenois just ahead of Amber Neben.


2011 HTC–Highroad Women season, Season, September
At the Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile the team won once again the team time trial. Arndt won the sprint of the second stage and took the leaders jersey. The stage afterwards the team provided Arndt on the final climb with a train so she could also win that stage. After Teutenberg won the stage afterwards and Arndt the time trial the next morning the team booked five consecutive victories. In the fourth stage where Teutenberg abandoned, Megan Guarnier took the lead. In the fifth stage also Teutenberg abandoned. In the last stage Charlotte Becker won the stage by winning the bunch sprint.


2011 HTC–Highroad Women season, Season, End of September: UCI Road World Championships
Judith Arndt won, at the age of 35, the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships. Linda Villumsen won the silver medal, Emma Pooley finished third.. Ina Teutenberg won bronze in the road race and Chloe Hosking finished sixth.


2011 HTC–Highroad Women season, Season, October - December
To the end of the road cycling season, Amber Neben won the Chrono des Nations in October.


2011 HTC–Highroad Women season, Season, October - December
At the Dutch National Track Championships in December, Ellen van Dijk won two national titles. She won the individual pursuit as well as the madison.


2011 HTC–Highroad Women season, Results in major races, Single day races
Judith Arndt finished 4th in the final classification and Ina-Yoko Teutenberg 5th. The team finished 2nd in the teams standing.


2011 HTC–Highroad Women season, UCI World Ranking
The team finished second in the UCI ranking for teams.


2011 HTC–Highroad season
The 2011 season for HTC–Highroad began in January at the Tour Down Under and ended in October at the Chrono des Nations. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour. This was the team's final season, as they failed to secure a new title sponsor.


2011 HTC–Highroad season
As they had been in previous years, HTC-Highroad was again the most successful team in 2011, claiming 47 victories. Among them were six stage wins at the Tour de France, including five by Mark Cavendish. While Cavendish had won no fewer than four stages in each of the previous four Tours, the 2011 Tour was the first in which he won the points classification green jersey. Tony Martin added a time trial win, something he also did at the Vuelta a España and five other races on the season. While they were not under the auspices of HTC-Highroad, Cavendish and Martin both claimed world championship titles in their respective disciplines at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships as well.


2011 HTC–Highroad season
The team's success was widespread. Along with Cavendish and Martin, Matthew Goss, Mark Renshaw, John Degenkolb, and Michael Albasini each won multiple races as well. Five other riders took a single win, along with the squad's victory in the team time trial stage of the Giro d'Italia. Goss' Milan–San Remo triumph was the team's strongest result in the spring classics season.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, One-day races
Before the spring season and the races known as "classics" began, Goss was victorious in the first race of the season run under the auspices of UCI ProTeams, the Cancer Council Helpline Classic. Avoiding a crash by Team Sky's Greg Henderson, the defending champion, Goss finished the 51 kilometers (32 mi) criterium first ahead of teammate Renshaw and Team RadioShack's Robbie McEwen. Cavendish also rode this race, but finished 30 seconds back. The team was also active at the Vuelta a Mallorca series of single-day races.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, One-day races
Degenkolb and Howard rounded out the podium at the Trofeo Cala Millor, finishing just behind the day's winner Tyler Farrar in a photo finish to a 23-rider sprint. Martin took fifth two days later at the Trofeo Deià, turning in an uncharacteristically strong sprint near the front of a 34-rider group. On the last day in Majorca, Degenkolb managed tenth place in the Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, One-day races, Spring classics
At the first monument race of the season, Milan–San Remo, the team came in thinking they had two options for the victory – 2009 winner Cavendish, and the 2011 season's most prolific winner to date Goss. Sporting director Valerio Piva stated that if the race came down to a large field sprint, as it often does, the team's focus would be Cavendish. For the second year in a row, Cavendish had had a slow start to his season, but stated that he felt he was on good form heading into Milan–San Remo.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, One-day races, Spring classics
The race turned out to be atypical of how Milan–San Remo usually plays out. A crash occurred 90 kilometers (56 mi) from the finish of the 298 kilometers (185 mi) day on Le Manie, one of several small climbs in the profile. This allowed some 45 riders who had been ahead of world champion Thor Hushovd, the man who crashed, to speed clear of the rest of the main field. They quickly took a two-minute advantage and, working cohesively, never gave it up.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, One-day races, Spring classics
Goss was the only HTC-Highroad rider to make the split, but his teammates, including Cavendish, who had been caught behind obligingly did nothing to help pull the second group up to the first. Goss effectively stayed in the slipstream of riders like Vincenzo Nibali and Philippe Gilbert, and stayed with the first group on the road over the Poggio where other sprinters like Tom Boonen, Alessandro Petacchi, and Heinrich Haussler were unable, despite having made the 45-rider selection earlier in the day. In the finale, eight riders representing eight different teams approached the finish line together.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, One-day races, Spring classics
Since no one had a teammate to perform a proper leadout, the final meters were somewhat strange, as the eight riders continually looked around to see who would open up the sprint. Finally, Nibali, Gilbert, and Yoann Offredo did so, but they effectively performed a leadout for Goss, who came around them at the very end of the race for the victory. Goss was the first Australian rider ever to win the race.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, One-day races, Spring classics
Afterward, Cavendish stated that he had been feeling ill on the day the race was run, and that even if he had not been caught behind the crash on Le Manie, he would not have had the form to put in a successful sprint. He said he was happy for his teammate's winning effort. The team had hoped to ride for Cavendish at Gent–Wevelgem in March, but repeated mechanical trouble and also a crash left him well short of figuring into the finale.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, One-day races, Spring classics
Former Gent–Wevelgem winner Eisel was able to salvage the team's fortunes somewhat by finishing seventh on the day. In April, as the spring season was reaching its height, Cavendish took his third career win at the Scheldeprijs. The Manxman avoided a crash on the final finishing straight, one that doomed the chances for his chief rival Tyler Farrar, and was easily the best sprinter of the 31 riders who finished together at the head of the race.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, One-day races, Spring classics
At the third monument, Paris–Roubaix, the squad was one of only two (Garmin–Cervélo being the other) to have three finishers in the top 20. Degenkolb joined a breakaway group that formed right about when the first cobbled sectors began. Later, around the Arenberg sector, Bak joined a chase group that bridged up to the leaders. He stayed at the front of the race for nearly its entire remainder, fading slightly at the end to finish fifth. Degenkolb was one of the many riders caught by a surging Fabian Cancellara toward the finish, hanging on for 19th place.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, One-day races, Spring classics
Also, Eisel rode most of the race with the favorites like Cancellara and Thor Hushovd, and followed their accelerations toward the finish, taking seventh. Post-race analysis praised the team's strong effort after a disappointing Tour of Flanders, when they had no rider figure into the finale. At the Grand Prix de Denain later in April, Howard narrowly missed the podium by finishing fourth in the field sprint.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, One-day races, Spring classics
The team also sent squads to Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Le Samyn, Montepaschi Strade Bianche, Nokere Koerse, Dwars door Vlaanderen, the Tour of Flanders, Brabantse Pijl, the Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, and the inaugural ProRace Berlin, but finished no higher than 11th in any of these races.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, One-day races, Fall races
The team's fall performances were perhaps subdued by the news of their impending collapse being confirmed in early August. It was not until October, at Paris–Bourges that the team came relatively close to another victory. Degenkolb took fourth place in a hectic that resulted in the peloton being split into several groups. The team had a bittersweet joy later that same week at Paris–Tours, as it was there that Cavendish debuted his newly won world championship rainbow jersey, in one of the few occasions he would wear it as a member of this team.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, One-day races, Fall races
With a late attack by BMC Racing Team's Greg Van Avermaet keeping the expected bunch finish from happening, the team's best-placed man on the day was Degenkolb in 11th; Cavendish was 42nd, coming in towards the back of the first large group on the road. Cavendish also rode in the rainbow jersey at the Giro del Piemonte, but did not complete the race. The team's best-placed rider that day was trainee rider Zakkari Dempster, well down in 65th position.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, One-day races, Fall races
The team then decided against sending Cavendish to the fall monument, the Giro di Lombardia. Its profile, even hillier than the Giro del Piemonte, meant it was unlikely that Cavendish would finish that race either. Sporting director Valerio Piva explained that having Cavendish start that race only to pull out after riding for an hour would be disrespectful to Cavendish, the rainbow jersey, and the race itself. The squad therefore sent only six riders to the race instead of the customary nine, and Sivtsov in 43rd place was the only classified finisher.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, One-day races, Fall races
The next day, Martin took the team's final victory in their history at the Chrono des Nations single-day time trial. It was perhaps the most dominant victory of Martin's career, with no rider coming inside two minutes of his winning time. Coincidentally, Amber Neben of the women's HTC-Highroad team also took victory at this event, closing the team's history with double success.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, One-day races, Fall races
The team also sent squads to the Clásica de San Sebastián, the GP Ouest-France, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, the Championship of Flanders, and the Grand Prix d'Isbergues, but finished no higher than 18th in any of these races.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
Despite losing defending champion André Greipel to Omega Pharma–Lotto in the offseason, they came to the Tour Down Under expecting to contend for overall victory. Sprinters Cavendish, Eisel, Goss, Roulston, and Renshaw were all part of the squad, though no leader was chosen ahead of time. Goss won the field sprint finish to the first stage, finishing just ahead of Greipel in second. He stated after the stage that the plan was for him to lead Cavendish out and win if able, or for Cavendish to come around him and open up a time gap if he were able.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
Cavendish was 62nd on the day. Numerous crashes in stage 2 thinned the number of riders present to try for the stage win. Goss and Cavendish both fell, though they were credited with the same finishing time as the leading group since the crashes took place within 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) of the finish line. Cavendish required several stitches after the stage. Time bonuses involving Goss, stage 2 winner Ben Swift, and Robbie McEwen meant all had the same time going into stage 3, but McEwen got the ochre jersey.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
Goss got a time bonus the next day, for third, and retook the race lead. Stage 4 featured a surprise, as the peloton ceded 24 seconds at the finish to a breakaway group including Garmin–Cervélo's Cameron Meyer, who became the new race leader. While Goss took bonus seconds in both stage 5 and stage 6, it was not enough, as he came up two seconds short of Meyer in the final overall classification. Goss was second overall, and winner of the points classification.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
In February, the team attended the Tour of Qatar with another sprinter-heavy squad, featuring Cavendish, Renshaw, and Eisel. Cavendish quickly lost out at any overall contention, losing twelve and a half minutes after a crash in stage 1, but Renshaw finished near the front of the race in each of the first three road race stages and occupied second overall after stage 3. Stage 4 featured a selective final sprint, as only 11 riders finished together at the front of the race.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
Renshaw won this stage ahead of Daniele Bennati and Tom Boonen, and gained the overall race lead with the time bonus. Renshaw was a distant 17th in the final stage, but since second place man Heinrich Haussler failed to win any bonus time, Renshaw won the overall classification with this performance. It was the first stage race win of Renshaw's career, and he explained after the race that the squad had hoped to ride for Cavendish in the event, but that his second major crash in as many events made them change their plans.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
The team's successes continued at events later in February. Goss confirmed his early-season form by winning stage 2 of the Tour of Oman in a small sprint. He was one of a handful of sprinters who had stayed with the front group over a short, steep climb in the middle of the course, with Cavendish among the others left over ten minutes behind. Four days later, Cavendish picked up his first win of the year, in a more traditional field sprint.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
At the concurrent Volta ao Algarve, neo-pro sprinter Degenkolb won stage 2 over Tyler Farrar and Michael Matthews, who took a one-second gap over the rest of the field in their sprint. In the overall classification, Martin stayed close behind overall leader Steven Cummings, trailing by ten seconds with the individual time trial stage remaining to close out the race. Martin won the time trial, and Cummings and previously second placed man Alberto Contador finished well down, giving Martin the overall race win as well as the stage. Degenkolb added a second victory for his neo-pro season at the Three Days of West Flanders race, winning a full field sprint to finish off the first road race stage.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
The team's winning ways continued at Paris–Nice in March. Goss won the field sprint finish to stage 3, after narrowly missing a victory in stage 2, maneuvering around riders who fell after Liquigas–Cannondale's Peter Sagan crashed on the course's final sharp turn. In the mountainous stage 5, Martin finished with the first group on the road to assume fourth place at the end of the day, ten seconds down on race leader Andreas Klöden. This was an advantageous position with the stage 6 individual time trial to come; Martin was viewed as a favorite for the time trial.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
The next day, Martin handily won the time trial, with only five riders finishing within a minute of his winning time. He took the race lead, with a 36-second lead over Klöden in the overall standings. His advantage largely held steady over the last two days, giving him the overall race crown. The team won the flat first stage of the Volta a Catalunya, but not in the manner by which they regularly win flat stages. New acquisition Smukulis made the morning breakaway and had it stick to the finish.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
Last shedding former teammate Ben Gastauer of Ag2r–La Mondiale, Smukulis soloed to victory 28 seconds ahead of the charging peloton. It was his first professional victory, and he was visibly emotional as he crossed the finish line. He held the race lead for a second day before giving it up on the high mountain stage 3, as he lost nearly 17 minutes that day. At the Tour of the Basque Country, Albasini won the mountains classification thanks to back-to-back nearly day-long efforts in the breakaways in stages 4 and 5.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
Also, Martin won the time trial which closed out the event, again besting Klöden, though this time the elder German was the overall race winner. The team was successful on two fronts at the Tour of California. Van Garderen showed solid climbing legs on the race's two summit finishes. Though he was more than a minute back of the stage winner both days, he was well better than the majority of the field, including all his rivals for the youth classification. He won the award at the end of the race by almost six minutes over Garmin–Cervélo's Andrew Talansky.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
The last stage featured a group sprint finish. Where their leadout train had been outmaneuvered by Team Sky's earlier in the race, this time Goss was successfully delivered to the line first. Van Garderen's final overall placing was fifth. Degenkolb and Albasini both found their way into the winner's circle at Bayern-Rundfahrt. First, Degenkolb edged out fellow young German sprinter Marcel Kittel in the finish to stage 2. Albasini won a breakaway sprint the next day, best of a nine-man group. This win gave him the race lead for a day, and he held on to finish on the event's final podium in third place.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
The team took multiple wins at the Critérium du Dauphiné in June. Degenkolb won the selective stage 2 sprint that was raced so fast, the first 14 riders gained a six-second time gap on the rest of the peloton. The next day, Martin rode to a strong individual time trial victory in Grenoble, on the very same course set to be used later in the season at the Tour de France.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
Degenkolb then made it three wins for the team in as many days by taking a more traditional field sprint in stage 4, one where all but two riders in the peloton had the same finishing time. Later in the month Gretsch and Howard claimed wins at the Ster ZLM Toer. Gretsch was fastest against the clock in the 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) time trial that opened the race; his closest challenger was teammate Rasmussen just three seconds back. Howard took a sprint win from a 46-rider group on the Toer's final day.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
Amidst the team's multitude of successes at the Tour de France came a win at the partially concurrent Tour of Austria – Grabsch was solidly the strongest rider in the stage 7 individual time trial, with compatriot and teammate Gretsch finishing third on the day as well. Returning stateside in August for their first races since their dissolution was confirmed, the team got wins in both Utah and Colorado. Van Garderen won the stage 3 time trial at the Tour of Utah, holding off race leader and eventual Tour champion Levi Leipheimer by a scant five seconds.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
On this day, Gretsch again took third behind a teammate. The victory was the first of van Garderen's professional career, and came on his 23rd birthday. At Colorado's USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Gretsch at last got a time trial win, finishing the 8.3 kilometers (5.2 mi) prologue two seconds faster than Garmin–Cervélo's Christian Vande Velde in second. Van Garderen's eighth-place finish was enough to put him in the best young rider jersey, and Pate took the day's honors as most aggressive rider, giving the team all three jerseys available on the first day.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
Van Garderen later held the race lead for a day, after he figured into a six-man escape group that gained 45 seconds against the race's top riders. While he turned in a respectable sixth place the next day in the longer time trial, this was insufficient to retain the race lead. He ended the race on the podium with third overall, and held the best young rider jersey for the entire race.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
At the Tour of Britain, the final major event before the 2011 UCI Road World Championships, Cavendish made his first appearance at his 'home' race since 2007. It was part of his plan to be at peak form before worlds. He was immediately successful. He and leadout man Renshaw were so convincingly the best in the stage 1 sprint that the leadout man finished in second place right behind his sprinter, much like they had in the Champs-Élysées stage at the 2009 Tour de France.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
Their positions were reversed in the stage 5 sprint, as Renshaw took victory ahead of Cavendish. It was unclear whether Cavendish intentionally gifted the stage to his longtime leadout man, though Renshaw acknowledged afterward that Cavendish was definitely not giving a full effort. The news on the day for the tam was not all good, as Rasmussen was pulled from the event and had his contract terminated due to news that he had missed three doping controls. Rasmussen was later exonerated due to a procedural error on the part of the UCI.


2011 HTC–Highroad season, Stage races
Undeterred, Cavendish closed out the Tour of Britain by winning the very short road race stage into London on its final day. Renshaw, again, took second place, perhaps proving himself the better of each other team's primary sprinter. In October, as the team's time together was winding down, Martin debuted his newly won world championship rainbow jersey in the stage 1 time trial at the inaugural Tour of Beijing. None of the race's subsequent stages did anything to dislodge the German from the top of the overall standings, making him the first overall winner of the new event.