2011 LSU vs. Alabama football game, Statistical summary
In a game noted for dominant defense performances for both teams, offensively, both Alabama and LSU had similar statistics. The Crimson Tide compiled 295 yards of total offense as compared to LSU's 239 yards. Alabama quarterback A. J. McCarron completed 16 of 28 passes for 199 passing yards. His top receiver in the game was Trent Richardson who had 80 yards on 5 receptions, followed by Marquis Maze with 61 yards on 6 receptions.


2011 LSU vs. Alabama football game, Statistical summary
Jarrett Lee entered the game as the Tigers' starting quarterback. However after he threw a pair of interceptions, Lee was replaced by Jordan Jefferson for the remainder of the game. In the game, Lee completed 3 of 7 passes for 24 yards and Jefferson completed 6 of 10 passes for 67 yards. The Tigers top receiver in the game was Russell Shepard who had 39 yards on 2 receptions.


2011 LSU vs. Alabama football game, Statistical summary
In terms of rushing offense, LSU outgained Alabama 148 to 96 yards, led by Michael Ford who ran for 72 rushing yards. The Crimson Tide was led on the ground by Richardson, who carried the ball 23 times for 89 yards. LSU, was led by Ford's 72 rushing yards, and also saw Jefferson rush for 43 yards on 11 carries and Spencer Ware pick up 29 yards on 16 carries.


2011 LSU vs. Alabama football game, Statistical summary
Defensively, Nico Johnson led Alabama with eleven total tackles in the game, followed by DeQuan Menzie with eight. Mark Barron and Robert Lester each had one interception and Courtney Upshaw accounted for the Crimson Tide's only quarterback sack of the game. For LSU, Ryan Baker led the Tigers with eight total tackles in the game, followed by both Eric Reid and Sam Montgomery who each had six. Reid and Morris Claiborne each had one interception and Montgomery accounted for both of LSU's quarterback sacks.


2011 LSU vs. Alabama football game, Aftermath, LSU
With the victory, LSU remained atop all three polls at No. 1. They also took a one game lead in the SEC Western Division standings over Alabama, and ultimately secured a place in the 2011 SEC Championship Game. The Tigers went on to finish the regular season 12–0 with victories over Western Kentucky, Ole Miss and Arkansas. In the SEC Championship, LSU rallied from an early double-digit deficit to defeat Georgia and won the conference championship, retained their unanimous No. 1 ranking and secured a place in the BCS National Championship Game.


2011 LSU vs. Alabama football game, Aftermath, LSU
Statistically, LSU's defense was still ranked near the top of all major defensive categories nationally after the game against Alabama. They moved up to second in both scoring (10.89 points per game) and rushing defense (78.78 yards per game), third in total defense (256.22 yards per game) and ninth in passing defense (177.44 yards per game). The Tigers remained ranked second in total, scoring and rushing defense and fourth in passing defense within the conference.


2011 LSU vs. Alabama football game, Aftermath, LSU
On offense, the Tigers dropped to 20th in scoring offense (35.89 points per game), 38th in rushing offense (184.44 yards per game), 87th in total offense (357.33 yards per game) and 102nd in passing offense (172.89 yards per game). In conference, they remained second in scoring offense, sixth in total offense, eighth in passing offense, but dropped to fifth in rushing offense.


2011 LSU vs. Alabama football game, Aftermath, Alabama
With the loss, Alabama dropped to No. 4 in both the AP and Coaches' Polls and to No. 3 in the BCS standings. The Crimson Tide went on to finish the regular season 11–1 with victories over Mississippi State, Georgia Southern and Auburn. During these final weeks, a series of upsets occurred that allowed Alabama to remain in contention for the final No. 2 ranking, and thus to qualify for the BCS National Championship Game.


2011 LSU vs. Alabama football game, Aftermath, Alabama
Alabama secured a place in the BCS National Championship Game after they completed the regular season ranked No. 2 with a BCS score of .942, slightly ahead of Oklahoma State with a BCS score of .933. The .09 difference between the teams was the closest final BCS ranking between No. 2 and No. 3 ranked teams since the current BCS formula was instituted in 2004.


2011 LSU vs. Alabama football game, Aftermath, Alabama
Statistically, Alabama's defense was ranked at the top of all major defensive categories nationally after the game against LSU. They still ranked first in total (187.00 yards per game), scoring (7.11 points per game) and rushing defense (56.33 yards per game), and moved up to first in pass defense (130.67 yards per game). Alabama remained the conference leader in all four major categories as well.


2011 LSU vs. Alabama football game, Aftermath, Alabama
On offense, the Crimson Tide dropped to 23rd in scoring offense (35.67 points per game), 21st in rushing offense (214.44 yards per game), 30th in total offense (439.56 yards per game) and 68th in passing offense (225.11 yards per game). In conference, Alabama remained first in rushing and fourth in passing offense, but dropped to second in total and third in scoring offense.


2011 LSU vs. Alabama football game, Aftermath, Rematch
On December 4, 2011, the final Bowl Championship Series standings were unveiled with LSU ranked first, followed by Alabama, to set up a rematch between the two teams in the 2012 BCS National Championship Game. In the weeks that led up to the game, the notion of a split national championship became a major storyline. This was the case as the AP Poll is not tied to the Bowl Championship Series and some AP voters expressed they might vote LSU national champions even if they lost as they defeated Alabama in their regular season game. However, after Alabama shut out LSU 21–0 in the BCS National Championship Game, the AP voted them national champions to give the Crimson Tide the consensus national championship and thus avoid a split title with LSU.


2011 LSU vs. Alabama football game, Aftermath, Players drafted in the NFL
Within the next four years, 45 players that participated in this game were taken into the NFL Draft. This represents the highest number of players taken in a regular season game and represents the second highest number of players taken into the NFL Draft from both of the teams that participated, second only to the 2003 Fiesta Bowl which produced 52 future draft picks. The final pick came with the 253rd selection on the 2015 NFL Draft, which saw the New England Patriots take Xzavier Dickson, three selections before the final "Mr. Irrelevant" pick. The following table lists all of the participants from the 2011 LSU vs. Alabama game that were later drafted by an NFL team:


2011 La Crosse Spartans season
The 2011 La Crosse Spartans season was the team's second season as a professional indoor football franchise and second in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of twenty-two teams competing in the IFL for the 2011 season, the La Crosse, Wisconsin-based La Crosse Spartans were members of the Great Lakes Division of the United Conference.


2011 La Crosse Spartans season
Under the leadership of owner Chris Kokalis, and head coach Kyle Moore-Brown, the team played their home games at the La Crosse Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin.


2011 La Crosse Spartans season
The season began February 19, 2011, in the IFL’s showcase game, the Kickoff Classic. La Crosse played seven regular season games at home over the course of February through early June. Indoor football veteran Jose Jefferson joined the Spartans for the 2011 season as their Offensive Coordinator.


2011 La Crosse Spartans season
After four games of the 2011 season it was announced that head coach Gilbert Brown would be taking a leave of absence from the team for personal reasons, and that his brother Kyle Moore-Brown would be switching from assistant coach to head coach of the Spartans.


2011 La Crosse Spartans season
On April 30, 2011, the Spartans became one of the few teams in indoor football history to post a shutout, beating the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 51-0.


2011 La Crosse Spartans season
On August 30, 2011, GM and co-owner Chris Kokalis announced the formation of the Cedar Rapids Titans, including former Spartans members Xzavie Jackson, Travis Miller and Mike Polaski. The Titans were listed as members of the Great Lakes division, along with the Green Bay Blizzard, Bloomington Extreme and Chicago Slaughter, but the Spartans were not listed in this division they were previously in. Kokalis said the Spartans franchise will "cease to exist", but also said that the team was up for sale.


2011 La Flèche Wallonne
The 2011 La Flèche Wallonne was the 75th running of La Flèche Wallonne, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 20 April 2011 over a distance of 201 kilometres (124.9 miles) between Charleroi and Huy in Belgium, and was the eleventh race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season.


2011 La Flèche Wallonne
As he had done in the closing stages of his winning performance at the Amstel Gold Race three days prior to La Flèche Wallonne, Omega Pharma–Lotto's Philippe Gilbert attacked on the final uphill climb – the Mur de Huy – to the finish and accelerated away from the field, gapping them by three seconds to take victory and his third classics win in the space of a week, having also won the Brabantse Pijl; the first rider to win all three in the same season. Gilbert also became the first Belgian to win La Flèche Wallonne since Mario Aerts won the race in 2002. Second place went to – just like he did in the Amstel Gold Race – Joaquim Rodríguez of Team Katusha, with Samuel Sánchez finishing third for Euskaltel–Euskadi, five seconds behind Gilbert.


2011 La Flèche Wallonne, Teams
25 teams were selected to compete in the 2011 La Flèche Wallonne. All UCI ProTeams were represented as well as seven UCI Professional Continental teams. The teams that competed were:


2011 La Manga Cup
The 2011 La Manga Cup was an exhibition international club football (soccer) competition featuring football club teams from Europe, which was held in February 2011. All matches were played in La Manga Stadium in La Manga, Spain. This was the fourteenth La Manga Cup. The tournament was won by Viking, who beat Start on goal differential after both clubs finished with identical records of two wins and one draw.


2011 La Manga Cup, Standings
With eight teams entered, the 2011 version of the Cup was contested in a Round Robin style format, wherein each participating team played against three of the other seven teams entered in the competition, with the winner determined by points earned.


2011 Ladies European Tour
The 2011 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2011. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).


2011 Ladies European Tour
The tour featured 25 official money events, as well as the European Nations Cup and the Solheim Cup. Ai Miyazato won the Order of Merit with earnings of €363,080, despite only playing in two events. Caroline Hedwall won Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year honours, after finishing third in the Order of Merit and winning four events.


2011 Ladies European Tour, Schedule
The table below shows the 2011 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the Ladies European Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the tour.


2011 Ladies Tour of Qatar
The 2011 Ladies Tour of Qatar (2–4 February 2011, Qatar) was the third running of the Ladies Tour of Qatar cycling stage race. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) rated it as 'category 2.1'.


2011 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Teams
The peloton numbered eighty-nine riders from fifteen teams. There were nine UCI teams and six national teams. Fourteen teams had six riders. One team had five riders. The teams that participated in the tour were:


2011 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 1
The first stage began in fine weather at 12.30 pm. Rochelle Gilmore (Australia) of Lotto Honda won the stage, the points standings and the gold jersey with a 5-second advantage over Giorgia Bronzini (Italy). Veronica Andréasson (Sweden) made a break at 54 km after the second intermediate sprint and held the lead for 3 km. 25 km from the finish, Valentina Bastianelli made an unsuccessful break. 5 km from the finish, the peloton remained bunched. On reaching a slight uphill portion near Dukhan, a group of twelve riders broke away to reach the finish 15 seconds before the main group. Hosking won the 'best young rider' class for the stage.


2011 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 2
The second stage was held in windy conditions. There was a headwind for the first 40 km. After one hour, the riders had covered only 26.6 km. HTC Highroad raced best with three riders in the decisive breakaway. At 15 km, Bastianelli broke away and took a lead of 1 sec/km at 18.5 km. She was caught by the peloton at 25 km. At 36 km, following a crash, a group of eight riders broke away from the main group.


2011 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 2
The breakaway group included four HTC Highroad riders (Ellen van Dijk, Charlotte Becker, Chloe Hosking (in the white jersey) and Adrie Visser); three Garmin-Cervelo riders (Alex Rhodes, Trine Schmidt, Iris Slappendel and Loes Gunnewijk (Holland)). The first intermediate sprint at 41.5 km was won by Van Dijk who was 45 seconds ahead of the main group. Hosking dropped from the leading group due to a mechanical problem. At 57.5 km, Van Dijk won the second bonus sprint by one minute and five seconds.


2011 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 2
In the first passage about the final circuit in Lusail, seven riders had a lead of one minute and fifty-five seconds. With one lap left, the gap increased to two minutes and fifty-five seconds. 5 km from the finish, Schmidt and Visser broke away but were caught at 2 km from the finish. Van Dijk won the final sprint ahead of Rhodes and Visser and took the gold jersey with a fifteen-second advantage over Becker and a twenty-one second advantage over Slappendel. Van Dijk also led the points and 'best young rider' standings.


2011 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 3
The third stage began at the Al Dayeen resort with 87 riders. Megan Guarnier (USA) made a number of attempts to break away before achieving a lead at 28 km. At the final circuit, she held a 10-second advantage which increased to 22 seconds. At 47.5 km, she was caught by the peloton. At 65.5 km, with six laps to go, ten riders broke away from the main group. They included Nicole Cooke, an Olympian and Valentina Scandolara (Italy).


2011 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 3
The leading ten riders had a twenty-three second advantage over the pack at the second bonus sprint which was won by Scandolara. With four laps to go, the front group had made a gap of 32 seconds. As the pack moved closer, Cooke and De Goede broke away in the final 5 kilometers but their effort failed when the peloton caught them at 2 km from the finish. The final sprint was won by Monia Bacaille (Italy). Giorgia Bronzini (Italy) came second. In the standings, van Dijk who was fourth in stage three, won the race. She had a 15-second lead over Becker and 20 seconds over Slapendel. Van Dijk also won on points and also the 'best young rider' class. HTC Highroad won 'best team'.


2011 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Leaders classes
Three jerseys were awarded. The leader of the general class received a golden jersey and first place in the race. The result was calculated by adding the cyclist's finishing time, after each stage, to time bonuses won. The cyclist with the highest number of points received a silver jersey. Points were scored for finishing in the top three in the intermediate sprint and for finishing in the top twenty in a stage. At the intermediate sprint, first received 3 points, second, 2 points and third, one point.


2011 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Leaders classes
The stage winner received 30 points; second, 27 points; third, 25 points; fourth, 23 points; fifth, 21 points; sixth, 19 points; seventh, 17 points; eight, 15 points; ninth, 13 points; tenth, 11 points; and one point for eleventh to twentieth place. The best youth (a cyclist born after 1 January 1987) received a blue jersey. The winner was determined in the same way as the general class.


2011 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Final classifications, Team Classification
Chloe Hosking (AUS) Charlotte Becker (GER) Adrie Visser (NED) Emilia Fahlin (SWE) Evelyn Stevens (USA)


2011 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 2011 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards were led by 12th year head coach Frank Tavani and played their home games at Fisher Stadium. They are a member of the Patriot League.


2011 Lafayette Leopards football team
The Leopards' season opener at North Dakota State was the furthest west the team has ever traveled and was the squad's first contest played indoors since Lafayette faced Washington & Jefferson at the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall in 1930.


2011 Lafayette Leopards football team
They finished the season 4–7, 2–4 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for fifth place.


2011 Lagos State gubernatorial election
The 2011 Lagos State gubernatorial election was the 7th gubernatorial election of Lagos State. Held on April 26, 2011, the Action Congress of Nigeria nominee Babatunde Fashola won the election, defeating Shamsideen Adegboye of the People's Democratic Party.


2011 Lagos State gubernatorial election, Results
A total of 15 candidates contested in the election. Babatunde Fashola from the Action Congress of Nigeria won the election, defeating Shamsideen Adegboye from the People's Democratic Party. Valid votes was 1,862,513.


2011 Lake Champlain and Richelieu River floods
The 2011 Lake Champlain and Richelieu River floods were a series of water level increases that began at the end of April 2011 and caused a subsequent overflow of the Richelieu River in Canada and Lake Champlain in the United States. The flooding occurred due to record snowfall in the area followed by its snowmelt and in combination with intense spring rains. Lake Champlain stayed at flood stage for 67 days from April to June, and on May 10, 2011, the lake broke its previous flood level set in 1869 by reaching 102.8 ft. at Rouses Point, New York.


2011 Lake Champlain and Richelieu River floods
The floods affected about 3,000 homes in Montérégie and caused an estimated six million U.S. dollars of damage in seven counties in the northern area of Vermont. The damage was so bad that a state of emergency was declared by Vermont on May 5, 2011. Similar damage was reported in New York State.


2011 Lake Champlain and Richelieu River floods
In Quebec, the major cities affected by the flooding were Venise-en-Quebec, Noyan, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Henryville, Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix, and Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois. Citizens of Quebec were supplied with safe drinking water by the government due to the prolonged period of time in which the city's water supplies were likely contaminated. On May 5, the Canadian Forces were requested to help evacuate residents and build dikes to try to protect areas at risk.


2011 Lake Champlain and Richelieu River floods, Operation Lotus
Operation Lotus was the name of the military operation that assisted citizens in the Montérégie area in response to a formal request for assistance from the province of Quebec as a result of this natural disaster. The Canadian Forces worked to limit the damage caused by the worst floods to occur in the valley of the Richelieu River and on Lake Champlain over the previous 150 years. Over 650 Canadian soldiers and sailors participated at one time or another in Operation Lotus until it ended on June 17.


2011 Lamar Cardinals football team
The 2011 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cardinals were led by second-year head coach Ray Woodard and played their home games at Provost Umphrey Stadium. They are a member of the Southland Conference. This was the first season Lamar played as a Southland Conference member in football since 1986. They finished the season 4–7, 2–5 in Soutland play to finish in sixth place.


2011 Lampre–ISD season
The 2011 season for Lampre–ISD began in January at the Tour Down Under and ended in October at the Japan Cup. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2011 Lampre–ISD season, One-day races
For the first time since 2004, Petacchi did not win the Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi, as the six-time reigning champion did not ride the event. The squad's highest finisher was Gavazzi, who was eighth in the mass sprint finish. Later in February, Pietropolli won the Trofeo Laigueglia after making a late-forming ten-rider selection, and winning the sprint. He noted after the race that he had, in his career, finished in every position from second through tenth in the Trofeo Laigueglia, and could now finally add first.


2011 Lampre–ISD season, One-day races, Spring classics
At the first monument race of the season, Milan–San Remo, the team had to alter their plans based on how the race played out. A crash occurred on the Le Manie climb 90 km (56 mi) from the finish of the race, and the group that was left behind never fully caught up to those who avoided the crash. Petacchi, who had won the event in 2005, made the split, but Scarponi did not.


2011 Lampre–ISD season, One-day races, Spring classics
While Petacchi would ostensibly be a strong favorite for a sprint finish from a depleted front group, Scarponi put in an intensive effort on the Cipressa, the day's penultimate climb, to bridge from the second group up to the first. He later said he did this with Petacchi's blessing. Once in the front group, Scarponi easily made the next selection, taking place on the Poggio, which led to eight riders finishing together at the front of the race. The pace of this split was too hard for Petacchi, and he finished 12th, 27 seconds back.


2011 Lampre–ISD season, One-day races, Spring classics
Scarponi hit out early from the leading group of eight to try for victory, but he was easily overhauled by most of the group, finishing sixth on the day. On the same day as the monument classic Paris–Roubaix, Cunego won the Giro dell'Appennino race, outsprinting Emanuele Sella at the front of a seven-rider leading group. Lampre-ISD was the only UCI ProTeam in the race.


2011 Lampre–ISD season, One-day races, Spring classics
The team also sent squads to the Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano, the Gran Premio di Lugano, E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke, Gent–Wevelgem, the Tour of Flanders, the Scheldeprijs, Paris–Roubaix, the Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne, Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the Giro di Toscana, but placed no higher than 12th in any of these races.


2011 Lampre–ISD season, One-day races, Fall races
The team also sent squads to the Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie, the Clásica de San Sebastián, Tre Valli Varesine, the Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese, the Giro della Romagna, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, the Memorial Marco Pantani, the Coppa Sabatini, the Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli and Paris–Tours, but placed no higher than 11th in any of these races.


2011 Lampre–ISD season, Stage races
The team got their first win of the season at the Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, the first race of the year held in Italy. Pietropolli made a late selection on the uphill finish to stage 1 and won the sprint ahead of six others at the front of the race. The two succeeding stages also featured small sprint finishes, and Pietropolli made all the selections both days, ensuring his overall win. It was the second time he had won the race, having previously done so in 2008 while riding for LPR Brakes–Ballan.


2011 Lampre–ISD season, Stage races
Both of the team's leaders took wins at the Giro di Sardegna in late February. Cunego won stage 2, finishing best of a small group that had also included Scarponi, who revealed after the stage that the plan was to work for Cunego should this scenario play out. It was Cunego's first victory in over a year, since a stage of the 2009 Vuelta a España. Scarponi won the race's last stage three days later with a solo attack on the uphill finale.


2011 Lampre–ISD season, Stage races
The team had tried to make the race difficult for leader Peter Sagan, in the hopes of having Cunego surpass him in the standings. However, the young Slovak's fourth place on the day gave him the race overall, with Cunego finishing third. Scarponi and Cunego both entered Tirreno–Adriatico in March. After the stage 1 team time trial put them 37 seconds off the race lead, Scarponi took back much of that time in stage 4. For the second year in a row, he won the stage into Chieti and moved up to fourth by so doing.


2011 Lampre–ISD season, Stage races
Cunego rode the stage's finale in the team's best interests, marking Philippe Gilbert and Cadel Evans' separate attempts to bridge up to Scarponi in first position, but not helping either. Should either have caught Scarponi, Cunego would have been in excellent position to take victory himself. When it became clear that Scarponi would win, Cunego accelerated past Evans for second, giving the team the top two places on the day. Scarponi ended the race in third overall, and won the points classification. Cunego was eighth.


2011 Lampre–ISD season, Stage races
The Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali stage race was largely dominated by Androni Giocattoli and Emanuele Sella. Lampre-ISD did obtain two noteworthy results in the race, though. Malori won the stage 4 time trial in Crevalcore, with teammate Ulissi sixth. Sella was a minute back on the stage, but the Italian climber still had time in hand to win the race overall by 30 seconds over Ulissi in second. Ulissi won the youth classification with this performance. Petacchi took a sprint win, his first of the season, at the partly concurrent Volta a Catalunya.


2011 Lampre–ISD season, Stage races
Stage 2 was one of the few in that race set to be decided by the sprinters, and the team brought back both the morning breakaway and a late two-man escape to set Petacchi up for the win. He had been the first across the line from the main field the day before as well, but it was only for second place behind solo winner Gatis Smukulis. In April, Scarponi won the Giro del Trentino, a race traditionally seen as one of the last tune-ups before the Giro d'Italia, without winning a stage.


2011 Lampre–ISD season, Stage races
He limited his losses in the stage 1 individual time trial, coming home 12th at 27 seconds down on the winner Andreas Klöden. The next day, he finished 25 seconds clear of the main field, with stage winner Thomas Voeckler. He finished sufficiently near the front of the race in stages 3 and 4 to claim victory by 7 seconds over Team RadioShack's Tiago Machado.


2011 Lampre–ISD season, Stage races
Petacchi had a somewhat peculiar Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey. The race is predominantly flat, with several stages meant to end in group sprints, though also with at least one stage hilly enough to ensure that a sprinter is not the overall winner. He had the best position near the front of the peloton in stage 1, which was setting up for a field sprint. He was unable to hold his position, coming across the line eighth, but he was subsequently given a one-minute penalty for hitting FDJ's Nacer Bouhanni which put him dead last in the overall classification.


2011 Lampre–ISD season, Stage races
He stayed at the front of the race for the sprint finish to stage 2, but lost to Astana's Valentin Iglinsky, a relatively unheralded rider. He was also defeated in the stage 3 sprint, by three riders from UCI Professional Continental teams. Stage 4 was the Tour's queen stage, and most hilly. Petacchi managed to stay with the front group over the tall climb early in the race, and stayed with the main peloton the rest of the stage. Just as they had been for the first three stages, the Lampre-ISD team was most responsible for chasing down the breakaway.


2011 Lampre–ISD season, Stage races
Petacchi at one time actually told Pérez and Kostyuk to stop the chase, but they pressed on and caught the escapees. Petacchi and new race leader Bartosz Huzarski put in such a fast sprint for the finish line that they took a 1-second time gap over the rest of the 32-strong leading group, and Petacchi won the stage he was perhaps least likely to win. His time gap to Huzarski was 50 seconds, meaning he would have been race leader if not for the stage 1 penalty.


2011 Lampre–ISD season, Stage races
Petacchi took the points lead with the victory, and retained it through to the conclusion of the race. At the concurrent Tour de Romandie, Cunego won the undulating second stage with a late attack on the final ascent, finishing two seconds clear of the rest of the 23-strong leading group who had only just caught a four-man breakaway.


2011 Lampre–ISD season, Stage races
The team also won lesser classifications at Tirreno–Adriatico, the Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, the Tour of Turkey, the Tour of Slovenia, and the Brixia Tour. The team also sent squads to the Tour Down Under, the Tour of Qatar, the Tour of Oman, Paris–Nice, the Three Days of De Panne, the Bayern-Rundfahrt, the Critérium du Dauphiné, the Tour de Pologne, the Giro di Padania and the Tour of Beijing, but did not achieve a stage win, classification win, or podium finish in any of them.


2011 Lancaster City Council election
Elections to Lancaster City Council were held on 5 May 2011. Lancaster City Council is a secondary-level district council in Lancashire. The whole council was up for election and, following the result, remains in No Overall Control.


2011 Lancaster City Council election
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England reviewed the electoral wards of Lancaster City Council in 2014 with the new electoral map to be elected for the first time at the 2015 Lancaster City Council election.


2011 Lancaster City Council election
Following the election in 2011 the composition of the council was as follows:


2011 Laotian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Laos on 30 April 2011. The ruling Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) won 128 of the 132 seats in the National Assembly.


2011 Laotian parliamentary election, Campaign
A total of 190 candidates contested the 132 seats, of which 185 were members of the LPRP.


2011 Laotian presidential election
An indirect presidential election was held in Laos on 15 June 2011, following the opening ceremony of the newly elected assembly. Incumbent president Choummaly Sayasone was reelected, as had been widely expected.


2011 Laphroaig Scotch Open
The 2011 Laphroaig Scotch Open was held from December 2 to 4 at the Madison Curling Club in Madison, Wisconsin as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple knockout format.


2011 Larne Borough Council election
Elections to Larne Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.


2011 Larne Borough Council election, Districts results, Coast Road
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance2011: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin and Independent gain from SDLP and DUP


2011 Larne Borough Council election, Districts results, Larne Lough
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2005-2011 Change: No change


2011 Larne Borough Council election, Districts results, Larne Town
2005: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP2011: 1 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent2005-2011 Change: TUV and Alliance gain from UUP and Independent


2011 Las Vegas Locomotives season
The 2011 Las Vegas Locomotives season was the third season for the United Football League franchise.


2011 Las Vegas Locomotives season, Personnel, Roster
Rookies in italicsRoster updated October 20, 201151 Active, 3 Inactive


2011 Las Vegas Locomotives season, Standings
z-Virginia and Las Vegas were awarded berths in the 2011 UFL Championship Game when the balance of the regular season was cancelled on October 17x-Omaha and Sacramento would play in a post-season consolation game


2011 Las Vegas Locomotives season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Sacramento Mountain Lions
SAC – Fabrizio Scaccia 43-yd FG, 6:24 remaining 3–0 LionsLV – Chase Clement 3-yd TD run (Aaron Pettrey kick), 5:23 remaining, 7–3 Locomotives


2011 Las Vegas Locomotives season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Sacramento Mountain Lions
LV – DeDe Dorsey 11-yd TD run (Aaron Pettrey kick), 13:04 remaining, 14–3 LocomotivesLV – Aaron Pettrey 21-yd FG, 0:05 remaining, 17–3 Locomotives


2011 Las Vegas Locomotives season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Sacramento Mountain Lions
SAC – Reggie Williams 6-yd TD pass from Ryan Colburn (Fabriz Scaccia kick), 7:16 remaining, 17–10 Locomotives


2011 Las Vegas Locomotives season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Sacramento Mountain Lions
LV – Aaron Pettrey 28-yd FG, 14:46 remaining, 20–10 LocomotivesLV – Aaron Pettrey 23-yd FG, 6:51 remaining, 23–10 LocomotivesSAC – Kai Brown 1-yd TD pass from Ryan Colburn (Fabriz Scaccia kick), 1:51 remaining, 23–17 Locomotives


2011 Las Vegas Locomotives season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Sacramento Mountain Lions
LV – Chase Clement – 20/28 for 233 yardsSAC – Ryan Colburn – 26/35 for 256 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT


2011 Las Vegas Locomotives season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Sacramento Mountain Lions
LV – DeDe Dorsey – 51 yds on 9 carries, 1 TDSAC – Cory Ross – 48 yds on 14 carries


2011 Las Vegas Locomotives season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Sacramento Mountain Lions
LV – Adam Bergen – 6 catches for 62 ydsSAC – Reggie Williams – 6 catches for 59 yds


2011 Las Vegas mayoral election
The 2011 Las Vegas mayoral election took place on June 7, 2011. Incumbent Mayor Oscar Goodman was ineligible to run for a fourth term due to term limits.


2011 Latin American Table Tennis Cup
The 2011 Latin American Table Tennis Cup was held at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from March 17–19, 2011. The event was a qualifier for the 2011 Table Tennis World Cup. It was the first edition of the event, organized by the International Table Tennis Federation, Latin American Table Tennis Union, Brazilian Table Tennis Confederation, and TMS International. Brazilian Gustavo Tsuboi won the men's event and the women's was won by the Dominican Wu Xue.


2011 Latin American Table Tennis Cup, Seeds
Seeds were based on the ITTF World Ranking lists published in March 2011.


2011 Latin American Table Tennis Cup, Men's competition
In the semi-finals, Brazil's Gustavo Tsuboi defeated Liu Song 4-3, and Paraguay's Marcelo Aguirre won over Cazuo Matsumoto 4-1. In the final, Aguirre lost to Tsuboi. Tsuboi's win qualified him for the 2011 Liebherr Men's World Cup.


2011 Latin American Table Tennis Cup, Women's competition
In the semi-finals, Dominican Wu Xue defeated Paula Medina 4-2, and Mexican Yadira Silva beat Jessica Yamada 4-3. Wu won the women's competition after defeating Silva, qualifying for the 2011 Volkswagen Women's World Cup and winning the US $2,000 prize.


2011 Latin Billboard Music Awards
The 2011 Billboard Latin Music Awards were held on Thursday April 28, 2011 at the BankUnited Center at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. It is produced and broadcast lived on Telemundo network. The nominees were announced on Thursday February 10, 2011.


2011 Latvian Figure Skating Championships
The 2011 Latvian Figure Skating Championships (Latvian: Latvijas Čempionāts daiļslidošanā 2011) was held in Riga from December 11 to 12, 2010. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles on the senior, junior, and novice levels.


2011 Latvian Higher League
The 2011 Latvian Higher League (Latvian: Virslīga 2011) was the 20th season of top-tier football in Latvia. It began on 15 April 2011 and ended on 5 November 2011.


2011 Latvian Higher League
The competition was won by FK Ventspils, who thus qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. Runners-up Liepājas Metalurgs and third-placed sides Daugava Daugavpils earned spots for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. On the bottom end of the table, JFK Olimps/RFS were relegated after losing their play-off series against Spartaks Jūrmala.


2011 Latvian Higher League
All nine clubs played every other club four times during the course of the season: twice at home and twice away. In addition, there will be no direct relegation to the Latvian First League this year.


2011 Latvian Higher League, Teams
Jaunība Rīga finished the previous year's competition in tenth place and were relegated to the Latvian First League. This ended a one-year stay in the top flight. Promoted to the Higher League from the First Division automatically were the previous season's First Division champions, Gulbene 2005, who are taking part in the top flight for the first time in their history in 2011.


2011 Latvian Higher League, Teams
FC Tranzit finished 9th in the 2010 Higher League competition and were supposed to compete in a promotion/relegation playoff against the runners-up of the First Division, FC Jūrmala. However, before this playoff took place, Tranzit informed the Latvian Football Federation that they were forfeiting their place in the Higher League altogether, ending a two-year stay in the top flight. Therefore, FC Jūrmala were promoted to the Higher League automatically. Like Gulbene, they are competing in the top flight for the first time in their history in 2011.


2011 Latvian Higher League, Teams
Finally, SK Blāzma decided to withdraw from the league during the off-season. This ended a three-year stay in the top flight. At a meeting on 28 January 2011, the LFF decided that they would not be replaced in this year's competition.


2011 Latvian Higher League, Results, Relegation play-offs
At the season's end, the 9th place club in the Latvian Higher League will face the runners-up of the Latvian First League in a two-legged playoff, with the winner being awarded a spot in the 2012 Higher League competition.


2011 Latvian parliamentary dissolution referendum
A referendum on whether the Saeima should be dissolved early was held in Latvia on 23 July 2011. President Valdis Zatlers used his parliamentary dissolution power for the first time in the history of Latvia. A "yes/no" vote was held and the referendum passed with 94.3% support.


2011 Latvian parliamentary dissolution referendum, Background
President Valdis Zatlers called the referendum under the power given to him by the constitution on 28 May 2011. Zatlers called the referendum in response to the Saeima's refusal to sanction a search at the home of MP Ainārs Šlesers, leader of Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way and a former cabinet minister. According to the current legal procedure, the referendum on the Saeima's dissolution had to take place no later than two months after the President's decree.


2011 Latvian parliamentary dissolution referendum, Background
The Constitution of Latvia foresaw that if the people had not supported Zatlers' decision, he would have had to resign from the presidency. This could have created a judicial conundrum, however, since Zatlers' current term expired on 7 July and the Saeima held a presidential election (in which Zatlers was also a candidate) on 2 June. As Zatlers was not reelected, however, this conundrum was avoided.


2011 Latvian parliamentary dissolution referendum, Opinion polls
Polls indicated that the referendum would pass by a strong margin.


2011 Latvian parliamentary election
Early parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 17 September 2011, following the country's first parliamentary dissolution referendum held on 23 July 2011. The previous parliamentary election was only held in October 2010.


2011 Latvian parliamentary election
The elections resulted in Harmony Centre winning the most seats, up two to 31. This was the first time a pro-Russian party had won the most seats in a Latvian election. Unity, previously the largest party, fell to third, with 20 seats, behind the newly formed Zatlers' Reform Party, led by ex-President Valdis Zatlers, who had triggered the dissolution referendum in May. The right-wing National Alliance gained six seats to 14. Both the Union of Greens and Farmers and Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way lost heavily, with the latter falling out of the Saeima altogether.


2011 Latvian parliamentary election
Zatlers and incumbent Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis soon agreed to form a coalition. Needing nine further seats to give them a majority allowed three possible coalitions – with Harmony Centre, the National Alliance, or the Union of Greens and Farmers. The Greens and Farmers were quickly ruled out by Zatlers, who judged it to be an "oligarch's party". After initial talks with the National Alliance, the two briefly discussed a grand coalition with Harmony Centre. However, Zatlers and Unity returned to the National Alliance, and the three signed a coalition agreement on 11 October, with Dombrovskis as Prime Minister. The new government was confirmed by the Saeima on 25 October. A few days before the government formation, six MPs split from Zatlers' Reform Party; they still supported the new government, however.


2011 Latvian parliamentary election, Background
Prior to the elections, a number of changes in Latvia's party system occurred:


2011 Latvian parliamentary election, Results
The Harmony Centre party, led by Nils Ušakovs, finished with about 29% of the vote, followed by Zatlers' Reform Party with 21% and the Unity party with 18%. The National Alliance and the Union of Greens and Farmers were the only other parties to enter Parliament, with fourteen and twelve percent of the vote, respectively. Harmony Centre's victory was the first for a pro-Russian party since Latvia's independence; the party has ties to United Russia.


2011 Latvian parliamentary election, Government formation
Despite winning the most seats, Harmony Centre, was unable to come to an agreement to form a coalition that would hold a majority in parliament immediately after the election. Usakovs entered talks with Zatlers Reform Party and Unity following the election with the aim of forming a coalition, though political analysts said that a potential stumbling block in the talks could be the opposition of other parties to Harmony Centre's connection to Latvia's Russian-speaking population. The most likely potential coalition was predicted to be Zatlers' Reform Party, Unity and National Alliance. Valdis Dombrovskis was believed to remain Prime Minister, despite his party finishing behind the Reform Party.


2011 Latvian parliamentary election, Government formation
Zatlers stated on 1 October 2011 that he preferred a coalition with Dombrovskis as PM and including Harmony Centre. However, on 10 October 2011, reports indicated a coalition with the National Alliance was all but certain. Eventually a Unity-Reform Party-National Alliance coalition was formed.


2011 Latvian presidential election
Indirect presidential elections were held in Latvia on 2 June 2011. Incumbent president Valdis Zatlers was standing again, as well as Andris Bērziņš (Saeima member for the Union of Greens and Farmers), a former head of SEB Unibanka (not to be confused with Andris Bērziņš, former PM from Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way); Bērziņš was nominated by five Saeima members of the Union of Greens and Farmers just two days before the nomination deadline, although the party was assumed to back Zatlers for reelection.


2011 Latvian presidential election
In the first round, Bērziņš got 50 votes in favour and 48 against, while Zatlers got 43 in favour and 55 against (99 lawmakers cast votes, but one was invalid), meaning none was elected; a second round was held later on the same day, with Bērziņš winning the election 53 to 44 votes in favour; Zatlers got 41 to 56 votes.


2011 Latvian presidential election
Analysts attributed Zatlers' defeat to his decision to call Latvia's first parliamentary dissolution referendum on 28 May 2011.


2011 Laurence Olivier Awards
The 2011 Olivier Awards were held on 13 March 2011 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. The 2011 awards were intended to re-launch the Oliviers as a major awards event, and so they were sponsored by MasterCard, with live coverage by the BBC.


2011 Laurence Olivier Awards
The Theatre show was presented by Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, with BBC Radio 2 coverage from Paul Gambaccini.


2011 Laurence Olivier Awards
Special guests included Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury, Cameron Mackintosh, Barry Manilow as well as performances by Ramin Karimloo, Alfie Boe, Kerry Ellis, Adrian Lester as well as the London casts of Legally Blonde and Into the Woods to name a few.


2011 Laurence Olivier Awards
The show was accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by David Charles Abell, and the finale was accompanied by a choir from the CDS (Conference Drama Schools).


2011 Laurence Olivier Awards, Winners and nominees
The nominations were announced on 7 February 2011 in 25 categories.


2011 Laurence Olivier Awards, Productions with multiple nominations and awards
The following 21 productions, including one ballet and one opera, received multiple nominations:


2011 Laurence Olivier Awards, Productions with multiple nominations and awards
The following four productions, including one ballet, received multiple awards:


2011 Le Mans Series
The 2011 Le Mans Series was the eighth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's Le Mans Series. The series began on 3 April with the 6 Hours of Castellet and ended after five rounds on 25 September. It is a series for Le Mans Prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into 4 classes. LMP1, LMP2 and FLM are retained from last year, while GT1 is removed, and GT2 split into GTE-Pro and GTE-Am.


2011 Le Mans Series
With the launch of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, several LMP1 teams left the Le Mans Series, such as Peugeot Sport, Audi Sport, Aston Martin Racing and Oreca. This was the last season of the LMP1 in the championship.


2011 Le Mans Series, Schedule
On 29 November 2010, the ACO announced a 5-race calendar, plus an official test session at Circuit Paul Ricard. The initial calendar included a race in Portugal, with the circuit to be announced. Three events; Spa, Imola, and Silverstone; will also be part of the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup calendar.


2011 Le Mans Series, Championship Standings
Points are awarded to all race finishers, with unclassified entries failing to complete 70% of the race distance or entries failing to reach the finish not earning championship points. One bonus point is awarded for winning pole position (denoted by bold), and a further bonus is awarded (denoted by parenthesis). Entries which change an engine prior to the required two race minimum are penalized two points, with a four-point penalty for every subsequent engine change.


2011 Le Mans Series, Teams Championships
The top two finishers in the LMP1, LMP2, GTE Pro, and GTE Am championships earn automatic entry to the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans.


2011 Le Mans Series, Teams Championships, FLM Standings
All teams in the Formula Le Mans category utilize the Oreca FLM09 chassis and General Motors 6.3 L V8.


2011 League of Ireland Cup
The 2011 League of Ireland Cup, also known as the 2011 EA Sports Cup, was the 38th season of the League of Ireland Cup knockout competition.


2011 League of Ireland Cup
The competition was won by Derry City who defeated Cork City in the final on 24 September 2011 in Turners Cross.


2011 League of Ireland Cup
A total of 27 teams entered the 2011 competition. The ten Premier Division and eleven First Division clubs were joined by four A Championship teams plus the 2010 Ulster Senior League champions, Cockhill Celtic and the Kerry District League representative side. For the Preliminary, First and Second Rounds of the competition, all participating clubs were split into 4 regional pools with the further rounds of the competition having an open draw. Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers, Bohemians and St. Patrick's Athletic all received automatic byes into the Second round of the competition due to each club's European football participation. The 2011 competition commenced with the Preliminary Round in March 2011.


2011 League of Ireland Cup, Preliminary round
The draw for the Preliminary Round took place on 2 March 2011.


2011 League of Ireland Cup, Preliminary round
The Preliminary Round games were played on 14 March 2011.


2011 League of Ireland Cup, First round
The draw for the First Round took place on 2 March 2011.


2011 League of Ireland Cup, First round
The First Round Games were played on 25 March, 28 March and 30 March 2011.


2011 League of Ireland Cup, Second round
The draw for the Second Round took place on 30 March 2011.


2011 League of Ireland Cup, Second round
The Second Round games were played on 25 April 2011.


2011 League of Ireland Cup, Quarter-Finals
The draw for the Quarter-Finals was made on 2 May 2011 on MNS on RTÉ Two.


2011 League of Ireland Cup, Semi−Finals
The Semi-Final games were played on the 8/23 August 2011.


2011 League of Ireland Cup, Final
The final was played on Saturday 24 September 2011 in Turners Cross, Cork.


2011 League of Ireland Cup Final
The 2011 League of Ireland Cup Final also known as the 2011 EA Sports Cup Final was the final match of the 2011 League of Ireland Cup, the 38th season of the League of Ireland Cup, a football competition for the 27 teams from the Premier Division, First Division, A Championship and the Ulster Senior League. The match was contested by Cork City and Derry City, at Turners Cross in Cork on 24 September 2011. It was broadcast live on Setanta Sports.


2011 League of Ireland Cup Final, Final, Summary
The final was played on 24 September 2011 at Cork's Turners Cross. Derry City defeated Cork City 1-0, thanks to a penalty scored by Éamon Zayed. This was Derry City's record 10th League of Ireland Cup.


2011 League of Ireland First Division
The 2011 League of Ireland First Division season was the 27th season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by 11 teams and Cork City won the title.


2011 League of Ireland First Division, Overview
This season the division featured 11 clubs. This was because Sporting Fingal withdrew from the Premier Division shortly before the season was due to start. Drogheda United, who were originally due to play in the 2011 First Division after being relegated from the 2010 Premier Division, were drafted in to replace Sporting Fingal in the top division. Each team played the other teams three times, totaling 30 games. Cork City finished as champions and were automatically promoted to the Premier Division. Runners up Shelbourne were also promoted, as were third placed Monaghan United after winning a play-off.


2011 League of Ireland First Division, Promotion/Relegation play-off
Galway United, the tenth-placed team in the 2011 Premier Division, and Monaghan United, the third-placed team of the First Division, played off to see who would play in the 2012 Premier Division. The playoff was contested in a two-legged format.


2011 League of Ireland First Division, Promotion/Relegation play-off
Monaghan United won 5–1 on aggregate and were promoted to the Premier Division. Galway United were relegated to the First Division.


2011 League of Ireland Premier Division
The 2011 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 27th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The league was also known as the Airtricity League for sponsorship reasons. The division featured 10 teams. Shamrock Rovers were champions while Sligo Rovers finished as runners-up.


2011 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview
The Premier Division consists of ten teams. Each team played every other team four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 matches. The league began on 4 March and ended on 29 October. Defending champions Shamrock Rovers retained the league title with victory over UCD on 25 October 2011.


2011 League of Ireland Premier Division, Promotion/Relegation play-off
Galway United, the tenth-placed team in the 2011 Premier Division, and Monaghan United, the third-placed team from the 2011 First Division, played off to see who would play in the 2012 Premier Division. The playoff was contested in a two-legged format.


2011 League of Ireland Premier Division, Promotion/Relegation play-off
Monaghan United won 5–1 on aggregate and were promoted to the Premier Division. Galway United were relegated to the First Division.


2011 Lebanese Elite Cup
The 2011 Lebanese Elite Cup is the 14th edition of this football tournament in Lebanon. It will be held from 10 to 24 September 2011. This tournament includes the six best teams from the 2010–11 Lebanese Premier League season.


2011 Lebanese Elite Cup, Group stage, Group B
* A toss was made between Al Ansar and Al-Mabarrah to determine the winner in which Al-Mabarrah won and qualified for semifinal.


2011 Lebanese protests
The 2011 Lebanese protests, also known as the Intifada of Dignity or Uprising of Dignity were seen as influenced by the Arab Spring. The main protests focused on calls for political reform especially against confessionalism in Lebanon. The protests initiated in early 2011, and dimmed by the end of the year. In another aspect of the Arab Spring, Lebanese pro and anti-Assad factions descended into sectarian violence, which culminated in May–June 2012.


2011 Lebanese protests, Background, Political system
Lebanon is a parliamentary republic within the overall framework of confessionalism, a form of consociationalism in which the highest offices are proportionately reserved for representatives from certain religious communities. The constitution grants the people the right to change their government, however, from the mid-1970s until the parliamentary elections in 1992, a civil war precluded the exercise of political rights. According to the constitution, direct elections must be held for the parliament every 4 years. The last parliamentary election was in 2018,.


2011 Lebanese protests, Background, Political system
The parliament, in turn, elects a president every 6 years to a single term, he is, however, not eligible for re-election. The last presidential election was in 2016. The president and parliament choose the prime minister. Political parties are grouped with either the March 8 alliance or the March 14 alliance. (the Progressive Socialist Party of Walid Jumblatt is ostensibly independent but strongly leans towards March 14 even after their withdrawal from the March 14 alliance due to political views towards Syria and Iran).


2011 Lebanese protests, Background, Political system
Lebanon demographics is roughly split amongst Sunnis, Shias and Christians (most of whom are Maronite). Due to the demographic concerns, amid fears the country could be a powder keg, a census has not been carried out since 1932. Since then the government has only published rough estimates of the population.


2011 Lebanese protests, Background, 2011 new government
On 12 January 2011, the government collapsed after Energy Minister Gebran Bassil announced that all ten opposition ministers had resigned following months of warnings by Hezbollah that it would not remain inactive should there be indictments against the group by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. Preliminary indictments were issued 17 January as expected,) President Michel Suleiman's appointed Minister of State, Adnan Sayyed Hussein, resigned later bringing the total number of ministers who quit to 11 thus causing the fall of the government. The New York Times suggested that the resignations came after the collapse of talks between Syria and Saudi Arabia to ease tensions in Lebanon. The resignations stemmed from PM Hariri's refusal to call an emergency cabinet session over discussion for withdrawing cooperation with the STL.


2011 Lebanese protests, Background, 2011 new government
Suleiman, who is constitutionally responsible for the formation of a new government, accepted the resignations saying: "In line with clause one of article 69 in the Lebanese constitution on the circumstances under which the government is considered to have resigned...as the government has lost more than one third of its members...the cabinet [is requested to] act as a caretaker government until the formation of a new government." The March 8 alliance then nominate Najib Mikati to form a government in line with the accepted norms that a prime minister must be a Sunni (even though most Sunnis are supporters of March 14).


2011 Lebanese protests, Protests, 27 February
On 27 February, hundreds of Lebanese marched along the old demarcation line in the capital Beirut against the country's sectarian political system. A peaceful sit-in in Saida also took place.


2011 Lebanese protests, Protests, 6 March
In follow-up rallies to the 27 February demonstration, around 8,000 people marched from Dora to Beirut in the second round of a campaign to "topple the sectarian regime" and its leading symbols and to call for a secular state. Similar protests took place in Baalbek and Sidon.


2011 Lebanese protests, Protests, 13 March
A rally was organised by the March 14 alliance in which several hundreds of thousands supporters attended in commemoration of the start Cedar Revolution 6 years earlier. The main slogan of the rally was calling for the disarmament of Hezbollah and to renew support for the ideals of the revolution.


2011 Lebanese protests, Protests, 20 March
Thousands of Lebanese took to the streets to protest against the sectarian nature of the governing system. This was the third protest against the sectarian political system.


2011 Lebanese protests, Protests, 17 June
In interfactional clashes in Tripoli, Seven people were killed and 59 were wounded, on Friday, 17 June. Armed clashes erupted in following a rally in support of Syrian protesters. Fighting broke out between gunmen positioned in the rival neighborhoods of Jabal Mohsen (mainly Alawites who support the Syrian government) and Bab al-Tabbaneh (mainly Sunnis, supporting the Syrian uprising). Among the dead were a Lebanese army soldier and an official from the Alawite Arab Democratic Party.


2011 Lebanese protests, Protests, 26 June
On 26 June, hundreds of people marched towards the parliament in Beirut demanding the end of Lebanon's confessional system.


2011 Lebanese protests, Protests, 12 October
What the local press considered might be the largest general strike in its history had been called for this date. The General Labor Confederation is demanding higher wages, among other things. The cabinet acceded to these demands, and the marches were "suspended. However, the teacher's union refused to accept this, went on strike anyway, and paralyzed the nation's education system


2011 Lebanese protests, Protests, 15 December
5,000 protesters filled the streets of Downtown Beirut as part of a teacher's strike, which is said to be a precursor of a general strike planned for the following week.


2011 Lebanese protests, Aftermath and spillover from Syria (2011-12)
On 5 and 6 October 2011, the Syrian army briefly invaded (killing one person) before retreating again across the border, causing instability in the Mikati government. "I am not being silent about this, we are dealing with the issue normally", Mikati said, noting the permeability of the border.


2011 Lebanese protests, Aftermath and spillover from Syria (2011-12)
Further incursions by the Syrian military onto Lebanese territory occurred in December 2011, resulting in more deaths. More Syrian incursions into Lebanon (also to Turkey) followed in March 2012. In addition to the Tripoli clashes in March between Alawites and Sunnis, several border penetrations increased fears of Syrian uprising affecting Lebanon. The clashes greatly escalated in May and June, leaving dozens dead and hundreds wounded.


2011 Leeds City Council election
The 2011 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections across the UK.


2011 Leeds City Council election
As per the election cycle, one third of the council's seats were up for election. The councillors subsequently elected replaced those elected when their individual seats were previously contested in 2007.


2011 Leeds City Council election
After forming a minority administration following the 2010 election, the Labour Party regained overall control of the council for the first time since the council had been in no overall control in 2004. Labour gained seven seats, including four from the Liberal Democrats.


2011 Leeds City Council election, Election summary
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


2011 Leeds Rhinos season
This article details the Leeds Rhinos rugby league football club's 2011 season. This is the sixteenth season of the Super League era.


2011 Leeds Rhinos season, Key Dates, February
Leeds beat local rivals Bradford Bulls 32–28 at Millennium Stadium with 4 tries in the last 18 minutes. Including a hat trick from Ben Jones Bishop with the hat trick coming from a penalty try in the 78th Minute.


2011 Leeds Rhinos season, Key Dates, February
Leeds "Fantastic Four" Kallum Watkins, Ben Jones Bishop, Ryan Hall and Chris Clarkson all sign 4 Year Contracts with the club.


2011 Leeds Rhinos season, Key Dates, February
Leeds Rhinos beat Hull F.C. 32–18 at the KC Stadium, with a 70-yard finish from Ben Jones Bishop potentially an early contender for try of the season.


2011 Leeds Rhinos season, Key Dates, February
Kevin Sinfield became a Rhino For Life, signing a 4 Year contract. Keeping the Leeds Rhinos captain at the club until the end of 2014.


2011 Leeds Rhinos season, Key Dates, February
Leeds Rhinos lost their first game of the season to high flying Harlequins RL, 2 tries from Quins hooker Andy Ellis won them the game, despite a strong start by Leeds Rhinos.


2011 Leeds Rhinos season, Key Dates, March
Warrington Wolves overpowered a Leeds Rhinos team with only 2 first choice props available. Despite a strong start taking an 8-point lead the Wolves scored 28 points on the bounce, despite 3 late tries Leeds Rhinos lost 40–24.


2011 Leeds Rhinos season, Key Dates, March
The Rhinos managed to outclass a Salford side that started strongly taking a 6–0 lead. Leeds rallied and thanks to 2 tires from Carl Ablett, and classy performances from the likes of Kallum Watkins, Brent Webb, Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield winning the game 46–12. The only downside losing rising star Ben Jones Bishop with a dislocated shoulder. Brad Singleton also became Leeds Rhinos 50th Academy graduate to play for the club.


2011 Leeds Rhinos season, League table
Source: . Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.


2011 Legends Tour
The 2011 Legends Tour was a series of professional golf tour events for women aged 45 and older sanctioned by the Legends Tour. Based in the United States, it is an offshoot of the main U.S.-based women's tour, the LPGA Tour. The tour was founded in 2001, and is intended to allow women to prolong their competitive golf careers on the model of the successful Champions Tour for men.


2011 Legends Tour, Schedule and results
The 2011 Legends Tour consisted of five events. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Legends Tour events she had won up to and including that tournament.


2011 Legends of Origin charity match
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2011 Legends of Origin charity match
The 2011 Legends of Origin charity match was a rugby league football game played on 27 January 2011 at Parramatta Stadium in Sydney. The match was organised by Mark Geyer in response to the 2010–11 Queensland floods. The match was contested between the New South Wales Origin Legends and the Queensland Origin Legends. The teams were made up of former State of Origin players. The match was won by Queensland with a final score of 20 to 16.


2011 Legends of Origin charity match, Background
After the devastating floods that had affected most of Queensland including its capital city of Brisbane, Mark Geyer from Sydney radio station Triple M on his breakfast program The Grill Team announced that he will be organising a charity match to raise funds for the recovery effort. The match, organised in seven days, was sold out in 36 hours.


2011 Legends of Origin charity match, Match day
The pre-match entertainment consisted of INXS performing a sombre version of their song "Don't Change". The players were then announced onto the field one by one. Shannon Noll sang the Australian national anthem.


2011 Legends of Origin charity match, Teams
The match featured former State of Origin players, while a Sydney grocerer Tony Trim was included in the New South Wales side after donating $14,600 to the flood relief effort. Former Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds played in the Queensland side, alongside actor Lincoln Lewis, son of Queensland coach Wally.


2011 Legends of Origin charity match, Teams, Scorecard
First Quarter Time: 6 – 0Half Time: 16 – 4Three Quarter Time: 20 – 4


2011 Legends of Origin charity match, Teams, Scorecard, Timeline
8th: Queensland 6 – 0 (Try: Belcher, Goal: Rogers)20th: Queensland 12 – 0 (Try: Sailor, Goal: Rogers)23rd: New South Wales 4 – 12 (Try: Trim)28th: Queensland 16 – 4 (Try: Lam)35th: Queensland 20 – 4 (Try: O'Davis)53rd: New South Wales 10 – 20 (Try: Blacklock, Goal: Girdler)59th: New South Wales 16 – 20 (Try: Peachey)


2011 Legends of Origin charity match, Teams, Scorecard, Timeline
Despite the charitable purpose behind the match, it featured some heavy tackles and confrontations between opposing players. Because of the age of most of the players, unlimited interchanges were allowed and the match was split into four 15-minute quarters. No attempt at goal was made by New South Wales after Peachey's try. Harvey Norman donated $1000 for every try. After the match, Triple M presented cheque to value to $380,587.00 to go towards the Premier's Disaster Relief Fund to the Queensland Minister for Sport and Minister Child Safety, Phil Reeves.


2011 Legends of Origin charity match, Teams, Audience
The game was sold-out with over 20,000 in attendance at Parramatta Stadium. It was also the number one programme of the week on Foxtel with 272,000 viewers and countless more listening live on radio.


2011 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The 2011 Legg Mason Tennis Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 43rd edition of this event and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., USA, from July 30 through August 7, 2011.


2011 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Finals, Doubles
Michaël Llodra /  Nenad Zimonjić defeated  Robert Lindstedt /  Horia Tecău, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(8–6), [10–7]


2011 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw


2011 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry as Lucky Losers into the singles main draw:


2011 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles
Mardy Fish and Mark Knowles were the defending champions; however, Fish chose not to compete. Mark Knowles teamed up with Xavier Malisse, but they were eliminated by Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău.


2011 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles
No. 3 seeds Michaël Llodra and Nenad Zimonjić won the tournament beating Lindstedt & Tecău in the final, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(8–6), [10–7].


2011 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Singles
David Nalbandian was the defending champion, but lost to James Blake in the second round.


2011 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Singles
Radek Štěpánek won the title, defeating Gaël Monfils 6–4, 6–4, in the final.


2011 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw of the 2011 Legg Mason Tennis Classic.


2011 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
The 2011 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team represented Lehigh University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mountain Hawks were led by sixth-year head coach Andy Coen and played their home games at Goodman Stadium. They are a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 11–2, 6–0 in Patriot League play to win the conference championship. They received the conference's automatic bid into the FCS playoffs where they defeated Towson in the second round before falling to North Dakota State in the quarterfinals.


2011 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season
The 2011 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season was the first season as a professional indoor football franchise and their first in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of 22 teams competing in the IFL for the 2011 season, the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks were members of the Atlantic Division in the United Conference.


2011 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season
In July, 2010, the Indoor Football League (IFL) announced that there would be an expansion franchise placed in Lehigh Valley for the 2011 season. It was also announced that the team would be owned by Glenn W. Clark, a Wilmington, Delaware businessman. Later in July the team announced that they had named Dan Kuhn as the team's general manager and would be holding a "Name The Team" contest was held to choose a name for the organization. Over 700 names were submitted and the top five were chosen by management. These names were Vipers, Ironmen, Blast, Gamblers, and Steelhawks. Fans were then asked to vote on the name they thought would be best for the team with over 70% of the votes being cast for Steelhawks. Brooke Trautwein, the fan who submitted the Steelhawks name, was given a prize package that included season tickets and Steelhawks' merchandise.


2011 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season
The team played their home games under head coach Chris Thompson at the Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Steelhawks earned a 4-10 record, placing 2nd in the Atlantic Division, and failed to qualify for post-season play.


2011 Leicester South by-election
The Leicester South by-election was held to elect a Member of Parliament (MP) of the United Kingdom for the Leicester South constituency on 5 May 2011. It was prompted by the resignation of Sir Peter Soulsby of the Labour Party, who stood down from Parliament to contest the election for Mayor of Leicester. Soulsby was appointed Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead on 1 April 2011, and the writ for a new election was issued on 5 April. The election was won by Labour Party candidate Jon Ashworth.


2011 Leicester South by-election
All registered Parliamentary electors (i.e. British, Irish and Commonwealth citizens living in the UK and British citizens living overseas) who were aged 18 or over on 5 May 2011 were entitled to vote in the by-election. The deadline for voters to register to vote in the by-election was midnight on Thursday 14 April 2011. However, those who qualified as an anonymous elector had until midnight on Tuesday 26 April 2011 to register to vote.


2011 Leicester South by-election, Background
Leicester South was very narrowly won by the Conservatives in 1983, and regained by Labour in the 1987 general election. After the death of Labour MP Jim Marshall, a by-election was held in July 2004 at which the Liberal Democrats gained the seat. Peter Soulsby regained the seat for Labour at the general election in May 2005; he increased his majority at the 2010 general election.


2011 Leicester South by-election, Background
As a former Leader of Leicester City Council, Soulsby put his name forward for selection as the Labour Party candidate for the directly elected Mayoralty of Leicester after the city council voted to adopt a new leadership structure. In standing for selection he indicated that he would vacate his Parliamentary seat if selected. When Soulsby won the selection he immediately announced that he would indeed resign his seat. On 1 April 2011 the Chancellor of the Exchequer appointed Soulsby as Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead, formally vacating the seat. Labour chief whip Rosie Winterton moved the motion on 5 April to issue a writ for a new election.


2011 Leicester South by-election, Candidates
Leicester City Council confirmed the list of candidates on 14 April 2011. With only five candidates, the poll had the shortest by-election ballot paper since the 2005 Cheadle by-election.


2011 Leicester South by-election, Candidates
There was wide interest in the Labour candidate selection. One local councillor, Rory Palmer, entered the contest but—having accepted the offer of becoming Soulsby's deputy—subsequently withdrew. The official shortlist of five candidates was confirmed on 18 March and included three Leicester city councillors, Patrick Kitterick (who was also Chair of Leicester South Constituency Labour Party), Mian Mayat and Neil Clayton, along with Jonathan Ashworth, a former advisor to Gordon Brown and the then Head of Party Relations, and Josephine Channer, a councillor in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. On 19 March local Labour Party members selected Jon Ashworth, who won 106 votes out of 153 cast on the first ballot.


2011 Leicester South by-election, Candidates
Former Liberal Democrat MP for the constituency Parmjit Singh Gill was initially selected as that party's candidate on 18 March. On 23 March he withdrew from the candidacy, saying that he wanted to concentrate on his position as a Leicester City Councillor; he was immediately replaced as candidate by Zuffar Haq.


2011 Leicester South by-election, Candidates
On 15 March 2011, UKIP selected Abhijit Pandya, a former Leicester South resident and alumnus of the University of Leicester, as its candidate.


2011 Leicester South by-election, Candidates
On 26 March the Conservatives selected Jane Hunt as their candidate. She had contested the Leicester East constituency at the General Election.


2011 Leinster Senior Cup
The 2011 Leinster Senior Cup, was the 110th staging of the Leinster Senior Cup association football competition. 43 teams entered the 2011 competition including the 11 League of Ireland teams affiliated to the Leinster Football Association who entered the competition at the Fourth round stage. A further 16 Intermediate teams, 14 Junior teams and 2 A Championship sides entered the competition at the First round stage. St.Patrick's Athletic won the competition after beating Bohemians 2-0 at Dalymount Park.


2011 Leinster Senior Cup, Third round
The draw for the third round took place on 20 January 2011.


2011 Leinster Senior Cup, Fourth round
The draw for the Fourth round took place on 20 January 2011.


2011 Leinster Senior Cup, Fourth round
Bohemians advance to the Quarter-final stage following Sporting Fingal ceasing operations on 10 February 2011


2011 Leinster Senior Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 16 March 2011.


2011 Leinster Senior Cup, Semi-Finals
The Draw for the semi-finals took place on 11 July 2011


2011 Leinster Senior Football Championship
The 2011 Leinster Senior Football Championship was that year's installment of the annual Leinster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Leinster GAA. It was won by Dublin who defeated Wexford in the final. Dublin had been level with Kildare in injury time of their semi-final, but a late intervention by Cormac Reilly was enough to see them over the line by a point. Dublin won their 50th Leinster football title, and their sixth in seven years. Pundits lashed them for their lackadaisical approach and described it as having been won in "perhaps the most unconvincing fashion of the lot." Wexford had not won a Leinster football title since 1945.


2011 Leinster Senior Football Championship
Wexford entered the All-Ireland Qualifiers but lost their next game, to Limerick. The winning Dublin team received the Delaney Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. They went on to win the All-Ireland title, their first in a very very very long time.


2011 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final
The 2011 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final was the last football match of the 2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship, played between Dublin and Wexford on 10 July 2011 in Croke Park, Dublin. Dublin were bidding for their sixth Leinster Championship in seven years while Wexford were bidding for their first Provincial Championship title since 1945.


2011 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final
Dublin won the match 2-12 to 1-12. It was the 50th time the county had won the Leinster Senior Football Championship.


2011 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final, Route to the final
Preliminary Round: Wexford 2-16 Offaly 0-8; Dublin (BYE)Quarter-Finals: Dublin 1-16 Laois 0-11; Wexford 1-24 Westmeath 0-15 Semi-Finals: Dublin 1-12 Kildare 1-11; Wexford 4-12 Carlow 0-10


2011 Lenoir–Rhyne Bears football team
The 2011 Lenoir–Rhyne Bears football team represented Lenoir–Rhyne University in the 2011 NCAA Division II football season. The Bears offense scored 336 points while the defense allowed 226 points.


2011 Lenox Industrial Tools 301
The 2011 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series motor race held on July 17, 2011 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 301 laps on the 1.058-mile (1.703 km) asphalt oval, it was the 19th race of the 2011 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Ryan Newman of Stewart Haas Racing, his first win of 2011. Newman's teammate and owner, Tony Stewart finished second and Denny Hamlin clinched third.


2011 Lenox Industrial Tools 301
There were 10 cautions and 21 lead changes among 14 different drivers throughout the race. Following the race, Carl Edwards led the Drivers' Championship with 652 points, seven ahead of Jimmie Johnson and eleven points ahead of Kurt Busch. Chevrolet led the Manufacturer Championship with 127 points, 17 ahead of Ford and 22 ahead of Toyota. A total of 95,000 people attended the race, while 4.6 million watched it on television.


2011 Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Report, Background
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is one of ten intermediate tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Atlanta Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, and Darlington Raceway as well as Homestead Miami Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Texas Motor Speedway. The standard track at New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a four-turn oval track, 1.058 miles (1.703 km) long. The track's turns are banked at two to seven degrees, while the front stretch, the finish line, and the back stretch are banked at one degree.


2011 Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Report, Background
Before the race, Kyle Busch led the Drivers' Championship with 624 points, and Carl Edwards stood in second with 620. Kevin Harvick was third in the Drivers' Championship with 614 points, eight ahead of Kurt Busch and nine ahead of Jimmie Johnson in fourth and fifth. Matt Kenseth with 602 was 49 ahead of Dale Earnhardt, Jr., as Ryan Newman with 538 points, was nine ahead of Denny Hamlin, and eleven in front of Tony Stewart. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 118 points, 12 ahead of Ford. Toyota, with 99 points, was 27 points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third.


2011 Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Report, Practice and qualifying
Three practice sessions are scheduled before the race; the first on Friday, which lasted 90 minutes. The second and third were both on Saturday afternoon, lasting 60 minutes each. Clint Bowyer was quickest with a time of 28.379 seconds in the first session, around two hundredths seconds faster than Stewart. Newman was just off Stewart's pace, followed by A. J. Allmendinger, Paul Menard, and Kurt Busch. Regan Smith was seventh, still within a second of Bowyer's time.


2011 Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Report, Practice and qualifying
Forty-six cars were entered for qualifying, but only forty-three could qualify for the race because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure. Newman clinched the 47th pole position of his career, with a record time of 28.165 seconds. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Stewart. David Reutimann qualified third, Kurt Busch took fourth, and Brad Keselowski started fifth. Jeff Burton, Gordon, Juan Pablo Montoya, Menard and Kasey Kahne rounded out the top ten. The three drivers that failed to qualify for the race were Tony Raines, Scott Riggs, and Dennis Setzer.


2011 Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Report, Practice and qualifying
Once the qualifying session completed, Newman commented, "This has been a track that's been really good for me for firsts and I'm looking for that first win again. It's extremely important here to start up front, it's a big track-position race, it's a relatively short race if you look at the mileage and the way the fuel stops work out. We've got a good start, we just need to have a good finish for the team. I want to get that victory on Sunday, that’s what I’m thinking about."


2011 Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Report, Practice and qualifying
In the second practice session, Stewart was fastest with a time of 29.487 seconds, less than five-thousandths of a second quicker than second-placed Bowyer. Keselowski took third place, ahead of Gordon, Martin Truex, Jr. and Hamlin. Burton was only quick enough for the seventh position. In the third and final practice, Johnson was quickest with a time of 29.391 seconds. Montoya followed in second, ahead of Newman and Burton. Keselowski was fifth quickest, with a time of 29.490 seconds. Joey Logano, Brian Vickers, Truex, Hamlin, and Kurt Busch rounded out the first ten positions.


2011 Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Report, Race
The race, the 19th in the season, began at 1:00 p.m. EDT and was televised live in the United States on TNT. The conditions on the grid were dry before the race, the air temperature at 71 °F (22 °C); clear skies were expected.


2011 Leopard Trek season
The 2011 season for Leopard Trek /ˈleɪoʊpɑːrd trɛk/, its first, began in January at the Tour Down Under and ended in October at the Giro di Lombardia. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every race in the UCI World Tour. The team formed for 2011 as a Luxembourgian national project and boasts that nation's two premier riders, Andy and Fränk Schleck. Several riders from the Schleck brothers' former Team Saxo Bank joined the new team.


2011 Leopard Trek season
The team was built for strong showings in the classic cycle races, and includes the best classics rider from the 2010 season, world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara. Though Cancellara did not win any race that awarded points to the UCI World Tour, he consistently placed highly enough that he was briefly the world number one rider in the midst of the classics season. Thanks to Cancellara's performances and the Schleck brothers both finishing on the podium at Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the team was also in the top spot for a time.


2011 Leopard Trek season
Team member Wouter Weylandt died after crashing during stage 3 of the Giro d'Italia, leading to the team's mass withdrawal the next day. Though he won a stage with a long solo breakaway in the mountains, and wore the race leader's yellow jersey for a day, Andy Schleck was runner-up at the Tour de France for the third consecutive year. Brother Fränk joined him on the podium in third place.


2011 Leopard Trek season
The team won its final race under the Leopard name, with Oliver Zaugg finishing first at the Giro di Lombardia. For 2012, the team was set to merge with the American Team RadioShack, under the new name RadioShack–Nissan. Though most of that team's management and sponsors were to come on board, the resultant squad continued to be based in Luxembourg under the same license, meaning it is a continuation of this franchise and not the American one.


2011 Leopard Trek season, Genesis of the new team
It was first reported shortly after the conclusion of the 2010 Tour de France that Andy and Fränk Schleck would leave Team Saxo Bank, the team for which they had each ridden for the entirety of their respective careers, at the conclusion of that season. It was soon revealed that they would spearhead a new team, one based in their native Luxembourg, led by former Team Saxo Bank staff Kim Andersen and Brian Nygaard. Luxembourg real estate tycoon Flavio Becca was eventually revealed as the team's owner. Andersen and Nygaard sought him out in May 2010 for advice.


2011 Leopard Trek season, Genesis of the new team
Becca, a sports fan, had plans to form a new cycling team himself, and he offered Nygaard the position of general manager for his team, essentially combining their ambitions. Becca also brought Andersen on, giving the Dane a position as a sporting director. Fränk Schleck later revealed that he and his brother had had little to do with the formation of the team, being approached with the prospect of joining at the 2010 Tour of Luxembourg in June. Despite a good relationship with Team Saxo Bank manager Bjarne Riis, the brothers felt the opportunity to ride for a "home-based team" was too good to pass up. Andersen made similar comments, saying that the team would have gone forward even if the Schleck brothers rode elsewhere in 2011.


2011 Leopard Trek season, Genesis of the new team
A solid portion of the team's ridership came from Team Saxo Bank just as the Schlecks had, as eight of the eleven riders to depart Team Saxo Bank in the 2010 offseason did so for this team. The most prominent of these was four-time world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara, who was under contract to Team Saxo Bank for 2011 and had to buy his way out of it. After doing so, the Swiss rider signed with the team for three years. The team had hired a roster of 25 riders at the time of their presentation, with Thomas Rohregger joining in late February.


2011 Leopard Trek season, Genesis of the new team
No title sponsor was announced for the team in 2010, as it went about signing riders for its inaugural season. It was known simply as the "Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project" for the first several months of its existence. Even as the end of 2010 neared, Nygaard steadfastly refused to reveal the team's official name, opting to hold off on doing so until the team's official presentation on January 6, 2011.


2011 Leopard Trek season, Genesis of the new team
Team member Jakob Fuglsang perhaps inadvertently revealed part of the name in an interview about three weeks before the team's presentation, saying the team would be called "Team Leopard" and that Leopard would be the name in the center of the jersey. Trek, which signed on as a bike supplier in September, was revealed as a title sponsor at the team's presentation, officially making the team's name Leopard Trek. The Leopard name has no particular meaning; it reflects Becca's holding company and is simply an animal he likes.


2011 Leopard Trek season, Genesis of the new team
The team presentation itself was something of a spectacle, featuring gymnasts, race videos, and presentations for each rider in front of an audience of 4,000 people, culminating in Nygaard and all riders appearing on stage wearing suit jackets and black scarves as they posed for photos. Shortly after the team's presentation, Trek sent out a primer to cycling media detailing their preferences that the team not be referred to with the prefix "Team" as some other teams are and that there be no hyphen between the sponsors' names. They also specified a preferred verbal pronunciation and that when referred to in print, the team's name should appear in all capital letters. This last request was not widely adhered to.


2011 Leopard Trek season, Genesis of the new team
When the UCI released its list of teams graded according to their hierarchy that decided who would receive a World Tour license, this team's signees put them at the top, making them world number one before they even existed. This did not guarantee the team a top-level license, it simply qualified them for it, but they were later announced as having received a four-year World Tour license. Whether intentionally or incidentally, this corresponded to the initial financial guarantee Becca put up for the team. Nygaard hailed the license acquisition as the fruition of many months of hard work. This afforded the team automatic invitations to all World Tour events, including the season's three Grand Tours.


2011 Leopard Trek season, One-day races, Spring classics
Klemme got the team's first-ever win early in the spring season, at Le Samyn. After a solo escapee was caught by an elite 12-rider group that came clear of the peloton, Klemme timed his attack on the day's final climb with precision and stayed out front for victory by eight seconds over Kevyn Ista. The team came to the first monument race of the season, Milan–San Remo, with high ambitions.


2011 Leopard Trek season, One-day races, Spring classics
Cancellara aimed for a second triumph in the race, having previously won the 2008 edition, but he recognized that slipping away unmarked in the race's final kilometers as he did three years prior would be difficult to do again. He considered Philippe Gilbert to be his principal rival for the race. Cancellara and O'Grady made the day's major selection on the Le Manie climb, after a crash 90 km (56 mi) from the finish.


2011 Leopard Trek season, One-day races, Spring classics
O'Grady hit out on the attack a few times shortly before the end of the race, but it was Cancellara who was present in an eight-rider group that formed on the Poggio which decided the race. These eight riders represented eight different teams, so no one was able to get a proper leadout. After Gilbert, Vincenzo Nibali, and Yoann Offredo opened up the sprint, Cancellara tried to come around them for the win, but was beaten at the line by HTC–Highroad's Matthew Goss. Cancellara was deeply disappointed to finish second, feeling that even though he had done one of the best sprints of his life, he had not done adequately to pay off his team's efforts on the day.


2011 Leopard Trek season, One-day races, Spring classics
Cancellara was noticeably still recovering from his Milan–San Remo effort at Dwars door Vlaanderen, where he tried to attack for victory in the finale, but faded quickly and finished only 36th. The squad's best-placed rider was Posthuma in 31st. Cancellara's recovery was perhaps complete at the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke. After a series of mechanical incidents, resulting in several wheel changes and then a whole bike change, Cancellara sped past the trailing peloton on the Oude Kwaremont climb and effortlessly bridged to the front of the race.


2011 Leopard Trek season, One-day races, Spring classics
Once there, he left even the front group on the road well behind him, winning the race by a full minute over second placed Vladimir Gusev. Cancellara said he was more impressed with this victory than when he won the same race in 2010, and analysis of his win suggested he stood as the odds-on favorite for the Tour of Flanders.


2011 Leopard Trek season, One-day races, Spring classics
Jonathan Vaughters, whose Garmin–Cervélo team had effectively controlled the front of the race but were powerless to stop Cancellara, stated that should an on-form Cancellara ever get even five seconds' advantage at the front of a race near the end, he would likely not be seen again. Vaughters joked that rival teams would need a sniper to stop the Swiss classics specialist.


2011 Leopard Trek season, One-day races, Spring classics
Cancellara's pedigree, 2011 successes, and status as defending champion made him a major favorite for the second monument race, the Tour of Flanders. Cancellara put in a seemingly decisive move from the head of the main field on the Leberg, the fourteenth cobbled climb on the day's parcours. He quickly opened up a time gap of over a minute, and the race seemed to be decided. He cracked on the Muur van Geraardsbergen, however, and was swept up by an elite leading group of favorites and contenders.


2011 Leopard Trek season, One-day races, Spring classics
He put in a second acceleration on the last climb, the Bosberg, and was followed by Sylvain Chavanel and Nick Nuyens. Having perhaps spent himself too early in the race by attacking solo and not working with other riders to gain a large time gap, Cancellara could only manage third of the three. After the race, Cancellara blasted Nuyens and the other riders in the race, saying they only rode to keep him from winning. He referred to himself as a "gladiator" and said that the manner in which Nuyens won, staying in Cancellara's slipstream and then outsprinting him with the line in view, had no value in his eyes.


2011 Leopard Trek season, One-day races, Spring classics
Cancellara was again thought to be the odds-on favorite at the next monument classic, Paris–Roubaix. After an aggressive first two hours of racing kept any breakaway groups from going clear, a leading group of 21 slowly formed between the start of the cobbles and the Arenberg sector. They took a maximum advantage of two and a half minutes. The second group on the road gradually whittled down to a select group of top favorites. Cancellara tried several times to accelerate out of this group to bridge to the front of the race.


2011 Leopard Trek season, One-day races, Spring classics
Thor Hushovd, Alessandro Ballan, and Juan Antonio Flecha marked his moves, but did not contribute any work, instead simply holding Cancellara's wheel. Eventually, Cancellara decided against towing the superior sprinter Hushovd to the front of the race with him, and for a while forwent further attacks. During this time, the leaders' time gap held steady at about 90 seconds for many kilometers.


2011 Leopard Trek season, One-day races, Spring classics
Right about the time that Johan Vansummeren attacked from the leading group and got free to occupy first position on the road, with 15 km (9.3 mi) left to race, Cancellara did likewise out of the group of favorites, putting in easily his most intensive pull. Only Hushovd and Ballan could follow, and they stormed past the remnants of the earlier breakaway, with the exception of Vansummeren who remained out front for victory. Cancellara bested Maarten Tjallingii and Grégory Rast in a sprint for second place 19 seconds back of the Belgian.


2011 Leopard Trek season, One-day races, Spring classics
Cancellara again rued after the race that everyone had marked him and only him. He claimed that the non-cooperation of riders like Hushovd and Ballan had meant victory for him was not possible, and so second place for him was like a victory that day. Vaughters commented that Cancellara was indeed the strongest single rider in the race, but his squad had been the strongest team, which was why they won. Cancellara was also badly isolated from his teammates as a result of his rivals' tactics and his teammates' lesser form. The only other Leopard Trek rider after to finish the race was Mortensen in 94th, almost 14 minutes down. Cancellara's ride was not entirely without reward, as it was after Paris–Roubaix that he attained the UCI world number one ranking, thanks mostly to his three podium finishes at the monuments.


2011 Leopard Trek season, One-day races, Spring classics
Cancellara was not considered to be a favorite for the Amstel Gold Race, though he was part of the strong squad that the Leopard Trek team brought to the race. Sporting director Kim Andersen stated the race was more of a goal for one of the Schleck brothers. Cancellara commented that he felt "free as a bird" in the Amstel, riding it for the first time since 2004, and that he was not under pressure to get a result.


2011 Leopard Trek season, One-day races, Spring classics
He identified Philippe Gilbert as the main favorite for the race, and promised not to ride against him as he felt his rivals had done to him in the cobbled classics. The race took place two days after Fränk Schleck's 30th birthday, further intensifying it as a goal for him. Cancellara and both Schleck brothers effectively stayed at the front of the race most of the day, but Cancellara and Fränk Schleck lost contact after crashing on the Gulperberg 28 km (17 mi) from the finish.


2011 Leopard Trek season, One-day races, Spring classics
This left Andy Schleck alone to fend for victory, and his tactic was a solo attack launched from 12 km (7.5 mi) out, on the Keutenberg. The tactic was nearly successful, as the younger Schleck brother occupied first position on the road with only 500 m (1,600 ft) left to race, but a chase pack led by Gilbert overhauled him at that point. Visibly spent from his solo effort, Schleck had nothing left for the finale and finished 11th, 28 seconds down on race winner Gilbert.


2011 Leopard Trek season, One-day races, Spring classics
He stated after the race that he was satisfied with his effort, feeling that going for the win from so far out was his only play for victory without any teammates in the front group. He may have finished a few positions higher if he had stayed with the Gilbert group, but he almost certainly would have had no chance for victory against the fast finisher Gilbert; thus, the solo attack was the correct move in his eyes, since his only ambition was victory. Danish rider Jakob Fuglsang, however, managed to snatch a result for the team, as he finished in 4th place, 5 seconds down on Gilbert.


2011 Leopard Trek season, One-day races, Spring classics
The Schleck brothers were again the squad leaders for the remaining Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Pre -race analyses mentioned them as contenders for both races. At La Flèche Wallonne, Andy Schleck worked for brother Fränk, taking pulls at the front of the main field to help chase down the morning breakaway. He did not feel physically up to riding for the win. Fränk was able to ride at the front of the race all day, and made the selections up to the race-concluding Mur de Huy.