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Stage 4, Apr 30, Aubonne - Signal-de-Bougy (ITT) 20.1km

1. David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:27:57
2. Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank-Sungard 0:00:02
3. Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil – Dcm 0:00:16
4. Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Pro Cycling 0:00:18
5. Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:00:27
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:45
16 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana
22 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:01:14
26 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 0:01:19
43 Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC 0:01:40
63 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:02:02
70 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre - ISD 0:02:07
88 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Pro Team Astana 0:02:29
108 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:02:58
123 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:03:43

General Classification

1. Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
2. Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:00:18
3. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:00:19
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Stage 3, Apr 29, Thierrens - Neuchatel, 165.7 km:
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 3:47:55
2 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
3 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad
4 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
6 Davide Vigano (Ita) Leopard Trek
7 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack
8 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
9 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD
10 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
15 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana
38 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre - ISD
64 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana
65 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack
104 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:00:56
105 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Pro Team Astana
136 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:15:01

General classification after stage 3
1 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 12:31:34
2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:00:32
3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:00:38
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:42

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Stage 2, Apr 28, Romont 171.8 km
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 4:10:53
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:02
3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
4 Rui Alberto Faria Costa (Por) Movistar Team
5 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
6 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
8 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC
10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
39 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 0:01:20
45 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre - ISD
48 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:01:28
60 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD 0:01:42
63 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Geox-TMC 0:01:48
67 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:01:56
69 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team 0:01:58
73 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:02:07
74 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana
75 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana
83 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Katusha Team 0:04:14
97 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Pro Team Astana 0:06:39
98 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team
103 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad
109 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team 0:09:35
110 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha Team 0:09:35
115 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:12:34
116 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team
128 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:12:34
141 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Katusha Team

General classification after stage 2
1 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 8:43:39
2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:00:38
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:42
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana

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Stage 1, Wednesday, April 27 2011, Martigny - Leysin, 172.6 km:
1 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 4:27:41
2 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD 0:00:56
3 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team 0:01:14
4 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:23
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:01:59
6 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:01
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
8 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
9 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - ISD
11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana

General classification after stage 1:
1 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team
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April 26, Prologue: Martigny (ITT) 3.5km
1 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:03:40
2 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
3 Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:00:01
4 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack 0:00:02
5 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo
6 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:03
7 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad
8 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:00:04
9 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
10 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek
12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team
45 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:00:10
50 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:00:11
66 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:00:12
67 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team
80 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre - ISD
82 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:13
97 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team
98 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team
99 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
110 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Katusha Team 0:00:16
114 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad
111 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team
118 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:00:17
119 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Pro Team Astana
123 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:18
132 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:00:21
136 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team
137 Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC
143 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 0:00:23
148 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:27
152 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:00:41
154 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Geox-TMC 0:00:54

General classification after prologue
1 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:03:40

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May 2, Stage 5: Sion 121.8km

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1. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 03:36:19
2. Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
3. Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-Vini
4. Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
5. Tiago Machado (Por) Team Radioshack 0:00:23
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1 мая, этап 4: Vevey - Chatel 157.9km
1 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini 4:05:25
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:13
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
4 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0:00:15
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:22
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha
8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) RadioShack
9 Michael Rogers (Aus) HTC-Columbia
10 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux
11 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank

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April 30, Stage 3 (ITT): Moudon 23.4km

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Новая звезда Saxo bank - Richie Porte!

1 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:30:54
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:26
3 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:27
4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 0:00:28
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