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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian |
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Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
March 19, 2011 |
Milan-San Remo |
Matthew Goss (Aus) |
298 km |
April 3, 2011 |
Tour of Flanders |
Nick Nuyens (Bel) |
Bruges-Meerbeke 256.3 km |
April 10, 2011 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Johan Van Summeren (Bel) |
258 km |
April 24, 2011 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) |
255.5 km |
May 7-29, 2011 |
Giro d'Italia |
xxxx Alberto Contador (Spa) DQ'dxxxx Michele Scarponi (Ita) |
21 Stages,
3,481 km |
July 2-24, 2011 |
Tour de France |
Cadel Evans (Aus) |
21 Stages,
3,420.5 km |
August 20-September 11, 2011 |
Vuelta a Espana |
xxxxJuan Jose Cobo (Spa) DQ'dxxxx Chris Froome (GBr) |
21 Stages,
3,293.4 km |
September 25, 2011 |
World
Championships |
Mark Cavendish (GBr) |
Copenhagen, Den 260 km |
October 15, 2011 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Oliver Zaugg (Sui) |
Varese-Lecco,
241 km |
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January 8 - Attempted assassination of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway grocery store kills 6 and wounds 13, including Giffords.
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May 2 - Osama bin Laden Islamic militant and founder of al-Qaeda, and the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks was on the FBI's most wanted list, is killed by US special forces (Operation Neptune Spear) in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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June 22 - After hiding for 16 years, Boston gangster Whitey Bulger was arrested outside an apartment complex in Santa Monica, California.
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September 15 - Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli performs with the NY Philharmonic and guests Celine Dion, Tony Bennett, and Pretty Yende, on the Great Lawn of New York City's Central Park; 70,000 in attendance
September 17 - The “Occupy Wall Street” movement against economic inequality and the influence of money in politics began in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
Notable Deaths -
Wouter Weylandt (Bel) (1984-2011) Belgian professional cyclist, he crashed during the 3rd stage of the Giro d'Italia. He died of his injuries at the age of 27.
Duke Snider (1926-2011) American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder for the Brooklyn / LA Dodgers, achieved 8 MLB All Star selections and appeared in the World Series 1955, 59. He died at 84.
Frank Buckles (1901-2011) the last surviving American World War I veteran.
Muammar Gaddafi (1942-2011) Libyan revolutionary, political theorist and authoritarian dictator, was beaten to death in captivity by a Misratan militia. He died at 69.
Joe Frazier (1944-2011) American boxer (Olympic gold heavyweight 1964; undisputed world heavyweight champion (1970-73), died of liver cancer at 67.
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