2001 Giro d'Italia
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| Dates | 19 May - 10 June | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 21 + prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,356 km (2,085 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 89h 02' 58" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Gilberto Simoni (ITA)
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(Lampre–Daikin) |
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| Second |
 Abraham Olano (ESP)
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(ONCE–Eroski) | |
| Third |
Unai Osa (ESP)
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(iBanesto.com) | |
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Points |
Massimo Strazzer (ITA)
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(Mobilvetta Design) |
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Mountains |
 Fredy González (COL)
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(Selle Italia–Pacific) |
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Intergiro |
Massimo Strazzer (ITA)
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(Mobilvetta Design) |
| Team | Alessio | ||
| Team Points | Fassa Bortolo | ||
The 2001 Giro d'Italia was the 84th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began with a 7 km (4 mi) prologue that went from Montesilvano to Pescara. The race came to a close on June 10 with a mass-start stage that ended in the Italian city of Milan. Twenty teams entered the race that was won by the Italian Gilberto Simoni of the Lampre–Daikin team. Second and third were the Spanish riders Abraham Olano and Unai Osa.
In the race's other classifications, Selle Italia–Pacific rider Fredy González won the mountains classification, Massimo Strazzer of the Mobilvetta Design team won the intergiro classification and the points classification.Alessio finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The other team classification, the Trofeo Super Team classification, where the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage and the points are then totaled for each team was also won by Fassa Bortolo.
A total of 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2001 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 180 cyclists. Out of the 180 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 136 riders made it to the finish in Milan.
The 20 teams that took part in the race were:
The route for the 2001 Giro d'Italia was unveiled by race director Carmine Castellano on 11 November 2000 in Milan. It contained two time trial events, both of which were individual. In the stages containing categorized climbs, four had summit finishes: stage 4, to Mercogliano; stage 13, to Passo Pordoi; and stage 18, to Santuario. The organizers chose to include one rest day. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 320 km (199 mi) shorter, contained the same amount of rest days, and one less individual time trial. In addition, this race had an opening prologue like the year before.
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