84^th Giro d'Italia - 2001

Italy, May 19 - June 10, 2001

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Stefano Garzelli
Photo ©: AFP

The 84th edition of the Giro d'Italia was unveiled in Milan's Verdi theatre by the organisers, RCS Sport. Without making any bold predictions, the 21 stage, 3,572 kilometre event will be the longest of the three Grand Tours in 2001, with an average daily distance of 175.5 kilometres (excluding time trials). In 1998, the Giro was 3,999 kilometres long, and in 1999 it was 3,707 kilometres, so there is at least some trend toward the shorter distances.

Short does not necessarily mean easy, and the Vuelta 2000 certainly proved that with its sub 3000 kilometre parcours. In addition, the riders of the Giro 2001 will only get one rest day: on June 5 after 16 stages of racing. However, this is balanced with fewer high mountain stages and there are a total of 11 completely flat stages. There are a total of 21,200 vertical metres of climbing.

Marco Pantani
Photo: ©Sirotti

There are two very tough days in the Giro 2001: Stage 13 (Montebelluna - Passo Pordoi, 224 km), taking the riders twice up the 11 kilometre, 7.1% Passo Pordoi, as well as the Passo Rolle and Passo Fedaia; and Stage 18 (Imperia - St. Anna Di Vinadio, 234 km), which includes the 2511 m Colle Fauniera, the highest point of the race (Cima Coppi) and is a 14.5 kilometre slog at a savage 9.5%. This combined with three other challenging climbs on that day will make for a hard fought stage to the mountaintop finish in St. Anna Di Vinadio.

There will only be one individual time trial other than the 7.6 kilometre prologue in Pescara. Stage 15 will take the riders 55 kilometres between Sirmione Terme and Salo, alongside Lake Garda.

The Giro will venture across the border only once: Stage 10 into Slovenia which finishes in Ljubljana.

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Francesco Casagrande
Photo: ©Sirotti

On Saturday November 11, the complete route for the Giro d'Italia 2001 was officially unveiled in Milan's Verdi Auditorium. Amongst those present included 2000 winner, Stefano Garzelli, as well as former winners Ivan Gotti and Marco Pantani, sprinter Mario Cipollini and former champion Felice Gimondi.

Pantani described it as a "very uncertain Giro, with fewer kilometres of time trials and mountains, probably to help Ullrich. It is a very open Giro, with the possibility that it could also be spectacular. It may be that a pure climber could win."

Mario Cipollini
Photo: ©Sirotti

Stefano Garzelli believed that it was a "hard Giro, but not the hardest. The kilometres against the clock are all in one 55 kilometre stage, and that will be felt a lot. I think that it will be and uncertain Giro until the finish." Ivan Gotti did not think it was a hard Giro. "There are unknown climbs that are to be discovered, with two decisive mountain stages".

The man who has won the most ever Giro stages (and who is still riding), Mario Cipollini said that "It is a Giro with something for everyone. For us sprinters, I believe that we have enough opportunities to win stages, the important thing is to know how to take advantage of them.

" Felice Gimondi said "Seeing it here on paper, it should make certain the presence of Jan Ullrich, because it is a Giro that is designed for him. There are only two important mountain stages and the rest is a very uncertain route."

Start List

Last update: May 18, 1800 CEST

Mapei-Quick Step                     Alessio
 
1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita)             11 Stefano Casagranda (Ita)
2 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita)            12 Davide Casarotto (Ita)
3 Manuel Beltran (Spa)               13 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita)
4 Davide Bramati (Ita)               14 Ivan Gotti (Ita)
5 Luca Scinto (Ita)                  15 Martin Hvastija (Slo)
6 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita)             16 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda)
7 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita)             17 Endrio Leoni (Ita)
8 Andrea Noe' (Ita)                  18 Alexandre Shefer (Kaz)
9 Stefano Zanini (Ita)               19 Mauro Zanetti (Ita)

Alexia Alluminio                     Bonjour
 
21 Dario Andriotto (Ita)             31 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra)
22 Andrea Brognara (Ita)             32 Franck Bouyer (Fra)
23 Pascal Herve (Fra)                33 Pascal Derame (Fra)
24 Marco Magnani (Ita)               34 Thomas Voeckler (Fra)
25 Gianluca Valoti (Ita)             35 Noan Lelarge (Fra)
26 Mario Manzoni (Ita)               36 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra)
27 Ivan Quaranta (Ita)               37 Damien Nazon (Fra)
28 Eddy Serri (Ita)                  38 Mickael Pichon (Fra)
29 Marco Villa (Ita)                 39 Fabrice Salanson (Fra)
 
Cantina Tollo-Acqua&Sapone           Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
 
41 Danilo Di Luca (Ita)              51 Giuliano Figueras (Ita)
42 Gabriele Colombo (Ita)            52 Nathan O'Neill (Aus)
43 Roberto Conti (Ita)               53 Vladimir Duma (Ukr)
44 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita)        54 Michele Coppolillo (Ita)
45 Filippo Simeoni (Ita)             55 Enrico Degano (Ita)
46 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita)      56 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex)
47 Guido Trenti (USA)                57 Domenico Romano (Ita)
48 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz)            58 Antonio Varriale (Ita)
49 Cristian Pepoli (Ita)             59 Tom Leaper (Aus)
 
Fassa Bortolo                        iBanesto.com
 
61 Fabio Baldato (Ita)               71 José Luis Arrieta (Spa)
62 Wladimir Belli (Ita)              72 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita)
63 Francesco Casagrande (Ita)        73 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa)
64 Dario Frigo (Ita)                 74 David Navas Chica (Spa)
65 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus)             75 David Latasa Lasa (Spa)
66 Andrea Peron (Ita)                76 Jon Odriozola (Spa)
67 Roberto Petito (Ita)              77 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa)
68 Matteo Tosatto (Ita)              78 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita)
69 Tadej Valjavec (Slo)              79 Cesar Solaun Solana (Spa)
 
Kelme-Costa Blanca                   Lampre-Daikin
 
81 Laurent Desbiens (Fra)            91 Gilberto Simoni (Ita)
82 Juan Manuel Cuenca Martinez (Spa) 92 Oskar Camenzind (Swi)
83 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa)            93 Massimo Codol (Ita)
84 Francisco Leon Mane (Spa)         94 Sergio Barbero (Ita)
85 Gustavo Miguel Otero Gomez (Spa)  95 Mariano Piccoli (Ita)
86 Joaquim Lopez Torrella (Spa)      96 Simone Bertoletti (Ita)
87 Jesus Maria Manzano Ruano (Spa)   97 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa)
88 Carlos García Quesada (Spa)       98 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr)
89 Juan Jose de los Angels (Spa)     99 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita)

Liquigas-Pata                        Lotto-Adecco
 
101 Davide Rebellin (Ita)            111 Mario Aerts (Bel)
102 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr)           112 Christophe Brandt (Bel)
103 Marco Zanotti (Ita)              113 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned)
104 Denis Zanette (Ita)              114 Hans De Clercq (Bel)
105 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo)            115 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel)
106 Stefano Cattai (Ita)             116 Nico Eeckhout (Bel)
107 Ellis Rastelli (Ita)             117 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel)
108 Gianni Faresin (Ita)             118 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel)
109 Mirko Marini (Ita)               119 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel)
 
Mercatone Uno-Stream TV              Mobilvetta-Formaggi Trentini
 
121 Marco Pantani (Ita)              131 Alberto Ongarato (Ita)
122 Daniel Clavero (Spa)             132 Massimo Strazzer (Ita)
123 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita)           133 Moreno Di Biase (Ita)
124 Marco Velo (Ita)                 134 Uros Murn (Slo)
125 Marcello Siboni (Ita)            135 Michele Gobbi (Ita)
126 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita)          136 Devis Miorin (Ita)
127 Daniele De Paoli (Ita)           137 Timothy Jones (Zim)
128 Riccardo Forconi (Ita)           138 José J. Gonzalez Pico (Col)
129 Simone Borgheresi (Ita)          139 Domenico Gualdi (Ita)
 
O.N.C.E.                             Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'
 
141 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa)      151 Mario Cipollini (Ita)
142 René Andrle (Cze)                152 Biagio Conte (Ita)
143 José Azevedo (Por)               153 Laurent Dufaux (Swi)
144 Francisco Garcia Rodriguez  (Spa)154 Massimiliano Mori (Ita)
145 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa)            155 Pavel Padrnos (Cze)
146 Jan Hruska (Cze)                 156 Fabio Sacchi (Ita)
147 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa)          157 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita)
148 Miguel Angel Pena (Spa)          158 Mario Scirea (Ita)
149 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa)   159 Francesco Secchiari (Ita)
 
Selle Italia-Pacific                 Tacconi-Vini Caldirola
 
161 Herman Buenahora (Col)           171 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita)
162 Joaquim Castelblanco (Col)       172 Peter Luttenberger (Aut)
163 Carlos Contreras (Col)           173 Paolo Bossoni (Ita)
164 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col)    174 Ruggero Borghi (Ita)
165 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col)        175 Diego Ferrari (Ita)
166 Fortunato Baliani (Ita)          176 Mauro Gerosa (Ita)
167 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita)         177 Nicola Miceli (Ita)
168 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita)           178 Zoran Klemencic (Slo)
169 Jhon F. Garcia (Col)             179 Andrej Hauptman (Slo)
 
Team Colpack-Astro                   Team Deutsche Telekom
 
181 Fabio Bulgarelli (Ita)           191 Jan Ullrich (Ger)
182 Matteo Carrara (Ita)             192 Alberto Elli (Ita)
183 Michele Colleoni (Ita)           193 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita)
184 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita)      194 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger)
185 Gianni Gobbini (Ita)             195 Danilo Hondo (Ger)
186 Denis Lunghi (Ita)               196 Matthias Kessler (Ger)
187 Rafael Mateos Perez (Spa)        197 Kevin Livingston (USA)
188 Renzo Mazzoleni (Spa)            198 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita)
189 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn)            199 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita)

Past Winners

Year Maglia Rosa               Second                     Third
2000 Stefano Garzelli (Ita)    Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Gilberto Simoni (Ita)
1999 Ivan Gotti (Ita)          Paolo Savoldelli (Ita)     Gilberto Simoni (Ita)
1998 Marco Pantani (Ita)       Pavel Tonkov (Rus)         Giuseppe Guerini (Ita)
1997 Ivan Gotti (Ita)          Pavel Tonkov (Rus)         Giuseppe Guerini (Ita)
1996 Pavel Tonkov (Rus)        Enrico Zaina (Ita)         Abraham Olano (Spa)
1995 Tony Rominger (Swi)       Evgeni Berzin (Rus)        Piotr Ugrumov (Rus)
1994 Evgeni Berzin (Rus)       Marco Pantani (Ita)        Miguel Indurain (Spa)
1993 Miguel Indurain (Spa)     Piotr Ugrumov (Lat)        Claudio Chiappucci (Ita)
1992 Miguel Indurain (Spa)     Claudio Chiappucci (Ita)   Franco Chioccioli (Ita)
1991 Franco Chioccioli (Ita)   Claudio Chiappucci (Ita)   Massimiliano Lelli (Ita)
1990 Gianni Bugno (Ita)        Charles Mottet (Fra)       Marco Giovannetti (Ita)
1989 Laurent Fignon (Fra)      Flavio Giupponi (Ita)      Andrew Hampsten (USA)
1988 Andrew Hampsten (USA)     Erik Breukink (Ned)        Urs Zimmermann (Swi)
1987 Stephen Roche (Irl)       Robert Millar (Sco)        Erik Breukink (Ned)
1986 Roberto Visentini (Ita)   Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)     Francesco Moser (Ita)
1985 Bernard Hinault (Fra)     Francesco Moser (Ita)      Greg Lemond (USA)
1984 Francesco Moser (Ita)     Laurent Fignon (Fra)       Moreno Argentin (Ita)
1983 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)    Roberto Visentini (Ita)    Alberto Fernandez (Spa)
1982 Bernard Hinault (Fra)     Tommy Prim (Swe)           Silvano Contini (Ita)
1981 Giovanni Battaglin (Ita)  Tommy Prim (Swe)           Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)
1980 Bernard Hinault (Fra)     Wladimiro Panizza (Ita)    Giovanni Battaglin (Ita)
1979 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)    Francesco Moser (Ita)      Bernt Johansson (Swe)
1978 Johan De Muynck (Bel)     G. Baronchelli (Ita)       Francesco Moser (Ita)
1977 Michel Pollentier (Bel)   Francesco Moser (Ita)      G. Baronchelli (Ita)
1976 Felice Gimondi (Ita)      Johan De Muynck (Bel)      Fausto Bertoglio (Ita)
1975 Fausto Bertoglio (Ita)    Francisco Galdos (Spa)     Felice Gimondi (Ita)
1974 Eddy Merckx (Bel)         G. Baronchelli (Ita)       Felice Gimondi (Ita)
1973 Eddy Merckx (Bel)         Felice Gimondi (Ita)       Giovanni Battaglin (Ita)
1972 Eddy Merckx (Bel)         Jose Manuel Fuente (Spa)   Francisco Galdos (Spa)
1971 Gosta Pettersson (Swe)    Herman Van Springel (Bel)  Ugo Colombo (Ita)
1970 Eddy Merckx (Bel)         Felice Gimondi (Ita)       Martin Vandenbossche (Bel)
1969 Felice Gimondi (Ita)      Claudio Michelotto (Ita)   Italo Zilioli (Ita)
1968 Eddy Merckx (Bel)         Vittorio Adorni (Ita)      Felice Gimondi (Ita)
1967 Felice Gimondi (Ita)      Franco Balmamion (Ita)     Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1966 Gianni Motta (Ita)        Italo Zilioli (Ita)        Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1965 Vittorio Adorni (Ita)     Italo Zilioli (Ita)        Felice Gimondi (Ita)
1964 Jacques Anquetil (Fra)    Italo Zilioli (Ita)        Guido De Rosso (Ita)
1963 Franco Balmamion (Ita)    Vittorio Adorni (Ita)      Giorgio Zancanaro (Ita)
1962 Franco Balmamion (Ita)    Imerio Massignan (Ita)     Nino Defilippis (Ita)
1961 Arnaldo Pambianco (Ita)   Jacques Anquetil (Fra)     Antonio Suarez (Spa)
1960 Jacques Anquetil (Fra)    Gastone Nencini (Ita)      Charly Gaul (Lux)
1959 Charly Gaul (Lux)         Jacques Anquetil (Fra)     Diego Ronchini (Ita)
1958 Ercole Baldini (Ita)      Jean Brankart (Bel)        Charly Gaul (Lux)
1957 Gastone Nencini (Ita)     Louison Bobet (Fra)        Ercole Baldini (Ita)
1956 Charly Gaul (Lux)         Fiorenzo Magni (Ita)       Agostino Coletto (Ita)
1955 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita)      Fausto Coppi (Ita)         Gastone Nencini (Ita)
1954 Carlo Clerici (Swi)       Hugo Koblet (Swi)          Nino Assirelli (Ita)
1953 Fausto Coppi (Ita)        Hugo Koblet (Swi)          Pasquale Fornara (Ita)
1952 Fausto Coppi (Ita)        Fiorenzo Magni (Ita)       Ferdy Kubler (Swi)
1951 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita)      Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel)  Ferdy Kubler (Swo)
1950 Hugo Koblet (Swi)         Gino Bartali (Ita)         Alfredo Martini (Ita)
1949 Fausto Coppi (Ita)        Gino Bartali (Ita)         Giordano Cottur (Ita)
1948 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita)      Ezio Cecchi (Ita)          Giordano Cottur (Ita)
1947 Fausto Coppi (Ita)        Gino Bartali (Ita)         Giulio Bresci (Ita)
1946 Gino Bartali (Ita)        Fausto Coppi (Ita)         Vito Ortelli (Ita)
1940 Fausto Coppi (Ita)        Enrico Mollo (Ita)         Giordano Cottur (Ita)
1939 Giovanni Valetti (Ita)    Gino Bartali (Ita)         Mario Vicini (Ita)
1938 Giovanni Valetti (Ita)    Ezio Cecchi (Ita)          Severino Canavesi (Ita)
1937 Gino Bartali (Ita)        Giovanni Valetti (Ita)     Enrico Mollo (Ita)
1936 Gino Bartali (Ita)        Giuseppe Olmo (Ita)        Severino Canavesi (Ita)
1935 Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita)   Giuseppe Martano (Ita)     Giuseppe Olmo (Ita)
1934 Learco Guerra (Ita)       Francesco Camusso (Ita)    Giovanni Cazzulani (Ita)
1933 Alfredo Binda (Ita)       Jef Demuysere (Bel)        Domenico Piemontesi (Ita)
1932 Antonio Pesenti (Ita)     Jef Demuysere (Bel)        Remo Bertoni (Ita)
1931 Francesco Camusso (Ita)   Luigi Giacobbe (Ita)       Luigi Marchisio (Ita)
1930 Luigi Marchisio (Ita)     Luigi Giacobbe (Ita)       Allegro Grandi (Ita)
1929 Alfredo Binda (Ita)       Domenico Piemontesi (Ita)  Leonida Frascarelli (Ita)
1928 Alfredo Binda (Ita)       Giuseppe Pancera (Ita)     Bartolomeo Aymo (Ita)
1927 Alfredo Binda (Ita)       Giovanni Brunero (Ita)     Antonio Negrini (Ita)
1926 Giovanni Brunero (Ita)    Alfredo Binda (Ita)        Arturo Bresciani (Ita)
1925 Alfredo Binda (Ita)       Costante Girardengo (Ita)  Giovanni Brunero (Ita)
1924 Giuseppe Enrici (Ita)     Federico Gay (Ita)         Angiolo Gabrielli (Ita)
1923 Costante Girardengo (Ita) Giovanni Brunero (Ita)     Bartolomeo Aymo (Ita)
1922 Giovanni Brunero (Ita)    Bartolomeo Aymo (Ita)      Giuseppe Enrici (Ita)
1921 Giovanni Brunero (Ita)    Gaetano Belloni (Ita)      Bartolomeo Aymo (Ita)
1920 Gaetano Belloni (Ita)     Angelo Gremo (Ita)         Jean Alavoine (Fra)
1919 Costante Girardengo (Ita) Gaetano Belloni (Ita)      Marcel Buysse (Fra)
1914 Alfonso Calzolari (Ita)   Pierino Albini (Ita)       Luigi Lucotti (Ita)
1913 Carlo Oriani (Ita)        Eberardo Pavesi (Ita)      Giuseppe Azzini (Ita)
1912 Atala                     Peugeot                    Gerbi
1911 Carlo Galetti (Ita)       Giovanni Rossignoli (Ita)  Giovanni Gerbi (Ita)
1910 Carlo Galetti (Ita)       Eberardo Pavesi (Ita)      Luigi Ganna (Ita)
1909 Luigi Ganna (Ita)         Carlo Galetti (Ita)        Giovanni Rossignoli (Ita)