Giro del Ticino - 2.6

Switzerland, June 15-17, 2001

The Stages

  • Stage 1 - June 15:
  • Stage 2a - June 16: Monte Ceneri - Vacallo, 108 km
  • Stage 2b - June 16: Obiono - Muggio, 8.2 km
  • Stage 3 - June 17: Monte Ceneri-Lugano, 128.6 km

Stage 1 - June 15: Bellinzona - Bellinzona, 136,7 km

1. Benni De Schrooder (Bel)
2. Mauro Belluschi (Ita)
3. Florian Ludi (Swi) 
4. Ramon Rutski (Swi)
5. Jörg Strauss (Swi)
6. Volodomir Bileka (Ukr)                0.28
7. Rudolf Wentzel (Bel)
8. Markus Joho (Swi)                     1.02
9. Roberto Tagliabue (Ita)               1.05
10. Michael Albasini (Swi 

Stage 2a - June 16: Monte Ceneri - Vacallo, 108 km

1 Ruslan Grischenko (Ukr)             2.44.27 (39.440 km/h)
2 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA)
3 Mauro Belluschi (Ita)                  0.08 
4 David Ruckstuhl (Swi)                  0.15
5 Markus Joho (Swi)                      0.32
6 Roberto Tagliabue (Ita)                0.36

Stage 2b - June 16: Obiono - Muggio, 8.2 km

1 David Ruckstuhl (Swi)                 15.11 
2 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA)                   0.14
3 Marc Müller (Swi)                      0.19
4 Wolodimir Bielka (Ukr)                 0.23
5 Hugo Jenni (Swi)                       0.42
6 Ruslan Grischenko (Ukr)                0.46

General classification after stage 2b

1 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA)                6.13.56
2 Mauro Belluschi (Ita)                  0.25
3 David Ruckstuhl (Swi)                  0.38
4 Florian Ludi (Swi)                     0.54
5 Ruslan Grischenko (Ukr)                1.09
6 Marc Müller (Swi)                      1.28
7 Jörg Strauss (Swi)                     1.29
8 Hugo Jenni (Swi)                       1.47
9 Christoph Sauser (Swi)                 2.02
10 Markus Joho (Swi)                     2.05

Stage 3 - June 17: Monte Ceneri-Lugano, 128.6 km

1 Benis Shkarpeta (Uzb)               3.22.51 (38.047 km/h)
2 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr)                 0.01 
3 Roberto Tagliabue (Ita)
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel)
5 David Ruckstuhl (Swi) 
6 Mauro Belluschi (Ita)

Final general classification

1 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA)                9.36.23
2 Mauro Belluschi (Ita)                  0.25
3 David Ruckstuhl (Swi)                  0.38
4 Florian Ludi (Swi)                     0.54
5 Ruslan Grichenko (Ukr)                 1.09
6 Marc Müller (Swi)                      1.28
7 Hugo Jenni (Swi)                       1.47
8 Jörg Strauss (Swi)                     1.58
9 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr)                 2.12
10 Roberto Tagliabue (Ita)               2.33

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