2001 Tour de France

Tour de France standings
year = 2001
gc1 = Lance Armstrong
gc1time = 86h 17'28"
gc2 = Jan Ullrich
gc2time = +6'44"
gc3 = Joseba Beloki
gc3time = +9'05"
pc1 = Erik Zabel
pc1points = 252 points
pc2 = Stuart O'Grady
pc2points = 244 points
pc3 = Damien Nazon
pc3points = 169 points
kom1 = Laurent Jalabert
kom1points = 258 points
kom2 = Jan Ullrich
kom2points = 211 points
kom3 = Laurent Roux
kom3points = 200 points
youth1 = Oscar Sevilla
youth1time = 86h 35'58"
youth2 = Francisco Mancebo
youth2time = +10'03"
youth3 = Jörg Jaksche
youth3time = +47'32"
team1 = Kelme-Costa Blanca
team1time = 259h 14'44"
team2 = ONCE-Eroski
team2time = +4'59"
team3 = Deutsche Telekom
team3time = +41'06"

The 2001 Tour de France was relatively short, but also difficult, with a number of heavy mountain stages, a team time trial and a climbing time trial. France was done 'clockwise', and thus the Alps were visited before the Pyrenees. The Tour started in France, but in the first week Belgium was visited as well. The finish was, as is traditional, on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

The great favorite was the winner of 1999 and 2000, the American Lance Armstrong. His major opponent, like last year, would probably be German Jan Ullrich. Other major contenders seemed to be Joseba Beloki from Spain, Christophe Moreau from France and Francesco Casagrande from Italy. Not starting, because their teams were not selected, were Swiss Alex Zülle, Italian climber Marco Pantani and Italian sprinter Mario Cipollini.

Erik Zabel wins his record sixth consecutive Maillot vert (or green jersey) in the points classification as the best sprinter.

tages

=King of the Mountains classification=

Teams Classification

ee also

* List of doping cases in cycling

External links

* [http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/2001/tour01/results/results_stage_20.shtml 2001 Tour de France comprehensive results]