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2001 Vuelta a España
56th edition of the Vuelta a España
56th edition of the Vuelta a España
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2001 Vuelta a España |
| date | |
| stages | 21 |
| distance | 3012.2 |
| unit | km |
| time | 70h 49' 05" |
| first | Ángel Casero |
| first_nat | ESP |
| first_team | |
| first_color | gold |
| second | Óscar Sevilla |
| second_nat | ESP |
| second_team | |
| third | Levi Leipheimer |
| third_nat | USA |
| third_team | |
| points | José María Jiménez |
| points_nat | ESP |
| points_team | |
| points_color | orange |
| mountains | José María Jiménez |
| mountains_nat | ESP |
| mountains_team | |
| mountains_color | granatewhite |
| sprints | César García Calvo |
| sprints_nat | ESP |
| sprints_team | |
| sprints_color | greenwhite |
| team | |
| previous | [2000](2000-vuelta-a-espana) |
| next | [2002](2002-vuelta-a-espana) |
The 56th edition of the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance stage race and one of the three Grand Tours, was held from 8 September to 30 September 2001. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 3012 km, and was won by Ángel Casero of the cycling team at a speed of 42.534 km/h.
This edition of the Vuelta was notable for its final-stage time trial, during which Casero overcame a 25-second lead held by Óscar Sevilla of to win, while American Levi Leipheimer of managed to move past both teammate Roberto Heras and Juan Miguel Mercado to take third and become the first American ever to achieve a podium finish in the Vuelta. Additionally, Guido Trenti became the first American ever to win a stage in the race.
Teams
Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 2001 Vuelta a España
A total of 21 teams were invited to participate in the 2001 Vuelta a España. Fifteen of the competing squads were UCI Division I teams, while the other six teams were UCI Division II. Mercury–Viatel, who were previously scheduled to ride, didn't start. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Vuelta began with a peloton of 189 cyclists, a total of 139 riders made it to the finish in Madrid.
The 21 teams invited to the race were:
Stages
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | [1](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-1) | [2](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-2) | [3](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-3) | [4](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-4) | [5](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-5) | [6](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-6) | [7](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-7) | [8](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-8) | [9](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-9) | [10](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-10) | [11](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-11) | [12](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-12) | [13](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-13) | [14](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-14) | [15](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-15) | [16](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-16) | [17](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-17) | [18](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-18) | [19](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-19) | [20](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-20) | [21](2001-vuelta-a-espana-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-21) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September | Salamanca | 12 km | [[File:Time Trial.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Individual time trial | David Millar | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 September | Salamanca to Valladolid | 147.2 km | [[File:Plainstage.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Flat stage | Erik Zabel | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 September | Valladolid to León | 140.5 km | [[File:Plainstage.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Flat stage | Erik Zabel | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 September | León to Gijón | 175 km | [[File:Plainstage.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Flat stage | Erik Zabel | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 September | Gijón to Lagos de Covadonga | 160.8 km | [[File:Mountainstage.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Mountain stage | Juan Miguel Mercado | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 September | Cangas de Onís to Torrelavega | 180.6 km | [[File:Mediummountainstage.svg | 22px | alt= | link=]] | Medium-mountain stage | David Millar | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 September | Torrelavega | 44.2 km | [[File:Time Trial.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Individual time trial | Santiago Botero | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 September | Reinosa to Alto de la Cruz de la Demanda (Valdezcaray) | 195 km | [[File:Mountainstage.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Mountain stage | José María Jiménez | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 September | Logroño to Zaragoza | 179.2 km | [[File:Plainstage.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Flat stage | Igor González de Galdeano | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 September | Province of Barcelona | Rest day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 September | Sabadell to La Molina | 168.4 km | [[File:Mountainstage.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Mountain stage | Santiago Blanco | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 September | Alp to Estació de Pal (Andorra) | 154.2 km | [[File:Mountainstage.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Mountain stage | José María Jiménez | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 September | Ordino to Estació d'Esquí d'Ordino-Alcalís (Andorra) | 17.1 km | [[File:Mountain Time Trial Stage.svg | 22px | link=Mountain stage]] | Mountain time trial | José María Jiménez | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 September | Andorra to Universal Studios Port Aventura | 206 km | [[File:Hillystage.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Hilly stage | Beat Zberg | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 September | Tarragona to Vinaròs | 170.5 km | [[File:Plainstage.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Flat stage | Juan Manuel Gárate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 September | Valencia to Alto de Aitana | 207.2 km | [[File:Mountainstage.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Mountain stage | Claus Michael Møller | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 September | Province of Valencia | Rest day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 September | Alcoy to Murcia | 153.3 km | [[File:Hillystage.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Hilly stage | Tomáš Konečný | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 September | Murcia to Albacete | 159.5 km | [[File:Plainstage.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Flat stage | Robert Hunter | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 September | Albacete to Cuenca | 154.2 km | [[File:Plainstage.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Flat stage | Filippo Simeoni | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 September | Cuenca to Guadalajara | 168 km | [[File:Hillystage.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Hilly stage | Guido Trenti | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 September | Guadalajara to Alto de Abantos | 176.3 km | [[File:Mountainstage.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Mountain stage | Gilberto Simoni | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 September | Madrid | 38 km | [[File:Time Trial.svg | 20px | alt= | link=]] | Individual time trial | Santiago Botero | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,012.2 km |
Jersey progress
| Stage | Winner | **General classification** | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Points Classification** | |||||||||||
| **Mountains Classification** | |||||||||||
| **Team Classification** | Stage | Winner | **Ángel Casero** | ||||||||
| **José María Jiménez** | |||||||||||
| **José María Jiménez** | |||||||||||
| **** | |||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||
| (ITT) | David Millar | David Millar | David Millar | David Millar | |||||||
| 2 | Erik Zabel | ||||||||||
| 3 | Erik Zabel | Erik Zabel | |||||||||
| 4 | Erik Zabel | Santiago Botero | Karsten Kroon | ||||||||
| 5 | Juan Miguel Mercado | Óscar Sevilla | Juan Miguel Mercado | ||||||||
| 6 | David Millar | ||||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||||
| (ITT) | Santiago Botero | Santiago Botero | |||||||||
| 8 | José María Jiménez | Joseba Beloki | Festina | ||||||||
| 9 | Igor González de Galdeano | ||||||||||
| 10 | Santiago Blanco | ||||||||||
| 11 | José María Jiménez | Óscar Sevilla | José María Jiménez | ||||||||
| 12 | José María Jiménez | José María Jiménez | |||||||||
| 13 | Beat Zberg | ||||||||||
| 14 | Juan Manuel Gárate | ||||||||||
| 15 | Claus Michael Møller | ||||||||||
| 16 | Tomáš Konečný | ||||||||||
| 17 | Robert Hunter | ||||||||||
| 18 | Filippo Simeoni | Erik Zabel | |||||||||
| 19 | Guido Trenti | ||||||||||
| 20 | Gilberto Simoni | José María Jiménez | |||||||||
| 21 | |||||||||||
| (ITT) | Santiago Botero | Ángel Casero |
Final standings
| Legend |
|---|
General classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ángel Casero [[File:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px | link=List of Vuelta a España general classification winners | alt=A yellow jersey.]] | 70h 49' 05" | |
| 2 | Óscar Sevilla | + 0' 47" | ||||
| DSQ | Levi Leipheimer | + 2' 59" | ||||
| 4 | Roberto Heras | + 3' 56" | ||||
| 5 | Juan Miguel Mercado | + 5' 45" | ||||
| 6 | David Plaza | + 5' 53" | ||||
| 7 | José Luis Rubiera | + 6' 57" | ||||
| 8 | Claus Michael Møller | + 7' 13" | ||||
| 9 | Aitor Osa | + 8' 32" | ||||
| 10 | Fernando Escartín | + 10' 31" |
| Final general classification (11–25) | Rank | Rider | Team | Time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Iban Mayo | + 12' 58" | ||||||||
| 12 | Roberto Laiseka | + 13' 32" | ||||||||
| 13 | Íñigo Cuesta | + 14' 00" | ||||||||
| 14 | Luis Pérez Rodríguez | + 20' 07" | ||||||||
| 15 | Félix García Casas | + 21' 01" | ||||||||
| 16 | Tomáš Konečný | + 23' 32" | ||||||||
| 17 | José María Jiménez [[File:Jersey green.svg | 20px | link=Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España | alt=A green jersey.]] [[File:Jersey blue.svg | 20px | link=Points classification in the Vuelta a España | alt=A blue jersey.]] | + 24' 23" | ||
| 18 | Santiago Botero | + 25' 01" | ||||||||
| 19 | Manuel Beltrán | + 27' 14" | ||||||||
| 20 | Franco Pellizotti | + 27' 58" | ||||||||
| 21 | Santiago Blanco | + 28' 56" | ||||||||
| 22 | Unai Osa | + 33' 30" | ||||||||
| 23 | Roberto Conti | + 34' 03" | ||||||||
| 24 | Richard Virenque | + 38' 45" | ||||||||
| 25 | Mikel Zarrabeitia | + 39' 06" |
Points classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José María Jiménez [[File:Jersey red.svg | 20px | link=Points classification in the Vuelta a España | alt=A red jersey.]] | 130 | |
| 2 | Erik Zabel | 125 | ||||
| DSQ | Levi Leipheimer | 115 | ||||
| 4 | Santiago Botero | 102 | ||||
| 5 | Óscar Sevilla | 101 | ||||
| DSQ | David Millar | . | 93 | |||
| 7 | Claus Michael Møller | 89 | ||||
| 8 | Ángel Casero | 88 | ||||
| 9 | Juan Miguel Mercado | 77 | ||||
| 10 | Sven Teutenberg | 70 |
Mountains classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José María Jiménez [[File:Jersey orange.svg | 20px | link=Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España | alt=A orange jersey.]] | 162 | |
| 2 | Claus Michael Møller | 110 | ||||
| 3 | Juan Miguel Mercado | 88 | ||||
| 4 | Óscar Sevilla | 82 | ||||
| 5 | José Luis Rubiera | 55 | ||||
| 6 | Gilberto Simoni | 53 | ||||
| 7 | Roberto Heras | 50 | ||||
| 8 | Íñigo Cuesta | 49 | ||||
| 9 | Santiago Blanco | 48 | ||||
| 10 | Félix Cárdenas | 42 |
Sprints classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | César García Calvo [[File:Jersey green.svg | 20px | alt=A green jersey.]] | 40 | |
| 2 | Robert Hunter | 20 | |||
| 3 | Óscar Laguna | 19 | |||
| 4 | Erik Zabel | 16 | |||
| 5 | Pedro Díaz Lobato | 14 | |||
| 6 | José Manuel Vázquez | 12 | |||
| 7 | Germán Nieto | 12 | |||
| 8 | Juan Manuel Gárate | 12 | |||
| 9 | Karsten Kroon | 11 | |||
| 10 | Guido Trenti | 11 |
Team classification
| Rank | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 212h 05' 24" | |
| 2 | + 23' 47" | |
| 3 | + 26' 08" | |
| 4 | + 1h 01' 11" | |
| 5 | + 1h 03' 31" | |
| 6 | + 1h 36' 55" | |
| 7 | + 1h 53' 28" | |
| 8 | + 1h 54' 12" | |
| 9 | + 2h 08' 36" | |
| 10 | + 2h 24' 36" |
References
References
- (1 October 2001). "Ciclismo Vuelta a España - Clasificaciones". [[El Mundo Deportivo]].
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