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2001 Giro d'Italia
Race details
Dates	May 19 — June 10
Stages	21 + prologue
Distance	3,356 km (2,085 mi)
Winning time	89h 02' 58" (40.170 km/h/24.960 mph)
Palmarès

The 2001 Giro d'Italia of cycling, the 84th running of the race, was held from 19 May to 10 June 2001. It consisted of a prologue plus 21 stages with one rest days, for a total of 3,356 km, ridden at an average speed of 40.170 km/h. It was won by Gilberto Simoni.

[edit] Stages

Stage	Route	km	Stage Winner	Leader of the GC
prol.	Montesilvano-Pescara (time trial)	7	Rik Verbrugghe	Rik Verbrugghe
1	Giulianova-Francavilla al Mare	205	Ellis Rastelli	Rik Verbrugghe
2	Fossacesia-Lucera	163	Danilo Hondo	Rik Verbrugghe
3	Lucera-Potenza	149	Danilo Hondo	Rik Verbrugghe
4	Potenza-Montevergine di Mercogliano	169	Danilo Di Luca	Dario Frigo
5	Avellino-Nettuno	229	Ivan Quaranta	Dario Frigo
6	Nettuno-Rieti	152	Mario Cipollini	Dario Frigo
7	Rieti-Montevarchi	239	Stefano Zanini	Dario Frigo
8	Montecatini Terme-Reggio Emilia	185	Pietro Caucchioli	Dario Frigo
9	Reggio Emilia-Rovigo	140	Mario Cipollini	Dario Frigo
10	Lido di Jesolo-Ljubljana	212	Denis Zanette	Dario Frigo
11	Bled-Gorizia	187	Pablo Lastras	Dario Frigo
12	Gradisca d'Isonzo-Montebelluna	139	Matteo Tosatto	Dario Frigo
13	Montebelluna-Passo Pordoi	225	Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio	Gilberto Simoni
14	Cavalese-Arco	166	Carlos Contreras	Gilberto Simoni
15	Sirmione-Salò (time trial)	55	Dario Frigo	Gilberto Simoni
16	Erbusco-Parma	142	Ivan Quaranta	Gilberto Simoni
17	Sanremo-Sanremo	123	Pietro Caucchioli	Gilberto Simoni
18	Imperia-Sant'Anna di Vinadio	~~230~~	cancelled	Gilberto Simoni
19	Alba-Busto Arsizio	163	Mario Cipollini	Gilberto Simoni
20	Busto Arsizio-Arona	181	Gilberto Simoni	Gilberto Simoni
21	Arona-Milan	125	Mario Cipollini	Gilberto Simoni
Total		3.356

[edit] General classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Gilberto Simoni	Italy	Lampre-Daikin	89h 02' 58
2	Abraham Olano	Spain	O.N.C.E.-Eroski	7' 31"
3	Unai Osa	Spain	iBanesto.com	8' 37"
4	Serhiy Honchar	Ukraine	Liquigas-Pata	9' 25"
5	José Azevedo	Portugal	O.N.C.E.-Eroski	9' 44"
6	Andrea Noe'	Italy	Mapei-Quick Step	10' 50"
7	Ivan Gotti	Italy	Alessio	10' 54"
8	Carlos Contreras	Colombia	Selle Italia-Pacific	11' 44"
9	Pietro Caucchioli	Italy	Alessio	13' 34"
10	Giuliano Figueras	Italy	Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo	14' 08"
11	Marco Velo	Italy	Mercatone Uno-Stream TV	14' 34"
12	Peter Luttenberger	Austria	Tacconi Sport	15' 36"
13	Hernan Buenahora	Colombia	Selle Italia-Pacific	16' 22"
14	Paolo Savoldelli	Italy	Saeco Macchine Per Caffè	18' 42"
15	José Castelblanco	Colombia	Selle Italia-Pacific	23' 02"
16	Marzio Bruseghin	Italy	iBanesto.com	25' 13"
17	Mauro Zanetti	Italy	Alessio	27' 16"
18	Marco Magnani	Italy	Alexia Alluminio	33' 04"
19	Gianni Faresin	Italy	Liquigas-Pata	33' 14"
20	Juan Manuel Gárate	Spain	Lampre-Daikin	33' 24"

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