2001 Tour of Flanders

2001 Tour of Flanders
Race details
Date		8 April 2001
Distance		269 km (167.1 mi)
Winning time		6h 10' 23" (43.580 km/h or 27.079 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Gianluca Bortolami (ITA)	(Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola)
	Second	Erik Dekker (NED)	(Rabobank)
	Third	Denis Zanette (ITA)	(Liquigas)

The 85th edition of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic in Belgium took place on April 8, 2001. It was won by Italian Gianluca Bortolami before Erik Dekker and Dennis Zanette.

Route

The race started on the Market Square in Bruges and finished in Meerbeke, covering 269 km.

There were sixteen categorized climbs:

Achterberg
Wolvenberg
Molenberg
Grotenberge
Kluisberg
Knokteberg

Race Summary

Cycling News remarked that Bortolami won the race by outfoxing the favorites:

Tacconi-Sport's Gianluca Bortolami has won the 85th Ronde van Vlaanderen, beating Erik Dekker (Rabobank) and Denis Zanette (Liquigas) in an eight man sprint. The former World Cup winner rode an intelligent race, saving everything for the finale while the stronger riders wore each other out. He also profited from the lack of co-operation between the favourites (Tchmil, Museeuw, Bartoli, Vainsteins etc.), who were in a chasing group but not willing to close it down.^[1]

Final standings

General classification

1.	Gianluca Bortolami	6h10'23’’
2.	Erik Dekker	m.t.
3.	Denis Zanette	m.t.
4.	Rolf Sörensen	m.t.
5.	Daniele Nardello	m.t.
6.	Chris Peers	m.t.
7.	Maximilian Sciandri	m.t.
8.	Ludo Dierckxsens	m.t.
9.	Andreï Tchmil	0'19
10.	Romans Vainsteins	m.t.
11.	Nico Mattan	m.t.
12.	Steffen Wesemann	m.t.
13.	George Hincapie	m.t.
14.	Gabriele Balducci	m.t.
15.	Michele Bartoli	m.t.

External links

References

↑ "www.cyclingnews.com world cup cycling". Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2009-04-08.

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