2001 Tour de France

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The 2001 Tour de France was a multiple-stage bicycle race held from 7 to 29 July, and the 88th edition of the Tour de France. It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced in August 2012 that they had disqualified Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his seven Tour de France wins from 1999 to 2005. The verdict was subsequently confirmed by the Union Cycliste Internationale.

The race included a 67-kilometre-long (42 mi) team time trial, two individual time trials and five consecutive mountain-top finishing stages, the second of which was the Chamrousse special-category climb time trial. Thus, all the high-mountain stages were grouped consecutively, following the climbing time trial, with one rest day in between. France was ridden 'clockwise', so the Alps were visited before the Pyrenees. The Tour started in France but also visited Belgium in its first week. The ceremonial final stage finished at the Champs-Élysées in Paris, as is tradition. Erik Zabel won his record sixth consecutive points classification victory. This was a record for points classification victories and is still a record for most consecutive victories, however Peter Sagan now holds the record for most total green jersey wins with seven.

Teams

For a more comprehensive list, see List of teams and cyclists in the 2001 Tour de France.

The organisers felt that the 2000 Tour de France had not included enough French teams and consequently changed the selection procedure.[1] Template:UCI team code was selected because it included the winner of the previous edition, Lance Armstrong. Template:UCI team code was selected because it included the winner of the 2000 UCI Road World Cup, Erik Zabel). Template:UCI team code was selected because it won the team classification in the 2000 Giro d'Italia. Template:UCI team code was selected because it won the team classifications in both the 2000 Tour de France and 2000 Vuelta a España. A further twelve teams qualified based on the UCI ranking in the highest UCI division at the end of 2000, after compensating for transfers.[1] Although initially it was announced that four wildcards would be given, the tour organisation decided to add five teams:[1] In total, 21 teams participated, each with 9 cyclists, giving a total of 189 cyclists.[2]

The teams entering the race were:[2]

Qualified teams

Invited teams

Route and stages

The highest point of elevation in the race was 2,115 m (6,939 ft) at the summit of the Col du Tourmalet mountain pass on stage 14.[3][4]

Stage characteristics and winners[5][6][7][8]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
P 7 July Dunkirk 8.2 km (5.1 mi)   Individual time trial Template:Flag athlete
1 8 July Saint-Omer to Boulogne-sur-Mer 194.5 km (120.9 mi)   Flat stage Template:Flag athlete
2 9 July Calais to Antwerp (Belgium) 220.5 km (137.0 mi)   Flat stage Template:Flag athlete
3 10 July Antwerp (Belgium) to Seraing (Belgium) 198.5 km (123.3 mi)   Flat stage Template:Flag athlete
4 11 July Huy (Belgium) to Verdun 215.0 km (133.6 mi)   Flat stage Template:Flag athlete
5 12 July Verdun to Bar-le-Duc 67.0 km (41.6 mi)   Team time trial -- Calculates the width of the span box for Template:Flaglist

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6 13 July Commercy to Strasbourg 211.5 km (131.4 mi)   Flat stage Template:Flag athlete
7 14 July Strasbourg to Colmar 162.5 km (101.0 mi)   Medium mountain stage Template:Flag athlete
8 15 July Colmar to Pontarlier 222.5 km (138.3 mi)   Flat stage Template:Flag athlete
9 16 July Pontarlier to Aix-les-Bains 185.0 km (115.0 mi)   Flat stage Template:Flag athlete
10 17 July Aix-les-Bains to Alpe d'Huez 209.0 km (129.9 mi) File:Mountainstage.svg High mountain stage Template:Flag athlete[lower-alpha 1]
11 18 July Grenoble to Chamrousse 32.0 km (19.9 mi) File:Mountain Time Trial Stage.svg Individual time trial Template:Flag athlete[lower-alpha 1]
19 July Perpignan Rest day
12 20 July Perpignan to Plateau de Bonascre 166.5 km (103.5 mi) File:Mountainstage.svg High mountain stage Template:Flag athlete
13 21 July Foix to Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet 194.0 km (120.5 mi) File:Mountainstage.svg High mountain stage Template:Flag athlete[lower-alpha 1]
14 22 July Tarbes to Luz Ardiden 141.5 km (87.9 mi) File:Mountainstage.svg High mountain stage Template:Flag athlete
23 July Pau Rest day
15 24 July Pau to Lavaur 232.5 km (144.5 mi)   Flat stage Template:Flag athlete
16 25 July Castelsarrasin to Sarran 229.5 km (142.6 mi)   Flat stage Template:Flag athlete
17 26 July Brive-la-Gaillarde to Montluçon 194.0 km (120.5 mi)   Flat stage Template:Flag athlete
18 27 July Montluçon to Saint-Amand-Montrond 61.0 km (37.9 mi)   Individual time trial Template:Flag athlete[lower-alpha 1]
19 28 July Orléans to Évry 149.5 km (92.9 mi)   Flat stage Template:Flag athlete
20 29 July Corbeil-Essonnes to Paris (Champs-Élysées) 160.5 km (99.7 mi)   Flat stage Template:Flag athlete
Total 3,458 km (2,149 mi)[9]

Race overview

Main articles: 2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10 and 2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20

It was during this Tour de France that Johan Bruyneel, the Directeur Sportif of the US Postal team, intentionally mislead other teams about the condition of his riders through race radio, in an attempt to get opponents to believe his riders were suffering more than they actually were. This Tour is also noted for The Look, which became one of the more misinterpreted moments in cycling history.[10]

Doping

See also: Lance Armstrong doping case

After Armstrong abandoned his fight against the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), he was stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles.[11][12] The Union Cycliste Internationale endorsed the USADA sanctions and decided not to award victories to any other rider or upgrade other placings in any of the affected events. The 2001 Tour therefore has no official winner.[13]

Classification leadership and minor prizes

File:Lance Armstrong AdH01.jpg
Lance Armstrong riding to his now-negated victory at Alpe d'Huez

There were several classifications in the 2001 Tour de France.[14] The most important was the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times in each stage. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey; the winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Tour.[15]

Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In this classification, cyclists got points for finishing among the best in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification and was identified with a green jersey.[16]

There was also a mountains classification. The organisation had categorised some climbs as either hors catégorie, first, second, third, or fourth-category; points for this classification were won by the first cyclists to reach the top of these climbs, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification and wore a white jersey with red polka dots.[17]

The fourth individual classification was the young rider classification, which was marked by the white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders under 26 years of age were eligible.[18]

For the team classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time.[19]

In addition, there was a combativity award given after each mass-start stage to the cyclist considered most combative, who wore a red number bib the next stage. The decision was made by a jury composed of journalists who gave points. The cyclist with the most points from votes in all stages led the combativity classification.[20] Laurent Jalabert won this classification, and was given overall the super-combativity award.[21]

There were also two special awards each with a prize of F 20,000,[22] the Souvenir Henri Desgrange, given in honour of Tour founder and first race director Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col de la Madeleine on stage 10, and the Souvenir Jacques Goddet, given for the first time in honour of the second director Jacques Goddet to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Tourmalet on stage 14. Laurent Roux won the Henri Desgrange and Sven Montgomery won the Jacques Goddet.[23][24]

Classification leadership by stage[25][26]
Stage Winner General classification
A yellow jersey. 		Points classification
A green jersey. 		Mountains classification
A white jersey with red polka dots. 		Young rider classification
A white jersey. 		Team classification Combativity
A white jersey with a red number bib. Award Classification
P Christophe Moreau Christophe Moreau Christophe Moreau no award Florent Brard Template:UCI team code no award
1 Erik Zabel Erik Zabel Jacky Durand Jacky Durand Jacky Durand
2 Marc Wauters Marc Wauters Jaan Kirsipuu Robbie Hunter Template:UCI team code Jens Voigt
3 Erik Zabel Stuart O'Grady Erik Zabel Benoît Salmon Florent Brard Nicolas Jalabert
4 Laurent Jalabert Patrice Halgand Laurent Jalabert
5 Template:UCI team code Jörg Jaksche no award
6 Jaan Kirsipuu Rik Verbrugghe
7 Laurent Jalabert Jens Voigt Laurent Jalabert Laurent Jalabert
8 Erik Dekker Stuart O'Grady Stuart O'Grady Template:UCI team code Aitor González
9 Sergei Ivanov Bradley McGee
10 Lance Armstrong[lower-alpha 1] François Simon Laurent Roux Óscar Sevilla Laurent Roux Laurent Roux
11 Lance Armstrong[lower-alpha 1] no award
12 Félix Cárdenas Paolo Bettini
13 Lance Armstrong[lower-alpha 1] Lance Armstrong[lower-alpha 1] Laurent Jalabert Template:UCI team code Laurent Jalabert Laurent Jalabert
14 Roberto Laiseka Wladimir Belli
15 Rik Verbrugghe Marco Pinotti
16 Jens Voigt Jens Voigt
17 Serge Baguet Jakob Piil
18 Lance Armstrong[lower-alpha 1] no award
19 Erik Zabel Guillaume Auger
20 Ján Svorada Erik Zabel Alexander Vinokourov
Final Lance Armstrong[lower-alpha 1] Erik Zabel Laurent Jalabert Óscar Sevilla Template:UCI team code Laurent Jalabert

Final standings

Legend
Green jersey Denotes the leader of the points classification[27] Polka dot jersey Denotes the leader of the mountains classification[27]
White jersey Denotes the leader of the young rider classification[27] A white jersey with a red number bib. Denotes the winner of the super-combativity award[27]

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)[28]
Rank Rider Team Time
DSQ Template:Flag athlete[lower-alpha 1] Template:UCI team code 86h 17' 28"
2 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code + 6' 44"
3 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code + 9' 05"
4 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code + 9' 53"
5 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code + 13' 28"
6 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code + 17' 22"
7 Template:Flag athlete White jersey Template:UCI team code + 18' 30"
8 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code + 20' 55"
9 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code + 21' 45"
10 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code + 22' 38"

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Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)[29]
Rank Rider Team Points
1 Template:Flag athlete Green jersey Template:UCI team code 252
2 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 244
3 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 169
4 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 148
5 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 141
DSQ Template:Flag athlete[lower-alpha 1] Template:UCI team code 134
7 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 127
8 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 124
9 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 114
10 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 108

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Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)[30]
Rank Rider Team Points
1 Template:Flag athlete Polka dot jersey A white jersey with a red number bib. Template:UCI team code 258
2 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 211
3 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 200
DSQ Template:Flag athlete[lower-alpha 1] Template:UCI team code 195
5 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 164
6 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 147
7 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 145
8 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 134
9 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 123
10 Template:Flag athlete White jersey Template:UCI team code 120

Template:Columns-end Template:Columns-start

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)[31]
Rank Rider Team Time
1 Template:Flag athlete White jersey Template:UCI team code 86h 35' 58
2 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code + 10' 03"
3 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code + 47' 32"
4 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code + 1h 13' 20"
5 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code + 1h 15' 59"
6 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code + 1h 40' 42"
7 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code + 1h 41' 10"
8 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code + 1h 47' 47"
9 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code + 1h 59' 24"
10 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code + 2h 09' 07"

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Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)[32]
Rank Team Time
1 Template:UCI team code 259h 14' 44"
2 Template:UCI team code + 4' 59"
3 Template:UCI team code + 41' 06"
4 Template:UCI team code + 41' 49"
5 Template:UCI team code + 51' 53"
6 Template:UCI team code + 54' 51"
7 Template:UCI team code + 1h 20' 41"
8 Template:UCI team code + 1h 22' 24"
9 Template:UCI team code + 1h 45' 33"
10 Template:UCI team code + 1h 49' 18"

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Combativity classification

Final combativity classification (1–10)[21]
Rank Rider Team Points
1 Template:Flag athlete Polka dot jersey A white jersey with a red number bib. Template:UCI team code 94
2 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 55
3 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 45
4 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 44
5 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 36
6 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 36
7 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 32
8 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 30
9 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 28
10 Template:Flag athlete Template:UCI team code 23

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named armstrong

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Knapp, Gerard (2 May 2001). "The final selection – 21 teams for-le-Tour". Cyclingnews. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The history of the Tour de France – Year 2001 – The starters". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 3 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. ↑ Augendre 2016, p. 188.
  4. ↑ "88th Tour de France – The Major Climbs". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Tour de France 2001 – The route". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 3 May 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Mountain stages – Tour de France 2001". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 January 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "88ème Tour de France 2001" [88th Tour de France 2001]. Mémoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 5 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "The history of the Tour de France – Year 2001 – The stage winners". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 3 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  9. ↑ Augendre 2016, p. 110.
  10. ↑ Levy, Glen (2 July 2009). "2001: Lance's Look". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  11. ↑ "Lance Armstrong will be banned from cycling by USADA after saying he won't fight doping charges". The Washington Post. 24 August 2012. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "USADA to ban Armstrong for life, strip Tour titles". CBS News. Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  13. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named armstrong-bbc
  14. ↑ Nauright & Parrish 2012, pp. 452–455.
  15. ↑ Nauright & Parrish 2012, pp. 452–453.
  16. ↑ Nauright & Parrish 2012, pp. 453–454.
  17. ↑ Nauright & Parrish 2012, p. 454.
  18. ↑ Nauright & Parrish 2012, pp. 454–455.
  19. ↑ Nauright & Parrish 2012, p. 455.
  20. ↑ van den Akker 2018, pp. 211–216.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Tour de France 2001 – Overall combativity standings". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 3 May 2004. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  22. ↑ Jones, Jeff (4 July 2001). "Tour News for July 4". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  23. ↑ Maloney, Tim (17 July 2001). "Tex bluffs to win Coup de Poker at Alpe d'Huez". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  24. ↑ Maloney, Tim (22 July 2001). "Basque battler Laiseka blasts to win at Luz Ardiden". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  25. ↑ "Tour de France 2001 – Leaders overview". ProCyclingStats. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  26. ↑ van den Akker, Pieter. "Informatie over de Tour de France van 2001" [Information about the Tour de France from 2001]. TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 "The stakes – Tour de France 2001". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 30 July 2001. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 "Tour de France 2001 – Overall individual standing". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 7 August 2001. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  29. ↑ "Tour de France 2001 – Overall points standing". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 10 August 2001. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  30. ↑ "Tour de France 2001 – Overall climber standing". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 7 August 2001. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  31. ↑ "Tour de France 2001 – Overall youth standing". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 7 August 2001. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  32. ↑ "Tour de France 2001 – Overall team standings". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 7 August 2001. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

Bibliography

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