2001 Tour de France

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 Template:Convert 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

The organisers felt that the 2000 Tour de France had not included enough French teams and consequently changed the selection procedure.<ref name="teamsel"/> 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.<ref name="teamsel">Template:Cite web</ref> Although initially it was announced that four wildcards would be given, the tour organisation decided to add five teams:<ref name="teamsel"/> In total, 21 teams participated, each with 9 cyclists, giving a total of 189 cyclists.<ref name="letour-start-list">Template:Cite web</ref>

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Route and stages

The highest point of elevation in the race was Template:Convert at the summit of the Col du Tourmalet mountain pass on stage 14.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Stage characteristics and winners<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="mdc2001">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="letour-stage-winners">Template:Cite web</ref>

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
P	7 July	Dunkirk	Template:Convert		Individual time trial	Template:Flag athlete
1	8 July	Saint-Omer to Boulogne-sur-Mer	Template:Convert		Flat stage	Template:Flag athlete
2	9 July	Calais to Antwerp (Belgium)	Template:Convert		Flat stage	Template:Flag athlete
3	10 July	Antwerp (Belgium) to Seraing (Belgium)	Template:Convert		Flat stage	Template:Flag athlete
4	11 July	Huy (Belgium) to Verdun	Template:Convert		Flat stage	Template:Flag athlete
5	12 July	Verdun to Bar-le-Duc	Template:Convert		Team time trial	Template:Noflag
6	13 July	Commercy to Strasbourg	Template:Convert		Flat stage	Template:Flag athlete
7	14 July	Strasbourg to Colmar	Template:Convert		Medium mountain stage	Template:Flag athlete
8	15 July	Colmar to Pontarlier	Template:Convert		Flat stage	Template:Flag athlete
9	16 July	Pontarlier to Aix-les-Bains	Template:Convert		Flat stage	Template:Flag athlete
10	17 July	Aix-les-Bains to Alpe d'Huez	Template:Convert		High mountain stage	Template:Flag athleteTemplate:Efn
11	18 July	Grenoble to Chamrousse	Template:Convert		Individual time trial	Template:Flag athleteTemplate:Efn
	19 July	Perpignan			Rest day
12	20 July	Perpignan to Plateau de Bonascre	Template:Convert		High mountain stage	Template:Flag athlete
13	21 July	Foix to Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet	Template:Convert		High mountain stage	Template:Flag athleteTemplate:Efn
14	22 July	Tarbes to Luz Ardiden	Template:Convert		High mountain stage	Template:Flag athlete
	23 July	Pau			Rest day
15	24 July	Pau to Lavaur	Template:Convert		Flat stage	Template:Flag athlete
16	25 July	Castelsarrasin to Sarran	Template:Convert		Flat stage	Template:Flag athlete
17	26 July	Brive-la-Gaillarde to Montluçon	Template:Convert		Flat stage	Template:Flag athlete
18	27 July	Montluçon to Saint-Amand-Montrond	Template:Convert		Individual time trial	Template:Flag athleteTemplate:Efn
19	28 July	Orléans to Évry	Template:Convert		Flat stage	Template:Flag athlete
20	29 July	Corbeil-Essonnes to Paris (Champs-Élysées)	Template:Convert		Flat stage	Template:Flag athlete
	Total		Template:ConvertTemplate:Sfn

Race overview

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.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Doping

After Armstrong abandoned his fight against the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), he was stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref name="armstrong-bbc" />

Classification leadership and minor prizes

Lance Armstrong riding to his now-negated victory at Alpe d'Huez

There were several classifications in the 2001 Tour de France.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn

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.Template:Sfn

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.Template:Sfn

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.Template:Sfn

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.Template:Sfn

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.Template:Sfn Laurent Jalabert won this classification, and was given overall the super-combativity award.<ref name="letour-combativity-final">Template:Cite web</ref>

There were also two special awards each with a prize of F 20,000,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Classification leadership by stage<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="tdf-statistics">Template:Cite web</ref>

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification	Combativity
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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 ArmstrongTemplate:Efn	François Simon		Laurent Roux	Óscar Sevilla		Laurent Roux	Laurent Roux
11	Lance ArmstrongTemplate:Efn						no award
12	Félix Cárdenas						Paolo Bettini
13	Lance ArmstrongTemplate:Efn	Lance ArmstrongTemplate:Efn		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 ArmstrongTemplate:Efn						no award
19	Erik Zabel						Guillaume Auger
20	Ján Svorada		Erik Zabel				Alexander Vinokourov
Final		Lance ArmstrongTemplate:Efn	Erik Zabel	Template:Font color	Óscar Sevilla	Template:UCI team code	Template:Font color

• In stage 1, Igor González de Galdeano wore the green jersey.
• In stages 8 and 9, Erik Zabel wore the green jersey.

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the points classification<ref name="stakes">Template:Cite web</ref>		Denotes the leader of the mountains classification<ref name="stakes" />
	Denotes the leader of the young rider classification<ref name="stakes" />		Denotes the winner of the super-combativity award<ref name="stakes" />

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)<ref name="letour-gc-final">Template:Cite web</ref>

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
DSQ	Template:Flag athleteTemplate:Efn	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	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"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)<ref name="letour-points-final">Template:Cite web</ref>

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Template:Flag athlete	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 athleteTemplate:Efn	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

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)<ref name="letour-mountains-final">Template:Cite web</ref>

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Template:Flag athlete	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 athleteTemplate:Efn	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	Template:UCI team code	120

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)<ref name="letour-youth-final">Template:Cite web</ref>

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Template:Flag athlete	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"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)<ref name="letour-team-final">Template:Cite web</ref>

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"

Combativity classification

Final combativity classification (1–10)<ref name="letour-combativity-final" />

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Template:Flag athlete	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

Bibliography

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Further reading

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External links

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• 2001 Tour de France at Cyclingnews.com