Wikipedia: History of Tour de France/2001

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Stage 18 (Montluçon? to [Saint Amand Montrond]?):

The last stage that is supposed to be important for the final standings is an individual time trial. Armstrong, starting last because he is first in the general classification, shows once again his great form in this year's Tour, and gets his fourth stage, over 1 minute faster than number 2, Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (although he is known as a good time trialist, still a slight surprise, as Ullrich is also a good time trialist and clearly the second-best in this Tour). Kivilev rode an excellent time trial given his weakness on this specialisation, finishing 18th, but it was not enough to avoid losing third place to Beloki. Perhaps the greatest surprise of this stage was the fourth place of Frenchman Didier Rous.

1. Lance Armstrong (USA)
2. Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) 1.24
3. Jan Ullrich (Ger) 1.39
4. Didier Rous (Fra) 2.25
5. Marcos Serrano (Spa)
6. Joseba Beloki (Spa) 2.32
7. Bobby Julich (USA) 2.37
8. Santiago Botero (Col) 2.43
9. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) 2.57
10. Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) 3.01

General classification:
1. Lance Armstrong (USA)
2. Jan Ullrich (Ger) 6.44
3. Joseba Beloki (Spa) 9.05
4. Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) 9.53
5. Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) 13.28
6. Francois Simon (Fra) 17.22
7. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) 18.30
8. Santiago Botero (Col) 20.55
9. Marcos Serrano (Spa) 21.45
10. Michael Boogerd (Ned) 22.38

Points classification:
1. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) 176
2. Erik Zabel (Ger) 165
3. Lance Armstrong (USA) 134

Mountains classification:
1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 257
2. Jan Ullrich (Ger) 211
3. Lance Armstrong (USA) 195

Stage 19 (Orleans? to Evry?):
Probably the least exciting stage of this year's Tour, stage 19 had no major escapes (Jens Voigt attacking more to help team mate Stuart O'Grady by avoiding too many points going to Erik Zabel), and ended in a mass sprint. Deutsche Telekom had worked hard to keep the group together, and was rewarded with Zabel's second stage win. O'Grady, finishing second, did remain ahead of Zabel in the points classification, but the difference is only 2 points now.
1. Erik Zabel (Ger)
2. Stuart O'Grady (Aus)
3. Romans Vainsteins (Lat)
4. Sven Teutenberg (Ger)
5. Jan Svorada (Cze)
6. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita)
7. Damien Nazon (Fra)
8. Alexei Sivakov (Rus)
9. Christophe Capelle (Fra)
10. Jimmy Casper (Fra)

General classification:
1. Lance Armstrong (USA)
2. Jan Ullrich (Ger) 6.44
3. Joseba Beloki (Spa) 9.05
4. Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) 9.53
5. Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) 13.28
6. Francois Simon (Fra) 17.22
7. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) 18.30
8. Santiago Botero (Col) 20.55
9. Marcos Serrano (Spa) 21.45
10. Michael Boogerd (Ned) 22.38

Points classification:
1. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) 212
2. Erik Zabel (Ger) 210
3. Damien Nazon (Fra) 149

Mountains classification:
1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 257
2. Jan Ullrich (Ger) 211
3. Laurent Roux (Fra) 200

Stage 20 ([Corbeil Essones]? to Paris):
As traditional, the last stage went to the [Champs Elysees]? in Paris, and as traditionally a number of attackers was unable to stay away from a peloton led by the groups of the sprinters. Although Française des Jeux had been working hard for Jimmy Casper, it was Jan Svorada who found himself well ahead about 200 meters from the finish. None of the other sprinters had a chance to overtake him. Erik Zabel was second, and had amassed enough points to take the green jersey from Stuart O'Grady. Zabel now has won the points classification for the sixth year in row. Noone else has succeeded in winning the classification six times.

1. Jan Svorada (Cze)
2. Erik Zabel (Ger)
3. Stuart O'Grady (Aus)
4. Sven Teutenberg (Ger)
5. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita)
6. Damien Nazon (Fra)
7. Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus)
8. Jimmy Casper (Fra)
9. Max van Heeswijk (Ned)
10. Christophe Capelle (Fra)

General classification:
1. Lance Armstrong (USA)
2. Jan Ullrich (Ger) 6.44
3. Joseba Beloki (Spa) 9.05
4. Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) 9.53
5. Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) 13.28
6. Francois Simon (Fra) 17.22
7. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) 18.30
8. Santiago Botero (Col) 20.55
9. Marcos Serrano (Spa) 21.45
10. Michael Boogerd (Ned) 22.38
11. Didier Rous (Fra) 24.22
12. Inigo Chaureau (Spa) 28.09
13. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) 28.33
14. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) 29.00
15. Roberto Heras (Spa) 30.44
16. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) 33.55
17. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) 41.15
18. Bobby Julich (USA) 48.04
19. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 50.06
20. Carlos Sastre (Spa) 50.20

Points classification:
1. Erik Zabel (Ger) 252
2. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) 244
3. Damien Nazon (Fra) 169
4. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) 148
5. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) 141
6. Lance Armstrong (USA) 134
7. Jan Ullrich (Ger) 127
8. Jan Svorada (Cze) 124
9. Christophe Capelle (Fra) 114
10. Francois Simon (Fra) 108

Mountains classification:
1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 257
2. Jan Ullrich (Ger) 211
3. Laurent Roux (Fra) 200
4. Lance Armstrong (USA) 195
5. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) 164
6. Roberto Laiseka (Spa) 147
7. Joseba Beloki (Spa) 145
8. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) 134
9. Patrice Halgand (Fra) 123
10. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) 120

Best young rider:
1. Oscar Sevilla (Spa)
2. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) 10.03
3. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) 47.32
4. Denis Mentchov (Rus) 1.13.20
5. Marco Pinotti (Ita) 1.15.59

Combativity:
1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 94
2. Laurent Roux (Fra) 55
3. Jens Voigt (Ger) 45
4. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) 44
5. Paolo Bettini (Ita) 36
6. Jacky Durand (Fra) 36
7. Bradley McGee? (Aus) 32
8. David Etxebarria (Spa) 30
9. Laurent Brochard (Fra) 28
10. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) 23

Teams (with the top-3 riders of each team):
1. Kelme-Costa Blanca Oscar Sevilla Santiago Botero J.E. Gutierrez
2. ONCE-Eroski 4.59 Joseba Beloki Igor Gonzalez De G. Marcos Serrano
3. Team Deutsche Telekom 41.06 Jan Ullrich Alexandre Vinokourov Andreas Kloden
4. Bonjour 41.49 Francois Simon Didier Rous Walter Beneteau
5. Rabobank 51.53 Michael Boogerd Geert Verheyen M. den Bakker
6. US Postal Service 54.51 Lance Armstrong Roberto Heras J.L. Rubiera
7. Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.20.41 Andrei Kivilev Daniel Atienza Daivd Moncoutie
8. iBanesto.com 1.22.24 Francisco Mancebo Thomas Brozyna J.P. Rodriguez
9. Festina 1.45.33 Luis Perez Felix Garcia-Casas Sven Teutenberg
10. Jean Delatour 1.49.18 Laurent Brochard Stephane Goubert Laurent Roux

	Revision 7 . . (edit) November 19, 2001 10:37 pm by Andre Engels
	Revision 6 . . October 18, 2001 1:38 am by Andre Engels [Stages 18-20 and final standings]
	Revision 5 . . September 12, 2001 10:48 pm by Andre Engels [Stages 15-17]