2001 Tour of Flanders

The 85th edition of the Tour of Flanders took place on April 8, 2001. It was won by Gianluca Bortolami.

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

  1. ^ "www.cyclingnews.com world cup cycling". Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2001/apr01/RVV/results.shtml. Retrieved 2009-04-08. 
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