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| Dates | 19 May – 10 June 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 21 + prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,356 km (2,085 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 89h 02' 58" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2001 Giro d'Italia was the 84th edition of the Giro. It began with a 7 km (4 mi) prologue that went from Montesilvano to Pescara. The race came to a close on June 10 with a mass-start stage that ended in the Italian city of Milan.[1] Twenty teams entered the race that was won by the Italian Gilberto Simoni of the Lampre–Daikin team.[1] Second and third were the Spanish riders Abraham Olano and Unai Osa.[1]
In the race's other classifications, Selle Italia–Pacific rider Fredy González won the mountains classification, Massimo Strazzer of the Mobilvetta Design–Formaggi Trentini team won the intergiro classification and the points classification.[1] Alessio finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.[1] The other team classification, the Trofeo Super Team classification, where the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage and the points are then totaled for each team was also won by Fassa Bortolo.[1]