2001 Tour de Suisse

The 2001 Tour de Suisse was the 65th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 19 June to 28 June 2001. The race started in Rust and finished in Lausanne.^[2] The race has no overall winner. Although Lance Armstrong originally won the event, he was stripped of the title due to violating anti-doping regulations. In 2012, the United States Anti-Doping Agency disqualified him from his results after 1 August 1998.^[3] The verdict was confirmed by the Union Cycliste Internationale.

2001 Tour de Suisse

Race details
Dates	19–28 June 2001
Stages	10
Distance	1,412[1] km (877.4 mi)
Winning time	35h 00' 06"
Results
Winner Lance Armstrong (U.S. Postal Service)   Second  Gilberto Simoni (ITA) (Lampre–Daikin)   Third  Wladimir Belli (ITA) (Fassa Bortolo)
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Teams

Seventeen teams of eight riders started the race:^[2][4]

• Lampre–Daikin
• Rabobank
• Fassa Bortolo
• Mapei–Quick-Step
• Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco
• Cofidis
• Team Telekom
• Liquigas–Pata
• U.S. Postal Service
• Tacconi Sport–Vini Caldirola
• Saeco
• CSC–Tiscali
• Team Coast–Buffalo
• Française des Jeux
• Gerolsteiner
• Phonak
• Post Swiss Team

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[2][5][6]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	19 June	Rust (Germany)	7.9 km (4.9 mi)		Individual time trial	Lance Armstrong (USA)
2	20 June	Rust (Germany) to Basel	178.8 km (111.1 mi)			Erik Zabel (GER)
3	21 June	Reinach to Baar	162.7 km (101.1 mi)			Gianluca Bortolami (ITA)
4	22 June	Baar to Wildhaus	144 km (89.5 mi)			Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)
5	23 June	Widnau/Heerbrugg to Col du Gotthard	220.6 km (137.1 mi)			Dimitri Konyshev (RUS)
6	24 June	Mendrisio to Mendrisio	174.5 km (108.4 mi)			Sergei Ivanov (RUS)
7	25 June	Locarno to Naters	156.6 km (97.3 mi)			Stefano Garzelli (ITA)
8	26 June	Sion to Crans-Montana	25.1 km (15.6 mi)		Individual time trial	Lance Armstrong (USA)
9	27 June	Sion to Lausanne	166.8 km (103.6 mi)			Erik Zabel (GER)
10	28 June	Lausanne to Lausanne	175.9 km (109.3 mi)			Oscar Camenzind (SUI)

General classification

Final general classification[2][7][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service 35h 00' 06"[nb 1] 2  Gilberto Simoni (ITA) Lampre–Daikin + 1' 02" 3  Wladimir Belli (ITA) Fassa Bortolo + 1' 34" 4  Beat Zberg (SUI) Rabobank + 2' 47" 5  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) Team Telekom + 2' 48" 6  Georg Totschnig (AUT) Gerolsteiner + 2' 58" 7  Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP) Lampre–Daikin + 3' 30" 8  Manuel Beltrán (ESP) Mapei–Quick-Step + 3' 37" 9  Laurent Jalabert (FRA) CSC–Tiscali + 3' 46" 10  Daniel Schnider (SUI) Française des Jeux + 5' 51"

Notes

1. In 2012, Lance Armstrong was disqualified from his position in the race. He was stripped of all results after 1 August 1998, as a consequence of the Lance Armstrong doping case.