2001 Tour of Flanders

The 85th edition of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic in Belgium took place on 8 April 2001. It was won by Italian Gianluca Bortolami before Erik Dekker and Dennis Zanette.^[1]

Race details
Dates	8 April 2001
Stages	1
Distance	269 km (167.1 mi)
Winning time	6h 10' 23"
Results
Winner  Gianluca Bortolami (ITA) (Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola)   Second  Erik Dekker (NED) (Rabobank)   Third  Denis Zanette (ITA) (Liquigas)
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Route

The race started on the Market Square in Bruges and finished in Meerbeke, covering 269 km.^[2]

There were sixteen categorized climbs:

Achterberg Wolvenberg Molenberg Grotenberge Kluisberg Knokteberg

Oude Kwaremont Paterberg Kortekeer Taaienberg Eikenberg Leberg

Berendries Tenbosse Muur-Kapelmuur Bosberg

Race Summary

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.^[3]

Final standings

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Gianluca Bortolami (ITA)	Tacconi Sport–Vini Caldirola	6h 10' 23"
2	Erik Dekker (NED)	Rabobank	s.t.
3	Denis Zanette (ITA)	Liquigas–Pata	s.t.
4	Rolf Sørensen (DEN)	CSC–Tiscali	s.t.
5	Daniele Nardello (ITA)	Mapei–Quick-Step	s.t.
6	Chris Peers (BEL)	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Maximilian Sciandri (GBR)	Lampre–Daikin	s.t.
8	Ludo Dierckxsens (BEL)	Lampre–Daikin	s.t.
9	Andrei Tchmil (BEL)	Lotto–Adecco	+ 19"
10	Romans Vainsteins (LAT)	Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco	s.t.

External links

• Race website
• News report of the race