Giro d'Italia 1981

The 64th Giro d'Italia was held in 24 sections and 3889.6 kilometers from May 13th to June 7th 1981 and won by the Italian Giovanni Battaglin . Of the 130 drivers who started, 104 reached the finish in Verona .

course

stage	from	to	km	winner	Maglia pink
prolog	Trieste	Trieste	6.6 ( EZF )	Knut Knudsen	Knut Knudsen
1A	Trieste	Bibione	100	Guido Bontempi	Guido Bontempi
1B	Lignano Sabbiadoro	Bibione	15 ( MZF )	Hoonved-Bottecchia	Francesco Moser
2	Bibione	Ferrara	211	Paolo Rosola	Gregor Braun
3	Bologna	Recanati	255	Giuseppe Saronni	Francesco Moser
4th	Recanti	Lanciano	214	Mario Beccia
5	Marina di San Vito	Rodi Garganico	180	Giuseppe Saronni
6th	Rodi Garganico	Bari	225	Giuseppe Saronni	Giuseppe Saronni
7th	Bari	Potenza	143	Palmiro Masciarell
8th	Sala Consilina	Cosenza	202	Moreno Argentin
9	Cosenza	Reggio Calabria	231	Serge Parsani
10	Rome	Cascia	166	Gianbattista Baronchelli
11	Cascia	Arezzo	199	Giovanni Renosto
12	Arezzo	Livorno Montenero	224	Moreno Argentin
13	Empoli	Montecatini Terme	35 (EZF)	Knut Knudsen	Roberto Visentini
14th	Montecatini Terme	Salsomaggiore Terme	224	Francesco Moser	Silvano Contini
15th	Salsomaggiore Terme	Pavia	198	Daniel Gisiger
16	Milan	Mantua	173	Claudio Torelli
17th	Mantua	Borno	215	Benedetto Patellaro
18th	Borno	Dimaro	127	Miguel María Lasa
19th	Dimaro	San Vigilio di Marebbe	125	Giovanni Battaglin
20th	San Vigilio di Marebbe	Three Peaks	100	Beat Breu	Giovanni Battaglin
21st	Auronzo di Cadore	Arzignano	197	Pierino Gavazzi
22nd	Soave	Verona	42 (EZF)	Knut Knudsen

Final results

winner	Giovanni Battaglin	104: 50: 36 h
Second	Tommy prim	+ 0:38 min
Third	Giuseppe Saronni	+ 0:50 min
Fourth	Silvano Contini	+ 1:59 min
fifth	Josef Fuchs	+ 2:19 min
Sixth	Roberto Visentini	+ 5:37 min
seventh	Alfio Vandi	+ 9:32 min
Eighth	Beat Breu	+ 10:02 min
Ninth	Claudio Bortolotto	+ 10:12 min
Tenth	Gianbattista Baronchelli	+ 12:01 min
Scoring	Giuseppe Saronni	215 p.
Second	Tommy prim	133 P.
Second	Giovanni Mantovani
Mountain scoring	Claudio Bortolotto	510 p.
Second	Beat Breu	500 p.
Third	Benedetto Patellaro	290 p.
Young talent evaluation	Giuseppe Faraca	105:05:30 h
Team evaluation	Bianchi	313: 55: 08 h
Second	Cilo-Aufina
Third	Inoxpran