Tour de Suisse 1981

The 45th Tour de Suisse took place from June 10th to 19th, 1981. It was held in eleven stages and a prologue over a distance of 1,627.5 kilometers.

The overall winner was Beat Breu from Switzerland . The tour started in Wohlen with 103 drivers, 72 of whom crossed the finish line in Zurich on the last day .

Results

Final score
Tour winner	Beat Breu	42:40:41 h
Second	Josef Fuchs	+0: ​​32 min
Third	Leonardo Natale	+1: 04 min
Fourth	Godi dirt	+2: 09 min
fifth	Henk Lubberding	+4: 10 min
Sixth	Ueli Sutter	+4: 57 min
seventh	Dietrich Thurau	+5: 27 min
Eighth	Albert doubt	+5: 56 min
Ninth	Guy Nulens	+7: 47 min
Tenth	Eddy Schepers	+8: 48 min
Scoring	Pierino Gavazzi	141 P.
Second	Josef Fuchs	120 p.
Third	Alfons De Wolf	117 P.
Mountain scoring	Beat Breu	62 P.
Second	Leonardo Natale	42 P.
Third	Juan Fernandez	27 P.
Team evaluation	Cilo-Aufina	127: 23: 04 h
Second	Magniflex Olmo	+11: 39 min
Third	Federale Mixte	+21: 15 min

stage	Day	Start finish	km	Stage winner	Overall rating
prolog	June 10th	Well	10	Peter Kehl	Peter Kehl
1st stage	June 11th	Wohlen - Uster	205	Godi dirt	Godi dirt
2nd stage	June 12	Uster - Döttingen	205	Roger De Vlaeminck	Theo de Rooij
3rd stage	June 13th	Döttingen - Solothurn	103	Roger De Vlaeminck
4th stage	June 13th	Solthurn - Balmberg ( BZF )	12	Beat Breu	Beat Breu
5th stage	14th June	Solothurn - Geneva	190	Jan Bogaert
6th stage	15th June	Geneva - Brig	231	Guy Nulens	Godi dirt
7th stage	June 16	Brig - Lugano	183	Alfons De Wolf
8th stage	17th of June	Lugano - Lugano	84	Urs Freuler
9th stage	17th of June	Lugano - Monte Brè ( BZF )	9.5	Beat Breu	Beat Breu
10th stage	18th of June	Lugano - Laax	185	Erwin Lienhard
11th stage	June 19th	Laax - Zurich	210	Daniel Gisiger

annotation

1. ↑ ^{a b} As an exception, the prologue was not held as a time trial, but as a short stage.

Web links

• Tour de Suisse website
• Statistics start lists, stages and results of the Tour de Suisse from 1933 to 2011. (PDF; 1.5 MB)