Vuelta a España 2001

56th Vuelta a España 2001 - final score
Route length	21 stages, 3,008.6 km
winner	Ángel Luis Casero	70:49:05 h (42.484 km / h)
Second	Óscar Seville	+ 0:47 min
Third	Levi Leipheimer	+ 2:59 min
Fourth	Roberto Heras	+ 3:58 min
fifth	Juan Miguel Mercado	+ 5:45 min
Sixth	David Plaza	+ 5:53 min
seventh	José Luis Rubiera	+ 6:57 min
Eighth	Claus Michael Møller	+ 7:13 min
Ninth	Aitor Osa	+ 8:32 min
Tenth	Fernando Escartín	+ 10:31 min
Scoring	José María Jiménez	130 p.
Second	Erik Zabel	125 p.
Third	Levi Leipheimer	115 p.
Mountain scoring	José María Jiménez	162 P.
Second	Claus Michael Møller	110 p.
Third	Juan Miguel Mercado	88 P.
Intermediate sprint ranking	César García Calvo	40 p.
Second	Robert Hunter	20 p.
Third	Óscar Laguna	19 p.
Team evaluation	iBanesto.com	212: 05: 24 h
Second	US Postal Service	+ 23:47 min
Third	Festina	+ 26:08 min

The 56th Vuelta a España was from September 8 until the thirtieth September 2001 discharged. There were a total of 21 stages including three time trials, one mountain time trial and 6 mountain arrivals. The tour started in Salamanca and traditionally ended in Madrid after 3,008.6 kilometers . There were five winners of the overall leader's gold jersey. It was only during the last stage, the individual time trial in Madrid, that Ángel Luis Casero took the lead in the overall standings. The Spaniard won this tour for the first time in his career .

Stages

stage	Day	Start finish	km	Stage winner	Overall rating
1st stage	September 8th	Salamanca	13.4 ( EZF )	David Millar	David Millar
2nd stage	the 9th of September	Salamanca - Valladolid	147.2	Erik Zabel	David Millar
3rd stage	September 10	Valladolid - León	140.5	Erik Zabel	David Millar
4th stage	September 11	León - Gijón	175	Erik Zabel	Santiago Botero
5th stage	12th September	Gijón - Lagos de Covadonga	160.8	Juan Miguel Mercado	Óscar Seville
6th stage	13.september	Cangas de Onis - Torrelavega	180.6	David Millar	Óscar Seville
7th stage	September 14th	Torrelavega	44.2 ( EZF )	Santiago Botero	Santiago Botero
8th stage	September 15th	Reinosa - Alto Cruz de la Demanda	195	José María Jiménez	Joseba Beloki
9th stage	16th September	Logroño - Zaragoza	179.2	Igor González de Galdeano	Joseba Beloki
Rest day
10th stage	September 18	Sabadell - La Molina	168.4	Santiago Blanco	Joseba Beloki
11th stage	September 19th	Alp - Pal ( AND )	154.2	José María Jiménez	Óscar Seville
12th stage	September 20th	Ordino	17.1 ( BZF )	José María Jiménez	Óscar Seville
13th stage	21st September	Andorra - Parc de Port Aventura	206	Beat Zberg	Óscar Seville
14th stage	September 22	Tarragona - Vinaròs	170.5	Juan Manuel Gárate	Óscar Seville
15th stage	September 23rd	Valencia - Alto de Aitana	207.2	Claus Michael Møller	Óscar Seville
Rest day
16th stage	25th of September	Alcoy - Murcia	153.3	Tomáš Konečný	Óscar Seville
17th stage	September 26th	Murcia - Albacete	159.5	Robert Hunter	Óscar Seville
18th stage	September 27th	Albacete - Cuenca	154.2	Filippo Simeoni	Óscar Seville
19th stage	September 28th	Cuenca - Guadalajara	168	Guido Trenti	Óscar Seville
20th stage	September 29th	Guadalajara - Alto de Abantos	176.3	Gilberto Simoni	Oscar Seville
21st stage	30. September	Madrid	38 ( EZF )	Santiago Botero	Ángel Luis Casero

Web links

• Vuelta a España 2001 in the Radsportseiten.net database