2001 Clásico RCN explained

2001 Clásico RCN
Date:	August 12 – August 19
Stages:	8
Distance:	1031
Unit:	km
Time:	29h 11' 40"
Speed:	35.3149
First:	Juan Diego Ramírez
First Nat:	COL
First Team:	05 Orbitel
Second:	José Castelblanco
Second Nat:	COL
Second Team:	Selle Italia
Third:	Elder Herrera
Third Nat:	COL
Third Team:	05 Orbitel
Combination:	Juan Diego Ramírez
Combination Nat:	COL
Combination Team:	05 Orbitel
Mountains:	José Castelblanco
Mountains Nat:	COL
Mountains Team:	Selle Italia
Youth:	Franklin Chacón
Youth Nat:	VEN
Youth Team:	Lotería del Táchira
Sprints:	Heberth Gutiérrez
Sprints Nat:	COL
Sprints Team:	Selle Italia
Team:	05 Orbitel
Previous:	2000
Next:	2002

The 41st edition of the annual Clásico RCN was held from August 12 to August 19, 2001 in Colombia. The stage race with a UCI rate of 2.4 started in Medellín and finished in Parque Nacional Circuito. RCN stands for "Radio Cadena Nacional" one of the oldest and largest radio networks in the nation.

Stages

2001-08-12: Medellín–Jericó (124 km)

Place	Stage 1		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2001-08-13: Jericó–Manizales (164.4 km)

Place	Stage 2		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2001-08-14: Manizales–Anserma (122.2 km)

Place	Stage 3		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2001-08-15: Alcalá–Ibagué (155.7 km)

Place	Stage 4		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2001-08-16: Ibagué–Mosquera (181.3 km)

Place	Stage 5		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2001-08-17: Sopó–Villa de Leyva (143.8 km)

Place	Stage 6		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2001-08-18: Villa de Leyva–Tunja (37.6 km)

Place	Stage 7 (Individual Time Trial)		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2001-08-19: Circuito Parque Nacional de Bogotá (102 km)

Place	Stage 8		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

Final classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	TIME
1.		05 Orbitel	29:11:40
2.		Baterías MAC-Selle Italia-Pacific	+ 2.31
3.		05 Orbitel	+ 11.44
4.		05 Orbitel	+ 14.11
5.		05 Orbitel	+ 15.19
6.		Lotería de Boyacá	+ 19.47
7.		Lotería de Boyacá	+ 20.30
8.		05 Orbitel	+ 26.11
9.		05 Orbitel	+ 32.08
10.		05 Orbitel	+ 35.44

Teams

05 Orbitel

Lotería de Boyacá

Baterías MAC-Selle Italia-Pacific

Aguardiente Antioqueño-Empresas Públicas de Medellín

Lotería del Táchira (Venezuela)

Aguardiente Cristal

Casanare Inderca

Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad-Aguardiente Néctar

Nacional 05 Orbitel

Idea-Indeportes Antioquia

Club Cicloases - Los Panches

Cicloases

Mixto

See also

• 2001 Vuelta a Colombia

References

• cyclingnews
• pedalear