2001 VUELTA A COLOMBIA

2001 Vuelta a Colombia
Race details
Dates	June 17 – July 2, 2001
Stages	15
Distance	1,946.3 km (1,209 mi)
Winning time	46h 51' 29"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
	Youth
	Combination
	Sprints
	Team
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The 51st edition of the Vuelta a Colombia was held from June 17 to July 2, 2001. There were a total number of 98 competitors from 13 teams.

Stages

2001-06-17: Ciudad de Popayán (8.8 km)

Place	Prologue		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Marlon Pérez ( COL)	00:08.51	Marlon Pérez ( COL)	00:08.51
2.	Ismael Sarmiento ( COL)	+0.17	Ismael Sarmiento ( COL)	+0.17
3.	Javier Zapata ( COL)	+0.21	Javier Zapata ( COL)	+0.21

2001-06-18: Popayán — Cali (143 km)

Place	Stage 1		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Marlon Pérez ( COL)	03:00.48	Marlon Pérez ( COL)	03:09.29
2.	Víctor Herrera ( COL)	—	Ismael Sarmiento ( COL)	+0.27
3.	Luis Orán Castañeda ( COL)	—	Javier Zapata ( COL)	+0.27

2001-06-19: Palmira — Buga (46.7 km)

Place	Stage 2 ( Team Time Trial)		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	05 Orbitel A	00:51.02	Marlon Pérez ( COL)	03:08.29
2.	Lotería de Boyacá A	+0.35	Javier Zapata ( COL)	+0.27
3.	Lotería de Boyacá B	+1.09	Ismael Sarmiento ( COL)	+0.36

2001-06-20: Buga — Cartago (120 km)

Place	Stage 3		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Gregorio Ladino ( COL)	02:23.14	Marlon Pérez ( COL)	05:31.44
2.	Marlon Pérez ( COL)	+0.07	Javier Zapata ( COL)	+0.33
3.	Víctor Herrera ( COL)	—	Ismael Sarmiento ( COL)	+0.43

2001-06-21: Cartago — Pereira (176 km)

Place	Stage 4		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Yeison Delgado ( VEN)	04:16.11	Marlon Pérez ( COL)	09:48.05
2.	Israel Ochoa ( COL)	+0.14	Javier Zapata ( COL)	+0.37
3.	Marlon Pérez ( COL)	—	Ismael Sarmiento ( COL)	+0.47

2001-06-22: Pereira — Chinchiná (27.7 km)

Place	Stage 5 ( Individual Time Trial)		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Javier Zapata ( COL)	00:38.13	Marlon Pérez ( COL)	10:26.19
2.	Marlon Pérez ( COL)	+0.01	Javier Zapata ( COL)	+0.36
3.	Libardo Niño ( COL)	+0.06	Libardo Niño ( COL)	+1.05

2001-06-23: Chinchiná — Medellín (191 km)

Place	Stage 6		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Hernán Buenahora ( COL)	04:41.58	Marlon Pérez ( COL)	15:08.35
2.	Héctor Palacio ( COL)	+0.22	Javier Zapata ( COL)	+0.41
3.	Marlon Pérez ( COL)	—	Libardo Niño ( COL)	+1.10

2001-06-24: Medellín — El Escobero (129 km)

Place	Stage 7		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Hernán Buenahora ( COL)	??????	Javier Zapata ( COL)	18:46.06
2.	Héctor Castaño ( COL)	+0.25	Hernán Buenahora ( COL)	+0.13
3.	Noel Vasquez ( VEN)	+0.59	Ismael Sarmiento ( COL)	+1.14

2001-06-25: Caldas — Manizales (182.5 km)

Place	Stage 8		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Jairo Hernández ( COL)	04:49.08	Javier Zapata ( COL)	23:36.21
2.	Marlon Pérez ( COL)	+0.01	Hernán Buenahora ( COL)	+0.13
3.	Rodolfo Camacho ( COL)	+0.02	Ismael Sarmiento ( COL)	+1.14

2001-06-26: Manizales — Honda (140.8 km)

Place	Stage 9		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Hernán Buenahora ( COL)	03:23.54	Hernán Buenahora ( COL)	27:00.19
2.	Juan Diego Ramírez ( COL)	+2.13	Javier Zapata ( COL)	+2.08
3.	Javier Zapata ( COL)	—	Juan Diego Ramírez ( COL)	+3.37

2001-06-27: Puerto Boyacá — Barrancabermeja (203.5 km)

Place	Stage 10		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Libardo Niño ( COL)	04:12.52	Hernán Buenahora ( COL)	31:20.25
2.	Carlos Osorio ( COL)	+0.04	Javier Zapata ( COL)	+2.08
3.	Marlon Pérez ( COL)	+7.09	Juan Diego Ramírez ( COL)	+3.37

2001-06-28: Barrancabermeja — Bucaramanga (124.3 km)

Place	Stage 11		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Federico Muñoz ( COL)	03:05.30	Hernán Buenahora ( COL)	34:25.55
2.	Israel Ochoa ( COL)	—	Juan Diego Ramírez ( COL)	+3.37
3.	Héctor Palacio ( COL)	—	Jairo Hernández ( COL)	+4.58

2001-06-29: Bucaramanga — Socorro (123 km)

Place	Stage 12		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Olmedo Capacho ( COL)	02:59.32	Hernán Buenahora ( COL)	37:30.22
2.	Nélson Vargas ( COL)	+3.04	Juan Diego Ramírez ( COL)	+3.43
3.	Víctor Hugo González ( COL)	+3.05	Jairo Hernández ( COL)	+4.58

2001-06-30: Socorro — Tunja (169.4 km)

Place	Stage 13		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Graciano Fonseca ( COL)	04:41.42	Hernán Buenahora ( COL)	42:16.44
2.	Víctor Niño ( COL)	—	Juan Diego Ramírez ( COL)	+3.37
3.	Alejandro Cortés ( COL)	+4.11	Jairo Hernández ( COL)	+4.58

2001-07-01: Tunja — Bogotá (163 km)

Place	Stage 14		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Darío Sedano ( COL)	03:55.11	Hernán Buenahora ( COL)	46:15.33
2.	Jorge Humberto Martínez ( COL)	+0.05	Juan Diego Ramírez ( COL)	+3.43
3.	Rigoberto Ibáñez ( COL)	—	Jairo Hernández ( COL)	+4.58

2001-07-02: Bogotá — Alto de Patios (23.5 km)

Place	Stage 15 ( Individual Time Trial)		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Hernán Buenahora ( COL)	00:35.56	Hernán Buenahora ( COL)	46:51.29
2.	Juan Diego Ramírez ( COL)	center>+0.59	Juan Diego Ramírez ( COL)	+4.42
3.	Raúl Montaña ( COL)	+1.17	Jairo Hernández ( COL)	+6.55

Final classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	TIME
1.	Hernán Buenahora ( COL)	Selle Italia Baterías MAC	46:51:29
2.	Juan Diego Ramírez ( COL)	05 Orbitel	+ 4.42
3.	Jairo Hernández ( COL)	05 Orbitel	+ 6.55
4.	Héctor Castaño ( COL)	Empresas Públicas Medellín	+ 6.59
5.	Noel Vasquez ( VEN)	Lotería del Táchira	+ 8.02
6.	Alexis Rojas ( COL)	Aguardiente Néctar	+ 10.48
7.	Ubaldo Mesa ( COL)	Lotería de Boyacá	+ 12.13
8.	Israel Ochoa ( COL)	Lotería de Boyacá	+ 13.27
9.	Ismael Sarmiento ( COL)	Lotería de Boyacá	+ 14.11
10.	Marlon Pérez ( COL)	05 Orbitel	+ 16.46

Teams

Empresas Públicas de Medellín — Aguardiente Antioqueño

Director Deportivo: Luis Carlos Mejía

Aguardiente Néctar — Cartoprin

Director Deportivo: José Alfonso López

Baterías MAC — Selle Italia — Pacific

Director Deportivo: Hernán Herrón

Lotería de Boyacá A

Director Deportivo: Rafael Antonio Niño

05 Orbitel A

Director Deportivo: José Raúl Mesa

Lotería del Táchira (Venezuela)

Director Deportivo: Guillermo Cárdenas

Aguardiente Cristal — Liciclismo Caldas

Director Deportivo: Rubén Darío Beltrán

Idea — Indeportes Antioquia

Director Deportivo: Luis Fernando Otálvaro

Lotería de Boyacá B

Director Deportivo: José Patrocinio Jiménez

05 Orbitel B

Técnico Adjunto: Carlos Jaramillo

Triple Gordo de Trujillo (Venezuela)

Director Deportivo: José Lindarte and Jaime Díaz

Cicloases Cundinamarca

Director Deportivo: Leonidas Herrera

Mixto 1

References

Stages

2001-06-17: Ciudad de Popayán (8.8 km)

2001-06-18: Popayán — Cali (143 km)

2001-06-19: Palmira — Buga (46.7 km)

2001-06-20: Buga — Cartago (120 km)

2001-06-21: Cartago — Pereira (176 km)

2001-06-22: Pereira — Chinchiná (27.7 km)

2001-06-23: Chinchiná — Medellín (191 km)

2001-06-24: Medellín — El Escobero (129 km)

2001-06-25: Caldas — Manizales (182.5 km)

2001-06-26: Manizales — Honda (140.8 km)

2001-06-27: Puerto Boyacá — Barrancabermeja (203.5 km)

2001-06-28: Barrancabermeja — Bucaramanga (124.3 km)

2001-06-29: Bucaramanga — Socorro (123 km)

2001-06-30: Socorro — Tunja (169.4 km)

2001-07-01: Tunja — Bogotá (163 km)

2001-07-02: Bogotá — Alto de Patios (23.5 km)

Final classification

Teams

See also

References

Stages

2001-06-17: Ciudad de Popayán (8.8 km)

2001-06-18: Popayán — Cali (143 km)

2001-06-19: Palmira — Buga (46.7 km)

2001-06-20: Buga — Cartago (120 km)

2001-06-21: Cartago — Pereira (176 km)

2001-06-22: Pereira — Chinchiná (27.7 km)

2001-06-23: Chinchiná — Medellín (191 km)

2001-06-24: Medellín — El Escobero (129 km)

2001-06-25: Caldas — Manizales (182.5 km)

2001-06-26: Manizales — Honda (140.8 km)

2001-06-27: Puerto Boyacá — Barrancabermeja (203.5 km)

2001-06-28: Barrancabermeja — Bucaramanga (124.3 km)

2001-06-29: Bucaramanga — Socorro (123 km)

2001-06-30: Socorro — Tunja (169.4 km)

2001-07-01: Tunja — Bogotá (163 km)

2001-07-02: Bogotá — Alto de Patios (23.5 km)

Final classification

Teams

See also

References

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