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

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

Ferney Naranjo
Alejandro Cortés
Ricardo Vargas
Julio César Rangel
John Freddy Rubio
Oscar Alarcón
Darío Sedano

Idea — Indeportes Antioquia

Director Deportivo: Luis Fernando Otálvaro

Oved Ramírez
Edilberto Suárez
Oscar Álvarez
Ramón García
César Laverde
Jorge Flórez

Lotería de Boyacá B

Director Deportivo: José Patrocinio Jiménez

Víctor Niño
Ubaldo Mesa
José Ibáñez
Giovanny Huertas
Elkin Barrera
Víctor Becerra
Giovanny Torres
Graciano Fonseca

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

Alexander Rodríguez
Guillermo Chaparro
Maximiliano Farfán
José Javier Castiblanco
Freddy Rincón
Juan Barrero
Gerson Sánchez
Jairo Vega

Mixto 1

Javier Guerrero
Javier Torres
Darío Sedano
Hernando Hernández
José Diego Marín
Gustavo Guzmán
Héctor Reina

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