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The great favorite was the winner of 1999 and 2000, the American Lance Armstrong. His major opponent, like last year, would probably be German Jan Ullrich. Other major contenders seemed to be Joseba Beloki from Spain, Christophe Moreau from France and Francesco Casagrande from Italy. Not starting, because their teams were not selected, were Swiss Alex Zülle, Italian climber Marco Pantani and Italian sprinter Mario Cipollini. Armstrong on the cover of Sports Illustrated shortly before the 2005 Tour de France. ... Jan Ullrich in the T-Mobile Team uniform in Pforzheim during the 2005 Tour de France Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, Germany) is a German professional road bicycle racer. ... Joseba Beloki (b. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Francesco Casagrande is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. ... Alex Zülle is a Swiss road bicycle racer born on July 5, 1968 in Wil, Switzerland. ... Marco Pantani Marco Pantani (Cesena, January 13, 1970 – February 14, 2004) was an Italian cyclist widely regarded as being one of the best climbers of his generation in professional road bicycle racing. ... Mario Cipollini (born March 22, 1967) is an Italian professional road cyclist most noted for his sprinting ability. ...

Results

Stage recaps

• 2001 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10
• 2001 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20

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General classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time (Ave. Speed)
1	Lance Armstrong	United States	U.S. Postal	86h 17' 28"
2	Jan Ullrich	Germany	Deutsche Telekom	6' 44"
3	Joseba Beloki	Spain	ONCE	9' 05"
4	Andrei Kivilev	Kazakhstan	Cofidis	9' 53"
5	Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano	Spain	ONCE	13' 28"
6	François Simon	France	Bonjour	17' 22"
7	Oscar Sevilla	Spain	Kelme	18' 30"
8	Santiago Botero	Colombia	Kelme	20' 55"
9	Marcos Serrano	Spain	ONCE	21' 45"
10	Michael Boogerd	Netherlands	Rabobank	22' 38"

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 1. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) 2. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) 10.03 3. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) 47.32 4. Denis Mentchov (Rus) 1.13.20 5. Marco Pinotti (Ita) 1.15.59 

Combativity:

 1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 94 2. Laurent Roux (Fra) 55 3. Jens Voigt (Ger) 45 4. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) 44 5. Paolo Bettini (Ita) 36 6. Jacky Durand (Fra) 36 7. Bradley McGee (Aus) 32 8. David Etxebarria (Spa) 30 9. Laurent Brochard (Fra) 28 10. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) 23 

Teams (with the top-3 riders of each team):

 1. Kelme-Costa Blanca Oscar Sevilla Santiago Botero J.E. Gutierrez 2. ONCE-Eroski 4.59 Joseba Beloki Igor Gonzalez De G. Marcos Serrano 3. Team Deutsche Telekom 41.06 Jan Ullrich Alexandre Vinokourov Andreas Kloden 4. Bonjour 41.49 Francois Simon Didier Rous Walter Beneteau 5. Rabobank 51.53 Michael Boogerd Geert Verheyen M. den Bakker 6. US Postal Service 54.51 Lance Armstrong Roberto Heras J.L. Rubiera 7. Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.20.41 Andrei Kivilev Daniel Atienza Daivd Moncoutie 8. iBanesto.com 1.22.24 Francisco Mancebo Thomas Brozyna J.P. Rodriguez 9. Festina 1.45.33 Luis Perez Felix Garcia-Casas Sven Teutenberg 10. Jean Delatour 1.49.18 Laurent Brochard Stephane Goubert Laurent Roux