Back طواف إيطاليا 1981 Arabic Giro d'Italia 1981 AST Giro d'Italia 1981 Czech Giro d’Italia 1981 German Giro de Italia 1981 Spanish 1981eko Italiako Giroa Basque Tour d'Italie 1981 French Omgong fan Itaalje 1981 Frisian 1981-es Giro d’Italia Hungarian Giro d'Italia 1981 Italian
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| Dates | 13 May – 7 June 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22 + Prologue, including one split stage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,895.6 km (2,421 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 104h 50' 36" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1981 Giro d'Italia was the 64th running of the Giro. It started in Brescia, on 13 May, with a 6.6 km (4.1 mi) prologue and concluded in Verona, on 7 June, with a 42 km (26.1 mi) individual time trial. A total of 130 riders from thirteen teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Italian Giovanni Battaglin of the Inoxpran team. The second and third places were taken by Swede Tommy Prim and Italian Giuseppe Saronni, respectively.[1]
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Gis Gelati-Campagnolo's Saronni won the points classification, Claudio Bortolotto of Santini-Selle Italia won the mountains classification, and Hoonved-Bottecchia's Giuseppe Faraca completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing eleventh overall. Bianchi-Piaggio finishing as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. In addition, Bianchi-Piaggio won the team points classification.
- ^ "Battaglin: Despues de la <<Vuelta>>... El <<Giro>>" [Battaglin: After the <<Vuelta>>... the <<Giro>>] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 8 June 1981. p. 30. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2012.