1981 Giro d'Italia
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| Race details | |||
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| Dates | 13 May - 7 June | ||
| Stages | 22 + Prologue | ||
| Distance | 3,895.6 km (2,421 mi) | ||
| Winning time | 104h 50' 36" (37.150 km/h or 23.084 mph) | ||
| Palmares | |||
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Winner |  Giovanni Battaglin (ITA) |
(Inoxpran) |
| Second |  Tommy Prim (SWE) |
(Bianchi) | |
| Third | Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) |
(Gis Gelati) | |
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Points | Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) |
(Gis Gelati) |
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Mountains | Claudio Bortolotto (ITA) |
(Santini) |
| Youth | Giuseppe Faraca (ITA) |
(Hoonved) | |
| Team | Bianchi | ||
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The 1981 Giro d'Italia of cycling, the 64th running of the race, was held from 13 May to 7 June 1981, consisting of 22 stages. It was won by Giovanni Battaglin.[1]
Teams
A total of 13 teams were invited to participate in the 1981 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 130 cyclists. Out of the 130 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 104 riders made it to the finish in Verona.
The 13 teams that took part in the race were:
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General classification
| Cyclist | Country | Time | |
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| 1 | Giovanni Battaglin | Italy |
104 h 50' 36s |
| 2 | Tommy Prim | Sweden |
+ 38s |
| 3 | Giuseppe Saronni | Italy |
+ 50s |
| 4 | Silvano Contini | Italy |
+ 1' 59s |
| 5 | Josef Fuchs |  Switzerland |
+ 2' 19s |
| 6 | Roberto Visentini | Italy |
+ 5' 37s |
| 7 | Alfio Vandi | Italy |
+ 9' 32s |
| 8 | Beat Breu | Switzerland |
+ 10' 02s |
| 9 | Claudio Bortolotto | Italy |
+ 10' 12s |
| 10 | Gianbattista Baronchelli | Italy |
+ 12' 01s |
Maglia rosa holders
| Cyclist | Country | Stages |
|---|---|---|
| Knut Knudsen |  Norway |
prologue |
| Guido Bontempi | Italy |
1st(A) |
| Francesco Moser | Italy |
1st(B) and 3rd-5th |
| Gregor Braun |  West Germany |
2nd |
| Giuseppe Saronni | Italy |
6th-12th |
| Roberto Visentini | Italy |
13th |
| Silvano Contini | Italy |
14th-19th |
| Giovanni Battaglin | Italy |
20th-final |
