It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced in August 2012 that they had disqualified Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his seven Tour de France wins from 1999 to 2005.
It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced in August 2012 that they had disqualified Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his seven Tour de France wins from 1999 to 2005.
Erik Zabel won his record sixth consecutive points classification victory. ==Teams== The organisers felt that the 2000 Tour de France had not included enough French teams and consequently changed the selection procedure.
was selected because it included the winner of the 2000 UCI Road World Cup, Erik Zabel).
was selected because it won the team classification in the 2000 Giro d'Italia.
was selected because it won the team classifications in both the 2000 Tour de France and 2000 Vuelta a España.
A further twelve teams qualified based on the UCI ranking in the highest UCI division at the end of 2000, after compensating for transfers.
The 2001 Tour de France was a multiple-stage bicycle race held from 7 to 29 July, and the 88th edition of the Tour de France.
The 2001 Tour therefore has no official winner. ==Classification leadership and minor prizes== There were several classifications in the 2001 Tour de France.
It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced in August 2012 that they had disqualified Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his seven Tour de France wins from 1999 to 2005.
It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced in August 2012 that they had disqualified Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his seven Tour de France wins from 1999 to 2005.
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