2001 Clásico RCN

Race details
Dates	August 12 – August 19
Stages	8
Distance	1,031 km (640.6 mi)
Winning time	29h 11' 40"
Results
Winner  Juan Diego Ramírez (COL) (05 Orbitel)   Second  José Castelblanco (COL) (Selle Italia)   Third  Elder Herrera (COL) (05 Orbitel)   Mountains  José Castelblanco (COL) (Selle Italia)   Youth  Franklin Chacón (VEN) (Lotería del Táchira)   Combination  Juan Diego Ramírez (COL) (05 Orbitel)   Sprints  Heberth Gutiérrez (COL) (Selle Italia)   Team 05 Orbitel

The 41st edition of the annual Clásico RCN was held from August 12 to August 19, 2001 in Colombia. The stage race with a UCI rate of 2.4 started in Medellín and finished in Parque Nacional Circuito. RCN stands for "Radio Cadena Nacional" one of the oldest and largest radio networks in the nation.

Stages

2001-08-12: Medellín–Jericó (124 km)

Place	Stage 1		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Alejandro Cortés (COL)	03:45.26	Alejandro Cortés (COL)	03:45.16
2.	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	+ 0.03	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	+ 0.07
3.	Álvaro Lozano (COL)	+ 0.03	Álvaro Lozano (COL)	+ 0.07

2001-08-13: Jericó–Manizales (164.4 km)

Place	Stage 2		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	José Castelblanco (COL)	04:34.36	Álvaro Lozano (COL)	08:20.05
2.	Álvaro Lozano (COL)	+ 0.16	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	+ 0.05
3.	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	+ 0.19	Ismael Sarmiento (COL)	+ 1.35

2001-08-14: Manizales–Anserma (122.2 km)

Place	Stage 3		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Heberth Gutiérrez (COL)	03:06.52	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	11:35.01
2.	Jairo Hernández (COL)	+ 0.13	Álvaro Lozano (COL)	+ 0.13
3.	Alexis Rojas (COL)	+ 0.23	José Castelblanco (COL)	+ 2.09

2001-08-15: Alcalá–Ibagué (155.7 km)

Place	Stage 4		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	04:32.58	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	16:07.49
2.	José Castelblanco (COL)	+ 0.41	José Castelblanco (COL)	+ 2.54
3.	Elder Herrera (COL)	+ 1.10	Elder Herrera (COL)	+ 8.56

2001-08-16: Ibagué–Mosquera (181.3 km)

Place	Stage 5		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Ubaldo Mesa (COL)	05:14.07	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	21:21.41
2.	Víctor Niño (COL)	+ 0.02	José Castelblanco (COL)	+ 2.50
3.	José Castelblanco (COL)	+ 0.15	Elder Herrera (COL)	+ 12.34

2001-08-17: Sopó–Villa de Leyva (143.8 km)

Place	Stage 6		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Jairo Pérez (COL)	03:34.45	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	25:04.47
2.	Libardo Niño (COL)	—	José Castelblanco (COL)	+ 3.51
3.	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	+ 8.25	Elder Herrera (COL)	+ 12.38

2001-08-18: Villa de Leyva–Tunja (37.6 km)

Place	Stage 7 (Individual Time Trial)		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	José Castelblanco (COL)	01:09.42	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	26:15.49
2.	Elder Herrera (COL)	+ 0.27	José Castelblanco (COL)	+ 2.31
3.	Jairo Hernández (COL)	+ 1.16	Elder Herrera (COL)	+ 11.44

2001-08-19: Circuito Parque Nacional de Bogotá (102 km)

Place	Stage 8		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Fredy González (COL)	02:49.18	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	29:11.40
2.	Libardo Niño (COL)	—	José Castelblanco (COL)	+ 2.31
3.	Nélson Vargas (COL)	+ 5.40	Elder Herrera (COL)	+ 11.44

Final classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	TIME
1.	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	05 Orbitel	29:11:40
2.	José Castelblanco (COL)	Baterías MAC-Selle Italia-Pacific	+ 2.31
3.	Elder Herrera (COL)	05 Orbitel	+ 11.44
4.	Marlon Pérez (COL)	05 Orbitel	+ 14.11
5.	Jairo Hernández (COL)	05 Orbitel	+ 15.19
6.	Ismael Sarmiento (COL)	Lotería de Boyacá	+ 19.47
7.	Víctor Niño (COL)	Lotería de Boyacá	+ 20.30
8.	Hernán Bonilla (COL)	05 Orbitel	+ 26.11
9.	Miguel Ángel Sanabria (COL)	05 Orbitel	+ 32.08
10.	Javier Zapata (COL)	05 Orbitel	+ 35.44

Teams

See also

• 2001 Vuelta a Colombia

References

• cyclingnews
• pedalear