# 2001 Tour of Slovenia

The 2001 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 8th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as UCI‑2.5 stage race held between 8 and 13 May 2001.
The race consisted of 7 stages with 1,005.5 km (624.8 mi) in total.

## Teams

Total 117 riders (59 finished it) from 16 teams started the race.

### Professional

* KRKA–Telekom Slovenije
* Amore & Vita–Beretta
* De Nardi–Pasta Montegrappa
* Mapei–Quick-Step
* Mróz–Supradyn Witaminy
* Ceresit–CCC–Mat
* KIA-Suisse
* DeFeet-Lemond
* Van Vliet Weba

### Amateur

* Radenska Rog
* Dolenjska (Krka Telekom U23)
* Perutnina Ptuj
* Savaprojekt Krško
* Sava Kranj

### National

* Austria

## Route and stages

Stage characteristics and winners :
| Stage | Date | Course | Length | Type | Type | Winner |
| 1 | 8 May | Čatež – Beltinci | 190 km (118 mi) | | Plain stage | Stefano Zanini |
| 2 | 9 May | Radenci – Ptuj | 120 km (75 mi) | | Plain stage | Boštjan Mervar |
| 3 | 9 May | Zreče – Rogla | 16.5 km (10 mi) | | Mountain time trial | Faat Zakirov |
| 4 | 10 May | Maribor – Ljubljana | 168 km (104 mi) | | Hillystage | Dean Podgornik |
| 5 | 11 May | Ivančna Gorica – Ajdovščina | 175 km (109 mi) | | Mountain stage | Seweryn Kohut |
| 6 | 12 May | Sežana – Vršič | 158 km (98 mi) | | Mountain stage | Faat Zakirov |
| 7 | 13 May | Ribnica – Novo mesto | 178 km (111 mi) | | Plain stage | Remigius Lupeikis |
| Total | Total | 1,005.5 km (624.8 mi) | 1,005.5 km (624.8 mi) | 1,005.5 km (624.8 mi) | 1,005.5 km (624.8 mi) | 1,005.5 km (624.8 mi) | 1,005.5 km (624.8 mi) |

## Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage :
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Intermediate sprints classification | Team classification |
| 1 | Stefano Zanini | Stefano Zanini | Stefano Zanini | Boštjan Kavčnik | Matej Marin | Boštjan Kavčnik | Van Vliet Weba |
| 2 | Boštjan Mervar | Boštjan Mervar | not available | not available | not available | not available | not available |
| 3 | Faat Zakirov | Faat Zakirov | Boštjan Mervar | Boštjan Kavčnik | Radoslav Rogina | Matej Marin | Amore & Vita-Beretta |
| 4 | Dean Podgornik | Faat Zakirov | Boštjan Mervar | not available | not available | not available | KRKA Telekom |
| 5 | Seweryn Kohut | Vladimir Miholjević | Boštjan Mervar | not available | not available | not available | Amore & Vita-Beretta |
| 6 | Faat Zakirov | Faat Zakirov | Faat Zakirov | Matej Marin | not available | Vladimir Miholjević | Amore & Vita-Beretta |
| 7 | Remigius Lupeikis | Faat Zakirov | Faat Zakirov | Matej Marin | Filippo Baldo | Radoslav Rogina | Amore & Vita-Beretta |
| Final | Final | Faat Zakirov | Faat Zakirov | Matej Marin | Filippo Baldo | Radoslav Rogina | Amore & Vita |

## Final classification standings

Legend :
| Denotes the leader of the general classification | Denotes the leader of the mountains classification |
| Denotes the leader of the points classification | Denotes the leader of the young rider classification |
| Denotes the winner of the int. sprints classification | Denotes the leader of the team classification |

### General classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Faat Zakirov | Amore&Vita-Beretta | 24h 44' 58" |
| 2 | Martin Derganc | Krka Telekom | + 1' 09" |
| 3 | Vladimir Miholjević | Krka Telekom | + 1' 23" |
| 4 | Seweryn Kohut | Amore&Vita-Beretta | + 2' 20" |
| 5 | Slawomir Kohut | Amore&Vita-Beretta | + 3' 54" |
| 6 | Luca Belluomini | CCC Mat | + 5' 05" |
| 7 | Jaroslaw Rebiewski | CCC Mat | + 5' 34" |
| 8 | Martin Mosers | Austria | + 6' 35" |
| 9 | Simone Mori | KIA-Suisse | + 7' 33" |
| 10 | Jürgen Pauritsch | Austria | + 8' 26" |

### Points classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Faat Zakirov | Amore&Vita-Beretta | 55 |
| 2 | Vladimir Miholjević | Krka Telekom | 48 |
| 3 | Seweryn Kohut | Amore&Vita-Beretta | 48 |
| 4 | Boštjan Mervar | Krka Telekom | 45 |
| 5 | Martin Derganc | Krka Telekom | 43 |

### Mountains classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Matej Marin | Perutnina Ptuj | 23 |
| 2 | Filippo Baldo | KIA-Suisse | 21 |
| 3 | Branko Filip | Krka Telekom | 6 |
| 4 | Bernhard Eisel | Mapei-Quick Step | 6 |
| 5 | Radoslav Rogina | Perutnina Ptuj | 5 |

### Young rider classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Radoslav Rogina | Perutnina Ptuj | 24h 54' 13" |
| 2 | Hrvoje Miholjević | Sava Kranj | + 1' 37" |
| 3 | Darko Mrvar | Dolenjska | + 1' 57" |
| 4 | Massimo Demarin | Perutnina Ptuj | + 5' 21" |
| 5 | Marko Žepič | Sava Kranj | + 7' 39" |

### Intermediate sprints classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Filippo Baldo | KIA-Suisse | 15 |
| 2 | Vladimir Miholjević | Krka Telekom | 13 |
| 3 | Seweryn Kohut | Amore&Vita-Beretta | 13 |
| 4 | Faat Zakirov | Amore&Vita-Beretta | 10 |
| 5 | Martin Derganc | Krka Telekom | 6 |

### Team classification

| Rank | Team | Time |
| 1 | Amore&Vita-Beretta | 62h 08' 34" |
| 2 | Krka Telekom | + 5′ 04″ |
| 3 | Mapei-Quick Step | + 22′ 47″ |
| 4 | Perutnina Ptuj | + 26′ 38″ |
| 5 | CCC Mat | + 27′ 56″ |
| 7 | Radenska Rog Mix | + 31′ 49″ |
| 8 | Sava Kranj | + 32′ 02″ |
| 11 | Dolenjska | + 1h 43′ 29″ |