The 1981 Giro d'Italia was the 64th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Trieste, with a prologue individual time trial on 13 May, and Stage 10 occurred on 25 May with a stage to Cascia. The race finished in Verona on 7 June.
Prologue 13 May 1981 — Trieste, (ITT)
Prologue result and general classification after Prologue Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Famcucine–Campagnolo + 1" 3 Famcucine–Campagnolo + 5" 4 + 9" 5 s.t. 6 Famcucine–Campagnolo + 13" 7 s.t. 8 + 14" 9 Sammontana–Benotto + 15" 10 + 16"
Stage 1a 14 May 1981 — Trieste to Bibione,
Stage 1a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t.General classification after Stage 1a Rank Rider Team Time 1
Stage 1b 14 May 1981 — Lignano Sabbiadoro to Bibione, (TTT)
Stage 1b result Rank Team Time 1 2 Famcucine–Campagnolo + 2" 3 + 3" 4 Sammontana–Benotto + 10" 5 + 19" 6 + 22" 7 + 23" 8 s.t. 9 + 30" 10 + 36"General classification after Stage 1b Rank Rider Team Time 1 Famcucine–Campagnolo 2 Famcucine–Campagnolo + 4" 3 + 6" 4 Famcucine–Campagnolo + 12" 5 + 14" 6 + 17" 7 + 19" 8 Famcucine–Campagnolo s.t. 9 + 20" 10 Sammontana–Benotto + 21"
Stage 2 15 May 1981 — Bibione to Ferrara,
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Famcucine–Campagnolo s.t. 3 Famcucine–Campagnolo s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Famcucine–Campagnolo 2 Famcucine–Campagnolo + 16" 3 + 22" 4 Famcucine–Campagnolo + 25" 5 Famcucine–Campagnolo + 28" 6 + 30" 7 + 33" 8 + 35" 9 + 36" 10 Sammontana–Benotto + 37"
Stage 3 16 May 1981 — Bologna to Recanati,
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Famcucine–Campagnolo s.t. 3 s.t. 4 Selle San Marco–Gabrielli s.t. 5 Sammontana–Benotto s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Famcucine–Campagnolo 2 Famcucine–Campagnolo + 4" 3 + 16" 4 + 26" 5 + 39" 6 + 40" 7 Sammontana–Benotto + 41" 8 + 42" 9 + 44" 10 + 47"
Rest day 1 17 May 1981
Stage 4 18 May 1981 — Recanati to Lanciano,
Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Sammontana–Benotto + 3" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 Selle San Marco–Gabrielli s.t. 7 + 5" 8 s.t. 9 + 10" 10 + 12"General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Famcucine–Campagnolo 2 Famcucine–Campagnolo + 4" 3 + 16" 4 + 32" 5 + 37" 6 + 39" 7 + 40" 8 Sammontana–Benotto + 41" 9 + 42" 10 s.t.
Stage 5 19 May 1981 — Marina di San Vito to Rodi Garganico,
Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Famcucine–Campagnolo s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Famcucine–Campagnolo s.t. 8 Famcucine–Campagnolo s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Famcucine–Campagnolo 2 + 6" 3 Famcucine–Campagnolo + 24" 4 + 52" 5 + 56" 6 + 59" 7 Sammontana–Benotto + 1' 01" 8 + 1' 12" 9 s.t. 10 s.t.
Stage 6 20 May 1981 — Rodi Garganico to Bari,
Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Famcucine–Campagnolo s.t. 10 Famcucine–Campagnolo s.t.General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Famcucine–Campagnolo + 24" 3 Famcucine–Campagnolo + 48" 4 + 1' 16" 5 + 1' 20" 6 + 1' 23" 7 Sammontana–Benotto + 1' 25" 8 + 1' 26" 9 + 1' 36" 10 s.t.
Stage 7 21 May 1981 — Bari to Potenza,
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Famcucine–Campagnolo 2 Selle San Marco–Gabrielli s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Selle San Marco–Gabrielli s.t. 6 + 4" 7 + 6" 8 + 30" 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Famcucine–Campagnolo + 24" 3 + 1' 16" 4 + 1' 20" 5 + 1' 21" 6 + 1' 23" 7 s.t. 8 Sammontana–Benotto + 1' 26" 9 s.t. 10 + 1' 33"
Stage 8 22 May 1981 — Sala Consilina to Cosenza,
Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Sammontana–Benotto 2 Selle San Marco–Gabrielli s.t. 3 s.t. 4 + 56" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Famcucine–Campagnolo + 24" 3 + 46" 4 + 1' 16" 5 + 1' 20" 6 + 1' 21" 7 + 1' 23" 8 s.t. 9 Sammontana–Benotto + 1' 25" 10 + 1' 26"
Stage 9 23 May 1981 — Cosenza to Reggio Calabria,
Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Famcucine–Campagnolo s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Famcucine–Campagnolo s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Famcucine–Campagnolo + 24" 3 + 46" 4 + 1' 10" 5 + 1' 16" 6 + 1' 21" 7 + 1' 23" 8 s.t. 9 Sammontana–Benotto + 1' 25" 10 + 1' 26"
Rest day 2 24 May 1981
Stage 10 25 May 1981 — Rome to Cascia,
Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 3" 3 s.t. 4 Selle San Marco–Gabrielli + 5" 5 s.t. 6 + 7" 7 + 51" 8 + 54" 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 12" 3 + 31" 4 Selle San Marco–Gabrielli + 49" 5 s.t. 6 + 50" 7 + 1' 04" 8 + 1' 23" 9 Sammontana–Benotto + 1' 32" 10 + 1' 33"
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