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1981 Giro d'Italia#Points classification

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{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 1981 Giro d'Italia

| image =

| image_caption =

| date = 13 May – 7 June 1981

| stages = 22 + Prologue, including one split stage

| distance = 3895.6

| unit = km

| time = 104h 50' 36"

| speed = 37.150

| first = Giovanni Battaglin

| first_nat = ITA

| first_natvar =

| first_team = Inoxpran

| first_color = pink

| second = Tommy Prim

| second_nat = SWE

| second_natvar =

| second_team = Bianchi-Piaggio

| third = Giuseppe Saronni

| third_nat = ITA

| third_natvar =

| third_team = Gis Gelati-Campagnolo

| points = Giuseppe Saronni

| points_nat = ITA

| points_natvar =

| points_team = Gis Gelati-Campagnolo

| points_color = violet

| mountains = Claudio Bortolotto

| mountains_nat = ITA

| mountains_natvar =

| mountains_team = Santini

| mountains_color = green

| youth = Giuseppe Faraca

| youth_nat = ITA

| youth_natvar =

| youth_team = Hoonved-Bottecchia

| combination =

| combination_nat =

| combination_natvar =

| combination_team =

| sprints =

| sprints_nat =

| sprints_natvar =

| sprints_team =

| team = Bianchi-Piaggio

| teampoints = Bianchi-Piaggio

| previous = 1980

| next = 1982

}}

The 1981 Giro d'Italia was the 64th running of the Giro. It started in Brescia, on 13 May, with a {{convert|6.6|km|1|abbr=on}} prologue and concluded in Verona, on 7 June, with a {{convert|42|km|1|abbr=on}} individual time trial. A total of 130 riders from thirteen teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Italian Giovanni Battaglin of the Inoxpran team. The second and third places were taken by Swede Tommy Prim and Italian Giuseppe Saronni, respectively.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1981/06/08/pagina-30/1069292/pdf.html# |title=Battaglin: Despues de la <>... El <> |language=es |date=8 June 1981 |page=30 |publisher=El Mundo Deportivo |access-date=27 May 2012 |format=PDF |trans-title=Battaglin: After the <>... the <> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508224646/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1981/06/08/pagina-30/1069292/pdf.html |archive-date=8 May 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}

Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Gis Gelati-Campagnolo's Saronni won the points classification, Claudio Bortolotto of Santini-Selle Italia won the mountains classification, and Hoonved-Bottecchia's Giuseppe Faraca completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing eleventh overall. Bianchi-Piaggio finishing as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. In addition, Bianchi-Piaggio won the team points classification.

Teams

{{main list|List of teams and cyclists in the 1981 Giro d'Italia}}

A total of thirteen teams were invited to participate in the 1981 Giro d'Italia.{{cite news|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,avanzata/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,13/articleid,1431_02_1981_0128_0013_20283699/|title=Centotrenta al via|language=it|date=13 May 1981|page=13|newspaper=Stampa Sera|publisher=Editrice La Stampa|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=One hundred and thirty at the start}} The starting riders came from a total of 11 different countries; Italy (82), Switzerland (11), Belgium (11), and Spain (10) all had 10 or more riders represented.{{cite web|title=Giro d'Italia – 1981 Competitors per Country|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1981/startlist/competitors-per-country|website=ProCyclingStats|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522190629/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1981/startlist/competitors-per-country|archive-date=22 May 2025|access-date=13 October 2016}} Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 130 cyclists.{{cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1981.html |title=1981 Giro d'Italia |work= Bike Race Info |publisher=Dog Ear Publishing |author=Bill and Carol McGann|access-date=6 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317082913/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1981.html|archive-date=17 March 2014|url-status=live}}

Of those starting, 45 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time.{{cite web|title=Giro d'Italia – 1981 Debutants|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1981/startlist/debutants|website=ProCyclingStats|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522190657/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1981/startlist/debutants|archive-date=22 May 2025|access-date=13 October 2016}} The average age of riders was 25.76 years,{{cite web|title=Giro d'Italia – 1981 Peloton averages|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1981/startlist/peloton-averages|website=ProCyclingStats|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522190943/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1981/startlist/peloton-averages|archive-date=22 May 2025|access-date=13 October 2016}} ranging from 20–year–old Moreno Argentin (Sammontana-Benotto) to 35–year–old Wladimiro Panizza (Gis Gelati-Campagnolo).{{cite web|title=Giro d'Italia – 1981 Youngest and Oldest competitors|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1981/startlist/youngest-oldest|website=ProCyclingStats|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522191350/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1981/startlist/youngest-oldest|archive-date=22 May 2025|access-date=13 October 2016}} The team with the youngest average rider age was Hoonved-Bottecchia (23), while the oldest was Gis Gelati-Campagnolo (27).{{cite web|title=Giro d'Italia – 1981 Youngest Team|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1981/teams/youngest-team|website=ProCyclingStats|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522191624/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/1981/teams/youngest-team|archive-date=22 May 2025|access-date=13 October 2016}} From the riders that began this edition, 104 made it to the finish in Verona.{{cite news |title=La dernière chance de Franceso Moser |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/280071/files/1981-05-13.pdf |work=La Liberté |date=13 May 1981}}{{cite news |title=Le Tour cycliste d'Italie débute ce jour par le prologue |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/108299/files/1981-05-13.pdf |work=L'Impartial |date=13 May 1981}}

The teams entering the race were:

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| style="vertical-align:top; width:25%;"|

  • Hoonved-Bottecchia
  • Inoxpran
  • Kotter's-G.B.C.
  • Magniflex-Olmo

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  • Safir-Galli-Maillard
  • Sammontana-Benotto
  • Santini-Selle Italia
  • Selle San Marco-Gabrielli

Route and stages

File:Vista su Borno.JPG hosted the end of the {{convert|215|km|0|abbr=on}} seventeenth stage.|alt=An Italian city in the mountains.]]

The route for the 1981 edition of the Giro d'Italia was revealed to the public by head organizer Vincenzo Torriani on 21 February 1981.{{cite news|author=Maurizio Caravella|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,31/articleid,1428_02_1981_0051_0031_20229396/|title=Giro, oggi la presentazione|language=it|date=21 February 1981|page=31|newspaper=Stampa Sera|publisher=Editrice La Stampa|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Tour, Today the Presentation}}{{cite news|author=Gian Paolo Ormezzano|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,21/articleid,1047_01_1981_0045_0023_14824937/|title=Il Giro con abbuoni chiama Saronni|language=it|date=22 February 1981|page=21|newspaper=La Stampa|publisher=Editrice La Stampa|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=The Giro with rebates called Saronni}}{{cite news |author=Gino Sala |url=http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1981_02/19810222_0015.pdf |title=Una corsa dal finale tremendo |language=it |date=22 February 1981 |page=15 |newspaper=l'Unità |publisher=PCI |access-date=27 May 2012 |trans-title=A ride from the tremendous final |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208142609/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1981_02%2F19810222_0015.pdf |archive-date=8 February 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1981/02/22/MD19810222-033.pdf|title=Presentado El Giro – 81|language=es|date=22 February 1981|page=33|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=Presenting the Tour – 81|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208141910/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1981/02/22/MD19810222-033.pdf|agency=EFE|archive-date=8 February 2015|url-status=live}} Covering a total of {{convert|3895.6|km|abbr=on}}, it included four time trials (three individual and one for teams), and ten stages with categorized climbs that awarded mountains classification points. Two of these ten stages had summit finishes: stage 17, to Borno; and stage 20, to Tre Cime di Lavaredo.{{cite news |url=http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1981_02/19810222_0015.pdf |title=Le tappe e le montagne |language=it |date=22 February 1981 |page=15 |newspaper=l'Unità |publisher=PCI |access-date=27 May 2012 |trans-title=The stages and the mountains |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208142609/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1981_02%2F19810222_0015.pdf |archive-date=8 February 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was {{convert|129.4|km|0|abbr=on}} shorter and contained one more time trial. In addition, this race contained one more set of split stages.

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|+Stage characteristics and winners{{cite news|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,avanzata/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,32/articleid,1431_02_1981_0128_0028_20284076/|title=Un'avventura di 3873 km|language=it|date=13 May 1981|page=28|newspaper=Stampa Sera|publisher=Editrice La Stampa|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=An Adventure of 3873 km}}

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!Stage

!Date

!Course

!Distance

!colspan="2"|Type

!Winner

style="text-align:center"|P

| style="text-align:center;"|13 May

|Trieste

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|6.6|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg

|Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Knut Knudsen|NOR}}

style="text-align:center"|1a

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|14 May

|Trieste to Bibione

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|100|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Guido Bontempi|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|1b

|Lignano Sabbiadoro to Bibione

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|15|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg

|Team time trial

| Hoonved-Bottecchia

style="text-align:center"|2

| style="text-align:center;"|15 May

|Bibione to Ferrara

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|211|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Paolo Rosola|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|16 May

|Bologna to Recanati

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|255|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Saronni|ITA}}

| style="text-align:center;"|17 May

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Rest day

style="text-align:center"|4

| style="text-align:center;"|18 May

|Recanati to Lanciano

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|214|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Mario Beccia|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|5

| style="text-align:center;"|19 May

|Marina di San Vito to Rodi Garganico

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|180|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Saronni|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|6

| style="text-align:center;"|20 May

|Rodi Garganico to Bari

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|225|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Saronni|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|7

| style="text-align:center;"|21 May

|Bari to Potenza

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|143|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Palmiro Masciarelli|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|8

| style="text-align:center;"|22 May

|Sala Consilina to Cosenza

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|202|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Moreno Argentin|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|9

| style="text-align:center;"|23 May

|Cosenza to Reggio Calabria

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|231|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Serge Parsani|ITA}}

| style="text-align:center;"|24 May

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Rest day

style="text-align:center"|10

| style="text-align:center;"|25 May

|Rome to Cascia

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|166|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Gianbattista Baronchelli|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|11

| style="text-align:center;"|26 May

|Cascia to Arezzo

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|199|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Renosto|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|12

| style="text-align:center;"|27 May

|Arezzo to Livorno Montenero

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|224|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Moreno Argentin|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|13

| style="text-align:center;"|28 May

|Empoli to Montecatini Terme

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|35|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg

|Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Knut Knudsen|NOR}}

style="text-align:center"|14

| style="text-align:center;"|29 May

|Montecatini Terme to Salsomaggiore Terme

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|224|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Francesco Moser|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|15

| style="text-align:center;"|30 May

|Salsomaggiore Terme to Pavia

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|198|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Daniel Gisiger|SUI}}

style="text-align:center"|16

| style="text-align:center;"|31 May

|Milan to Mantua

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|178|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Claudio Torelli|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|17

| style="text-align:center;"|1 June

|Mantua to Borno

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|215|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Benedetto Patellaro|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|18

| style="text-align:center;"|2 June

|Borno to Dimaro

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|127|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Miguel María Lasa|ESP|1977}}

| style="text-align:center;"|3 June

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Rest day

style="text-align:center"|19

| style="text-align:center;"|4 June

|Dimaro to San Vigilio di Marebbe

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|208|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Battaglin|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|20

| style="text-align:center;"|5 June

|San Vigilio di Marebbe to Tre Cime di Lavaredo

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|100|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Stage with mountain(s)

| {{flagathlete|Beat Breu|SUI}}

style="text-align:center"|21

| style="text-align:center;"|6 June

|Auronzo di Cadore to Arzignano

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|197|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Plain stage

| {{flagathlete|Pierino Gavazzi|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|22

| style="text-align:center;"|7 June

|Soave to Verona

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|42|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg

|Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Knut Knudsen|NOR}}

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Total

| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|3895.6|km|0|abbr=on}}

Classification leadership

File:Dolomiten Drei Zinnen.jpg was the Cima Coppi for the 1981 running of the Giro d'Italia.]]

Three different jerseys were worn during the 1981 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages – wore a pink jersey. The time bonuses for the 1981 Giro were thirty seconds for first, twenty seconds for second, and ten seconds for third place on the stage.{{cite news|author=Javier|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1981/05/13/MD19810513-024.pdf|title=Un <> Que <>|language=es|date=13 May 1981|page=24|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=A <> That <>|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208141910/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1981/02/22/MD19810222-033.pdf|archive-date=8 February 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|author=Gian Paolo Ormezzano|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,avanzata/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,23/articleid,1050_01_1981_0112_0026_15142501/|title=Trieste offre al Giro la prima maglia rosa|language=it|date=13 May 1981|page=23|newspaper=La Stampa|publisher=Editrice La Stampa|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Trieste offers the Tour's first pink jersey}} This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.{{cite web|author=Laura Weislo |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 |title=Giro d'Italia classifications demystified |date=13 May 2008 |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=13 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508234448/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 |archive-date=8 May 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}

For the points classification, which awarded a purple (or cyclamen) jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15; additional points could also be won in intermediate sprints. The green jersey was awarded to the mountains classification leader. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs. The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Tre Cime di Lavaredo. The first rider to cross the Tre Cime di Lavaredo was Swiss rider Beat Breu. The white jersey was worn by the leader of young rider classification, a ranking decided the same way as the general classification, but considering only neo-professional cyclists (in their first three years of professional racing).

Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of the best three cyclists per team were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time. There was another team classification that awarded points to each team based on their riding's finishing position in every stage. The team with the highest total of points was the leader of the classification.

The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.

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|+Classification leadership by stage

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! style="width:1%;"| Stage

! style="width:15%;"| Winner

! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|General classification
Image:Jersey pink.svg

! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Points classification
Image:Jersey violet.svg

! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Mountains classification
Image:Jersey green.svg

! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Young rider classification

! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Team classification

P

| Knut Knudsen

|style="background:pink;" rowspan="1"| Knut Knudsen

|style="background:violet;" rowspan="1"| Knut Knudsen

|style="background:#EFEFEF;" rowspan="8"| not awarded

|style="background:white;" rowspan="11"| ?

|style="background:#EFEFEF;" rowspan="2"| not awarded

1a

| Guido Bontempi

|style="background:pink;" rowspan="1"| Guido Bontempi

|style="background:violet;" rowspan="5"| Giovanni Mantovani

1b

| Hoonved-Bottecchia

|style="background:pink;" rowspan="1"| Francesco Moser

|style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="1"| Hoonved-Bottecchia

2

| Paolo Rosola

|style="background:pink;" rowspan="1"| Gregor Braun

|style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="2"| Famcucine-Campagnolo

3

| Giuseppe Saronni

|style="background:pink;" rowspan="3"| Francesco Moser

4

| Mario Beccia

|style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="1"| Hoonved-Bottecchia

5

| Giuseppe Saronni

|style="background:violet;" rowspan="18"| Giuseppe Saronni

|style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="5"| Famcucine-Campagnolo

6

| Giuseppe Saronni

|style="background:pink;" rowspan="7"| Giuseppe Saronni

7

| Palmiro Masciarelli

|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="1"| Beat Breu

8

| Moreno Argentin

|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="1"| Bruno Wolfer

9

| Serge Parsani

|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="14"| Claudio Bortolotto

10

| Gianbattista Baronchelli

|style="background:white;" rowspan="13"| Giuseppe Faraca

|style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="13"| Bianchi-Piaggio

11

| Giovanni Renosto

12

| Moreno Argentin

13

| Knut Knudsen

|style="background:pink;" rowspan="1"| Roberto Visentini

14

| Francesco Moser

|style="background:pink;" rowspan="6"| Silvano Contini

15

| Daniel Gisiger

16

| Claudio Torelli

17

| Benedetto Patellaro

18

| Miguel María Lasa

19

| Giovanni Battaglin

20

| Beat Breu

|style="background:pink;" rowspan="3"| Giovanni Battaglin

21

| Pierino Gavazzi

22

| Knut Knudsen

colspan=2| Final

! style="background:#F660AB;"| Giovanni Battaglin

! style="background:#c0f;"| Giuseppe Saronni

! style="background:#32CD32;"| Claudio Bortolotto

! style="background:offwhite;"| Giuseppe Faraca

! style="background:yellow;"| Bianchi-Piaggio

Final standings

class="wikitable"
colspan=4| Legend
  Image:Jersey pink.svg  

| Denotes the winner of the General classification{{cite news|author=Gian Paolo Ormezzano|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,12/articleid,1432_02_1981_0153A_0014_22858701/|title=Giro: i protagonisti divisi da tre secondi|language=it|date=8 June 1981|page=12|newspaper=La Stampa|publisher=Editrice La Stampa|access-date=27 May 2012|format=PDF|trans-title=Tour: the protagonists divided by three seconds}}

|   Image:Jersey green.svg  

| Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification

  Image:Jersey violet.svg  

|colspan="3" align=center| Denotes the winner of the Points classification

=General classification=

class="wikitable" style="width:45em;margin-bottom:0;"

|+ Final general classification (1–10)

Rank

!Name

!Team

!Time

style="text-align:center;"| 1

| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Battaglin|ITA}} Image:Jersey pink.svg

| Inoxpran

| align=right| {{nowrap|104h 50' 36"}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2

| {{flagathlete|Tommy Prim|SWE}}

| Bianchi-Piaggio

| align=right| + 38"

style="text-align:center;"| 3

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Saronni|ITA}} Image:Jersey violet.svg

| Gis Gelati-Campagnolo

| align=right| + 50"

style="text-align:center;"| 4

| {{flagathlete|Silvano Contini|ITA}}

| Bianchi-Piaggio

| align=right| + 1' 59"

style="text-align:center;"| 5

| {{flagathlete|Josef Fuchs|SUI}}

| Cilo-Aufina

| align=right| + 2' 19"

style="text-align:center;"| 6

| {{flagathlete|Roberto Visentini|ITA}}

| Sammontana-Benotto

| align=right| + 5' 37"

style="text-align:center;"| 7

| {{flagathlete|Alfio Vandi|ITA}}

| Selle San Marco-Gabrielli

| align=right| + 9' 32"

style="text-align:center;"| 8

| {{flagathlete|Beat Breu|SUI}}

| Cilo-Aufina

| align=right| + 10' 02"

style="text-align:center;"| 9

| {{flagathlete|Claudio Bortolotto|ITA}} Image:Jersey green.svg

| Santini-Selle Italia

| align=right| + 10' 12"

style="text-align:center;"| 10

| {{flagathlete|Gianbattista Baronchelli|ITA}}

| Bianchi-Piaggio

| align=right| + 12' 01"

{{columns-start}}

=Points classification=

class="wikitable"

|+Final points classification (1–5)

!Rider

!Team

!Points

1

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Saronni|ITA}} Image:Jersey violet.svg

| Gis Gelati-Campagnolo

| align=right| 215

2

| {{flagathlete|Tommy Prim|SWE}}

| Bianchi-Piaggio

| align=right| 133

3

| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Mantovani|ITA}}

| Hoonved-Bottecchia

| align=right| 127

4

| {{flagathlete|Francesco Moser|ITA}}

| Famcucine-Campagnolo

| align=right| 117

5

| {{flagathlete|Silvano Contini|ITA}}

| Bianchi-Piaggio

| align=right| 112

{{column}}

=Mountains classification=

class="wikitable"

|+Final mountains classification (1–10)

!Rider

!Team

!Points

1

| {{flagathlete|Claudio Bortolotto|ITA}} Image:Jersey green.svg

| Santini-Selle Italia

| align=right| 510

2

| {{flagathlete|Beat Breu|SUI}}

| Cilo-Aufina

| align=right| 500

3

| {{flagathlete|Benedetto Patellaro|ITA}}

| Hoonved-Bottecchia

| align=right| 290

4

| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Battaglin|ITA}} Image:Jersey pink.svg

| Inoxpran

| align=right| 265

5

| {{flagathlete|Leonardo Natale|ITA}}

| Magniflex-Olmo

| align=right| 180

6

| {{flagathlete|Josef Fuchs|SUI}}

| Cilo-Aufina

| align=right| 150

7

| {{flagathlete|Mario Noris|ITA}}

| Magniflex-Olmo

| align=right| 125

rowspan="2"|8

| {{flagathlete|Guillermo De La Pena|ESP}}

| Gemeaz Cusin-Zor-Helios

| align=right rowspan="2"| 120

{{flagathlete|Francesco Moser|ITA}}

| Famcucine-Campagnolo

10

| {{flagathlete|Alfio Vandi|ITA}}

| Selle San Marco-Gabrielli

| align=right| 115

{{columns-end}}

{{columns-start}}

=Young rider classification=

class="wikitable"

|+Final young rider classification (1–5)

!Rider

!Team

!Time

1

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Faraca|ITA}}

| Hoonved-Bottecchia

| align=right| {{nowrap|105h 05' 30"}}

2

| {{flagathlete|Alberto Minetti|ITA}}

| Famcucine-Campagnolo

| align=right| + 23' 51"

3

| {{flagathlete|George Mount|USA}}

| Sammontana-Benotto

| align=right| + 25' 46"

4

| {{flagathlete|Moreno Argentin|ITA}}

| Sammontana-Benotto

| align=right| + 46' 12"

5

| {{flagathlete|Maurizio Piovani|ITA}}

| Gis Gelati-Campagnolo

| align=right| + 46' 40"

{{column}}

=Traguardi Fiat classification=

class="wikitable"

|+Final traguardi fiat classification (1–5)

!Rider

!Team

!Points

1

| {{flagathlete|Paolo Rosola|ITA}}

| Magniflex-Olmo

| align=right| 128

2

| {{flagathlete|Dante Morandi|ITA}}

| Famcucine-Campagnolo

| align=right| 70

3

| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Renosto|ITA}}

| Magniflex-Olmo

| align=right| 48

4

| {{flagathlete|Benny Schepmans|BEL}}

| Safir-Galli-Maillard

| align=right| 33

5

| {{flagathlete|Alessio Antonini|ITA}}

| Santini-Selle Italia

| align=right| 32

{{columns-end}}

{{columns-start}}

=Team classification=

class="wikitable"

|+Final team classification (1–3)

!Team

!Time

1

| Bianchi-Piaggio

| align=right| {{nowrap|313h 55' 08"}}

2

| Cilo-Aufina

| align=right| + 25' 01"

3

| Inoxpran

| align=right| + 44' 32"

{{column}}

=Team points classification=

class="wikitable"

|+Final team points classification (1–3)

!Team

!Points

1

| Bianchi-Piaggio

| align=right| 189

2

| Famcucine-Campagnolo

| align=right| 137

3

| Hoonved-Bottecchia

| align=right| 129

{{columns-end}}

Aftermath

With his Giro victory, Battaglin completed the Vuelta–Giro double, the second rider to achieve the feat (Eddy Merckx was the first in 1973).{{cite web |author=Barry Ryan |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/the-smoking-kangaroo-john-trevorrow-and-the-1981-giro-ditalia/ |title=The Smoking Kangaroo: John Trevorrow and the 1981 Giro d'Italia |date=11 May 2020 |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=11 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511034249/http://cyclingnews.com/features/the-smoking-kangaroo-john-trevorrow-and-the-1981-giro-ditalia/ |archive-date=11 May 2020 |url-status=live }} Only 48 days separated the Vuelta's start on 21 April from the Giro's end on 7 June.

References

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