2002 Tour de France

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2002 Tour de France
Race details
Dates		July 6–July 28, 2002
Stages		20+Prologue
Distance		3,282 km (2,039 mi)
Winning time		82h 05' 12"^[1] (39.982 km/h/24.844 mph)
Palmarès
	Winner	Lance Armstrong (USA)	(US Postal)
	Second	Joseba Beloki (Spain)	(ONCE-Eroski)
	Third	Raimondas Rumšas (Lithuania)	(Lampre-Daikin)

	Points	Robbie McEwen (Australia)	(Lotto-Adecco)
	Mountains	Laurent Jalabert (France)	(CSC-Tiscali)
	Youth	Ivan Basso (Italy)	(Fassa Bortolo)
	Team	ONCE-Eroski
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The 2002 Tour de France started in Luxembourg on July 6, 2002, and ended in Paris on July 28. France was visited counter-clockwise, so the Pyrenees were there before the Alps. On average, the stages were shorter than in previous years, in an attempt to make illegal substances (doping) less necessary for the riders.

Great favourite was American Lance Armstrong, winner in 1999, 2000 and 2001. The main opposition would probably come from the ONCE team with Joseba Beloki (3rd last year), Igor González de Galdeano (5th last year) and Marcos Serrano (9th last year), and from the Kelme riders Oscar Sevilla (7th last year, 2nd in last year's Vuelta a España) and Santiago Botero (8th last year). Other riders to keep in account for a high place in the final rankings were Tyler Hamilton (2nd Giro 2002), Levi Leipheimer (3rd Vuelta 2001), Christophe Moreau (4th Tour 2000) and Armstrong's team mate Roberto Heras (4th Vuelta 2001). Important riders who were not present were Jan Ullrich (2nd last year, injury) and Gilberto Simoni (winner 2001 Giro).

Riders on the way to Mont Ventoux.

1 Stages
- 1.1 Classification leadership
2 Results
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Stages

Stage	Route	Distance	Type	Date
P	Luxembourg	7 km	Individual time trial	Saturday, July 6
1	Luxembourg - Luxembourg	192.5 km		Sunday, July 7
2	Luxembourg - Saarbrücken	181 km		Monday, July 8
3	Metz - Reims	174.5 km		Tuesday, July 9
4	Épernay - Château-Thierry	67.5 km	Team time trial	Wednesday, July 10
5	Soissons - Rouen	195 km		Thursday, July 11
6	Fourges-les-Eaux - Alençon	199.5 km		Friday, July 12
7	Bagnoles-de-l'Orne - Avranches	176 km		Saturday, July 13
8	Saint-Martin-de-Landelles - Plouay	217.5 km		Sunday, July 14
9	Lanester - Lorient	52 km	Individual time trial	Monday, July 15
Rest day				Tuesday, July 16
10	Bazas - Pau	147 km		Wednesday, July 17
11	Pau - La Mongie (Col du Tourmalet)	158 km	Mountain stage	Thursday, July 18
12	Lannemezan - Plateau-de-Beille	199.5 km	Mountain stage	Friday, July 19
13	Lavelanet - Béziers	171 km		Saturday, July 20
14	Lodève - Mont Ventoux	221 km	Mountain stage	Sunday, July 21
Rest day				Monday, July 22
15	Vaison-la-Romaine - Les Deux Alpes	226.5 km	Mountain stage	Tuesday, July 23
16	Les Deux Alpes - La Plagne	179.5 km	Mountain stage	Wednesday, July 24
17	Aime - Cluses	142 km	Mountain stage	Thursday, July 25
18	Cluses - Bourg-en-Bresse	176.5 km		Friday, July 26
19	Régnié-Durette - Mâcon	50 km	Individual time trial	Saturday, July 27
20	Melun - Paris Champs-Élysées	140 km		Sunday, July 28
Total		3282 km

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List of teams and cyclists in the 2002 Tour de France

Prologue–Stage 10 · Stage 11–20

[edit] Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification	Combativity award
P	Lance Armstrong	Lance Armstrong	Lance Armstrong	N/A	David Millar	CSC-Tiscali	N/A
1	Rubens Bertogliati	Rubens Bertogliati	Erik Zabel	Christophe Mengin	Rubens Bertogliati		Stéphane Berges
2	Óscar Freire	Rubens Bertogliati		Stéphane Berges			Sylvain Chavanel
3	Robbie McEwen	Erik Zabel		Christophe Mengin			Jacky Durand
4	ONCE-Eroski	Igor González			Isidro Nozal	ONCE-Eroski	N/A
5	Jaan Kirsipuu						Stefano Casagranda
6	Erik Zabel						Steffen Wesemann
7	Bradley McGee						Franck Rénier
8	Karsten Kroon						Raivis Belohvosciks
9	Santiago Botero				David Millar		N/A
10	Patrice Halgand		Robbie McEwen		David Millar		Ludo Dierckxsens
11	Lance Armstrong	Lance Armstrong	Erik Zabel	Patrice Halgand	Ivan Basso		Laurent Jalabert
12	Lance Armstrong		Erik Zabel	Laurent Jalabert			Laurent Jalabert
13	David Millar		Robbie McEwen				Eddy Mazzoleni
14	Richard Virenque						Alexandre Botcharov
15	Santiago Botero						Mario Aerts
16	Michael Boogerd						Michael Boogerd
17	Dario Frigo						Mario Aerts
18	Thor Hushovd						Leon van Bon
19	Lance Armstrong						N/A
20	Robbie McEwen						Cristian Moreni
Final		Lance Armstrong	Robbie McEwen	Laurent Jalabert	Ivan Basso	ONCE-Eroski	Laurent Jalabert

Jersey wearers when one rider is leading two or more competitions

In stage 1, Laurent Jalabert wore the green jersey.
In stages 2 and 3, David Millar wore the white jersey.
In stage 4, Robbie McEwen wore the green jersey.

[edit] Results

[edit] General Classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time (Ave. Speed)
1	Lance Armstrong	United States	US Postal	82h 05' 12"
2	Joseba Beloki	Spain	ONCE-Eroski	7' 17"
3	Raimondas Rumšas	Lithuania	Lampre-Daikin	8' 17"
4	Santiago Botero	Colombia	Kelme-Costa Blanca	13' 10"
5	Igor González de Galdeano	Spain	ONCE-Eroski	13' 54"
6	José Azevedo	Portugal	ONCE-Eroski	15' 44"
7	Francisco Mancebo	Spain	iBanesto.com	16' 05"
8	Levi Leipheimer	United States	Rabobank	17' 11"
9	Roberto Heras	Spain	US Postal	17' 12"
10	Carlos Sastre	Spain	CSC-Tiscali	19' 05"