Vuelta of Spain 2002

Vuelta of Spain 2002
Vuelta of Spain 2002
Race details
Route	Vuelta of Spain
Stages	21
Dates	September 7 - 29
Distance	3134 km
A country	;
Winners
Winner	Aytor Gonzalez; ( Kelme-Costa Blanca )
Second	Roberto Heras; ( US Postal Service )
Third	Joseba Beloki; ( ONCE-Eroski )
Spectacled	Eric Zabel; ( Team Telekom )
Mountain	Aytor Wasp; ( iBanesto.com )
Combined	Roberto Heras; ( US Postal Service )
Time team	Kelme-costa blanca
	2001 2003

Vuelta of Spain 2002 - 57th race of the Vuelta of Spain . The competition began on September 7 in Valencia , and ended on September 29, 2002 in Madrid . For 23 days the racers covered 3134 kilometers. The winner was Aitor González from Kelme-Costa Blanca , snatching the last-stage victory from Roberto Eras from the US Postal Service .

Members

23 bicycle teams took part in the race.

Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo
AG2R Prévoyance
Alessio
BigMat-Auber 93
Cofidis
Domo-Farm Frites

Euskaltel-euskadi
Fassa bortolo
iBanesto.com
Index-alexia
Jazztel-costa de almería
Kelme-costa blanca

Lampre-daikin
Mapei-quick step
Milaneza-mss
ONCE-Eroski
Phonak Hearing Systems
Colchón Relax-Fuenlabrada

Saeco Macchine per Caffé-Longoni Sport
Tacconi sport
Team coast
Team telekom
US Postal Service

Stages

Stage	Route	Distance, km	Winner	General classification leader
one	Valencia - Valencia	thirty	ONCE-Eroski	Joseba Beloki
2	Valencia - Alcoy	144.7	Danilo Di Luca
3	San Vicente del Raspec - Murcia	134	Mario Cipollini
four	Aguilas - Roquetas de Mar	149.5	Mario Cipollini
five	El Ejido - Sierra Nevada	198	Guido Trentin	Mikel Zarrabeytiya
6	Granada - Sierra de la Pandera	153	Roberto Heras	Oscar Seville
7	Jaen - Malaga	197	Mario Cipollini
eight	Malaga - Ebrique	173.5	Aytor Gonzalez
9	Cordoba - Cordoba	130	Pablo Lastras
ten	Cordoba - Cordoba	36.5	Aytor Gonzalez
eleven	Alcobendas - Collado-Villalba	166	Pablo Lastras
12	Segovia - Burgos	210.5	Alessandro Petacchi
13	Burgos - Santander	190	Giovanni Lombardi
14	Santander - Gijon	190	Sergey Smetanin
15	Gijon - Angliru	176.7	Roberto Heras	Roberto Heras
sixteen	Aviles - Leon	154.7	Santiago Botero
17	Benavente - Salamanca	145.5	Angelo Furlan
18	Salamanca - Estacion de La Covatilla	193.7	Santiago Blanco
nineteen	Bejar - Avila	177.8	Vicente Garcia Acosta
20	Avila - Warner Brothers Park	191	Angelo Furlan
21	Warner Bros. Park - Madrid	41.2	Aytor Gonzalez	Aytor Gonzalez

Classifications

General classification

	Racer	Team	Time
one	Aytor Gonzalez ( ESP )	Kelme-costa blanca	75h 13 '52 "
2	Roberto Eras ( ESP )	US Postal Service	+ 2 '14 "
3	Joseba Protein ( ESP )	ONCE-Eroski	+ 3 '11 "
four	Oscar Seville ( ESP )	Kelme-costa blanca	+ 3 '26 "
five	Iban Mayo ( ESP )	Euskaltel-euskadi	+ 5 '42 "
6	Angel Casero ( ESP )	Team coast	+ 6 '33 "
7	Francesco Casagrande ( ITA )	Fassa bortolo	+ 6 '38 "
eight	Felix Garcia Casas ( ESP )	BigMat-Auber 93	+ 6 '46 "
9	Manuel Beltran ( ESP )	Team coast	+ 8 '29 "
ten	Gilberto Simoni ( ITA )	Saeco Macchine per Caffé-Longoni Sport	+ 9 '22 "

Spectacle classification

	Racer	Team	Glasses
one	Eric Zabel ( GER )	Team telekom	188
2	Alessandro Petacchi ( ITA )	Fassa bortolo	163
3	Aytor Gonzalez ( ESP )	Kelme-costa blanca	151

Mountain classification

	Racer	Team	Glasses
one	Aytor Wasp ( ESP )	iBanesto.com	107
2	Roberto Eras ( ESP )	US Postal Service	99
3	Juan Antonio Flecha ( ESP )	iBanesto.com	90

Combined classification

	Racer	Team	Glasses
one	Roberto Eras ( ESP )	US Postal Service	9

Team Event

A place	Team	Time
one	Kelme-costa blanca	225h 37 '59 "
2	Team coast	+ 2 '05 "
3	Milaneza-mss	+ 34 '48 "

Notes

Links

Official site