Giro d'Italia 2002

The cycling race 85th Giro d'Italia was from May 11 until 2. June 2002 discharged.

Because the euro was introduced in that year, the route ran through six of the founding states of the European Community , which is why the Giro was also called "Euro-Giro". The route started in the Netherlands , then ran through Germany and Belgium and then through Luxembourg and France . Only on the 6th day of the Giros did the drivers step on Italian soil. There were a total of 20 stages and a prologue . In addition to the prologue, two more time trials were held with the 14th and 19th stages . The destination of the tour was traditionally Milan . A total of 3347 km were covered and 140 of 198 who started arrived in Milan.

course

At the beginning of the Giro, the wearer of the pink jersey changed frequently. During the 6th stage, the German driver Jens Heppner pushed himself to the top of the overall classification and was able to hold his own against climbers and time trial specialists for 10 days.

The decisive stage was the 17th stage. Because there the pink driving Cadel Evans broke in and Savoldelli was able to gain the decisive advantage over his competitors. During the time trial, the Italian was even able to extend his lead due to a risky driving style. Thus Paolo Savoldelli won 101 seconds ahead of the American Tyler Hamilton , without having won a stage.

stage	date	begin	target	route	winner	Maglia pink
prolog	May 11th	Groningen ( NED )	Groningen (NED)	6.5 km ( EZF )	Juan Carlos Domínguez	Juan Carlos Dominguez
1	12th of May	Groningen (NED)	Munster ( GER )	215 km	Mario Cipollini	Mario Cipollini
2	May 13th	Cologne (GER)	Ans ( BEL )	199 km	Stefano Garzelli	Stefano Garzelli
3	May 14th	Verviers (BEL)	Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX)	214 km	Mario Cipollini	Stefano Garzelli
4th	May 15	Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX)	Strasbourg (FRA)	210 km	Robbie McEwen	Stefano Garzelli
5	17th of May	Fossano	Lime Piemonte	143 km	Stefano Garzelli	Stefano Garzelli
6th	May 18	Cuneo	Varazze	181 km	Giovanni Lombardi	Jens Heppner
7th	May 19th	Versilia	Versilia	159 km	Rik Verbrugghe	Jens Heppner
8th	May 20th	Capannori	Orvieto	237 km	Aitor González Jiménez	Jens Heppner
9	May 21	Tivoli	Caserta	208 km	Mario Cipollini	Jens Heppner
10	May 22	Maddaloni	Benevento	151 km	Robbie McEwen	Jens Heppner
11	23. May	Benevento	Campitello Matese	136 km	Gilberto Simoni	Jens Heppner
12	May 24th	Campobasso	Chieti	201 km	Denis Lunghi	Jens Heppner
13	25. May	Chieti	San Giacomo (Valle Castellana)	188 km	Julio Pérez Cuapio	Jens Heppner
14th	May 26	Numana	Numana	30 km (EZF)	Tyler Hamilton	Jens Heppner
15th	28th of May	Terme Euganee	Conegliano	158 km	Mario Cipollini	Jens Heppner
16	May 29th	Conegliano	Corvara in Badia	159 km	Julio Perez Cuapio	Cadel Evans
17th	30th May	Corvara in Badia	Folgaria	175 km	Pavel Tonkow	Paolo Savoldelli
18th	31. May	Rovereto	Brescia	144 km	Mario Cipollini	Paolo Savoldelli
20th	June 1st	Cambiago	Monticello Brianza	44 km (EZF)	Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez	Paolo Savoldelli
21st	2th of June	Cantù	Milan	141 km	Mario Cipollini	Paolo Savoldelli

doping

Two favorites had to end the Giro early because they were convicted of doping . The Italian Stefano Garzelli , who won in 2000, was no longer allowed to appear for the 10th stage because he had doped.

After the 11th stage, the Italian Gilberto Simoni was suspended from his team because he tested positive for cocaine in April . In addition, Francesco Casagrande was excluded from the tour because he forced a competitor into the gang.

Final score

Overall ranking

rank	Surname	nationality	team	time
1	Paolo Savoldelli	Italy	Index Alexia	89h 22 '42 "
2	Tyler Hamilton	United States	Team CSC Tiscali	1 '41 "
3	Pietro Caucchioli	Italy	Alessio	2 '12 "
4th	Juan Manuel Gárate	Spain	Lampre-Daikin	3 '14 "
5	Pavel Tonkov	Russia	Lampre-Daikin	5 '34 "
6th	Aitor González Jiménez	Spain	Kelme-Costa Blanca	6 '54 "
7th	Georg Totschnig	Austria	Gerolsteiner	7 '02 "
8th	Fernando Escartín	Spain	Team Coast	7 '07 "
9	Rik Verbrugghe	Belgium	Lotto Adecco	9 '36 "
10	Dario Frigo	Italy	Tacconi Sport-Emmegi	11 '50 "
11	Óscar Pereiro	Spain	Phonak Cycling Team	12 '49 "
12	Yaroslav Popovych	Ukraine	Landbouwkrediet-Colnago	14 '50 "
13	Ivan Gotti	Italy	Alessio	15 '17 "
14th	Cadel Evans	Australia	Mapei - Quick Step	16 '25 "
15th	Eddy Mazzoleni	Italy	Tacconi Sport-Emmegi	17 '23 "
16	Franco Pellizotti	Italy	Alessio	17 '32 "
17th	Michael Boogerd	Netherlands	Rabobank	19 '28 "
18th	Michele Scarponi	Italy	Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo	22 '04 "
19th	Julio Pérez Cuapio	Mexico	Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo	22 '15 "
20th	Andrea Noè	Italy	Mapei-Quick Step	23 '54 "

Scoring

rank	Surname	nationality	team	Points
1	Mario Cipollini	Italy	Acqua & Sapone	184
2	Massimo Strazzer	Italy	Phonak Cycling Team	166
3	Aitor Gonzalez	Spain	Alessio	106

Mountain scoring

rank	Surname	nationality	team	Points
1	Julio Pérez Cuapio	Mexico	Panaria	69
2	J. Castelblanco	Colombia	Colombia-Selle Italia	33
3	Pavel Tonkow	Russia	Lampre-Daikin	25th

Intergiro rating

rank	Surname	nationality	team	time
1	Massimo Strazzer	Italy	Phonak Cycling Team	55h 5'46 ''
2	Serhiy Honchar	Ukraine	Fassa Bortolo	+ 4'26 ''
3	Aitor Gonzalez	Spain	Kelme-Costa Blanca	+ 4'41 ''

Web links

• Giro d'Italia 2002 in the ProCyclingStats.com database