The 57th edition of the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicyclestage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 7 September to 29 September 2002. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 2,957 km (1,837 mi), and was won by Aitor González of the Kelme-Costa Blancacycling team.[1]
Joseba Beloki, the second-place finisher of the 2002 Tour de France was part of the winning ONCE-Eroski team that won the opening team time trial of the race. Beloki held the lead until the fifth stage when he lost it to a teammate but on the sixth stage which was won by Roberto Heras. Beloki lost considerable time to other general classification contenders Óscar Sevilla, Aitor González and Heras. Sevilla took the leader's jersey which he had worn for much of the previous edition of the Vuelta. After the first individual time trial, his teammate Aitor González was within one second of the jersey. On stage 15, González increased the pace of the group and put Sevilla in difficulty. Heras profited from this and attacked to take the stage win and the lead.[2] Heras kept the lead until the final day when there was an individual time trial. Heras started the day with a lead of one minute and eight seconds over González but he lost this in the first 25 km of the time trial. González took the lead and won the Vuelta, Heras came second and Beloki recovered to eventually finish third overall. The Vuelta was also marked by three stage wins of Italian sprinter Mario Cipollini who retired from the race after his third stage win to prepare for the World Championships.
During stage 15 riders climbed the Alto de l'Angliru in rain. Team cars stalled on the steepest part, some unable to restart because their tires slipped on messages painted by fans.[3] Riders were caught behind them and others had to ride with flat tires because mechanics could not reach them. David Millar crashed three times[4] and protested by handing in his race number a metre from the line. The judges ruled he had not finished the stage and he left the race.[5][6] He regretted his temper - he had been ninth - and apologised to his team.[3]
^"57th Vuelta a España Preview". Cycling News. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
^. Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 12 January 2005.
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The 57th edition of the Vuelta a Espana Tour of Spain a long distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours was held from 7 September to 29 September 2002 It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 2 957 km 1 837 mi and was won by Aitor Gonzalez of the Kelme Costa Blanca cycling team 1 2002 Vuelta a EspanaRace detailsDates7 29 SeptemberStages21Distance2 957 km 1 837 mi Winning time75h 13 52 ResultsWinner Aitor Gonzalez ESP Kelme Costa Blanca Second Roberto Heras ESP US Postal Third Joseba Beloki ESP ONCE Eroski Points Erik Zabel GER Team Telekom Mountains Aitor Osa ESP iBanesto com Combination Roberto Heras ESP US Postal 20012003 Joseba Beloki the second place finisher of the 2002 Tour de France was part of the winning ONCE Eroski team that won the opening team time trial of the race Beloki held the lead until the fifth stage when he lost it to a teammate but on the sixth stage which was won by Roberto Heras Beloki lost considerable time to other general classification contenders oscar Sevilla Aitor Gonzalez and Heras Sevilla took the leader s jersey which he had worn for much of the previous edition of the Vuelta After the first individual time trial his teammate Aitor Gonzalez was within one second of the jersey On stage 15 Gonzalez increased the pace of the group and put Sevilla in difficulty Heras profited from this and attacked to take the stage win and the lead 2 Heras kept the lead until the final day when there was an individual time trial Heras started the day with a lead of one minute and eight seconds over Gonzalez but he lost this in the first 25 km of the time trial Gonzalez took the lead and won the Vuelta Heras came second and Beloki recovered to eventually finish third overall The Vuelta was also marked by three stage wins of Italian sprinter Mario Cipollini who retired from the race after his third stage win to prepare for the World Championships During stage 15 riders climbed the Alto de l Angliru in rain Team cars stalled on the steepest part some unable to restart because their tires slipped on messages painted by fans 3 Riders were caught behind them and others had to ride with flat tires because mechanics could not reach them David Millar crashed three times 4 and protested by handing in his race number a metre from the line The judges ruled he had not finished the stage and he left the race 5 6 He regretted his temper he had been ninth and apologised to his team 3 Contents 1 Route 2 Jersey Progress 3 General classification final 4 References 5 External linksRoute EditList of stages 7 8 Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner1 7 September Valencia Valencia 24 6 km 15 mi Team time trial ONCE Eroski2 8 September Valencia Alcoy 144 7 km 90 mi Danilo Di Luca ITA 3 9 September San Vicente del Raspeig Murcia 134 2 km 83 mi Mario Cipollini ITA 4 10 September Aguilas Roquetas de Mar 149 5 km 93 mi Mario Cipollini ITA 5 11 September El Ejido Sierra Nevada 198 km 123 mi Guido Trentin ITA 6 12 September Granada Sierra de la Pandera 153 1 km 95 mi Roberto Heras ESP 7 13 September Jaen Malaga 196 8 km 122 mi Mario Cipollini ITA 8 14 September Malaga Ubrique 173 6 km 108 mi Aitor Gonzalez ESP 9 15 September Cordoba Cordoba 130 2 km 81 mi Pablo Lastras ESP 10 16 September Cordoba Cordoba 36 5 km 23 mi Individual time trial Aitor Gonzalez ESP 17 September Rest day11 18 September Alcobendas Collado Villalba 166 1 km 103 mi Pablo Lastras ESP 12 19 September Segovia Burgos 210 5 km 131 mi Alessandro Petacchi ITA 13 20 September Burgos Santander 189 8 km 118 mi Giovanni Lombardi ITA 14 21 September Santander Gijon 190 2 km 118 mi Serguei Smetanine RUS 15 22 September Gijon Alto de l Angliru 176 7 km 110 mi Roberto Heras ESP 23 September Rest day16 24 September Aviles Leon 154 7 km 96 mi Santiago Botero COL 17 25 September Benavente Salamanca 146 6 km 91 mi Angelo Furlan ITA 18 26 September Salamanca La Covatilla 193 7 km 120 mi Santiago Blanco ESP 19 27 September Bejar Avila 177 8 km 110 mi Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta ESP 20 28 September Avila Warner Bros Park 141 2 km 88 mi Angelo Furlan ITA 21 29 September Warner Bros Park Madrid Santiago Bernabeu Stadium 41 2 km 26 mi Individual time trial Aitor Gonzalez ESP Total 2 957 km 1 837 mi Jersey Progress EditMain articles 2002 Vuelta a Espana Stage 1 to Stage 11 and 2002 Vuelta a Espana Stage 12 to Stage 21 Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Combination classification Team classification1 ONCE Eroski Joseba Beloki no award no award Joseba Beloki ONCE Eroski2 Danilo di Luca Danilo di Luca Mederic Clain Vitoriano Fernandez3 Mario Cipollini Erik Zabel Mederic Clain4 Mario Cipollini Vitoriano Fernandez5 Guido Trentin Mikel Zarrabeitia Guido Trentin6 Roberto Heras oscar Sevilla Felix Garcia Casas7 Mario Cipollini8 Aitor Gonzalez Gilberto Simoni oscar Sevilla9 Pablo Lastras10 Aitor Gonzalez Kelme Costa Blanca11 Pablo Lastras12 Alessandro Petacchi13 Giovanni Lombardi Team Coast14 Sergei Smetanine15 Roberto Heras Roberto Heras Roberto Heras Kelme Costa Blanca16 Santiago Botero Aitor Osa17 Angelo Furlan18 Santiago Blanco Roberto Heras19 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta Aitor Osa20 Angelo Furlan21 Aitor Gonzalez Aitor GonzalezFinal Aitor Gonzalez Erik Zabel Aitor Osa Roberto Heras Kelme Costa BlancaGeneral classification final Edit Aitor Gonzalez pictured in 2005 won the general classification Rank Rider Team Time1 Aitor Gonzalez Kelme Costa Blanca 75h13 52 2 Roberto Heras US Postal 2 14 3 Joseba Beloki ONCE Eroski 3 11 4 oscar Sevilla Kelme Costa Blanca 3 26 5 Iban Mayo Euskaltel Euskadi 5 42 6 Angel Casero Team Coast 6 33 7 Francesco Casagrande Fassa Bortolo 6 38 8 Felix Garcia Casas BigMat Auber 93 6 46 9 Manuel Beltran Team Coast 8 29 10 Gilberto Simoni Saeco Macchine per Caffe Longoni Sport 9 22 11 Haimar Zubeldia Euskaltel Euskadi 9 49 12 Claus Michael Moller Milaneza MSS 10 16 13 Fabian Jeker Milaneza MSS 11 45 14 David Plaza Team Coast 11 50 15 Guido Trentin Cofidis 15 27 16 Rui Sousa Milaneza MSS 16 36 17 Pablo Lastras iBanesto com 19 33 18 Tadej Valjavec Fassa Bortolo 23 11 19 Carlos Garcia Quesada Kelme Costa Blanca 24 01 20 Danilo Di Luca Saeco Macchine per Caffe Longoni Sport 30 35 21 Mikel Zarrabeitia ONCE Eroski 31 57 22 Luis Perez Team Coast 39 42 23 Pietro Caucchioli Alessio 43 54 24 Vladimir Miholjevic Alessio 50 13 25 Christian Vande Velde US Postal 52 50 References Edit Ciclismo Vuelta a Espana Clasificaciones PDF El Mundo Deportivo 30 September 2002 p 50 Archived PDF from the original on 18 November 2020 Heras conquers l Angliru taking the stage and the race lead Cyclingnews com Retrieved 2008 01 06 a b Procycling UK November 2003 Procycling UK November 2002 No way back for Millar Epica y polemica in Spanish 57th Vuelta a Espana Preview Cycling News Retrieved 23 July 2018 57eme Vuelta a Espana 2002 Memoire du cyclisme Archived from the original on 12 January 2005 External links EditLa Vuelta Official site in Spanish English and French Retrieved 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