2002 Tour de Suisse

The 2002 Tour de Suisse was the 66th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 18 June to 27 June 2002. The race started in Lucerne and finished in Biel.[2] The race was won by Alex Zülle of the Coast team.

2002 Tour de Suisse
Race details
Dates18–27 June 2002
Stages9 + Prologue
Distance1,451[1] km (901.6 mi)
Winning time37h 15' 09"
Results
  Winner  Alex Zülle (SUI) (Team Coast)
  Second  Piotr Wadecki (POL) (Domo–Farm Frites)
  Third  Nicolas Fritsch (FRA) (Française des Jeux)

Teams

Seventeen teams of up to eight riders started the race:[2][3]


Route
Stage characteristics and winners[2][4][5]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
P 18 June Lucerne 5.7 km (3.5 mi) Individual time trial  Alex Zülle (SUI)
1 19 June Lucerne to Schaffhausen 171.9 km (106.8 mi)  Eddy Lembo (FRA)
2 20 June Schaffhausen to Domat/Ems 191 km (118.7 mi)  Erik Zabel (GER)
3 21 June Domat/Ems to Samnaun 158 km (98.2 mi)  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)
4 22 June Chur to Ambrì 160 km (99.4 mi)  Léon van Bon (NED)
5 23 June Meiringen to Meiringen 148 km (92.0 mi)  Francesco Casagrande (ITA)
6 24 June Interlaken to Verbier 177 km (110 mi)  Alexandre Moos (SUI)
7 25 June Martigny to Vevey 170.9 km (106.2 mi)  Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP)
8 26 June Vevey to Lyss 228.9 km (142.2 mi)  Erik Zabel (GER)
9 27 June Lyss to Biel 34.9 km (21.7 mi) Individual time trial  Tobias Steinhauser (GER)

General classification
Final general classification[2][6][7]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Alex Zülle (SUI) Team Coast 37h 15' 09"
2  Piotr Wadecki (POL) Domo–Farm Frites + 1' 27"
3  Nicolas Fritsch (FRA) Française des Jeux + 1' 38"
4  Laurent Dufaux (SUI) Alessio + 2' 07"
5  Georg Totschnig (AUT) Gerolsteiner + 2' 26"
6  Pavel Tonkov (RUS) Lampre–Daikin + 2' 53"
7  Peter Luttenberger (AUT) Tacconi Sport + 3' 11"
8  Giuseppe Di Grande (ITA) Index–Alexia Alluminio + 4' 06"
9  Francesco Casagrande (ITA) Fassa Bortolo + 4' 17"
10  Tadej Valjavec (SLO) Fassa Bortolo + 4' 19"

References
  1. "Tour De Suisse (Pro Tour) - Tour of Switzerland". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. "66ème Tour de Suisse 2002". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 13 August 2004.
  3. "Start list". Cycling News. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. "66th Tour de Suisse- 2.HC". Cycling News. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  5. "2002 Tour of Switzerland -Tour de Suisse (HC)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  6. "Cycling - Tour de Suisse - 2002 - Detailed results". TheSports.org. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  7. "2002 Tour de Suisse". First Cycling. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
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