2002 Giro d'Italia

Template:Short description The 2002 Giro d'Italia was the 85th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began with a prologue that navigated through the streets of the Dutch city Groningen. The race came to a close with a mass-start stage that ended in the Italian city of Milan. Twenty-two teams entered the race that was won by the Italian Paolo Savoldelli of the Index Alexia team. Second and third were the American Tyler Hamilton and Italian Pietro Caucchioli.

In the race's other classifications, Template:Cycling data PAN rider Julio Alberto Pérez won the mountains classification, Massimo Strazzer of the Template:Cycling data PHO team won the intergiro classification, and Acqua & Sapone rider Mario Cipollini won the points classification. Template:Cycling data ALB finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team classification, ranking each of the twenty-two teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The other team classification, the Trofeo Super Team classification, where the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage and the points are then totaled for each team was also won by Alessio.

Teams

A total of 22 teams were invited to participate in the 2002 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 198 cyclists. Out of the 198 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 140 riders made it to the finish in Milan.

The 22 teams that took part in the race were:

Acqua & Sapone Template:Cycling data ALB Template:Cycling data PAN Template:Cycling data SDA Template:Cycling data FAS Template:Cycling data GST Index Alexia Template:Cycling data KEL

Template:Cycling data LAM Template:Cycling data CRE Template:Cycling data DVL Template:Cycling data MAP Template:Cycling data UNO Template:Cycling data MDN Template:Cycling data PHO

Template:Cycling data RAB Template:Cycling data SAE Template:Cycling data VIN Team Coast Team Colpack–Astro Template:Cycling data CSC Template:Cycling data TEL

Route and stages

A mountain in the distance.

Campitello Matese hosted the end of the eleventh stage.

The route for the 2002 Giro d'Italia was unveiled by race director Carmine Castellano on 17 November 2001 in Milan. It contained three time trial events, all of which were individual. In the stages containing categorized climbs, four had summit finishes: stage 5, to Limone Piemonte; stage 11, to Campitello Matese; stage 13, to San Giacomo; and stage 17, to Passo Coe. The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was shorter, contained one more rest day, and one more individual time trial. In addition, this race had an opening prologue like the year before.

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
P	11 May	Groningen (Netherlands)		File:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Template:Flagathlete
1	12 May	Groningen (Netherlands) to Münster (Germany)		File:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Template:Flagathlete
2	13 May	Cologne (Germany) to Ans (Belgium)		File:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Template:Flagathlete
3	14 May	Verviers (Belgium) to Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg)		File:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Template:Flagathlete
4	15 May	Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg) to Strasbourg (France)		File:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Template:Flagathlete
	16 May	Rest day
5	17 May	Fossano to Limone Piemonte		File:Mediummountainstage.svg	Medium mountain stage	Template:Flagathlete
6	18 May	Cuneo to Varazze		File:Mediummountainstage.svg	Medium mountain stage	Template:Flagathlete
7	19 May	Viareggio to Lido di Camaiore		File:Mediummountainstage.svg	Medium mountain stage	Template:Flagathlete
8	20 May	Capannori to Orvieto		File:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Template:Flagathlete
9	21 May	Tivoli to Caserta		File:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Template:Flagathlete
10	22 May	Maddaloni to Benevento		File:Mediummountainstage.svg	Medium mountain stage	Template:Flagathlete
11	23 May	Benevento to Campitello Matese		File:Mediummountainstage.svg	Medium mountain stage	Template:Flagathlete
12	24 May	Campobasso to Chieti		File:Mediummountainstage.svg	Medium mountain stage	Template:Flagathlete
13	25 May	Chieti to San Giacomo di Valle Castellana		File:Mediummountainstage.svg	Medium mountain stage	Template:Flagathlete
14	26 May	Numana to Numana		File:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Template:Flagathlete
	27 May	Rest day
15	28 May	Terme Euganee to Conegliano		File:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Template:Flagathlete
16	29 May	Conegliano to Corvara		File:Mountainstage.svg	Mountain stage	Template:Flagathlete
17	30 May	Corvara to Folgaria		File:Mountainstage.svg	Mountain stage	Template:Flagathlete
18	31 May	Rovereto to Brescia		File:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Template:Flagathlete
19	1 June	Cambiago to Monticello Brianza		File:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Template:Flagathlete
20	2 June	Cantù to Milan		File:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Template:Flagathlete
	Total

Classification Leadership

A statue on a mountain depicting a cyclist

The statue of Fausto Coppi on the Pordoi Pass from which the Coppi in Cima Coppi is derived.

In the 2002 Giro d'Italia, five different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages, the leader received a pink jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the Giro d'Italia, and the winner is considered the winner of the Giro.

Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a mauve jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. The stage win awarded 25 points, second place awarded 20 points, third 16, fourth 14, fifth 12, sixth 10, and one point fewer per place down the line, to a single point for 15th. In addition, points could be won in intermediate sprints.

There was also a mountains classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the mountains classifications, points were won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. Each climb was categorized as either first, second, or third category, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. The highest point in the Giro (called the Cima Coppi), which in 2002 was the Passo Pordoi, afforded more points than the other first-category climbs.

The fourth jersey represented the intergiro classification, marked by a blue jersey. The calculation for the intergiro is similar to that of the general classification, in each stage there is a midway point that the riders pass through a point and where their time is stopped. As the race goes on, their times compiled and the person with the lowest time is the leader of the intergiro classification and wears the blue jersey.

There were also two classifications for teams. The first was the Trofeo Fast Team. In this classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time. The Trofeo Super Team was a team points classification, with the top 20 placed riders on each stage earning points (20 for first place, 19 for second place and so on, down to a single point for 20th) for their team.

The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification File:Jersey pink.svg	Points classification File:Jersey violet.svg	Mountains classification File:Jersey green.svg	Intergiro classification File:Jersey blue.svg	Trofeo Fast Team	Trofeo Super Team
P	Juan Carlos Domínguez	Juan Carlos Domínguez	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
1	Mario Cipollini	Mario Cipollini	Mario Cipollini		Mario Cipollini	Template:Cycling data PHO	Template:Cycling data PHO
2	Stefano Garzelli	Stefano Garzelli		Francesco Casagrande	Fabrizio Guidi	Template:Cycling data MAP	Template:Cycling data MAP
3	Mario Cipollini				Massimo Strazzer		Template:Cycling data PHO
4	Robbie McEwen
5	Stefano Garzelli			Stefano Garzelli			Template:Cycling data FAS
6	Giovanni Lombardi	Jens Heppner				Template:Cycling data KEL	Template:Cycling data PHO
7	Rik Verbrugghe
8	Aitor González		Massimo Strazzer
9	Mario Cipollini		Mario Cipollini			Template:Cycling data PHO
10	Robbie McEwen		Massimo Strazzer	Ruggero Marzoli		Template:Cycling data KEL
11	Gilberto Simoni			Gilberto Simoni			Template:Cycling data ALB
12	Denis Lunghi			Joaquim Castelblanco		Template:Cycling data ALB	Template:Cycling data PHO
13	Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio			Francesco Casagrande			Template:Cycling data ALB
14	Tyler Hamilton
15	Mario Cipollini			Joaquim Castelblanco
16	Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio	Cadel Evans		Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio
17	Pavel Tonkov	Paolo Savoldelli
18	Mario Cipollini		Mario Cipollini
19	Aitor González
20	Mario Cipollini
Final		Paolo Savoldelli	Mario Cipollini	Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio	Massimo Strazzer	Template:Cycling data ALB	Template:Cycling data ALB

Final standings

Legend
Pink jersey	Denotes the winner of the General classification	Green jersey	Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification
Purple jersey	Denotes the winner of the Points classification	Blue jersey	Denotes the winner of the Intergiro classification

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey	Index Alexia	89h 22' 42"
2	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data CSC	+ 1' 41"
3	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data ALB	+ 2' 12"
4	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data LAM	+ 3' 14"
5	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data LAM	+ 5' 34"
6	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data KEL	+ 6' 54"
7	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data GST	+ 7' 02"
8	Template:Flagathlete	Team Coast	+ 7' 07"
9	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data DVL	+ 9' 36"
10	Template:Flagathlete	Tacconi Sport-Emmegi	+ 11' 50"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagathlete Purple jersey	Acqua & Sapone	184
2	Template:Flagathlete Blue jersey	Template:Cycling data PHO	166
3	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data KEL	106
4	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data FAS	101
5	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data CSC	86
6	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data SDA	85
7	Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey	Index Alexia	80
8	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data ALB	79
9	Template:Flagathlete	Tacconi Sport-Emmegi	74
10	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data LAM	70

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagathlete Green jersey	Template:Cycling data PAN	69
2	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data SDA	33
3	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data LAM	25
4	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data ALB	22
5	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data LAM	20
6	Template:Flagathlete	Tacconi Sport-Emmegi
7	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data ALB	19
8	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data SDA	18
9	Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey	Index Alexia
10	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data MAP	15

Intergiro classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete Blue jersey	Template:Cycling data PHO	55h 05' 46"
2	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data FAS	+ 4' 26"
3	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data KEL	+ 4' 41"
4	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data CSC	+ 4' 46"
5	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data SAE	+ 4' 55"
6	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data SDA	+ 5' 04"
7	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data LAM	+ 5' 24"
8	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data FAS	+ 5' 26"
9	Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey	Index Alexia	+ 5' 27"
10	Template:Flagathlete Purple jersey	Acqua & Sapone	+ 5' 36"

Trofeo Fast Team classification

	Team	Time
1	Template:Cycling data ALB	267h 57' 29"
2	Template:Cycling data LAM	+ 30' 10"
3	Template:Cycling data RAB	+ 40' 12"
4	Template:Cycling data CSC	+ 42' 03"
5	Template:Cycling data MAP	+ 45' 55"
6	Tacconi Sport-Emmegi	+ 57' 25"
7	Template:Cycling data KEL	+ 58' 00"
8	Template:Cycling data GST	+ 1h 16' 29"
9	Template:Cycling data SDA	+ 1h 35' 57"
10	Template:Cycling data FAS	+ 1h 47' 08"

Trofeo Super Team classification

	Team	Points
1	Template:Cycling data ALB	360
2	Template:Cycling data PHO	306
3	Template:Cycling data FAS	284
4	Template:Cycling data MAP	260
5	Template:Cycling data LAM	259
6	Template:Cycling data DVL	254
7	Template:Cycling data KEL	253
8	Template:Cycling data GST	226
9	Acqua & Sapone	223
10	Team Coast	213

Minor classifications

Other less well-known classifications, whose leaders did not receive a special jersey, were awarded during the Giro. Other awards included the Combativity classification, which was a compilation of points gained for position on crossing intermediate sprints, mountain passes and stage finishes. Italian Massimo Strazzer won the Most Combative classification. The Azzurri d'Italia classification was based on finishing order, but points were awarded only to the top three finishers in each stage. The Azzurri d'Italia classification was won by Mario Cipollini. The Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification rewarded riders who took part in a breakaway at the head of the field, each rider in an escape of ten or fewer riders getting one point for each kilometre that the group stayed clear. The classification was won by Mariano Piccoli. Teams were given penalty points for minor technical infringements. Template:Cycling data SDA was the most successful in avoiding penalties after not being penalized during the race, and so won the Fair Play classification.