2002 Giro d'Italia

2002 Giro d'Italia
Race details
Dates	11 May - 2 June 2002
Stages	20 + Prologue
Distance	3,354.5 km (2,084 mi)
Winning time	89h 22' 42"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
	Combativity
	Intergiro
	Team
	Team points
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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 6.5 km (4 mi) 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.^[1] Twenty-two teams entered the race that was won by the Italian Paolo Savoldelli of the Index Alexia team.^[1] Second and third were the American Tyler Hamilton and Italian Pietro Caucchioli.^[1]

In the race's other classifications, Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo rider Julio Alberto Pérez won the mountains classification, Massimo Strazzer of the Phonak team won the intergiro classification, and Acqua & Sapone rider Mario Cipollini won the points classification.^[1] Alessio finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team classification, ranking each of the twenty-two teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.^[1] 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.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Jeff Jones (2002-06-02). "Cipollini leads them home in Milan". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 2012-09-26.

[CyclingNews_Stage_20_Recap_&_Final_Standings-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Jeff Jones (2002-06-02). "Cipollini leads them home in Milan". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 2012-09-26.

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