2002 Giro d'Italia
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| Dates | May 11 - June 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 20 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,354.5 km (2,084 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 89h 22' 42" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Paolo Savoldelli (ITA)
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(Index Alexia) |
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| Second |
 Tyler Hamilton (USA)
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(CSC–Tiscali) | |
| Third |
Pietro Caucchioli (ITA)
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(Alessio) | |
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Points |
Mario Cipollini (ITA)
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(Acqua & Sapone) |
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Mountains |
 Julio Alberto Pérez (MEX)
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(Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo) |
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Intergiro |
Massimo Strazzer (ITA)
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(Phonak) |
| Team | Alessio | ||
| Team Points | Alessio | ||
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. 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, 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.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. 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.
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:
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 1.5 km (1 mi) shorter, contained one more rest day, and one more individual time trial. In addition, this race had an opening prologue like the year before.
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