The 2002 Tour of Slovenia () was the 9th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as UCI‑2.5 stage race held between 7 and 12 May 2002.
The race consisted of 7 stages with 1,029 km (639.4 mi) in total.
Teams Total 98 riders (73 finished it) from 14 teams started the race.
Professional (TT2) (TT3) iTeamNova.com (TT3) Saturn Cycling Team (TT3) Team Gericom Bikedrive (TT3) (TT3) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team (TT3) LTA - Quattro Logistics (TT3) (TT3)(TT = trade team)
Amateur Radenska Rog HiT Casino Sava Kranj Krka Telekom Perutnina Ptuj (young team)
Route and stages +Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateCourseLengthTypeWinner17 May Čatež – Beltinci Plain stage Aurélien Clerc28 May Radenci – Ptuj Plain stage Marko Žepič38 May Ptuj – Gomilci – Ptuj Time trial Dean Podgornik49 May Slovenska Bistrica – Ljubljana Intermediate stage Filippo Pozzato510 May Ivančna Gorica – Ajdovščina Mountain stage Evgeni Petrov 611 May Nova Gorica – Vršič – Kranj Mountain stage Boštjan Mervar712 May Ribnica – Novo mesto Plain stage Filippo Pozzato Total
Classification leadership + Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner Generalclassification Pointsclassification Mountainsclassification Young riderclassification Intermediate sprintsclassification Teamclassification 1 Aurélien Clerc Aurélien Clerc Boštjan Mervar Tim JohnsonJure Zrimšeknot available 2 Marko Žepič Marko Žepič Marko ŽepičAurélien ClercTim Johnsonnot available 3 Dean Podgornik Dean Podgorniknot available not availablenot availablenot available 4 Filippo Pozzato 5 Evgeni Petrov Evgeni Petrov Evgeni PetrovDean Podgornik Patrik SinkewitzHannes Hempl 6 Boštjan Mervarnot available not available not availablenot available 7 Filippo Pozzato Evgeni PetrovDean Podgornik Patrik SinkewitzHannes Hempel FinalEvgeni PetrovPatrik SinkewitzHannes Hempel
Final classification standings Legend Denotes the leader of the general classification Denotes the leader of the mountains classification Denotes the leader of the points classification Denotes the leader of the young rider classification Denotes the winner of the int. sprints classification Denotes the leader of the team classification
General classification RankRiderTeamTime1 Evgeni Petrov Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 2 Dean Podgornik HiT Casino 3 Hannes Hempel Team Gericom Bikedrive 4 Massimo Demarin HiT Casino 5 Jure Golčer Perutnina Ptuj-Krka Telekom 6 Patrik Sinkewitz Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 7 Valter Bonča Perutnina Ptuj-Krka Telekom 8 Tomaž Nose Krka Telekom 9 Alan Iacuone iTeamNova.com 10 Fraser McMaster Volksbank-Ideal
Points classification RankRiderTeamPoints1 Evgeni Petrov Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs
Mountains classification RankRiderTeamPoints1 Dean Podgornik Hit Casino
Young rider classification RankRiderTeamTime1 Patrik Sinkewitz Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 24h 22' 43"2 Tomaž Nose Krka Telekom+ 26"3 Gregor Gazvoda Perutnina Ptuj+ 2' 55"
Intermediate sprints classification RankRiderTeamPoints1 Hannes Hempel Team Gericom Bikedrive
Team classification RankTeamTime1
References
External links
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