2002 Tour of Flanders

2002 Tour of Flanders
Race details
Date		7 April 2002
Distance		264 km (164.0 mi)
Winning time		6h 53' 00" (38.352 km/h or 23.831 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Andrea Tafi (ITA)	(Mapei-Quick Step)
	Second	Johan Museeuw (BEL)	(Domo-Farm Frites)
	Third	Peter Van Petegem (BEL)	(Lotto-Adecco)

The 86th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 7 April 2002. It was the second leg of the 2002 UCI Road World Cup. Italian Andrea Tafi won the monument classic ahead of Johan Museeuw and Peter Van Petegem.^[1]^[2] The race started in Bruges and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove).

Race summary

Erwin Thijs was in the front for almost 200 km. After the Koppenberg, 55 km from the finish, eight riders broke away. Five of them, Johan Museeuw, George Hincapie, Peter Van Petegem, Andrea Tafi and Daniele Nardello, stayed ahead after Museeuw attacked on the Muur van Geraardsbergen. Museeuw and Van Petegem tried to break clear, but they thwarted each other's attempts. When Andrea Tafi attacked, 4 km before the finish, the rest hesitated and the Italian pushed on until the finish. Museeuw beat Van Petegem in the sprint for second place. Mario Cipollini won the sprint for ninth ahead of Erik Zabel at 2' 27". French newspaper L'Équipe called the race's finale "the most beautiful breakaway of the year".

Climbs

The edition saw the re-introduction of the Koppenberg, 15 years after its previous appearance in 1987. In total, there were 16 categorized climbs:

Molenberg
Wolvenberg
Kluisberg
Knokteberg
Oude Kwaremont
Paterberg

Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Andrea Tafi (ITA)	Mapei-Quick Step	6h 53' 00"
2	Johan Museeuw (BEL)	Domo-Farm Frites	+ 21"
3	Peter Van Petegem (BEL)	Lotto-Domo	s.t.
4	George Hincapie (USA)	US Postal	s.t.
5	Daniele Nardello (ITA)	Mapei-Quick Step	s.t.
6	Rolf Sörensen (DEN)	Team CSC	+ 1' 12"
7	Enrico Cassani (ITA)	Domo-Farm Frites	s.t.
8	Gabriele Missaglia (ITA)	Lampre-Daikin	s.t.
9	Mario Cipollini (ITA)	Acqua & Sapone	+ 2' 27"
10	Erik Zabel (GER)	Team Telekom	s.t.

External link

Recap of the race (Flemish televion)

References

↑ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "2002 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
↑ "Ronde post race comments". Archived from the original on 8 April 2002. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

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