2002 Tour of Flanders

2002 Tour of Flanders 7 April 2002 1 264 km 6h 53' 00" Andrea Tafi ITA Mapei–Quick Step Johan Museeuw BEL Domo–Farm Frites Peter Van Petegem BEL Lotto–Adecco 2001 2003 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.McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/2003-tour-of-flanders.html 2002 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, Arkansas 2 June 2015Ronde post race comments http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2002/apr02/apr08news https://web.archive.org/web/20080828213757/http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/2001/apr01/RVV/results.shtml 28 August 2008 2 June 2015 live 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 Koppenberg Steenbeekdries Taaienberg Eikenberg Kapelleberg Leberg Berendries Tenbosse Muur-Kapelmuur Bosberg Results sources:2002-08-09 Tour of Flanders start list http://www.uci.ch/data_2002/road/worldcup/WCM_02/start.htm 2023-10-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20020809173427/http://www.uci.ch/data_2002/road/worldcup/WCM_02/start.htm 2002-08-09 2002-08-06 Tour of Flanders results http://www.uci.ch/data_2002/road/worldcup/WCM_02/result.htm 2023-10-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20020806185303/http://www.uci.ch/data_2002/road/worldcup/WCM_02/result.htm 2002-08-06 CyclistTeamTime1Andrea Tafi ITA Mapei–Quick Step 6h 53' 00"2Johan Museeuw BEL Domo–Farm Frites + 21"3Peter Van Petegem BEL Lotto–Domo + 21"4George Hincapie USA US Postal + 21"5Daniele Nardello ITA Mapei–Quick Step + 21"6Rolf Sörensen DEN Landbouwkrediet–Colnago + 1' 12"7Enrico Cassani ITA Domo–Farm Frites + 1' 12"8Gabriele Missaglia ITA Lampre–Daikin + 1' 12"9Mario Cipollini ITA Acqua & Sapone + 2' 27"10Erik Zabel GER Team Telekom + 2' 27" References External links Recap of the race (Flemish television) https://web.archive.org/web/20150930024808/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/retro/retro_voorjaarsklassiekers/retro_rvv/1.992718 2015-09-30 Category:Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Category:April 2002 sports events in Europe