2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10

Cycling race stages thumb|360px|alt=Map of France with the route of the 2002 Tour de France|Route of the 2002 Tour de France The 2002 Tour de France was the 89th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Luxembourg City with a prologue individual time trial on 6 July and Stage 10 occurred on 17 July with a flat stage to Pau. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 28 July. Prologue 6 July 2002 — Luxembourg, 7 km 1 on (individual time trial)http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002.php#Etapes 89ème Tour de France 2002 Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20111124053202/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002.php#Etapes 24 November 2011 As usual, the Tour started with a prologue, a short individual time trial, this time one of 7 km in Luxembourg. Armstrong won, which was not a surprise, since he was known as a very good time trialist. What was a surprise, was the second place of Frenchman Laurent Jalabert. Of the favourites, Moreau had a disappointing race, ending only 40th, 24 seconds behind Armstrong. + Prologue result and general classification after prologue Rank Rider Team Time 1 Lance Armstrong USA 20px|Yellow jersey 20px|Green jersey DSC 2002 9' 08" 2 Laurent Jalabert FRA SAX 2002 + 2" 3 Raimondas Rumšas LTU LAM 2002 + 3" 4 Santiago Botero COL KEL 2002 + 4" 5 David Millar GBR 20px|White jersey COF 2002 + 5" 6 Laurent Brochard FRA JDT 2002 + 6" 7 Dario Frigo ITA VIN 2002 + 8" 8 Igor González de Galdeano ESP ONC 2002 + 9" 9 Joseba Beloki ESP ONC 2002 + 13" 10 László Bodrogi HUN MAP 2002 s.t. Note: Laurent Jalabert got to wear the green jersey, as a rider cannot wear two leading jerseys at the same time. Stage 1 7 July 2002 — Luxembourg to Luxembourg, 192.5 km 1 on German sprinter Erik Zabel had his birthday today. He had good hopes of winning both the stage and the yellow jersey: He was 25 seconds behind Armstrong in the general classification, but winning the first intermediate sprint gained him 6 seconds, and winning the stage would have gained an extra 20 seconds bonus. If Zabel would not succeed, Jalabert would have had his chance: A third place in the first bonus sprint gained him 2 seconds, just enough to take the yellow. However, either man could easily lose the yellow if an attacker would end before the peloton. Stéphane Berges, Christophe Mengin and Ludo Dierckxsens gave it a try, and had a maximum lead of 4'10". However, the peloton caught them back, and on a short but difficult climb another group with important riders like Armstrong and Botero got away. They were caught back as well, but Moreau lost contact with the peloton during the chase. After yet another attack, the peloton came in full to the finish, Zabel's Telekom team preparing what they hoped would be a win for their leader. However, 1 km before the finish the unknown Swiss rider Rubens Bertogliati attacked, and surprisingly was able to hold out until the finish. Zabel won the spurt of the peloton, but Bertogliati gained both the stage and the yellow jersey. Moreau's poor start continued, he crashed twice and lost 3'20", and his chances seem over. Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Rubens Bertogliati SUI 20px|Yellow jersey 20px|White jersey LAM 2002 4h 49' 16" 2 Erik Zabel GER 20px|Green jersey THR 2002 s.t. 3 Robbie McEwen AUS LOT 2002 s.t. 4 Fabio Baldato ITA FAS 2002 s.t. 5 Óscar Freire ESP MAP 2002 s.t. 6 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 2002 s.t. 7 Laurent Brochard FRA JDT 2002 s.t. 8 Dario Frigo ITA VIN 2002 s.t. 9 José Enrique Gutiérrez ESP KEL 2002 s.t. 10 François Simon FRA Bonjour FRA s.t.General classification after stage 1http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_1.php 89ème Tour de France 2002 - 1ère étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110914055506/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_1.php 14 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Rubens Bertogliati SUI 20px|Yellow jersey 20px|White jersey LAM 2002 4h 58' 21" 2 Laurent Jalabert FRA SAX 2002 + 3" 3 Lance Armstrong USA DSC 2002 + 3" 4 Raimondas Rumšas LTU LAM 2002 + 6" 5 Santiago Botero COL KEL 2002 + 7" 6 David Millar GBR COF 2002 + 8" 7 Laurent Brochard FRA JDT 2002 + 9" 8 Erik Zabel GER THR 2002 + 10" 9 Dario Frigo ITA VIN 2002 + 11" 10 Igor González de Galdeano ESP ONC 2002 + 12" Note: David Millar got to wear the white jersey, as a rider cannot wear two leading jerseys at the same time. Stage 2 8 July 2002 — Luxembourg to Saarbrücken, 181 km 1 on Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Óscar Freire ESP MAP 2002 4h 19' 51" 2 Robbie McEwen AUS LOT 2002 s.t. 3 Erik Zabel GER 20px|Green jersey THR 2002 s.t. 4 Baden Cooke AUS FDJ 2002 s.t. 5 Jaan Kirsipuu EST AG2R Prévoyance s.t. 6 Andrej Hauptman SLO VIN 2002 s.t. 7 Pedro Horrillo ESP MAP 2002 s.t. 8 Fred Rodriguez USA Domo-Farm Frites s.t. 9 Gian Matteo Fagnini ITA THR 2002 s.t. 10 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 2002 s.t.General classification after stage 2http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_2.php 89ème Tour de France 2002 - 2ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110914104041/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_2.php 14 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Rubens Bertogliati SUI 20px|Yellow jersey 20px|White jersey LAM 2002 9h 18' 12" 2 Erik Zabel GER 20px|Green jersey THR 2002 + 2" 3 Laurent Jalabert FRA SAX 2002 + 3" 4 Lance Armstrong USA DSC 2002 s.t. 5 Raimondas Rumšas LTU LAM 2002 + 6" 6 Santiago Botero COL KEL 2002 + 7" 7 David Millar GBR COF 2002 + 8" 8 Laurent Brochard FRA JDT 2002 + 9" 9 Óscar Freire ESP MAP 2002 + 11" 10 Dario Frigo ITA VIN 2002 s.t. Note: David Millar got to wear the white jersey, as a rider cannot wear two leading jerseys at the same time. Stage 3 9 July 2002 — Metz to Reims, 174.5 km 1 on Jacky Durand, always known for his attacking style, often riding ahead of the peloton for a large part of the stage, did it again this time. He attacked after 3 km, and got Franck Rénier with him. In the peloton, the third places in the bonus sprints (gaining 2 seconds) were fought. Ján Svorada took the first one before Zabel, protecting the interests of his teammate Bertogliati, but Zabel won the second and third, thus passing Bertogliati in the general classification. The lead of Durand and Rénier grew to a maximum of 11'10", but combined work by the Telekom (Zabel) and Lotto (McEwen) teams finally led to the two being nevertheless caught back. Hushovd tried to win 'Bertogliati-style', but also failed, and Robbie McEwen showed himself the strongest in the sprint. Zabel was second, but nevertheless very happy, since he took over the yellow jersey. Bertogliati, happy to have worn it for three days, is still not without honour: He now carries the white jersey of the best young rider. Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Robbie McEwen AUS LOT 2002 4h 13' 37" 2 Erik Zabel GER 20px|Yellow jersey 20px|Green jersey THR 2002 s.t. 3 Baden Cooke AUS FDJ 2002 s.t. 4 Andrej Hauptman SLO VIN 2002 s.t. 5 Fabio Baldato ITA FAS 2002 s.t. 6 Paolo Bossoni ITA VIN 2002 s.t. 7 Jaan Kirsipuu EST AG2R Prévoyance s.t. 8 François Simon FRA Bonjour s.t. 9 Ján Svorada CZE LAM 2002 s.t. 10 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 2002 s.t.General classification after stage 3http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_3.php 89ème Tour de France 2002 - 3ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110914075029/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_3.php 14 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Erik Zabel GER 20px|Yellow jersey 20px|Green jersey THR 2002 13h 31' 35" 2 Robbie McEwen AUS LOT 2002 + 8" 3 Rubens Bertogliati SUI 20px|White jersey LAM 2002 + 14" 4 Laurent Jalabert FRA SAX 2002 + 17" 5 Lance Armstrong USA DSC 2002 s.t. 6 Raimondas Rumšas LTU LAM 2002 + 20" 7 Santiago Botero COL KEL 2002 + 21" 8 David Millar GBR COF 2002 + 22" 9 Laurent Brochard FRA JDT 2002 + 23" 10 Óscar Freire ESP MAP 2002 + 25" Note: Robbie McEwen got to wear the green jersey, as a rider cannot wear two leading jerseys at the same time. Stage 4 10 July 2002 — Épernay to Château Thierry, 67.5 km 1 on (team time trial) The team time trial had been removed from the Tour some years earlier, but in 2001 it had been re-instated. This year's team time trial looked like it was going to be won by CSC Tiscali (Jalabert) in a close fight with ONCE (Beloki, González de Galdeano), with US Postal (Armstrong) not far behind. However, the CSC Tiscali team had to wait when Sandstød had a puncture, and because of that fell to third place. In the general classification the result brought a large change, the first 14 places now being taken by ONCE and US Postal riders, with Igor González de Galdeano in the yellow. Several of the main riders from the other teams already are over 2 minutes behind González de Galdeano, Beloki and Armstrong. Stage 4 result Rank Team Time 1 ONC 2002 1h 19' 49" 2 DSC 2002 + 16" 3 SAX 2002 + 46" 4 FAS 2002 + 1' 30" 5 COF 2002 + 1' 44" 6 MOV 2002 + 1' 56" 7 Domo-Farm Frites + 2' 12" 8 RAB 2002 + 2' 16" 9 KEL 2002 + 2' 19" 10 LAM 2002 + 2' 22"General classification after stage 4http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_4.php 89ème Tour de France 2002 - 4ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110915024412/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_4.php 15 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Igor González de Galdeano ESP 20px|Yellow jersey ONC 2002 14h 51' 50" 2 Joseba Beloki ESP ONC 2002 + 4" 3 Lance Armstrong USA DSC 2002 + 7" 4 Jörg Jaksche GER ONC 2002 + 12" 5 Abraham Olano ESP ONC 2002 + 22" 6 Roberto Heras ESP DSC 2002 + 25" 7 Isidro Nozal ESP 20px|White jersey ONC 2002 + 27" 8 José Azevedo POR ONC 2002 + 28" 9 George Hincapie USA DSC 2002 + 28" 10 Marcos-Antonio Serrano ESP ONC 2002 + 30" Stage 5 11 July 2002 — Soissons to Rouen, 195 km 1 on Several attacks were made in the early part of the race, but none of these lasted very long until Jaan Kirsipuu, Christophe Edaleine, Stefano Casagranda, Michael Sandstød and Ludo Dierckxsens escaped 85 km from the finish. The ONCE team of yellow jersey González de Galdeano led the peloton, but did not make attempts to catch the five back, since they were enough behind in the general classification (over 4 minutes) not to threaten González de Galdeano. This changed when the teams of the sprinters (with the notable exception of Zabel's Telekom team) took over the lead. However, they came too late, and the five got to sprint for the stage win. Kirsipuu showed that he was by far the best sprinter among them, and took the stage. Another sprinter, Belgian's Tom Steels was less lucky and was the first to abandon this year, Marco Pinotti also abandoned on this stage. McEwen won the sprint for sixth place, but Zabel's ninth place gave him just enough points to keep the green jersey. Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jaan Kirsipuu EST AG2R Prévoyance 4h 13' 33" 2 Michael Sandstød DEN SAX 2002 s.t. 3 Ludo Dierckxsens BEL LAM 2002 s.t. 4 Stefano Casagranda ITA ALB 2002 + 3" 5 Christophe Edaleine FRA JDT 2002 + 8" 6 Robbie McEwen AUS LOT 2002 + 33" 7 Baden Cooke AUS FDJ 2002 s.t. 8 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 2002 s.t. 9 Erik Zabel GER THR 2002 20px|Green jersey s.t. 10 Andrej Hauptman SLO VIN 2002 s.t.General classification after stage 5http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_5.php 89ème Tour de France 2002 - 5ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110915003527/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_5.php 15 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Igor González de Galdeano ESP 20px|Yellow jersey ONC 2002 19h 05' 56" 2 Joseba Beloki ESP ONC 2002 + 4" 3 Lance Armstrong USA DSC 2002 + 7" 4 Jörg Jaksche GER ONC 2002 + 12" 5 Abraham Olano ESP ONC 2002 + 22" 6 Roberto Heras ESP DSC 2002 + 25" 7 Isidro Nozal ESP 20px|White jersey ONC 2002 + 27" 8 José Azevedo POR ONC 2002 + 28" 9 George Hincapie USA DSC 2002 s.t. 10 Marcos-Antonio Serrano ESP ONC 2002 + 30" Stage 6 12 July 2002 — Forges-les-Eaux to Alençon, 199.5 km 1 on Many attacks came in the first part of the stage, with Karsten Kroon being found among the attackers several times, but none could stay away for long until Steffen Wesemann, Jacky Durand, Paul Van Hyfte, Emmanuel Magnien, Massimo Apollonio and Constantino Zaballa made the attack. However, they too were caught back about 10 km before the finish, and the Tour saw another mass spurt. This time Erik Zabel, whose THR 2002 did not need to ride behind the escapers since Wesemann is also from his team, won the spurt, before Freire and McEwen. The three are clearly the best sprinters in this year's tour. Alexander Shefer and Rik Verbrugghe gave up today. Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Erik Zabel GER 20px|Green jersey THR 2002 4h 23' 07" 2 Óscar Freire ESP MAP 2002 s.t. 3 Robbie McEwen AUS LOT 2002 s.t. 4 Ján Svorada CZE LAM 2002 s.t. 5 Sergei Ivanov RUS FAS 2002 s.t. 6 Baden Cooke AUS FDJ 2002 s.t. 7 Thor Hushovd NOR C.A 2002 s.t. 8 Laurent Brochard FRA JDT 2002 s.t. 9 Arvis Piziks LAT SAX 2002 s.t. 10 Andrej Hauptman SLO VIN 2002 s.t.General classification after stage 6http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_6.php 89ème Tour de France 2002 - 6ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110914045910/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_6.php 14 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Igor González de Galdeano ESP 20px|Yellow jersey ONC 2002 23h 29' 03" 2 Joseba Beloki ESP ONC 2002 + 4" 3 Lance Armstrong USA DSC 2002 + 7" 4 Jörg Jaksche GER ONC 2002 + 12" 5 Abraham Olano ESP ONC 2002 + 22" 6 Roberto Heras ESP DSC 2002 + 25" 7 Isidro Nozal ESP 20px|White jersey ONC 2002 + 27" 8 José Azevedo POR ONC 2002 + 28" 9 George Hincapie USA DSC 2002 s.t. 10 Marcos-Antonio Serrano ESP ONC 2002 + 30" Stage 7 13 July 2002 — Bagnoles-de-l'Orne to Avranches, 176 km 1 on As in the previous stages, many attacks were made in the beginning, and one group finally managed to stay ahead - this time Franck Rénier, Léon van Bon and Antony Morin were the ones to try. However, the teams of the sprinters caught them back again. 1 km before the finish, Pedro Horrillo tried to win the race by a late escape. However, Bradley McGee showed his capacities in uphill sprinting, and overtook Horillo during the final sprint. Horillo, in the end, got third place for his attempt. The last few kilometres were hectic, with several crashes. Among the casualties were Moreau and Freire, finishing far behind, but also Armstrong. With the help of the rest of the US Postal team he diminished his loss, but at the finish he was still 27 seconds behind, dropping him from third to eighth place in the GC, the first 7 places all being taken by ONCE riders. Interesting detail for this stage is that all 4 participating Australians finished in the top-8. Didier Rous did not finish the stage. Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Bradley McGee AUS FDJ 2002 4h 10' 56" 2 Jaan Kirsipuu EST AG2R Prévoyance s.t. 3 Pedro Horrillo ESP MAP 2002 s.t. 4 Robbie McEwen AUS LOT 2002 s.t. 5 Erik Zabel GER 20px|Green jersey THR 2002 s.t. 6 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 2002 s.t. 7 Ján Svorada CZE LAM 2002 s.t. 8 Baden Cooke AUS FDJ 2002 s.t. 9 Fred Rodriguez USA Domo-Farm Frites s.t. 10 Thor Hushovd NOR C.A 2002 s.t.General classification after stage 7http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_7.php 89ème Tour de France 2002 - 7ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110914045423/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_7.php 14 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Igor González de Galdeano ESP 20px|Yellow jersey ONC 2002 27h 39' 59" 2 Joseba Beloki ESP ONC 2002 + 4" 3 Jörg Jaksche GER ONC 2002 + 12" 4 Abraham Olano ESP ONC 2002 + 22" 5 Isidro Nozal ESP 20px|White jersey ONC 2002 + 27" 6 José Azevedo POR ONC 2002 + 28" 7 Marcos-Antonio Serrano ESP ONC 2002 + 30" 8 Lance Armstrong USA DSC 2002 + 34" 9 Tyler Hamilton USA SAX 2002 + 53" 10 Andrea Peron ITA SAX 2002 s.t. Stage 8 14 July 2002 — Saint-Martin-de-Landelles to Plouay, 217.5 km 1 on A group of seven escaped this time, consisting of Franck Rénier, Sébastien Hinault, Stéphane Augé, Erik Dekker, Karsten Kroon, Servais Knaven and Raivis Belohvoščiks. This time the work of the teams from ONCE (González de Galdeano and Beloki) and AG2R (Kirsipuu) was not enough to catch them back, and the seven were to decide who would win the stage. Dekker made several breakaway attempts, then had to drop back, but managed to return. Belohvoščiks seemed to have the best form of the seven, but his attacks were also countered. In the spurt, Kroon won, partly through excellent help from his teammate Dekker. Although it is known that on July 14; Quatorze Juillet) the French riders always do a bit extra to try to win the stage, today it was the Netherlands that scored the first three places. Robbie McEwen won two points on Zabel in the first sprint, and one more at the finish, but it was not enough to take over the green jersey. Óscar Freire and Aart Vierhouten did not start today's stage. Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1Karsten Kroon NEDRAB 2002 4h 36' 52" 2Servais Knaven NEDDomo-Farm Frites s.t. 3Erik Dekker NEDRAB 2002 s.t. 4Franck Rénier FRABonjour s.t. 5Sébastien Hinault FRAC.A 2002 s.t. 6Stéphane Augé FRAJDT 2002 s.t. 7Raivis Belohvoščiks LATLAM 2002 s.t. 8Robbie McEwen AUSLOT 2002 + 1' 55" 9Erik Zabel GER 20px|Green jerseyTHR 2002 s.t. 10Baden Cooke AUSFDJ 2002 s.t.General classification after stage 8http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_8.php 89ème Tour de France 2002 - 8ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110914130227/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_8.php 14 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Igor González de Galdeano ESP 20px|Yellow jersey ONC 2002 32h 18' 46" 2 Joseba Beloki ESP ONC 2002 + 4" 3 Jörg Jaksche GER ONC 2002 + 12" 4 Abraham Olano ESP ONC 2002 + 22" 5 Isidro Nozal ESP 20px|White jersey ONC 2002 + 27" 6 José Azevedo POR ONC 2002 + 28" 7 Marcos-Antonio Serrano ESP ONC 2002 + 30" 8 Lance Armstrong USA DSC 2002 + 34" 9 Tyler Hamilton USA SAX 2002 + 53" 10 Andrea Peron ITA SAX 2002 s.t. Stage 9 15 July 2002 — Lanester to Lorient, 52 km 1 on (individual time trial) As expected, the time trial did a lot to upset the general classification. Hungarian specialist László Bodrogi set an early time that lasted quite long, until Santiago Botero topped it. In the end, Botero's time was not beaten by anyone, Armstrong coming closest, 11 seconds behind. González de Galdeano lost only 8 seconds to Armstrong, and is now 26 seconds ahead in the GC - note that Armstrong lost 27 seconds in stage 7; he would have worn the yellow with 1 second difference otherwise. Riders like Honchar and Beloki also did not lose much time, so Armstrong might well have a harder fight ahead than the previous years. Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Santiago Botero COL KEL 2002 1h 02' 19" 2 Lance Armstrong USA DSC 2002 + 11" 3 Serhiy Honchar UKR FAS 2002 + 18" 4 Igor González de Galdeano ESP 20px|Yellow jersey ONC 2002 + 19" 5 László Bodrogi HUN MAP 2002 + 25" 6 Raimondas Rumšas LTU LAM 2002 s.t. 7 David Millar GBR 20px|White jersey COF 2002 + 50" 8 Dario Frigo ITA VIN 2002 + 1' 34" 9 Andrea Peron ITA SAX 2002 s.t. 10 Joseba Beloki ESP ONC 2002 + 1' 38"General classification after stage 9http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_9.php 89ème Tour de France 2002 - 9ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110914055702/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_9.php 14 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Igor González de Galdeano ESP 20px|Yellow jersey ONC 2002 33h 21' 23" 2 Lance Armstrong USA DSC 2002 + 26" 3 Joseba Beloki ESP ONC 2002 + 1' 23" 4 Serhiy Honchar UKR FAS 2002 + 1' 35" 5 Santiago Botero COL KEL 2002 + 1' 55" 6 Andrea Peron ITA SAX 2002 + 2' 08" 7 David Millar GBR 20px|White jersey COF 2002 + 2' 11" 8 Raimondas Rumšas LTU LAM 2002 + 2' 22" 9 Tyler Hamilton USA SAX 2002 + 2' 30" 10 José Azevedo POR ONC 2002 + 2' 45" Stage 10 17 July 2002 — Bazas to Pau, 147 km 1 on The last stage before the mountains showed the usual pattern: Many attacks in the early part of the stage, then a group that managed to get away. This time the group was relatively large, consisting of 10 riders. Patrice Halgand apparently was of the opinion that this was too many, and attacked on the final climb with 21 km to go. Only Stuart O'Grady, Ludo Dierckxsens and Jérôme Pineau were able to follow. With 8 km to go, he attacked a second time, and rode alone to the finish for a well-deserved victory. O'Grady, the best sprinter in the group, even missed second place as Pineau managed to escape shortly before the finish. On a sad note, a French boy died after having been hit by a car in the caravan preceding and following the Tour. Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Patrice Halgand FRA JDT 2002 3h 00' 15" 2 Jérôme Pineau FRA Bonjour + 27" 3 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 2002 + 33" 4 Ludo Dierckxsens BEL LAM 2002 s.t. 5 Pedro Horrillo ESP MAP 2002 + 1' 00" 6 Andy Flickinger FRA AG2R Prévoyance s.t. 7 Nicolas Vogondy FRA FDJ 2002 s.t. 8 Nico Mattan BEL COF 2002 s.t. 9 Constantino Zaballa ESP KEL 2002 s.t. 10 Enrico Cassani ITA Domo-Farm Frites + 1' 02"General classification after stage 10http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_10.php 89ème Tour de France 2002 - 10ème étape Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20110914074048/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2002_10.php 14 September 2011 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Igor González de Galdeano ESP 20px|Yellow jersey ONC 2002 36h 25' 35" 2 Lance Armstrong USA DSC 2002 + 26" 3 Joseba Beloki ESP ONC 2002 + 1' 23" 4 Serhiy Honchar UKR FAS 2002 + 1' 35" 5 Santiago Botero COL KEL 2002 + 1' 55" 6 Andrea Peron ITA SAX 2002 + 2' 08" 7 David Millar GBR 20px|White jersey COF 2002 + 2' 11" 8 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 2002 + 2' 15" 9 Raimondas Rumšas LTU LAM 2002 + 2' 22" 10 Tyler Hamilton USA SAX 2002 + 2' 30" References 30em cyclingnews 2002 Tour de France P 10 11 20 , Prologue To Stage 10, 2002 Tour De France Category:Tour de France stages