| 2002 Tour of Slovenia | |
| Series: | UCI‑2.5 race |
| Date: | 7–12 May 2002 |
| Stages: | 7 |
| Distance: | 1,029 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 24h 21' 21" |
| First Color: | yellow |
| Points Color: | blue |
| Mountains Color: | polkadot |
| Sprints: |  Hannes Hempel |
| Sprints Color: | green |
| Youth Color: | white |
| Team: |  |
| Next: | 2003 |
The 2002 Tour of Slovenia (Slovenian: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 9th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as UCI‑2.5 stage race held between 7 and 12 May 2002.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
The race consisted of 7 stages with 1,029 km (639.4 mi) in total.[8]
Total 98 riders (73 finished it) from 14 teams started the race.
(TT3)
iTeamNova.com (TT3)
Saturn Cycling Team (TT3) Team Gericom Bikedrive (TT3) (TT3)
(TT3)| 1 | 7 May | 190km (120miles) | Plain stage | Aurélien Clerc | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 8 May | Radenci – Ptuj | 120km (80miles) | Plain stage | Marko Žepič | ||
| 3 | 8 May | 13km (08miles) | Time trial | Dean Podgornik | |||
| 4 | 9 May | Slovenska Bistrica – Ljubljana | 161km (100miles) | Intermediate stage | Filippo Pozzato | ||
| 5 | 10 May | Ivančna Gorica – Ajdovščina | 175km (109miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| 6 | 11 May | Nova Gorica – Vršič – Kranj | 182km (113miles) | Mountain stage | Boštjan Mervar | ||
| 7 | 12 May | Ribnica – Novo mesto | 178km (111miles) | Plain stage | Filippo Pozzato | ||
| Total | 1029km (639miles) | ||||||
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Intermediate sprints classification | Team classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aurélien Clerc | Aurélien Clerc | Boštjan Mervar | Tim Johnson | Jure Zrimšek | not available | ||
| 2 | Marko Žepič | Marko Žepič | Marko Žepič | Aurélien Clerc | Tim Johnson | not available | ||
| 3 | Dean Podgornik | Dean Podgornik | not available | not available | not available | not available | ||
| 4 | ||||||||
| 5 | Evgeni Petrov | Evgeni Petrov | Dean Podgornik | Patrik Sinkewitz | Hannes Hempl | |||
| 6 | Boštjan Mervar | not available | not available | not available | not available | |||
| 7 | Filippo Pozzato | Evgeni Petrov | Dean Podgornik | Patrik Sinkewitz | Hannes Hempel | |||
| Final | Evgeni Petrov | Patrik Sinkewitz | Hannes Hempel | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | width=200 | width=187 | Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs | width=76 align=right | ||
| 2 | HiT Casino | |||||
| 3 | Team Gericom Bikedrive | |||||
| 4 | Massimo Demarin | HiT Casino | ||||
| 5 | Jure Golčer | Perutnina Ptuj-Krka Telekom | ||||
| 6 | Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs | |||||
| 7 | Valter Bonča | Perutnina Ptuj-Krka Telekom | ||||
| 8 | Tomaž Nose | Krka Telekom | ||||
| 9 | iTeamNova.com | |||||
| 10 | Volksbank-Ideal |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | width=200 | width=187 | Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs | width=76 align=right | 24h 22' 43" | |
| 2 | Tomaž Nose | Krka Telekom | + 26" | |||
| 3 | Gregor Gazvoda | Perutnina Ptuj | + 2' 55" |