2002 UCI Road World Cup
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Dates23 March – 19 October
LocationEurope
Races10
Individual champion
Paolo Bettini (ITA) (Mapei–Quick-Step)
Paolo Bettini (ITA) (Mapei–Quick-Step)| Fourteenth edition of the UCI Road World Cup | |
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| Details | |
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| Dates | 23 March – 19 October |
| Location | Europe |
| Races | 10 |
| Champions | |
| Individual champion | Paolo Bettini (ITA) (Mapei–Quick-Step) |
| Teams' champion | Mapei–Quick-Step |
The 2002 UCI Road World Cup was the fourteenth edition of the UCI Road World Cup. It had the same calendar of the 2001 edition.
After the Milan-Sanremo win by Mario Cipollini, who keep the lead after the Tour of Flanders, Johan Museeuw take the lead with Tour of Flanders second place and Paris-Roubaix win. Paolo Bettini with the Liège–Bastogne–Liège win and with a top ten in the Amstel Gold Race keep his position not far from Museeuw after the first five spring races.
With the win in Hamburg at HEW Cyclassics, with a very long sprint, Museeuw take a good margin on Bettini but the italian was very regular and with three top-ten finishes in the summer races (second in Zurich) took the lead by only two points.
Paris-Tours seems more favourable for the fast Museeuw but he took no points, while Bettini finished 19th taking other 7 points.
The Giro di Lombardia was too hard for Museeuw who didn't start the race giving the World Cup win to Bettini who finish low in the race. Michele Bartoli won the race and clinched the final spot in the World Cup podium along the winner Bettini and Museeuw, who take the fifth and final World Cup podium, a record for the competition.
Single races details
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Denotes the Classification Leader |
In the race results the leader jersey identify the rider who wore the jersey in the race (the leader at the start of the race).
In the general classification table the jersey identify the leader after the race.
23 March 2002 — Milan–San Remo 287 km (178.3 mi)[1][2]
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General classification after Milan–San Remo[3]
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14 April 2002 — Paris–Roubaix 261 km (162.2 mi)[7][8]
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General classification after Paris–Roubaix[9]
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21 April 2002 — Liège–Bastogne–Liège 258 km (160.3 mi)[10]
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General classification after Liège–Bastogne–Liège[11]
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28 April 2002 — Amstel Gold Race 254.4 km (158.1 mi)[12][13]
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General classification after Amstel Gold Race[14]
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4 August 2002 — HEW Cyclassics 253.2 km (157.3 mi)[15][16]
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General classification after HEW Cyclassics[17]
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10 August 2002 — Clásica de San Sebastián 227 km (141.1 mi)[18]
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General classification after Clásica de San Sebastián[19]
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18 August 2002 — Züri-Metzgete 236.6 km (147.0 mi)[20][21]
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General classification after Züri-Metzgete[22]
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2 October 2002 — Paris–Tours 257 km (159.7 mi)[23]
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General classification after Paris–Tours[24]
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19 October 2002 — Giro di Lombardia 251 km (156.0 mi)[25]
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General classification after Giro di Lombardia[26]
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