2002 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

2002 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

Race details
Dates	9–16 June 2002
Stages	7 + Prologue
Distance	1,096[1] km (681.0 mi)
Winning time	28h 38' 50"
Results
Winner Lance Armstrong (U.S. Postal Service)   Second  Floyd Landis (USA) (U.S. Postal Service)   Third  Christophe Moreau (FRA) (Crédit Agricole) Points  Bradley McGee (AUS) (Française des Jeux) Mountains  Dariusz Baranowski (POL) (iBanesto.com)   Team iBanesto.com

The 2002 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 54th edition of the cycle race and was held from 9 June to 16 June 2002. The race started in Lyon and finished in Geneva. The race has no overall winner. Although Lance Armstrong originally won the event, he was stripped of the title due to violating anti-doping rules. In 2012, the United States Anti-Doping Agency disqualified him from his results after 1 August 1998.[2] The verdict was confirmed by the UCI.

Teams

Fourteen teams, containing a total of 110 riders, participated in the race:[3][4]

• Crédit Agricole
• U.S. Postal Service
• CSC–Tiscali
• Cofidis
• Lotto–Adecco
• Bonjour
• Domo–Farm Frites
• Française des Jeux
• Kelme–Costa Blanca
• AG2R Prévoyance
• iBanesto.com
• Jean Delatour
• Euskaltel–Euskadi
• BigMat–Auber 93

Route

Stage characteristics and winners[3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
P	9 June	Lyon	3 km (1.9 mi)		Individual time trial	Bradley McGee (AUS)
1	10 June	Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne to Saint-Étienne	173 km (107 mi)			Jacky Durand (FRA)
2	11 June	Tournon-sur-Rhône to Mont Ventoux	174 km (108 mi)			Denis Menchov (RUS)
3	12 June	Montélimar to Pierrelatte	40 km (25 mi)		Individual time trial	Santiago Botero (COL)
4	13 June	L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue to Digne-les-Bains	209 km (130 mi)			Patrice Halgand (FRA)
5	14 June	Digne-les-Bains to Grenoble	204 km (127 mi)			Frédéric Guesdon (FRA)
6	15 June	Albertville to Morzine-Avoriaz	146 km (91 mi)			Lance Armstrong (USA)[nb 1]
7	16 June	Morzine to Geneva	150 km (93 mi)			José Enrique Gutiérrez (ESP)

General classification

Final general classification[3][5][6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service 28h 38' 50"[nb 1] 2  Floyd Landis (USA) U.S. Postal Service + 2' 03" 3  Christophe Moreau (FRA) Crédit Agricole + 2' 24" 4  Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 2' 44" 5  Andrey Kivilev (KAZ) Cofidis + 3' 28" 6  Denis Menchov (RUS) iBanesto.com + 3' 46" 7  Aitor Kintana (ESP) BigMat–Auber 93 + 5' 09" 8  Marzio Bruseghin (ITA) iBanesto.com + 5' 34" 9  Richard Virenque (FRA) Domo–Farm Frites + 6' 11" 10  Nicolas Vogondy (FRA) Française des Jeux + 7' 09"

Notes

1. In 2012, Lance Armstrong was disqualified from his position in the race. He was stripped of all results after 1 August 1998, as a consequence of the Lance Armstrong doping case.

References

1. "Critérium du Dauphiné (World Tour), France". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
2. "Armstrong perd ses 7 Tours" [Armstrong loses his seven Tours]. L'Équipe (in French). 22 October 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
3. "54ème Dauphiné Libéré 2002". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 23 April 2004.
4. "Les équipes" [The teams]. Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
5. "2002 Critérium du Dauphiné". First Cycling. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
6. "Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 2002". LesSports.info. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013.

Further reading

• "54th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - 2.HC". Cycling News.
• "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 June 2002. p. 47.
• "Lance Armstrong, sólo quinto en la crono del prólogo" [Lance Armstrong, only fifth in the prologue time trial] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 10 June 2002. p. 49.
• "Armstrong y Sevilla se enfrentarán hoy en Mont Ventoux" [Armstrong and Sevilla will meet today at Mont Ventoux] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 11 June 2002. p. 38.
• "El ruso del Banesto Denis Menchov, rey del Ventoux" [The Russian of Banesto Denis Menchov, King of Ventoux] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 June 2002. p. 40.
• "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 June 2002. p. 41.
• "Ciclismo Dauphine Libere" [Cycling Dauphine Libere] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 13 June 2002. p. 47.
• "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 14 June 2002. p. 51.
• "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 15 June 2002. p. 51.
• "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 16 June 2002. p. 43.
• "Ciclismo/Dauphine Libere" [Cycling/Dauphine Libere] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 17 June 2002. p. 53.
• "Prologue" [Prologue]. Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original on 18 October 2005.
• "173 km lundi 10 juin" [173 km Monday 10 June]. Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original on 18 October 2005.
• "174 km mardi 11 juin" [174 km Tuesday 11 June]. Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original on 18 October 2005.
• "41 km mercredi 12 juin" [41 km Wednesday 12 June]. Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original on 19 October 2005.
• "209 km jeudi 13 Juin" [209 km Thursday 13 June]. Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original on 18 October 2005.
• "204 km vendredi 14 juin" [204 km Friday 14 June]. Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original on 18 October 2005.
• "146 km samedi 15 juin" [146 km Saturday 15 June]. Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original on 18 October 2005.
• "150 km dimanche 16 juin" [150 km Sunday 16 June]. Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original on 18 October 2005.

External links

"54ème Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - Site officiel" [54th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - Official site] (in French). Archived from the original on 17 October 2005.