2002 Vuelta a España
Route

2002 Vuelta a España

Section Title: Route
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Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

1	7 September	Valencia – Valencia	24.6 km (15 mi)	-	Team time trial	ONCE–Eroski

2	8 September	Valencia – Alcoy	144.7 km (90 mi)	Danilo Di Luca (ITA)

3	9 September	San Vicente del Raspeig – Murcia	134.2 km (83 mi)	Mario Cipollini (ITA)

4	10 September	Águilas – Roquetas de Mar	149.5 km (93 mi)	Mario Cipollini (ITA)

5	11 September	El Ejido – Sierra Nevada	198 km (123 mi)	Guido Trentin (ITA)

6	12 September	Granada – Sierra de la Pandera	153.1 km (95 mi)	Roberto Heras (ESP)

7	13 September	Jaén – Málaga	196.8 km (122 mi)	Mario Cipollini (ITA)

8	14 September	Málaga – Ubrique	173.6 km (108 mi)	Aitor González (ESP)

9	15 September	Córdoba – Córdoba	130.2 km (81 mi)	Pablo Lastras (ESP)

10	16 September	Córdoba – Córdoba	36.5 km (23 mi)	-	Individual time trial	Aitor González (ESP)

17 September	Rest day

11	18 September	Alcobendas – Collado Villalba	166.1 km (103 mi)	Pablo Lastras (ESP)

12	19 September	Segovia – Burgos	210.5 km (131 mi)	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)

13	20 September	Burgos – Santander	189.8 km (118 mi)	Giovanni Lombardi (ITA)

14	21 September	Santander – Gijón	190.2 km (118 mi)	Serguei Smetanine (RUS)

15	22 September	Gijón – Alto de l'Angliru	176.7 km (110 mi)	Roberto Heras (ESP)

23 September	Rest day

16	24 September	Avilés – León	154.7 km (96 mi)	Santiago Botero (COL)

17	25 September	Benavente – Salamanca	146.6 km (91 mi)	Angelo Furlan (ITA)

18	26 September	Salamanca – La Covatilla	193.7 km (120 mi)	Santiago Blanco (ESP)

19	27 September	Béjar – Avila	177.8 km (110 mi)	José Vicente Garcia Acosta (ESP)

20	28 September	Avila – Warner Bros. Park	141.2 km (88 mi)	Angelo Furlan (ITA)

21	29 September	Warner Bros. Park – Madrid (Santiago Bernabéu Stadium)	41.2 km (26 mi)	-	Individual time trial	Aitor González (ESP)

Total	2,957 km (1,837 mi)

Sentence(s)

In the 2002 Vuelta a España consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 2,957 km (1,837 mi), and was won by Aitor González.

final_sentence: In the 2002 Vuelta a España consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 2,957 km (1,837 mi), and was won by Aitor González.