Editing 2002 Tour de France (section)

==Route and stages==

In the first week, the stages were mostly flat in the North of France. The last two weeks had mountain stages in the Pyrenees and Alps.<ref name="cnpreview">{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2002/tour02/?id=preview|title=2002 Tour de France Full Preview: A Classic Cuvee for the 89th Edition of-le-Tour de France|first=Tim|last=Maloney|date=26 October 2001|access-date=20 August 2011|work=Cyclingnews|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128113134/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2002/tour02/?id=preview|archive-date=28 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[List of highest points reached in the Tour de France|highest point of elevation in the race]] was {{convert|2642|m|ft|abbr=on}} at the summit of the [[Col du Galibier]] mountain pass on stage 16.<ref>{{cite news|title=89th Tour de France – Principal difficulties|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2002/tour02/?id=stages|access-date=23 December 2019|website=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225641/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2002/tour02/?id=stages|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

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|+ Stage characteristics and winners<ref name="letour-map">{{cite web|title=Tour de France 2002 – The map|url=http://www.letour.fr/2002/us/parcours.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020803103135/http://www.letour.fr/2002/us/parcours.html|archive-date=3 August 2002|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="letour-stages">{{cite web|title=Tour de France 2002 – All the stages|url=http://www.letour.fr/2002/us/etapes.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020803161545/http://www.letour.fr/2002/us/etapes.html|archive-date=3 August 2002|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="mdc2002">{{cite web|title=89ème Tour de France 2002|trans-title=89th Tour de France 2002|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf/tdf2002.php|work=Mémoire du cyclisme|access-date=6 April 2020|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405233011/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf/tdf2002.php|archive-date=5 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="letour-stage-winners">{{cite web|title=The history of the Tour de France – Year 2002 – The stage winners|url=http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/2002/vainqueurs.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403012352/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/2002/vainqueurs.html|archive-date=3 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="col" | Stage
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Course
! scope="col" | Distance
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Type
! scope="col" | Winner
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10#Prologue|P]]
| style="text-align:center;" |6 July || [[Luxembourg City]] (Luxembourg)|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|7.0|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Time Trial.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || [[Individual time trial]] || <del>{{flagathlete|[[Lance Armstrong]]|USA}}</del>{{efn|name=armstrong}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10#Stage 1|1]]
| style="text-align:center;" |7 July || [[Luxembourg City]] (Luxembourg)|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|192.5|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Rubens Bertogliati]]|SUI}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10#Stage 2|2]]
| style="text-align:center;" |8 July || [[Luxembourg City]] (Luxembourg) to [[Saarbrücken]] (Germany)|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|181.0|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Óscar Freire]]|ESP}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10#Stage 3|3]]
| style="text-align:center;" |9 July || [[Metz]] to [[Reims]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|174.5|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Robbie McEwen]]|AUS}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10#Stage 4|4]]
| style="text-align:center;" |10 July || [[Épernay]] to [[Château-Thierry]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|67.5|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Time Trial.svg|alt=|link=Team time trial|20px]] || [[Team time trial]] || {{noflag|{{UCI team code|ONC|2002}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10#Stage 5|5]]
| style="text-align:center;" |11 July || [[Soissons]] to [[Rouen]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|195.0|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Jaan Kirsipuu]]|EST}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10#Stage 6|6]]
| style="text-align:center;" |12 July || [[Forges-les-Eaux]] to [[Alençon]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|199.5|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Erik Zabel]]|GER}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10#Stage 7|7]]
| style="text-align:center;" |13 July || [[Bagnoles-de-l'Orne]] to [[Avranches]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|176.0|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Bradley McGee]]|AUS}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10#Stage 8|8]]
| style="text-align:center;" |14 July || [[Saint-Martin-de-Landelles]] to [[Plouay]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|217.5|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Karsten Kroon]]|NED}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10#Stage 9|9]]
| style="text-align:center;" |15 July || [[Lanester]] to [[Lorient]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|52.0|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Time Trial.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || [[Individual time trial]] || {{flagathlete|[[Santiago Botero]]|COL}}
|-
! scope="row" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 16 July
| colspan="2" | [[Bordeaux]]
|
| colspan="2" | Rest day
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10#Stage 10|10]]
| style="text-align:center;" |17 July || [[Bazas]] to [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|147.0|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Patrice Halgand]]|FRA}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20#Stage 11|11]]
| style="text-align:center;" |18 July || [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]] to [[La Mongie]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|158.0|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) || <del>{{flagathlete|[[Lance Armstrong]]|USA}}</del>{{efn|name=armstrong}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20#Stage 12|12]]
| style="text-align:center;" |19 July || [[Lannemezan]] to [[Plateau de Beille]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|199.5|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) || <del>{{flagathlete|[[Lance Armstrong]]|USA}}</del>{{efn|name=armstrong}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20#Stage 13|13]]
| style="text-align:center;" |20 July || [[Lavelanet]] to [[Béziers]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|171.0|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[David Millar]]|GBR}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20#Stage 14|14]]
| style="text-align:center;" |21 July || [[Lodève]] to [[Mont Ventoux]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|221.0|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) || {{flagathlete|[[Richard Virenque]]|FRA}}
|-
! scope="row" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 22 July
| colspan="2" | [[Vaucluse]]
|
| colspan="2" | Rest day
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20#Stage 15|15]]
| style="text-align:center;" |23 July || [[Vaison-la-Romaine]] to [[Les Deux Alpes]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|226.5|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mediummountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Hilly stage || {{flagathlete|[[Santiago Botero]]|COL}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20#Stage 16|16]]
| style="text-align:center;" |24 July || [[Les Deux Alpes]] to [[La Plagne]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|179.5|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) || {{flagathlete|[[Michael Boogerd]]|NED}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20#Stage 17|17]]
| style="text-align:center;" |25 July || [[Aime]] to [[Cluses]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|142.0|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) || {{flagathlete|[[Dario Frigo]]|ITA}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20#Stage 18|18]]
| style="text-align:center;" |26 July || [[Cluses]] to [[Bourg-en-Bresse]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|176.5|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mediummountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Hilly stage || {{flagathlete|[[Thor Hushovd]]|NOR}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20#Stage 19|19]]
| style="text-align:center;" |27 July || [[Régnié-Durette]] to [[Mâcon]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|50.0|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Time Trial.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || [[Individual time trial]] || <del>{{flagathlete|[[Lance Armstrong]]|USA}}</del>{{efn|name=armstrong}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2002 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20#Stage 20|20]]
| style="text-align:center;" |28 July || [[Melun]] to Paris ([[Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France|Champs-Élysées]])|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|144.0|km|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Robbie McEwen]]|AUS}}
|-
! scope="row" |
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Total
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center"| {{convert|3278|km|0|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=110}}
|}