The 64th Volta a Portugal/PT Comunicações was a men's road bicycle race held from 2 August to 15 August 2002. The race, rated as a 2.2 event, started with a team time trial in Maia and finished in Sintra.
Møller (3rd) going into the final-stage time trial had to overcome a 48-second lead held by teammate Horrach to win the overall classification and, alongside Rui Sousa, complete an all podium.
Teams
The 16 teams invited to the race were:
Stages +Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 2 August Maia Team time trial 2 3 August Fafe Flat stage 3 4 August Vila Nova de Gaia Flat stage 4 5 August Penafiel to Favaios Hilly stage 5 6 August Alijó to Alto da Senhora da Graça Mountain stage 7 August Municipality of Mondim de Basto Rest day 6 8 August Mondim de Basto to Cantanhede Hilly stage 7 9 August Cantanhede to Alcobaça Flat stage 8 10 August Gândara to Castelo Branco Flat stage 9 11 August Belmonte to Torre Mountain stage 10 12 August Covilhã to Portalegre Medium mountain 11 13 August Portalegre to Elvas Flat stage 12 14 August Elvas to Beja Flat stage 13 15 August Queluz to Sintra Individual time trial Total
Classification leadership +Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Sprints rider classification Team classification 1 Adolfo García no award no award no award 2 Ángel Edo Cândido Barbosa Ángel Edo Pedro Cardoso Rui Pinto 3 Cândido Barbosa Cândido Barbosa Alexis Rodríguez Célio Sousa 4 Aitor Osa Gonçalo Amorim 5 Joan Horrach Joan Horrach 6 Cândido Barbosa 7 David Muñoz Eduardo González 8 Alexis Rodríguez Fernando Citoula 9 Claus Michael Møller 10 Danail Petrov 11 Joan Horrach Joan Horrach 12 Ángel Edo Ángel Edo Hélder Lopes 13 Claus Michael Møller Claus Michael Møller Final Claus Michael Møller Hélder Lopes
Final standings Legend Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the leader of the points classification Denotes the leader of the mountains classification Denotes the winner of the intermediate sprints classification
General classification
+ Final general classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 0' 05" 3 + 1' 28" 4 + 2' 04" 5 + 3' 13" 6 + 4' 10" 7 + 4' 57" 8 + 4' 57" 9 + 5' 38" 10 + 5' 39" Final general classification (11–111) Rank Rider Team Time 11 + 6' 32" 12 + 6' 48" 13 + 7' 08" 14 + 7' 15" 15 + 7' 21" 16 + 8' 19" 17 + 9' 02" 18 + 9' 05" 19 Cantanhede–Marquês de Marialva + 9' 07" 20 + 9' 45" 21 + 11' 13" 22 + 12' 44" 23 + 13' 36" 24 + 14' 09" 25 + 15' 35" 26 + 16' 12" 27 + 17' 58" 28 Cantanhede–Marquês de Marialva + 19' 05" 29 + 22' 18" 30 + 22' 24" 31 + 22' 31" 32 + 23' 34" 33 + 24' 17" 34 + 24' 25" 35 + 29' 12" 36 + 30' 54" 37 + 31' 04" 38 + 32' 09" 39 + 32' 17" 40 + 32' 43" 41 Pepolim & Irmãos–Ovarense + 33' 09" 42 Cantanhede–Marquês de Marialva + 34' 02" 43 + 34' 11" 44 + 34' 38" 45 + 34' 58" 46 + 35' 36" 47 Matesica–Abóboda + 36' 16" 48 + 36' 23" 49 + 36' 24" 50 Cantanhede–Marquês de Marialva + 37' 02" 51 + 37' 12" 52 Matesica–Abóboda + 38' 30" 53 + 38' 40" 54 Cantanhede–Marquês de Marialva + 38' 44" 55 + 39' 20" 56 + 40' 51" 57 + 41' 16" 58 Pepolim & Irmãos–Ovarense + 41' 30" 59 Pepolim & Irmãos–Ovarense + 44' 53" 60 Cantanhede–Marquês de Marialva + 45' 47" 61 + 46' 14" 62 + 46' 31" 63 + 47' 21" 64 + 47' 42" 65 + 48' 17" 66 + 48' 32" 67 + 49' 31" 68 + 49' 52" 69 + 50' 07" 70 + 50' 25" 71 Cantanhede–Marquês de Marialva + 50' 50" 72 + 51' 29" 73 + 52' 24" 74 + 52' 44" 75 + 53' 32" 76 + 55' 03" 77 + 57' 53" 78 Pepolim & Irmãos–Ovarense + 57' 57" 79 Pepolim & Irmãos–Ovarense + 58' 11" 80 + 58' 22" 81 + 59' 26" 82 Matesica–Abóboda + 59' 35" 83 + 1h 00' 30" 84 + 1h 00' 37" 85 + 1h 01' 47" 86 + 1h 02' 04" 87 + 1h 03' 03" 88 + 1h 03' 34" 89 + 1h 04' 59" 90 + 1h 06' 25" 91 + 1h 06' 57" 92 + 1h 07' 01" 93 + 1h 07' 06" 94 + 1h 09' 42" 95 + 1h 11' 57" 96 Cantanhede–Marquês de Marialva + 1h 12' 17" 97 + 1h 12' 26" 98 + 1h 13' 16" 99 + 1h 13' 28" 100 + 1h 14' 35" 101 + 1h 15' 08" 102 Matesica–Abóboda + 1h 20' 58" 103 + 1h 26' 28" 104 Cantanhede–Marquês de Marialva + 1h 27' 24" 105 Pepolim & Irmãos–Ovarense + 1h 30' 46" 106 Matesica–Abóboda + 1h 31' 13" 107 + 1h 32' 26" 108 Matesica–Abóboda + 1h 40' 15" 109 + 1h 46' 13" 110 + 1h 49' 36" 111 + 1h 50' 51"
Points classification + Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 112 2 104 3 104 4 65 5 59 6 51 7 46 8 41 9 33 10 30
Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 76 2 69 3 59 4 45 5 Pepolim & Irmãos–Ovarense 43 6 42 7 31 8 31 9 29 10 27
Sprints classification + Final sprints classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 19 2 18 3 15 4 13 5 12 6 12 7 Pepolim & Irmãos–Ovarense 11 8 7 9 Cantanhede–Marquês de Marialva 6 10 5
Team classification + Final team classification (1–10) Rank Team Time 1 43h 36' 57" 2 + 9' 22" 3 + 12' 40" 4 + 15' 18" 5 + 16' 27" 6 + 24' 58" 7 Cantanhede–Marquês de Marialva + 40' 59" 8 + 42' 09" 9 + 42' 55" 10 + 43' 19"
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