The 38th edition of the annual Vuelta a Venezuela was held from September 26 to October 7, 2002. The stage race started in
Maturín
Maturín () is a city in Venezuela, the capital of the Venezuelan state of Monagas and a centre for instrumental exploration and development of the petroleum industry in Venezuela. The metropolitan area of Maturín has a population of 401,384 inha ...
, and ended in
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...
. Stage 1 was cancelled.
Stages
2001-09-25
* Stage 1 was cancelled
2001-09-26:
Maturín
Maturín () is a city in Venezuela, the capital of the Venezuelan state of Monagas and a centre for instrumental exploration and development of the petroleum industry in Venezuela. The metropolitan area of Maturín has a population of 401,384 inha ...
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Carúpano
Carúpano is a city in the eastern Venezuelan state of Sucre. It is located on the Venezuelan Caribbean coast at the opening of two valleys, some 120 km east of the capital of Sucre, Cumaná.Carúpano Circuit Race (126 km)
2001-09-28:
Cariaco
Cariaco is a town in the state of Sucre, Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a co ...
Puerto Píritu
Puerto Píritu is a Venezuelan city located in the north-central coast of Anzoátegui State, with a population more than 11,000. It is the capital of the Fernando de Peñalver Municipality, and located 46 km from the centre of Barcelona, th ...
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Valle de la Pascua
Valle de la Pascua is the capital city of the autonomous municipality of Leonardo Infante, Guárico, Venezuela . The city is located in the central plains of Venezuela and was founded on February 25, 1785, by Father Mariano Martí. Along with Z ...
Calabozo
Calabozo, officially Villa de Todos los Santos de Calabozo, is a city in Venezuela located in the Guárico state, capital of the Francisco de Miranda Municipality and former capital of the state. It has a population of 168,605, according to t ...
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San Juan de los Morros
San Juan de Los Morros () is the capital of the Guárico State in Venezuela. It is several miles almost the gateway to the Central Plains however without turning into simple itself. Having a complete specific geography in which brilliant mountain ...
(136 km)
2001-10-02:
San Juan de los Morros
San Juan de Los Morros () is the capital of the Guárico State in Venezuela. It is several miles almost the gateway to the Central Plains however without turning into simple itself. Having a complete specific geography in which brilliant mountain ...
Ocumare del Tuy
Ocumare del Tuy is a city located in Miranda State in northern Venezuela, the shire town of the Lander Municipality. Ocumare del Tuy is noted for warm and clear weather, with year-round sunshine and 60 days of rainfall annually, and an average tem ...