The 39th edition of the annual
Vuelta a Venezuela
The Vuelta a Venezuela ( en, Tour of Venezuela) is a men's multi-day road cycling race held annually in Venezuela. The race carries a UCI rating of 2.2 and is part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI Continental Circuits sponsored ...
was held from September 3 to September 15, 2002. The stage race started in
Puerto Ordaz
Ciudad Guayana () (in English Guayana City) is a city in Bolívar State, Venezuela. It stretches 40 kilometers along the south bank of the Orinoco river, at the point where it is joined by its main tributary, the Caroní river. The Caroni cros ...
, and ended in
Barquisimeto
Barquisimeto (; guc, Watkisimeeta) is a city in Venezuela. It is the capital of the state of Lara and head of Iribarren Municipality. It is an important urban, industrial, commercial and transportation center of the country, recognized as the fou ...
. There were a total number of 134 competitors, with 69 cyclists actually finishing the stage race.
Stages
2002-09-03: Circuito en Puerto Ordaz (121.5 km)
2002-09-04: Chaguaramas — Santa Bárbara de Tapirín (209.5 km)
2002-09-05: Circuito en Maturin (86 km)
2002-09-06: Santa Bárbara de Tapirín —
Guanta
Guanta is the capital and largest city of Guanta Municipality. Together with Barcelona, Puerto La Cruz and Lechería it forms a conurbation of around 1.2m inhabitants.
The town is named for the cacique
A ''cacique'' (Latin American ; ; fe ...
(181 km)
2002-09-07: Puerto Piritu —
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 ...
(178 km)
2002-09-08: Circuito en Valle de la Pascua (129 km)
2002-09-09:
El Sombrero
EL, El or el may refer to:
Religion
* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
People
* EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer
* El DeBarge, music artist
* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American p ...
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San Carlos (202.5 km)
2002-09-10: San Carlos de Austria — San Felipe (228 km)
2002-09-11: Campo Elías — San Felipe (31.5 km)
2002-09-11: Circuito en San Felipe (86.5 km)
2002-09-12:
Carora
The City of Carora, commonly called Carora City (in Spanish, Ciudad de Carora), is a city in Lara State, Venezuela, on the Morere River, a branch of the Tocuyo River. It is about 54 miles southwest of Barquisimeto. Carora City was founded twice. T ...
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Cabimas
Cabimas is a city on the shore of Maracaibo Lake in Zulia State in northwestern Venezuela. In 2005, its population was around 200,859.
Before 1900, Venezuela was known to possess commercial quantities of petroleum. One major find was the 'Zumaqu ...
(182.5 km)
2002-09-13:
Cabimas
Cabimas is a city on the shore of Maracaibo Lake in Zulia State in northwestern Venezuela. In 2005, its population was around 200,859.
Before 1900, Venezuela was known to possess commercial quantities of petroleum. One major find was the 'Zumaqu ...
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Valera
Valera is a city in Trujillo State in Venezuela, situated between the rivers Momboy and Motatán. The mayor is José Karkom, who has had that post since 2013. The city is home to Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Colombian and Spanish communit ...
(178 km)
2002-09-14: La Gran Parada — Quibor (148.5 km)
2002-09-15: Circuito Avenue Ribereña, Barquisimeto (120 km)
Final classification
Teams
;Lotería del Táchira A
;Cuban National Team
;Gobernación del Zulia-Alcaldia de Cabimas A
;Gobernación de Trujillo-Café Flor de Patria
;Lotería del Táchira B
;Gobernación de Anzoátegui
;Gobernación del Zulia-Alcaldia de Cabimas B
;Kino Táchira
;Irdeg Guarico
;Alcaldia Tinaco Cojedes
;Gobernación de Barinas-Alc Socopo-Lotería Paraiso
;Gobernación del Zulia-Alcaldia de Cabimas C
;Distribuidora La Japonesa-Lotería Oriente
;Dominican Republic National Team
;Russian National Team
;Que Viva El Huila (Colombia)
;Selección Bolívar
;México
;Alcaldía Caroni Bolivar
;Fundadeporte Jesús Torito Romero-Rio Caribe Sucre
;Tucán Amazonas
;Distribuidora Japonesa-Lotería Oriente TLM Indem
;Equipo Mixto
;Fundadeporte Carabobo
References
Cyclingnews
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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 continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
Vuelta Venezuela
September 2002 sports events in South America