{{Infobox cycling race report | name = 2002 Tour of the Basque Country | image = | image_caption = | image_size = | series = | race_no = | season_no = | date = 8–12 April 2002 | stages = 5 | distance = 755.2<ref name="BRI">{{cite web|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/stageraces/Pais-Vasco/vuelta-al-pais-vasco.html|title=Vuelta al País Vasco (World Tour)|work=BikeRaceInfo|accessdate=16 November 2017}}</ref> | unit = km | time = 18h 04' 53" | first = Aitor Osa | first_nat = ESP | first_team = {{UCI team code|BAN|2002}} | second = David Etxebarria | second_nat = ESP | second_team = {{UCI team code|EUS|2002}} | third = {{ill|Gonzalo Bayarri|es}} | third_nat = ESP | third_team = {{UCI team code|JAZ|2002}} | previous = 2001 | next = 2003 }}
The '''2002 Tour of the Basque Country''' was the 42nd edition of the Tour of the Basque Country cycle race and was held from 8 April to 12 April 2002. The race started in Zalla and finished in Elgoibar.<ref name="MdC-TBC2002">{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_pays_basque/paisvasco2002.php|title=42ème Vuelta al Pais Vasco 2002|work=Memoire du cyclisme|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040818043833/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_pays_basque/paisvasco2002.php|archivedate=18 August 2004}}</ref> The race was won by Aitor Osa of the iBanesto.com team.
==General classification==
{| |'''Final general classification'''<ref name="MdC-TBC2002" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=6&y=2002|title=2002 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco|work=First Cycling|accessdate=16 November 2017}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" | Rank ! scope="col" | Rider ! scope="col" | Team ! scope="col" | Time |- | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | {{flagathlete|Aitor Osa|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|FAS|2002}} | style="text-align:right;" | {{nowrap|18h 04' 53"}} |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | {{flagathlete|David Etxebarria|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|EUS|2002}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 2' 36" |- | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | {{flagathlete|{{ill|Gonzalo Bayarri|es}}|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|JAZ|2002}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 2' 53" |- | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | {{flagathlete|Michael Boogerd|NED}} | {{UCI team code|RAB|2002}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 3' 09" |- | style="text-align:center;" | 5 | {{flagathlete|Mario Aerts|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|LOT|2002}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 3' 54" |- | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | {{flagathlete|Cadel Evans|AUS}} | {{UCI team code|MAP|2002}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 3' 55" |- | style="text-align:center;" | 7 | {{flagathlete|Alexander Vinokourov|KAZ}} | {{UCI team code|TEL|2002}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 4' 07" |- | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | {{flagathlete|Andrea Noè|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|MAP|2002}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 4' 12" |- | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | {{flagathlete|Stefano Garzelli|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|MAP|2002}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 4' 22" |- | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | {{flagathlete|Samuel Sánchez|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|EUS|2002}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 4' 46" |} |}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
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