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Team rating
763
#2 of 31 WorldTeams
Depth
585
riders 8 to 12
Wins
18
10 winners

The season ·

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Peak 760
Tour 1st
Vuelta 2nd
SanremoFlandersRoubaix 3rdLiègeWorlds TTWorlds
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WonPodiumTop 10RacedA bar is a stage race, colored by the team's best GC; ◆ its stage wins and podiumsZone: the WorldTeams from the median team (dashed) to the best

Honors

1
Grand Tours
Team awards
1
GC team
Its riders' season awards
1
Top U23 rider
1
Climber
1
Stage racer
Best results
1
Monument podium
1
Grand Tour top 10
6
Grand Tour stage win
What its riders won riding for it; the Worlds and Olympics count for the trade team. Best results fill a season with fewer honors, from Monument podiums down to .2 wins, U23 races a class up. Hover a badge for the riders and races.

2002 awards

The 2002 season ›
Team awards
4thTeam of the yearof 31 WorldTeams
Rating97
Results75
86
22ndSprint teamof 31 WorldTeams
Rating82
Results8
45
20thClassics teamof 31 WorldTeams
Rating94
Results16
55
1stGC teamof 31 WorldTeams
Rating100
Results100
100
Its riders in the rider awards, top 25
1stClimberRoberto Heras97
1stStage racerLance Armstrong93
1stTop U23 riderTom Boonen65
2ndClimberLance Armstrong87
4thTime trialistLance Armstrong77
4thStage racerRoberto Heras65
9thDomestiqueJosé Luis Rubiera65
14thDomestiqueRoberto Heras61
14thRider of the yearLance Armstrong47
A team award: half the team's rating over the season, half its class-weighted results in the award's races, each a share of the best WorldTeam. 12 more rider places.

How good, at what

vs 31 WorldTeams
Overall97763 · #2
One-Day77618 · #8
GC97703 · #2
Flat87781 · #5
Hilly57591 · #14
Mountain100699 · #1
Time Trial100697 · #1
Sprint23652 · #24
Cobbles93564 · #3
Long93584 · #3
Team weighted: each rating from its best riders' margins above the WorldTour median rider, its leader counting most; Sprint takes in the lead-outs. The bar is its percentile among the 31 WorldTeams; the figure, the rating and its rank.

Top riders

OverallTom Boonen794Lance Armstrong765George Hincapie749
One-DayLance Armstrong639George Hincapie638Tom Boonen574
GCLance Armstrong757Roberto Heras709José Luis Rubiera611
FlatTom Boonen854George Hincapie793David Clinger635
HillyLance Armstrong617George Hincapie580Roberto Heras560
MountainLance Armstrong750Roberto Heras719José Luis Rubiera624
Time TrialLance Armstrong773Viatcheslav Ekimov625Tom Boonen624
SprintGeorge Hincapie669Tom Boonen651Lance Armstrong626
CobblesGeorge Hincapie608Tom Boonen564Lance Armstrong503
LongLance Armstrong629George Hincapie570Christian Vande Velde518
Its three best on each rating, by their 2002 peak.

Season highlights

Tour de France · overallLance Armstrong
Tour de France · 4 stagesLance Armstrong ×4
Vuelta a España · 2 stagesRoberto Heras ×2
Volta a Catalunya · 8 stagesMichael Barry, William Chann McRae, Roberto Heras, Tom Boonen, George Hincapie, Christian Vande Velde, David Clinger, Matthew White
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré · 1 stageLance Armstrong
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré · overallLance Armstrong
Volta a Catalunya · overallRoberto Heras
Vuelta a la Región de Murcia · overallVictor Hugo Peña
Commerce Bank Lehigh Valley ClassicDavid Clinger
Ronde van Nederland · 1 stageVictor Hugo Peña
International UNIQA Classic · 1 stageTom Boonen
The season's best results, each with the riders who got them; a race's stage wins on one line.

Depth or dependence

18
wins
10
different winners
28%
of the wins: Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong5
Roberto Heras3
David Clinger2
Tom Boonen2
Michael Barry1
William Chann McRae1
George Hincapie1
Christian Vande Velde1
Matthew White1
Victor Hugo Peña1
Wins by rider. A high share leans on one rider; many winners spread it.

Archetypes

GC838%
Rouleur733%
Puncheur210%
Climber210%
Sprinter15%
Unclassified15%
The roster by rider type; a rider without one yet this season takes his latest. Hover a type for its riders.

Roster profile

21 ridersAverage age 28.0
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Nationalities · 11
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Ins and outs

Since 2001: 5 in, 6 outThe five best arrivals against the five best departures: -46 a rider
In · 5from
→ David Clinger616Festina
→ Gianpaolo Mondini590Mercatone Uno - Stream TV
→ Floyd Landis584Mercury - Viatel
→ Michael Barry515Saturn Cycling Team
→ Pavel Padrnos500Saeco
Out · 6to
← Levi Leipheimer697Rabobank ProTeam
← Julian Dean664CSC ProTeam - Tiscali
← Tyler Hamilton600CSC ProTeam - Tiscali
← Stéphane Barthe548Saint-Quentin - Oktos
← Cédric Vasseur525Cofidis
← Jamie Burrow483Amore & Vita - Beretta
Each rider with his Overall peak: an arrival's this season, a departure's last.

Roster

Tom Boonen21Rouleur794574394854495247624651564466
Lance Armstrong30GC765639757535617750773626503629
George Hincapie29Rouleur749638544793580506584669608570
Roberto Heras28Climber711522709614560719608519419508
José Luis Rubiera29Climber618514611612540624526531408468
David Clinger24Puncheur616542400635527337453580422427
Viatcheslav Ekimov36Rouleur601541550495546485625499491513
Victor Hugo Peña27Rouleur595460550560472477614497377447
Gianpaolo Mondini29Sprinter590458393604407371414578383385
Floyd Landis26GC584394564359537513596271317412
Christian Vande Velde26GC582494586444543585562414394518
Antonio Cruz30Rouleur572483420600484365494510379399
David Zabriskie23GC559397452544448400576340323390
Dylan Casey31GC537345339351407172589277288373
Michael Barry26GC515492388501524342444440388424
William Chann McRae30Rouleur515451440532431418485454361426
Steffen Kjærgaard29GC514418444447448406539359336444
Benoît Joachim26Rouleur502480505497477465499462400459
Pavel Padrnos31GC500390499427461478504254346447
Kenny Labbe30Unclassified469276270527320242305208215260
Matthew White28Puncheur447384359381461323419198331418

Stats

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