2002 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10 took over the yellow jersey. Bertogliati, happy to have worn it for three days, is still not without honour: He now carries the white jersey of the best young rider. "Note:" Robbie McEwen got to wear the green jersey, as a rider cannot wear two leading jerseys at the same time. 10 July 2002 — Épernay to Château Thierry, (team time trial) The team time trial had been removed from the Tour some years earlier, but in 2001 it had been re-instated. This year's team time trial looked like it was going to be won by CSC Tiscali (Jalabert) in
1994 Tour de France who then successfully defended the lead through the Alps and Pyrenees and to the Tour's finish in Paris. Indurain became the third rider to win four consecutive Tours de France. In the race's other classifications, rider Djamolidine Abdoujaparov won the points classification, Richard Virenque of the team won the mountains classification, rider Marco Pantani won the youth classification for the best rider aged 26 or under in the general classification after having finished third overall, and Eros Poli of the team won the combativity classification. Festina-Lotus won the team classification, which ranked each of the twenty teams contesting the race