The story of the 2002 Tour de France – Lance Armstrong wins his fourth successive title thanks in no small part to two memorable mountain stage wins
October 2002
'Sowers' inspire the energy ride
October 25: Centenary race follows a route that echoes its glorious past.
August 2002
Rumsas missing
August 1: The Tour de France's third-placed rider, Lithuania's Raimondas Rumsas, under suspicion of using banned drugs, turned into the two-wheeled equivalent of Lord Lucan yesterday: no one knew where he was but everyone wanted to know.
July 2002
Rumsas: drugs were for my mother-in-law
Drug swoop threatens new Tour crisis
Peerless Armstrong one win from immortality
McEwen sprints in to dethrone Zabel and grab the green