2003 UCI Road World Championships
{{Infobox cycling championship
|image= 2003 UCI Road World Championships logo.png
|pushpin_map = Canada Southern Ontario#Canada
|pushpin_label = Hamilton
|venue= Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
|coordinates = {{coord|43|15|24|N|79|52|09|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}
|date= 7–12 October 2003
|nations =
|cycling =
|events = 10
|previous = 2002
|next = 2004
}}
Image:WorldCyclingChampionships2003.jpg
The 2003 UCI Road World Championships took place in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, between October 7 and October 12, 2003. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women.
David Millar was handed a two-year ban and stripped of his world time trial title by the British cycling federation for taking the banned performance enhancer EPO.{{cite web
| title = Millar has '03 title taken, fined $1,600
| publisher = ESPN
| date = 4 August 2004
| url = https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer04/cycling/news/story?id=1852059
| access-date = 24 December 2007 }} Following this disqualification, the UCI declared Michael Rogers as the winner with the silver medal going to Uwe Peschel and the bronze to Michael Rich.{{cite web
| title = Rogers confirmed as world champion
| publisher = mywire.com
| date = 8 September 2004
| url = http://www.mywire.com/pubs/AFP/2004/09/08/574079?&pbl=222
| access-date = 24 December 2007 }}
Jeannie Longo rode alone ahead of the pack for most of the women's road race but was passed approximately 500m from the finish.
Events summary
{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
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| colspan=7 | Men's Events | |||
Men's road race {{DetailsLink|2003 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race}} |Igor Astarloa | 6h30'19"
|Alejandro Valverde | + 5"
|Peter van Petegem | s.t. |
Men's time trial {{DetailsLink|2003 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial}} |David Millar | 51'17" (Stripped of title)
|Michael Rogers | + 1'25"
|Uwe Peschel | s.t. |
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| colspan=7 | Women's Events | |||
Women's road race {{DetailsLink|2003 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race}} |Susanne Ljungskog | 3h16'06"
|Mirjam Melchers | + 10"
|Nicole Cooke | + 12" |
Women's time trial {{DetailsLink|2003 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial}} |Joane Somarriba | 28'23"
|Judith Arndt | + 11"
|Zulfiya Zabirova | + 26" |
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| colspan=7 | Men's Under-23 Events | |||
Men's under-23 road race {{DetailsLink|2003 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race}} |Sergey Lagutin | 4h14'05"
|Johan Van Summeren | s.t.
|Thomas Dekker | s.t. |
Men's under-23 time trial {{DetailsLink|2003 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial}} |Marcus Fothen | 38'35"
|Niels Scheuneman | + 18"
|Alexandr Bespalov | + 21" |
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| colspan=7 | Men's Junior Events | |||
Men's Junior Road Race {{DetailsLink|2003 UCI Road World Championships - Men's Junior Road Race}} |Kai Reus | 3h01'30"
|Anders Lund | + 14"
|Lukaz Fus | s.t. |
Men's Junior Time Trial {{DetailsLink|2003 UCI Road World Championships - Men's Junior Time Trial}} |Mikhail Ignatiev | 27'01"
|Dmytro Grabovskyy | + 21"
|Viktor Renäng | + 22" |
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| colspan=7 | Women's Junior Events | |||
Women's Junior Road Race {{DetailsLink|2003 UCI Road World Championships - Women's Junior Road Race}} |Loes Markerink | 2h05'39"
|Irina Tolmacheva | s.t.
|Sabine Fischer | s.t. |
Women's Junior Time Trial {{DetailsLink|2003 UCI Road World Championships - Women's Junior Time Trial}} |Bianca Knöpfle | 22'17"
|Loes Markerink | + 16"
|Iris Slappendel | + 30" |
References
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External links
- [http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/worlds03/?id=default 2003 Road World Championships by cyclingnews.com]
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Category:UCI Road World Championships by year
Uci Road World Championships, 2003
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