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2003 Vuelta a España#Points classification

{{Short description|58th edition of the Vuelta a España}}

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 2003 Vuelta a España

| image =

| image_caption =

| date = 6–28 September

| stages = 21

| distance = 2957

| unit = km

| time = 69h 31' 52"

| speed = 42.55

| first = Roberto Heras

| first_nat = ESP

| first_team = U.S. Postal

| first_color = gold

| second = Isidro Nozal

| second_nat = ESP

| second_team = ONCE–Eroski

| third = Alejandro Valverde

| third_nat = ESP

| third_team = Communidad Valenciana-Kelme

| points = Erik Zabel

| points_nat = GER

| points_team = {{UCI team code|THR|2003}}

| points_color = orangedots

| mountains = Félix Cárdenas

| mountains_nat = COL

| mountains_team = Cage Maglierie

| mountains_color = orange

| combination = Alejandro Valverde

| combination_nat = ESP

| combination_team = Kelme–Costa Blanca

| combination_color = blue

| team = iBanesto.com

| team_nat = ESP

| previous = 2002

| next = 2004

}}

The 58th edition of the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 6 September to 28 September 2003. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of {{convert|2957|km|mi|abbr=on}}, and was won by Roberto Heras of the U.S. Postal cycling team.{{cite news |title=Ciclismo Vuelta a España – Clasificaciones |url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2003/09/29/EMD20030929051MDP.pdf |work=El Mundo Deportivo |date=29 September 2003 |page=51 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117194256/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2003/09/29/EMD20030929051MDP.pdf |archive-date=17 November 2020 |url-status=live}}

Isidro Nozal lead the general classification for much of the race until succumbing to the pressure posed by Roberto Heras who closed the gap to Nozal over the final days and took the jersey in the final time trial. The points classification was won by Erik Zabel from Germany, the mountains classification was won by Félix Cárdenas from Colombia and the combination classification was won by Alejandro Valverde. iBanesto.com was the winner of the team ranking. Alessandro Petacchi, an Italian sprinter won five stages.

Route

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|+List of stages{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/vuelta03/03index.php?id=03default|title=58th Vuelta a España|work=Cycling News|access-date=24 July 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde2003.php|title=58ème Vuelta a España 2003|work=Memoire du cyclisme|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050112021814/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde2003.php|archive-date=12 January 2005}}

scope="col" | Stage

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Course

! scope="col" | Distance

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Type

! scope="col" | Winner

scope="row" | 1

| 6 September

| Gijón – Gijón

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|28|km|0|abbr=on}}

| 22px

| Team time trial

| {{UCI team code|ONC|2003}}

scope="row" | 2

| 7 September

| Gijón – Cangas de Onís

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|148|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Luis Pérez|ESP}}

scope="row" | 3

| 8 September

| Cangas de Onís – Santander

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|154.3|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Alessandro Petacchi|ITA}}

scope="row" | 4

| 9 September

| Santander – Burgos

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|151|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Unai Etxebarria|VEN}}

scope="row" | 5

| 10 September

| Soria – Zaragoza

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|166.7|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Alessandro Petacchi|ITA}}

scope="row" | 6

| 11 September

| Zaragoza – Zaragoza

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|43.8|km|0|abbr=on}}

| 22px

| Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Isidro Nozal|ESP}}

scope="row" | 7

| 12 September

| Huesca – Cauterets (France)

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|190|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Michael Rasmussen|DEN}}

scope="row" | 8

| 13 September

| Cauterets – Pla de Beret/Val d'Aran

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|166|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Joaquim Rodríguez|ESP}}

scope="row" | 9

| 14 September

| Vielha – Envalira (Andorra)

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|174.8|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Alejandro Valverde|ESP}}

scope="row" | 10

| 15 September

| Andorra – Sabadell

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|194|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Erik Zabel|GER}}

scope="row" |

| style="text-align:center;" | 16 September

| colspan="5" | Rest day

scope="row" | 11

| 17 September

| Utiel – Cuenca

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|162|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Erik Zabel|GER}}

scope="row" | 12

| 18 September

| Cuenca – Albacete

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|168.8|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Alessandro Petacchi|ITA}}

scope="row" | 13

| 19 September

| Albacete – Albacete

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|53.3|km|0|abbr=on}}

| 22px

| Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Isidro Nozal|ESP}}

scope="row" | 14

| 20 September

| Albacete – Valdepeñas

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|167.4|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Alessandro Petacchi|ITA}}

scope="row" | 15

| 21 September

| Valdepeñas – La Pandera

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|172.1|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Alejandro Valverde|ESP}}

scope="row" |

| style="text-align:center;" | 22 September

| colspan="2" |

|

| colspan="5" | Rest day

scope="row" | 16

| 23 September

| Jaén – Sierra Nevada

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|162|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Félix Cárdenas|COL}}

scope="row" | 17

| 24 September

| Granada – Córdoba

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|188.4|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|David Millar|GBR}}

scope="row" | 18

| 25 September

| Las Rozas – Las Rozas

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|143.8|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Pedro Díaz Lobato|ESP}}

scope="row" | 19

| 26 September

| Alcobendas – Collado Villalba

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|164|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Filippo Simeoni|ITA}}

scope="row" | 20

| 27 September

| San Lorenzo de El Escorial – {{ill|Puerto de Malagón|lt=Alto de Abantos|es|Puerto de Malagón}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|11.2|km|0|abbr=on}}

| 22px

| Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Roberto Heras|ESP}}

scope="row" | 21

| 28 September

| Madrid – Madrid

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|148.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Alessandro Petacchi|ITA}}

scope="row" |

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Total

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center" | {{convert|2925|km|0|abbr=on}}

Jersey Progress

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:smaller;"
style="background-color: #efefef;"

! width="1%" | Stage

! width="14%" | Winner

! width="15%"| General classification

! width="15%"| Points classification

! width="15%"| Mountains classification

! width="15%"| Combination classification

! width="15%"| Team classification

1

| ONCE–Eroski

| style="background:gold;" rowspan="1"| Igor González de Galdeano

| style="background:white;" rowspan="1"| Igor González de Galdeano

| style="background:orange;" rowspan="1"| Jan Hruška

| style="background:lightblue;" rowspan="1"| Igor González de Galdeano

| style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="19" | ONCE–Eroski

2

| Luis Pérez

| style="background:gold;" rowspan="2"| Joaquim Rodríguez

| style="background:white;" rowspan="2"| Joaquim Rodríguez

| style="background:orange;" rowspan="2"| Luis Pérez

| style="background:lightblue;" rowspan="2"| Luis Pérez

3

| Alessandro Petacchi

4

| Unai Etxebarria

| style="background:gold;" rowspan="16"| Isidro Nozal

| style="background:white;" rowspan="1"| David Etxebarria

| style="background:orange;" rowspan="4"| Félix Cárdenas

| style="background:lightblue;" rowspan="6"| Isidro Nozal

5

| Alessandro Petacchi

| style="background:white;" rowspan="3"| Alessandro Petacchi

6

| Isidro Nozal

7

| Michael Rasmussen

8

| Joaquim Rodríguez

| style="background:white;" rowspan="1"| Joaquim Rodríguez

| style="background:orange;" rowspan="1"| Joan Horrach

9

| Alejandro Valverde

| style="background:white;" rowspan="1"| Isidro Nozal

| style="background:orange;" rowspan="13"| Félix Cárdenas

10

| Erik Zabel

| style="background:white;" rowspan="1"| Alessandro Petacchi

| style="background:lightblue;" rowspan="2"| Alejandro Valverde

11

| Erik Zabel

| style="background:white;" rowspan="3"| Erik Zabel

12

| Alessandro Petacchi

| style="background:lightblue;" rowspan="3"| Isidro Nozal

13

| Isidro Nozal

14

| Alessandro Petacchi

| style="background:white;" rowspan="1"| Alessandro Petacchi

15

| Alejandro Valverde

| style="background:white;" rowspan="5"| Erik Zabel

| style="background:lightblue;" rowspan="7"| Alejandro Valverde

16

| Félix Cárdenas

17

| David Millar

18

| Pedro Diaz Lobato

19

| Filippo Simeoni

20

| Roberto Heras

| style="background:gold;" rowspan="2"| Roberto Heras

| style="background:white;" rowspan="1"| Alejandro Valverde

| style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="2"| iBanesto.com

21

| Alessandro Petacchi

| style="background:white;" rowspan="1"| Erik Zabel

colspan=2| Final

! rowspan="1"| Roberto Heras

! rowspan="1"| Erik Zabel

! rowspan="1"| Félix Cárdenas

! rowspan="1"| Alejandro Valverde

! rowspan="1"| iBanesto.com

General classification

class="wikitable"

!Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Time

bgcolor=gold

|1

{{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto HerasU.S. Postal align="right"| 69h31'52"
2{{flagicon|ESP}} Isidro NozalONCE–Eroskialign="right"| '28"
bgcolor=lightblue

|3

{{flagicon|ESP}} Alejandro ValverdeKelme–Costa Blancaalign=right| 2'25"
4{{flagicon|ESP}} Igor González de GaldeanoONCE–Eroskialign="right"| 3'27"
5{{flagicon|ESP}} Francisco ManceboiBanesto.comalign=right| 4'47"
6{{flagicon|ESP}} Manuel BeltránU.S. Postalalign=right| 5'51"
7{{flagicon|DEN}} Michael RasmussenRabobankalign=right| 5'56"
bgcolor=orange

|8

{{flagicon|COL}} Félix CárdenasLabarca 2-Cafe Baquealign="right"| 6'33"
9{{flagicon|ESP}} Unai OsaiBanesto.comalign="right"| 6'52"
10{{flagicon|ESP}} Luis PérezCofidisalign="right"| 7'56"
11{{flagicon|ESP}} Santos GonzálezDomina Vacanze–Elitronalign="right"| 9'08"
12{{flagicon|ESP}} Óscar SevillaKelme–Costa Blancaalign="right"| 9'52"
13{{flagicon|ITA}} Michele ScarponiDomina Vacanze–Elitronalign=right| 10'13"
14{{flagicon|ESP}} Marcos SerranoTeam ONCEalign="right"| 12'51"
15{{flagicon|ESP}} Félix GarciaTeam Bianchialign=right| 14'18"
16{{flagicon|ESP}} Txema Del OlmoMilaneza–MSSalign=right| 14'38"
17{{flagicon|ESP}} Óscar PereiroPhonak Hearing Systemsalign=right| 17'05"
18{{flagicon|ESP}} Iker Flores{{UCI team code|Euskaltel|2003}}align=right| 18'31"
19{{flagicon|ITA}} Guido TrentinCofidisalign="right"| 29'34"
20{{flagicon|ESP}} Josep Jufre{{UCI team code|REG|2003}}align="right"| 33'30"
21{{flagicon|ITA}} Dario FrigoFassa Bortoloalign=right| 40'19"
22{{flagicon|ESP}} Íñigo CuestaCofidisalign=right| 41'18"
23{{flagicon|ITA}} Leonardo PiepoliiBanesto.comalign=right| 46'45"
24{{flagicon|ESP}} Manuel CalventeTeam CSCalign="right"| 47'54"
25{{flagicon|ESP}} Aitor OsaiBanesto.comalign="right"| 49'39"

References

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External links

  • [http://www.lavuelta.com/ La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)]

{{Cycling stage recaps|2003 Vuelta a España|1|11|12|21}}

{{Vuelta a España}}

{{Vuelta a España general classification winners}}

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