2003 Tour de Suisse

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2003 Tour de Suisse
Race details
Dates16–25 June 2003
Stages9 + Prologue
Distance1,444 [1]  km (897.3 mi)
Winning time36h 38' 58"
Results
  WinnerFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexander Vinokourov  (KAZ) (Team Telekom)
  SecondFlag of Italy.svg  Giuseppe Guerini  (ITA) (Team Telekom)
  ThirdFlag of Spain.svg  Óscar Pereiro  (ESP) (Phonak)
  2002
2004  

The 2003 Tour de Suisse was the 67th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 16 June to 25 June 2003. The race started in Egerkingen and finished in Aarau. [2] The race was won by Alexander Vinokourov of the Telekom team.

Contents

Teams

Seventeen teams of up to eight riders started the race: [2]

Route

Stage characteristics and winners [2] [3] [4]
StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner
P16 June Egerkingen 6.5 km (4.0 mi)Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Fabian Cancellara  (SUI)
117 JuneEgerkingen to Le Locle 163 km (101.3 mi)Hillystage.svgHilly stageFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexander Vinokourov  (KAZ)
218 June Murten to Nyon 175 km (108.7 mi)Hillystage.svgHilly stageFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Robbie McEwen  (AUS)
319 JuneNyon to Saas-Fee 217 km (134.8 mi)Mountainstage.svgMountain stageFlag of Italy.svg  Francesco Casagrande  (ITA)
420 June Visp to Losone 168 km (104.4 mi)Mountainstage.svgMountain stageFlag of France.svg  Sandy Casar  (FRA)
521 June Ascona to La Punt 177.8 km (110.5 mi)Mountainstage.svgMountain stageFlag of Italy.svg  Francesco Casagrande  (ITA)
622 June Silvaplana to Silvaplana135 km (84 mi)Mountainstage.svgMountain stageFlag of Spain.svg  Óscar Pereiro  (ESP)
723 June Savognin to Oberstaufen (Germany)231 km (143.5 mi)Hillystage.svgHilly stageFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Sergei Yakovlev  (KAZ)
824 June Gossau to Gossau32.5 km (20.2 mi)Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Bradley McGee  (AUS)
925 June Stäfa to Aarau 152 km (94.4 mi)Plainstage.svgFlat stageFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Baden Cooke  (AUS)

General classification

Final general classification [2] [5] [6]
RankRiderTeamTime
1Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexander Vinokourov  (KAZ) Team Telekom 36h 38' 58"
2Flag of Italy.svg  Giuseppe Guerini  (ITA) Team Telekom + 1' 14"
3Flag of Spain.svg  Óscar Pereiro  (ESP) Phonak + 1' 28"
4Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Kim Kirchen  (LUX) Fassa Bortolo + 1' 46"
5Flag of Slovenia.svg  Tadej Valjavec  (SLO) Fassa Bortolo + 1' 55"
6Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Alexandre Moos  (SUI) Phonak + 2' 10"
7Flag of Germany.svg  Jan Ullrich  (GER) Team Bianchi + 2' 27"
8Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Sven Montgomery  (SUI) Fassa Bortolo + 2' 29"
9Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Ondřej Sosenka  (CZE) CCC–Polsat + 4' 14"
10Flag of Poland.svg  Tomasz Brożyna  (POL) CCC–Polsat + 6' 17"

References

  1. "Tour De Suisse (Pro Tour) - Tour of Switzerland". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "67ème Tour de Suisse 2003". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 28 October 2004.
  3. "67th Tour de Suisse- 2.HC". Cycling News. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. "2003 Tour of Switzerland -Tour de Suisse (HC)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  5. "Cycling - Tour de Suisse - 2003 - Detailed results". TheSports.org. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  6. "2003 Tour de Suisse". First Cycling. Retrieved 14 November 2017.