Venue | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
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Date(s) | –12 October 2003 | 7
Coordinates | 43°15′24″N79°52′09″W / 43.25667°N 79.86917°W |
Events | 10 |
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. [1] 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. [2]
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