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| 2003 UCI Road World Championships | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 8 October 2003 in  Hamilton (CAN) | ||||||||||||
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| Distance | 20.8 km (12.92 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 28' 23.23" | ||||||||||||
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The Women's time trial at the 2003 UCI Road World Championships took place over a distance of 20.8 kilometres (12.9 miles) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on 8 October 2003. [1]
| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Joane Somarriba |  Spain | 28' 23.23" |
 | Judith Arndt |  Germany | + 10.78" |
 | Zulfiya Zabirova |  Russia | + 26.25" |
| 4 | Karin Thürig |  Switzerland | + 27.13" |
| 5 | Geneviève Jeanson | Canada | + 48.49" |
| 6 | Jeannie Longo |  France | + 58.95" |
| 7 | Lada Kozlíková |  Czech Republic | + 1' 1.61" |
| 8 | Deirdre Demet-Barry |  United States | + 1' 16.29" |
| 9 | Teodora Ruano | Spain | + 1' 22.16" |
| 10 | Edita Pučinskaitė |  Lithuania | + 1' 24.92" |
| 11 | Edwige Pitel | France | + 1' 30.26" |
| 12 | Olga Zabelinskaïa | Russia | + 1' 37.74" |
| 13 | Kristin Armstrong | United States | + 1' 41.20" |
| 14 | Mirjam Melchers |  Netherlands | + 1' 43.95" |
| 15 | Lyne Bessette | Canada | + 1' 48.68" |
| 16 | Olivia Gollan |  Australia | + 1' 49.93" |
| 17 | Vera Carrara |  Italy | + 1' 51.94" |
| 18 | Sara Carrigan | Australia | + 1' 57.60" |
| 19 | Meifang Li |  China | + 1' 58.42" |
| 20 | Frances Newstead |  United Kingdom | + 2' 03.18" |
| 21 | Hanka Kupfernagel | Germany | + 2' 10.64" |
| 22 | Paola Madrinan |  Colombia | + 2' 14.30" |
| 23 | Leah Goldstein |  Israel | + 2' 14.80" |
| 24 | Christiane Soeder |  Austria | + 2' 17.80" |
| 25 | Susanne Ljungskog |  Sweden | + 2' 17.89" |
| 26 | Svetlana Boubnenkova | Russia | + 2' 24.66" |
| 27 | Nicole Brändli | Switzerland | + 2' 27.23" |
| 28 | Anna Zugno | Italy | + 2' 29.22" |
| 29 | Kirsty Nicole Robb |  New Zealand | + 2' 32.88" |
| 30 | Bogumiła Matusiak |  Poland | + 2' 36.63" |
| 31 | Rasa Polikevičiūtė | Lithuania | + 2' 49.75" |
| 32 | Anita Valen de Vries |  Norway | + 3' 00.88" |
| 33 | Nataliya Kachalka |  Ukraine | + 3' 10.12" |
| 34 | Loes Gunnewijk | Netherlands | + 3' 20.70" |
| 35 | Sinead Jennings |  Ireland | + 3' 37.98" |
| 36 | Wendy Houvenaghel | United Kingdom | + 3' 53.02" |
| 37 | Corine Hierckens |  Belgium | + 3' 53.88" |
| 38 | Andrea Graus | Austria | + 3' 57.11" |
| 39 | Evy Van Damme | Belgium | + 3' 59.90" |
| 40 | Junying Zhang | China | + 4' 01.19" |
| 41 | Melissa Holt | New Zealand | + 4' 02.35" |
| 42 | Joanna Ignasiak | Poland | + 4' 54.37" |
| 43 | Erika Csomor |  Hungary | + 5' 00.38" |
| DNS | Fatma Galiullina |  Uzbekistan |
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