2003 UCI Road World Championships
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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
. 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
.
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
took place in Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, 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
David Millar
David Millar is a British road racing cyclist riding for . He has won three stages of the Tour de France, two of the Vuelta a España and one Stage of the Giro d'Italia. He was the British national road champion and the national time trial champion, both in 2007...
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
Erythropoietin
Erythropoietin, or its alternatives erythropoetin or erthropoyetin or EPO, is a glycoprotein hormone that controls erythropoiesis, or red blood cell production...
. Following this disqualification, the UCI
Union Cycliste Internationale
Union Cycliste Internationale is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland....
declared Michael Rogers as the winner with the silver medal going to Uwe Peschel
Uwe Peschel
Uwe Peschel is a German professional road bicycle racer and a time trialist. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, Peschel along with Bernd Dittert, Christian Meyer and Michael Rich, captured the gold medal in the Men's Team Road Race.- Major achievements :199219961997 – Uwe Peschel is a German...
and the bronze to Michael Rich
Michael Rich (cyclist)
Michael Rich is a professional road bicycle racer, who won the gold medal for his native country in the men's team time trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
.
Events summary
| Men's Events | ||||||
| Men's road race |
Igor Astarloa Igor Astarloa Igor Astarloa Askasibar is a retired cyclist from Spain.-Career:Astarloa turned professional with the Italian cycling team and enjoyed his best season in 2003 with team when he won the Flèche Wallonne and the road race title at the World Cycling Championships at Hamilton, Canada... |
6h30'19" | Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish road racing cyclist currently under suspension. He last rode for UCI ProTour team . Valverde's biggest wins have been the 2009 Vuelta a España, the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006, 2008 and 2006 UCI ProTour series championship... |
Peter van Petegem Peter van Petegem Peter van Petegem is a former professional road racing cyclist. Van Petegem last rode for Quick Step-Innergetic, in 2007. He lived in Horebeke. He was a specialist in spring classics, one of ten riders to win the Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris–Roubaix in the same season... |
s.t. | |
| Men's time trial |
David Millar David Millar David Millar is a British road racing cyclist riding for . He has won three stages of the Tour de France, two of the Vuelta a España and one Stage of the Giro d'Italia. He was the British national road champion and the national time trial champion, both in 2007... |
51'17" (Stripped of title) | Michael Rogers |
Uwe Peschel Uwe Peschel Uwe Peschel is a German professional road bicycle racer and a time trialist. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, Peschel along with Bernd Dittert, Christian Meyer and Michael Rich, captured the gold medal in the Men's Team Road Race.- Major achievements :199219961997 – Uwe Peschel is a German... |
s.t. | |
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Women's road race |
Susanne Ljungskog Susanne Ljungskog Susanne Ljungskog is a Swedish cyclist. A four-time Olympian , she won the world road race championship in 2002 and 2003. The same years, she was UCI points champion... |
3h16'06" | Mirjam Melchers Mirjam Melchers Maria Wilhelmina Johanna 'Mirjam' Melchers-Van Poppel is a female racing cyclist from the Netherlands, married to former sprinter Jean-Paul van Poppel. She is one of the leading cyclists in the world, having held the UCI number one ranking as well as winning highly-rated races... |
+ 10" | Nicole Cooke Nicole Cooke Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE is a Welsh professional road bicycle racer for the Mario Cipollini - Giordana Team team, and is the current Olympic road race champion.-Early life:... |
+ 12" |
| Women's time trial |
Joane Somarriba Joane Somarriba Joane Somarriba Arrola is a former Spanish cyclist.She won the Grande Boucle, at the time the most prestigious stage race for women, in 2000, 2001 and 2003. She also achieved a time trial victory at the 2003 World Championships in Hamilton, Canada... |
28'23" | Judith Arndt Judith Arndt Judith Arndt is a German professional cyclist for the T-Mobile Women cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20... |
+ 11" | Zulfiya Zabirova Zulfiya Zabirova Zulfiya Zabirova is a Russian professional cycle racer who won the Gold medal in the time trial event in the 1996 Olympics and later, in 2002, won the World Time Trial Championship.-Biography:... |
+ 26" |
| Men's Under-23 Events | ||||||
| Men's under-23 road race |
Sergey Lagutin Sergey Lagutin Sergey Lagutin is a professional road racing cyclist, currently riding for UCI Professional Continental team Vacansoleil. In 2003, Lagutin became world champion—capturing the Under-23 men's road race. He represented Uzbekistan in the men's road race at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games... |
4h14'05" | Johan Van Summeren Johan Van Summeren Johan Vansummeren is a Belgian road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam .During the 2007 Tour de France, commentator Paul Sherwen repeatedly praised Vansummeren's work in support of his team leader, eventual second place finisher Cadel Evans, even going so far as to say "I would like to... |
s.t. | Thomas Dekker Thomas Dekker (cyclist) Thomas Dekker is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer for Garmin-Cervélo’s development team, Chipotle Development Team. His career highlights include winning Tirreno-Adriatico in 2006 and Tour de Romandie in 2007... |
s.t. |
| Men's under-23 time trial |
Marcus Fothen |
38'35" | Niels Scheuneman Niels Scheuneman Niels Scheuneman is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer.-Biography:When Scheuneman was still a junior, won a silver and a bronze medal in the junior races of the 2001 UCI Road World Championships... |
+ 18" | Alexandr Bespalov |
+ 21" |
| Men's Junior Events | ||||||
| Men's Junior Road Race |
Kai Reus Kai Reus Kai Reus is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer who rides for Cycling Team De Rijke.During a training at the Col d'Iseran on July 12, 2007 after missing out on the 2007 Tour de France Reus fell from his bike and slipped into a coma. After team mate Michael Rasmussen won the yellow jersey... |
3h01'30" | Anders Lund Anders Lund Anders Lund is a Danish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He started his cycling career racing for Ordrup Cycle Club in the north of Copenhagen, and was reckoned to be a very talented climber and skilled all-rounder... |
+ 14" | Lukaz Fus |
s.t. |
| Men's Junior Time Trial |
Mikhail Ignatiev |
27'01" | Dmytro Grabovskyy Dmytro Grabovskyy Dmytro Grabovskyy is a Ukrainian professional road bicycle racer, currently competing for UCI Professional Continental team . He was second in the time trial for juniors at the 2005 World Championship Cycling in Madrid and he won the road race. He signed his first professional contract with Quick... |
+ 21" | Viktor Renäng |
+ 22" |
| Women's Junior Events | ||||||
| Women's Junior Road Race |
Loes Markerink |
2h05'39" | Irina Tolmacheva |
s.t. | Sabine Fischer |
s.t. |
| Women's Junior Time Trial |
Bianca Knöpfle |
22'17" | Loes Markerink |
+ 16" | Iris Slappendel |
+ 30" |