2003 UCI Road World Championships

2003 UCI Road World Championships

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Venue	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Date(s)	(2003-10-07 - 2003-10-12)7–12 October 2003
Coordinates	43°15′24″N 79°52′09″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]

Jeannie Longo rode alone ahead of the pack for most of the women's road race but was passed approximately 500m from the finish.

Events summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Events
Men's road race details	Igor Astarloa  Spain	6h30'19"	Alejandro Valverde  Spain	+ 5"	Peter van Petegem  Belgium	s.t.
Men's time trial details	David Millar  Great Britain	51'17" (Stripped of title)	Michael Rogers  Australia	+ 1'25"	Uwe Peschel  Germany	s.t.
Women's Events
Women's road race details	Susanne Ljungskog  Sweden	3h16'06"	Mirjam Melchers  Netherlands	+ 10"	Nicole Cooke  Great Britain	+ 12"
Women's time trial details	Joane Somarriba  Spain	28'23"	Judith Arndt  Germany	+ 11"	Zulfiya Zabirova  Russia	+ 26"
Men's Under-23 Events
Men's under-23 road race details	Sergey Lagutin  Uzbekistan	4h14'05"	Johan Van Summeren  Belgium	s.t.	Thomas Dekker  Netherlands	s.t.
Men's under-23 time trial details	Marcus Fothen  Germany	38'35"	Niels Scheuneman  Netherlands	+ 18"	Alexandr Bespalov  Russia	+ 21"
Men's Junior Events
Men's Junior Road Race details	Kai Reus  Netherlands	3h01'30"	Anders Lund  Denmark	+ 14"	Lukaz Fus  Czech Republic	s.t.
Men's Junior Time Trial details	Mikhail Ignatiev  Russia	27'01"	Dmytro Grabovskyy  Ukraine	+ 21"	Viktor Renäng  Sweden	+ 22"
Women's Junior Events
Women's Junior Road Race details	Loes Markerink  Netherlands	2h05'39"	Irina Tolmacheva  Russia	s.t.	Sabine Fischer  Germany	s.t.
Women's Junior Time Trial details	Bianca Knöpfle  Germany	22'17"	Loes Markerink  Netherlands	+ 16"	Iris Slappendel  Netherlands	+ 30"

References

1. "Millar has '03 title taken, fined $1,600". ESPN. 4 August 2004. Retrieved 24 December 2007.
2. "Rogers confirmed as world champion". mywire.com. 8 September 2004. Retrieved 24 December 2007.

External links

• 2003 Road World Championships by cyclingnews.com