Tour de France 2003

Tour de France 2003
Host country	France
Competition period	July 5th to 27th, 2003
Stages	20 stages
overall length	3427 km
winner
Overall rating	1. Lance Armstrong (placement revoked ) 83:41:12 h 2. Jan Ullrich + 1:01 min 3. Alexander Vinokurow + 4:14 min
Team evaluation	Team CSC 248: 18:18 h
Scoring jerseys
Yellow jersey	Lance Armstrong
Green jersey	Bathing Cooke
Dotted jersey	Richard virusesque
White jersey	Denis Menshov
course
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90th Tour de France 2003 - final result
Route length	20 stages, 3426.5 km
Tour winner (placement revoked)	Lance Armstrong	83:41:12 h (40.944 km / h)
Second	Jan Ullrich	+ 1:01 min
Third	Alexander Vinokurov	+ 4:14 min
Fourth	Tyler Hamilton	+ 6:17 min
fifth	Haimar Zubeldia	+ 6:51 min
Sixth	Iban Mayo	+ 7:06 min
seventh	Ivan Basso	+ 10:12 min
Eighth	Christophe Moreau	+ 12:28 min
Ninth	Carlos Sastre	+ 18:49 min
Tenth	Francisco Mancebo	+ 19:15 min
Green jersey	Bathing Cooke	216 P.
Second	Robbie McEwen	214 P.
Third	Erik Zabel	188 p.
Dotted jersey	Richard virusesque	324 P.
Second	Laurent Dufaux	187 P.
Third	Lance Armstrong	168 P.
White jersey	Denis Menshov	84:00:56 h
Second	Mikel Astarloza	+ 42:29 min
Third	Juan Miguel Mercado	+ 1:02:48 h
Team evaluation	Team CSC	248: 18: 18 h
Second	iBanesto.com	+ 21:46 min
Third	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 44:59 min
Most combative driver	Alexander Vinokurov

The 90th Tour de France was held from July 5th to 27th, 2003 in 20 stages over a total of 3427 km. 198 racing drivers took part in the tour, of which 147 were classified. After one of the most exciting races in recent years, Lance Armstrong won this time just ahead of Jan Ullrich . This tour was to have a decisive influence on the career of Joseba Beloki , who suffered a serious fall after a puncture on the 9th stage and never recovered from it. There were also some surprises. Alexander Vinokurow was third, Tyler Hamilton fourth and Haimar Zubeldia fifth, ahead of his captain Iban Mayo , who came in sixth and stayed a little below expectations.

On October 22, 2012, the UCI World Cycling Federation announced the cancellation of all Armstrong titles since August 1, 1998, including all of the American's Tour de France successes. Successors to first place were not used.

100 years tour

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the tour, the route was based on that of the first edition in 1903 : The tour began and ended like a hundred years earlier in Paris , as did the other five stage cities of the first tour in history ( Lyon , Marseille , Toulouse , Bordeaux and Nantes ) were visited. The anniversary tour also had no route detours and stages to neighboring countries and thus remained only on French soil for the first time in years.

Pepe Danquart accompanied the professional cyclists Erik Zabel and Rolf Aldag during the tour for his documentary Hell Tour .

Favorites

The French sports newspaper L'Équipe , organizer of the tour, traditionally awards stars before the start of the race to mark the favorites. The four-time tour winner Lance Armstrong received five stars as a top favorite. This was followed by giro winner Gilberto Simoni (four stars) as well as Jan Ullrich , Joseba Beloki and Santiago Botero (three stars each).

Stages

Stages	Day	Start finish	km	Stage winner	Yellow jersey
prolog	5th July	Paris - Paris	006.5 ( EZF )	Bradley McGee	Bradley McGee
1st stage	July 6th	Saint-Denis - Meaux	168	Alessandro Petacchi
2nd stage	7th of July	La Ferté-sous-Jouarre - Sedan	204.5	Bathing Cooke
3rd stage	8th of July	Charleville-Mézières - Saint-Dizier	167.5	Alessandro Petacchi	Jean-Patrick Nazon
4th stage	July 9	Joinville - Saint-Dizier	069 ( MZF )	US Postal	Víctor Hugo Peña
5th stage	10th of July	Troyes - Nevers	196.5	Alessandro Petacchi
6th stage	July 11th	Nevers - Lyon	230	Alessandro Petacchi
7th stage	July 12	Lyon - Morzine	230.5	Richard virusesque	Richard virusesque
8th stage	July 13th	Sallanches - L'Alpe d'Huez	219	Iban Mayo	Lance Armstrong
9th stage	July 14th	Le Bourg-d'Oisans - Gap	184.5	Alexander Vinokurov
10th stage	15th of July	Gap - Marseille	219.5	Jacob Piil
Rest day
11th stage	17th July	Narbonne - Toulouse	153.5	Juan Antonio Flecha	Lance Armstrong
12th stage	July 18th	Gaillac - Cap'Découverte	047 (EZF)	Jan Ullrich
13th stage	July 19	Toulouse - Ax-3 Domaines	197.5	Carlos Sastre
14th stage	20th of July	Saint-Girons - Loudenvielle	191.5	Gilberto Simoni
15th stage	21 July	Bagnères-de-Bigorre - Luz-Ardiden	159.5	Lance Armstrong
Rest day
16th stage	July 23	Pau - Bayonne	197.5	Tyler Hamilton	Lance Armstrong
17th stage	24th July	Dax - Bordeaux	181	Servais Knaven
18th stage	July 25th	Bordeaux - Saint-Maixent-l'École	202.5	Pablo Lastras
19th stage	July 26th	Pornic - Nantes	049 (EZF)	David Millar
20th stage	July 27th	Ville-d'Avray - Paris	152	Jean-Patrick Nazon

Details on the individual stages

→ Main article : List of Tour de France stage locations

Scoring jerseys in the course of the tour

The table shows the leader in the respective classification at the beginning of the respective stage.

stage	Yellow jersey	Green jersey	Dotted jersey	White jersey	Team evaluation
01st stage	Bradley McGee	Bradley McGee	not forgiven	Vladimir Karpez	US Postal
02nd stage		Robbie McEwen	Christophe Mengin	Andy Flickinger
03rd stage				Bathing Cooke
04th stage	Jean-Patrick Nazon
05th stage	Víctor Hugo Peña			Vladimir Karpez
06th stage			Frédéric Finot
07th stage		Alessandro Petacchi	Christophe Mengin
08th stage	Richard virusesque	Bathing Cooke	Richard virusesque	Denis Menshov	Quick Step - Davitamon
09th stage	Lance Armstrong				Euskaltel-Euskadi
010th stage
11th stage					Team CSC
12th stage
13th stage					IBanesto.com
14th stage					Team CSC
15th stage
16th stage
17th stage
18th stage
19th stage		Robbie McEwen
20th stage
winner	Lance Armstrong	Bathing Cooke	Richard virusesque	Denis Menshov	Team CSC

Attendees

US Postal Service

No.	country	Surname	space
1		Lance Armstrong	1
2		Roberto Heras	34
3		Manuel Beltran	14th
4th		Vyacheslav Yekimov	76
5		George Hincapie	47
6th		Floyd Landis	77
7th		Pavel Padrnos	102
8th		Víctor Hugo Peña	88
9		José Luis Rubiera	19th

ONCE-Eroski

No.	country	Surname	space
11		Joseba Beloki	A 9.
12		René Andrle	83
13		José Azevedo	26th
14th		Álvaro González de Galdeano	122
15th		Jörg Jaksche	17th
16		Isidro Nozal Vega	72
17th		Mikel Pradera	58
18th		Marcos Serrano	68
19th		Ángel Vicioso	NA 6.

Team Deutsche Telekom

No.	country	Surname	space
21st		Santiago Botero	NA 18.
22nd		Mario Aerts	89
23		Rolf Aldag	94
24		Giuseppe Guerini	35
25th		Matthias Kessler	49
26th		Andreas Klöden	A 9.
27		Daniele Nardello	25th
28		Alexander Vinokurov	3
29		Erik Zabel	107

iBanesto.com

No.	country	Surname	space
31		Francisco Mancebo	10
32		Juan Antonio Flecha	104
33		José Vicente García Acosta	125
34		Vladimir Karpez	100
35		Pablo Lastras	67
36		Denis Menchow	11
37		Juan Miguel Mercado	36
38		Yevgeny Petrov	53
39		Xabier Zandio	51

Rabobank

No.	country	Surname	space
41		Levi Leipheimer	NA 2.
42		Michael Boogerd	32
43		Bram de Groot	99
44		Óscar Freire	96
45		Robert Hunter	A 14.
46		Marc Lotz	NA 2.
47		Grischa Niermann	28
48		Marc Wauters	115
49		Remmert Wielinga	A 16.

Saeco

No.	country	Surname	space
51		Gilberto Simoni	84
52		Leonardo Bertagnolli	A 15.
53		Salvatore Commesso	81
54		Danilo Di Luca	A 13.
55		Paolo Fornaciari	112
56		Gerrit Glomser	64
57		Jörg Ludewig	38
58		Fabio Sacchi	60
59		Stefano Zanini	A 9.

Cofidis

No.	country	Surname	space
61		David Millar	55
62		Médéric Clain	105
63		Iñigo Cuesta	127
64		Philippe Gaumont	124
65		Massimiliano Lelli	15th
66		David Moncoutié	43
67		Luis Pérez Rodríguez	A 7.
68		Guido Trentin	63
69		Cédric Vasseur	97

Team CSC

No.	country	Surname	space
71		Tyler Hamilton	4th
72		Michael Blaudzun	45
73		Nicolas Jalabert	106
74		Bekim Christensen	120
75		Peter Luttenberger	13
76		Andrea Peron	54
77		Jacob Piil	113
78		Carlos Sastre	9
79		Nicki Sørensen	44

Fassa Bortolo

No.	country	Surname	space
81		Ivan Basso	7th
82		Marzio Bruseghin	66
83		Dario Cioni	79
84		Aitor González Jiménez	NA 8.
85		Volodymyr Hustov	NA 8.
86		Nicola Loda	A 8.
87		Sven Montgomery	NA 8.
88		Alessandro Petacchi	A 7.
89		Marco Velo	A 7.

FDJeux.com

No.	country	Surname	space
91		Sandy Casar	111
92		Jimmy Casper	A 9.
93		Bathing Cooke	140
94		Carlos Da Cruz	93
95		Nicolas Fritsch	78
96		Bradley McGee	133
97		Christophe Mengin	110
98		Nicolas Vogondy	117
99		Matthew Wilson	ZÜ 11.

Kelme

No.	country	Surname	space
101		José Ignacio Gutiérrez	A 8.
102		José Enrique Gutiérrez	41
103		David Latasa	73
104		Jesús Manzano	A 7.
105		David Muñoz	139
106		Iván Parra	46
107		Javier Pascual Llorente	27
108		Antonio Tauler	A 8.
109		Julian Usano	142

Quick Step Davitamon

No.	country	Surname	space
111		Paolo Bettini	48
112		László Bodrogi	108
113		Davide Bramati	126
114		David Cañada	56
115		Servais Knaven	123
116		Luca Paolini	69
117		Michael Rogers	42
118		Kurt Van De Wouwer	62
119		Richard virusesque	16

Crédit Agricole

No.	country	Surname	space
121		Christophe Moreau	8th
122		Stéphane Augé	ZÜ 11.
123		Pierrick Fédrigo	A 14.
124		Sébastien Hinault	138
125		Thor Hushovd	118
126		Lilian Jégou	A 9.
127		Stuart O'Grady	90
128		Benoît Poilvet	109
129		Jens Voigt	A 11.

Bianchi

No.	country	Surname	space
131		Jan Ullrich	2
132		Daniel Becke	145
133		Ángel Luis Casero	57
134		Félix García Casas	23
135		Aitor Garmendia	70
136		Fabrizio Guidi	103
137		Thomas Liese	136
138		David Plaza	22nd
139		Tobias Steinhauser	A 11.

Lotto domo

No.	country	Surname	space
141		Robbie McEwen	143
142		Serge Baguet	86
143		Christophe Brandt	52
144		Hans De Clercq	147
145		Nick Gates	A 16.
146		Axel Merckx	ZÜ 16.
147		Koos Moerenhout	128
148		Léon van Bon	132
149		Rik Verbrugghe	A 14.

Ag2r prevoyance

No.	country	Surname	space
151		Laurent Brochard	33
152		Mikel Astarloza	29
153		Alexander Bocharov	24
154		Íñigo Chaurreau	30th
155		Andy Flickinger	39
156		Jaan Kirsipuu	A 7.
157		Christophe Oriol	121
158		Nicolas Portal	82
159		Ludovic Turpin	91

Vini Caldirola

No.	country	Surname	space
161		Stefano Garzelli	NA 10.
162		Dario Andriotto	144
163		Paolo Bossoni	134
164		Andrej Hauptman	A 14.
165		Eddy Mazzoleni	A 9.
166		Marco Milesi	NA 15.
167		Fred Rodriguez	A 15.
168		Romāns Vainšteins	116
169		Steve Zampieri	87

Euskaltel-Euskadi

No.	country	Surname	space
171		Iban Mayo	6th
172		Mikel Arteste	80
173		David Etxebarria	ZÜ 12.
174		Unai Etxebarria	ZÜ 12.
175		Roberto Laiseka	18th
176		Iñigo Landaluze	101
177		Alberto Lopez De Munain	98
178		Samuel Sánchez	ZÜ 8.
179		Haimar Zubeldia	5

Brioches La Boulangère

No.	country	Surname	space
181		Didier Rous	20th
182		Walter Bénéteau	59
183		Sylvain Chavanel	37
184		Anthony Geslin	114
185		Maryan Hary	130
186		Damien Nazon	129
187		Jérôme Pineau	71
188		Franck Renier	95
189		Thomas Voeckler	119

Gerolsteiner

No.	country	Surname	space
191		Davide rebel	A 14.
192		Udo Bölts	61
193		René Haselbacher	A 14.
194		Uwe Peschel	NA 20.
195		Olaf Pollack	A 7.
196		Michael Rich	A 7.
197		Torsten Schmidt	A 13.
198		Georg Totschnig	12
199		Markus Zberg	92

Alessio

No.	country	Surname	space
201		Laurent Dufaux	21st
202		Fabio Baldato	A 6.
203		Alessandro Bertolini	146
204		Pietro Caucchioli	NA 13.
205		Raffaele Ferrara	A 14.
206		Angelo Furlan	A 9.
207		Vladimir Miholjević	50
208		Andrea Noè	74
209		Franco Pellizotti	75

Jean Delatour

No.	country	Surname	space
211		Patrice Halgand	40
212		Pierre Bourquenoud	A 8.
213		Samuel Dumoulin	141
214		Christophe Edaleine	131
215		Frédéric Finot	137
216		Stéphane Goubert	31
217		Yuri Krivtsov	85
218		Laurent Lefèvre	65
219		Jean-Patrick Nazon	135

A: abandonment during the stage, NA: not started for the stage, S: suspended / excluded, ZÜ: timeout

music

On the occasion of the tour's anniversary, the band Kraftwerk released the album " Tour de France Soundtracks ".

Web links

Commons : Tour de France 2003  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tour de France 2003 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• radsport-seite.de for the 2003 tour

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} faz.net: Armstrong loses all seven tour titles