Germany Tour 2003

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Final result after the 7th stage
winner Michael Rogers 28:49:58 h
(41.137 km / h)
Second José Azevedo + 1:19 min
Third Alexander Vinokurov + 1:52 min
Fourth Jörg Jaksche + 1:54 min
fifth Jan Ullrich + 2:01 min
Sixth Isidro Nozal + 2:18 min
seventh Patrik Sinkewitz + 2:33 min
Eighth Paolo Savoldelli + 2:52 min
Ninth Fabian Cancellara + 2:53 min
Tenth Geoffrey Demeyere + 3:12 min
Sprint scoring Erik Zabel 88 P.
Second Stuart O'Grady 53 P.
Third Michael Rogers 52 P.
Mountain scoring Bram Schmitz 15 p.
Second Kurt Asle Arvesen 14 p.
Third Jörg Jaksche 14 p.
Team evaluation Quick Step Davitamon 86:35:12 h
Second ONCE-Eroski + 0:02 min
Third Team Telekom + 3:29 min

The 5th tour of Germany took place from June 3rd to 9th, 2003 . It led from Dresden over 1,186.1 kilometers to Saarbrücken with a detour to the southern regions of the country. 128 drivers from 16 professional teams started, of which 103 reached the finish.

Driver field of the Germany Tour in Dippoldiswalde

The start of the tour was overshadowed by the death of Frenchman Fabrice Salanson from Team Brioches La Boulangère , who was found lifeless in his hotel room by his teammates the morning before the start. His team then withdrew from the race.

course

In contrast to the previous editions, the first stages were not focused on the sprinters. Erik Zabel was only able to win on the first stage . On the second and third stage, Gerben Löwik and Leon Van Bon won outliers. Ivan Quaranta won the sprint on the fourth stage. With Grégory Rast , a Swiss wore the leadership jersey up to the royal stage with the finish on the Feldberg , as he had also belonged to the breakaway group on the second stage. The fifth stage was a demonstration by the ONCE-Eroski team , which took the first four places on the Feldberg with José Azevedo , Igor González de Galdeano , Isidro Nozal and Jörg Jaksche . In the following individual time trial , the young Australian Michael Rogers won with a clear 1:11 minutes ahead of second-placed Jan Ullrich . Also because the favorite González de Galdeano had a hard crash a few kilometers from the finish and had to give up the race, Rogers secured the overall victory, which Olaf Pollack could no longer endanger with his victory on the final stage.

Stages

Stages Day Start finish km Stage winner Overall first
1st stage 3rd of June Dresden - Altenburg 184.1 Erik Zabel Erik Zabel
2nd stage June 4th Altenburg - Kronach 183.4 Tanning Löwik Grégory Rast
3rd stage June 5th Coburg - Ansbach 191.7 Leon Van Bon Gregory Rast
4th stage 6th of June Ansbach - Bad Wurzach 222 Ivan Quaranta Gregory Rast
5th stage June 7th Ravensburg - Feldberg 191 José Azevedo José Azevedo
6th stage 8th June Boards 40.7 ( EZF ) Michael Rogers Michael Rogers
7th stage June 9th Bad Dürkheim - Saarbrücken 173.2 Olaf Pollack Michael Rogers

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