Germany Tour 2003
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.
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 |
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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 |
Web links
- Germany Tour 2003 at radsport-news.com
- 2003 - 27th tour of Germany on cycling4fans.de