Giro d'Italia 2003

The 86th Giro d'Italia took place between May 10th and June 1st, 2003. The cyclists covered a total of 3,408.5 kilometers from the start of the tour in Lecce to the traditional destination in Milan . The winner of the overall standings was the Italian Gilberto Simoni with over 7 minutes ahead of his compatriot Garzelli .

course

There were 21 stages , including 2 individual time trials and 5 mountain arrivals . The two highest points were climbed during the 18th stage. The Colle di Esischie has a height of 2366 m and was therefore the summit of this Giros. The second highest mountain was the Colli di Sampeyre with 2284 m height. The stage ended with a mountain arrival at an altitude of 1815 m. This stage was undoubtedly the queen stage, which Dario Frigo won with a 10 second lead over the then leader and later winner Simoni, who significantly increased his lead over other opponents through this stage. He has increased his lead over the runner-up from under 2 minutes to over 7 minutes.

With 7 wins the Italian Petacchi won the most stages, who wore a total of 6 stages over the pink jersey . In addition to the winner, only the second-placed Garzelli could wear this jersey for 3 days.

stage	date	begin	target	route	winner	Maglia pink
1	10th of May	Lecce	Lecce	201 km	Alessandro Petacchi	Alessandro Petacchi
2	May 11th	Copernico	Matera	177 km	Fabio Baldato	Alessandro Petacchi
3	12th of May	Policoro	Terme Liugiane	145 km	Stefano Garzelli	Alessandro Petacchi
4th	May 13th	Terme Liugiane	Vibo Valentia	170 km	Robbie McEwen	Alessandro Petacchi
5	May 14th	Messina	Catania	176 km	Alessandro Petacchi	Alessandro Petacchi
6th	May 16	Maddaloni	Avezzano	218 km	Alessandro Petacchi	Alessandro Petacchi
7th	17th of May	Avezzano	Monte Terminillo	146 km	Stefano Garzelli	Stefano Garzelli
8th	May 18	Rieti	Arezzo	214 km	Mario Cipollini	Stefano Garzelli
9	May 19th	Arezzo	Montecatini	160 km	Mario Cipollini	Stefano Garzelli
10	May 20th	Montecatini	Faenza	211 km	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Gilberto Simoni
11	May 21	Faenza	San Dona	222 km	Robbie McEwen	Gilberto Simoni
12	May 22	San Dona	Monte Zoncolan	185 km	Gilberto Simoni	Gilberto Simoni
13	23. May	Pordenone	Marostica	155 km	Alessandro Petacchi	Gilberto Simoni
14th	May 24th	Marostica	Alpe Pampeago	218 km	Gilberto Simoni	Gilberto Simoni
15th	25. May	Meran	Bolzano	42.5 km ( EZF )	Aitor González Jiménez	Gilberto Simoni
16	May 26	Arco Trento	Pavia	207 km	Alessandro Petacchi	Gilberto Simoni
17th	28th of May	Salice Terme	Asti	117 km	Alessandro Petacchi	Gilberto Simoni
18th	May 29th	Santuario di Vicoforte	Chianals	175 km	Dario Frigo	Gilberto Simoni
19th	30th May	Canelli	Cascata del Toce	239 km	Gilberto Simoni	Gilberto Simoni
20th	31. May	Canobio	Cantù	133 km	Giovanni Lombardi	Gilberto Simoni
21st	June 1st	Milan	Milan	33 km (EZF)	Serhiy Honchar	Gilberto Simoni

Final score

rank	Surname	nationality	team	time
1	Gilberto Simoni	Italy	Saeco	89h 32 ′ 09 ″
2	Stefano Garzelli	Italy	Vini Caldirola	7 ′ 06 ″
3	Yaroslav Popovych	Ukraine	Landbouwkrediet-Colnago	7 ′ 11 ″
4th	Andrea Noè	Italy	Alessio	9 ′ 24 ″
5	Georg Totschnig	Austria	Team Gerolsteiner	9 ′ 42 ″
6th	Raimondas Rumšas	Lithuania	Lampre caffita	9 ′ 50 ″
7th	Dario Frigo	Italy	Fassa Bortolo	10 ′ 50 ″
8th	Serhiy Honchar	Ukraine	De Nardi	14 ′ 14 ″
9	Franco Pellizotti	Italy	Alessio	14 ′ 26 ″
10	Eddy Mazzoleni	Italy	Vini Caldirola	19 ′ 21 ″
11	Vladimir Belli	Italy	Lampre caffita	19 ′ 41 ″
12	Dariusz Baranowski	Poland	CCC Polsat	22 ′ 54 ″
13	Sandy Casar	France	Francaise des Jeux	24 ′ 50 ″
14th	Marco Pantani	Italy	Mercatone Uno	26 ′ 15 ″
15th	Massimo Codol	Italy	Mercatone Uno	28 ′ 17 ″
16	Michele Scarponi	Italy	Domina Vacanze	29 ′ 24 ″
17th	Gianni Faresin	Italy	Team Gerolsteiner	34 ′ 47 ″
18th	Adolfo García Quesada	Spain	Kelme-Costa Blanca	41 ′ 21 ″
19th	Aitor González Jiménez	Spain	Fassa Bortolo	41 ′ 29 ″
20th	Paolo Lanfranchi	Italy	Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo	43 ′ 57 ″

Web links

• Official website Giro d'Italia 2003
• Giro d'Italia 2003 in the database of Radsportseiten.net