UCI Road World Championships 2003

The 70th UCI Road World Championships 2003 took place in the Canadian city of Hamilton from October 7th to 12th . A total of ten decisions were made in the disciplines of time trials and road races as well as in the categories women, men, men U23, juniors and juniors.

Men

Scene from the street race

Road race (260 km)

Platza	athlete	country	time
1	Igor Astarloa	ESP	6:30:19 h
2	Alejandro Valverde	ESP	6:30:24 h
3	Peter Van Petegem	BEL	same time

Individual time trial (42 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	David Millar	GBR	51: 17.29 min
2	Michael Rogers	OUT	52: 42.38 min
3	Uwe Peschel	GER	52: 42.94 min

However, David Millar was banned from the World Cup race a year later for doping. The title was stripped from him.

Women

Road race (124 km)

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Susanne Ljungskog	SWE	3:16:06 h
2	Mirjam Melchers	NED	same time
3	Nicole Cooke	GBR	same time

Individual time trial (21 km)

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Joane Somarriba	ESP	28: 23.23 min
2	Judith Arndt	GER	28: 34.01 min
3	Sulphia Sabirova	RUS	28: 49.48 min

U23 men

Road race (174 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Sergey Lagutin	UZB	4:14:05 h
2	Johan Vansummeren	BEL	same time
3	Thomas Dekker	NED	same time

Individual time trial (31 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Markus Fothen	GER	38: 35.29 min
2	Niels Scheuneman	NED	38: 54.28 min
3	Alexander Bespalov	RUS	38: 56.57 min

Juniors

Road race (124 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Kai Reus	NED	3:01:38 h
2	Lund is different	THE	3:01:44 h
3	Lukáš Fus	CZE	same time

Individual time trial (21 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Mikhail Ignatiev	RUS	27: 01.88 min
2	Dmytro Grabovskyy	UKR	27: 23.15 min
3	Viktor Renang	SWE	27: 24.38 min

Juniors

Road race (74 km)

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Loes Markerink	NED	2:05:39 hours
2	Irina Tolmasheva	RUS	equal time
3	Sabine Fischer	GER	equal time

Individual time trial (15 km)

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Bianca Knöpfle	GER	22: 17.08 min
2	Loes Markerink	NED	22: 33.60 min
3	Iris Slappendel	NED	22: 48.01 min

Medal table

Medal table
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Netherlands	2	3	2	7th
2	Germany	2	1	2	5
3	Spain	2	1	-	3
4th	Russia	1	1	2	4th
5	Sweden	1	-	1	2
	United Kingdom	1	-	1	2
7th	New Zealand	1	-	-	1
8th	Belgium	-	1	1	2
9	Australia	-	1	-	1
	Denmark	-	1	-	1
	Ukraine	-	1	-	1
12	Czech Republic	-	-	1	1

See also

• UCI Track World Championships 2003