2003 Vuelta a España

58th edition of the Vuelta a España 2003 Vuelta a España 6–28 September 21 2957 km 69h 31' 52" Roberto Heras ESP U.S. Postal gold Isidro Nozal ESP ONCE–Eroski Alejandro Valverde ESP Communidad Valenciana-Kelme Erik Zabel GER THR 2003 orangedots Félix Cárdenas COL Cage Maglierie orange Alejandro Valverde ESP Kelme–Costa Blanca blue iBanesto.com ESP 2002 2004 The 58th edition of the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 6 September to 28 September 2003. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 2957 km mi on, and was won by Roberto Heras of the U.S. Postal cycling team.Ciclismo Vuelta a España – Clasificaciones http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2003/09/29/EMD20030929051MDP.pdf El Mundo Deportivo 29 September 2003 51 https://web.archive.org/web/20201117194256/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2003/09/29/EMD20030929051MDP.pdf 17 November 2020 live Isidro Nozal lead the general classification for much of the race until succumbing to the pressure posed by Roberto Heras who closed the gap to Nozal over the final days and took the jersey in the final time trial. The points classification was won by Erik Zabel from Germany, the mountains classification was won by Félix Cárdenas from Colombia and the combination classification was won by Alejandro Valverde. iBanesto.com was the winner of the team ranking. Alessandro Petacchi, an Italian sprinter won five stages. Teams and riders List of teams and cyclists in the 2003 Vuelta a España Route +List of stageshttp://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/vuelta03/03index.php?id=03default 58th Vuelta a España Cycling News 24 July 2018http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde2003.php 58ème Vuelta a España 2003 Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20050112021814/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde2003.php 12 January 2005 Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 6 September Gijón to Gijón 28 km 0 on 22px Team time trial ONC 2003 2 7 September Gijón to Cangas de Onís 148 km 0 on Luis Pérez ESP 3 8 September Cangas de Onís to Santander 154.3 km 0 on Alessandro Petacchi ITA 4 9 September Santander to Burgos 151 km 0 on Unai Etxebarria VEN 5 10 September Soria to Zaragoza 166.7 km 0 on Alessandro Petacchi ITA 6 11 September Zaragoza to Zaragoza 43.8 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Isidro Nozal ESP 7 12 September Huesca to Cauterets (France) 190 km 0 on Michael Rasmussen DEN 8 13 September Cauterets to Pla de Beret/Val d'Aran 166 km 0 on Joaquim Rodríguez ESP 9 14 September Vielha to Envalira (Andorra) 174.8 km 0 on Alejandro Valverde ESP 10 15 September Andorra to Sabadell 194 km 0 on Erik Zabel GER 16 September Rest day 11 17 September Utiel to Cuenca 162 km 0 on Erik Zabel GER 12 18 September Cuenca to Albacete 168.8 km 0 on Alessandro Petacchi ITA 13 19 September Albacete to Albacete 53.3 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Isidro Nozal ESP 14 20 September Albacete to Valdepeñas 167.4 km 0 on Alessandro Petacchi ITA 15 21 September Valdepeñas to La Pandera 172.1 km 0 on Alejandro Valverde ESP 22 September Rest day 16 23 September Jaén to Sierra Nevada 162 km 0 on Félix Cárdenas COL 17 24 September Granada to Córdoba 188.4 km 0 on David Millar GBR 18 25 September Las Rozas to Las Rozas 143.8 km 0 on Pedro Díaz Lobato ESP 19 26 September Alcobendas to Collado Villalba 164 km 0 on Filippo Simeoni ITA 20 27 September San Lorenzo de El Escorial to Puerto de Malagón Alto de Abantos es Puerto de Malagón 11.2 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Roberto Heras ESP 21 28 September Madrid to Madrid 148.5 km 0 on Alessandro Petacchi ITA Total 2925 km 0 on Jersey Progress Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Combination classification Team classification 1 ONCE–Eroski Igor González de Galdeano Igor González de Galdeano Jan Hruška Igor González de Galdeano ONCE–Eroski 2 Luis Pérez Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Luis Pérez Luis Pérez 3 Alessandro Petacchi 4 Unai Etxebarria Isidro Nozal David Etxebarria Félix Cárdenas Isidro Nozal 5 Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi 6 Isidro Nozal 7 Michael Rasmussen 8 Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Joan Horrach 9 Alejandro Valverde Isidro Nozal Félix Cárdenas 10 Erik Zabel Alessandro Petacchi Alejandro Valverde 11 Erik Zabel Erik Zabel 12 Alessandro Petacchi Isidro Nozal 13 Isidro Nozal 14 Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi 15 Alejandro Valverde Erik Zabel Alejandro Valverde 16 Félix Cárdenas 17 David Millar 18 Pedro Diaz Lobato 19 Filippo Simeoni 20 Roberto Heras Roberto Heras Alejandro Valverde iBanesto.com 21 Alessandro Petacchi Erik Zabel Final Roberto Heras Erik Zabel Félix Cárdenas Alejandro Valverde iBanesto.com General classification RankRiderTeamTime1ESP Roberto HerasU.S. Postal 69h31'52"2ESP Isidro NozalONCE–Eroski '28"3ESP Alejandro ValverdeKelme–Costa Blanca 2'25"4ESP Igor González de GaldeanoONCE–Eroski 3'27"5ESP Francisco ManceboiBanesto.com 4'47"6ESP Manuel BeltránU.S. Postal 5'51"7DEN Michael RasmussenRabobank 5'56"8COL Félix CárdenasLabarca 2-Cafe Baque 6'33"9ESP Unai OsaiBanesto.com 6'52"10ESP Luis PérezCofidis 7'56"11ESP Santos GonzálezDomina Vacanze–Elitron 9'08"12ESP Óscar SevillaKelme–Costa Blanca 9'52"13ITA Michele ScarponiDomina Vacanze–Elitron 10'13"14ESP Marcos SerranoTeam ONCE 12'51"15ESP Félix GarciaTeam Bianchi 14'18"16ESP Txema Del OlmoMilaneza–MSS 14'38"17ESP Óscar PereiroPhonak Hearing Systems 17'05"18ESP Iker FloresEuskaltel 2003 18'31"19ITA Guido TrentinCofidis 29'34"20ESP Josep JufreREG 2003 33'30"21ITA Dario FrigoFassa Bortolo 40'19"22ESP Íñigo CuestaCofidis 41'18"23ITA Leonardo PiepoliiBanesto.com 46'45"24ESP Manuel CalventeTeam CSC 47'54"25ESP Aitor OsaiBanesto.com 49'39" References External links La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French) 2003 Vuelta a España 1 11 12 21 2003 Vuelta a España Category:September 2003 sports events in Spain