2003 UCI Road World Championships

Cycling world championships 2003 UCI Road World Championships logo.png Canada Southern Ontario#Canada Hamilton Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Canada 43 15 24 N 79 52 09 W region:CA-ON inline,title 7–12 October 2003 10 Zolder 2002 Verona 2004 thumb|right|Riders taking part in the championships The 2003 UCI Road World Championships took place in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, between October 7 and October 12, 2003.17 May 2024 2003 » UCI World Championship https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/world-championship/2003/result procyclingstats.com The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women.25 December 2025 World Championship RR https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=26&y=2003 FirstCycling.com en David Millar was handed a two-year ban and stripped of his world time trial title by the British cycling federation for taking the banned performance enhancer EPO. Millar has '03 title taken, fined $1,600 ESPN 4 August 2004 https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer04/cycling/news/story?id=1852059 24 December 2007 Following this disqualification, the UCI declared Michael Rogers as the winner with the silver medal going to Uwe Peschel and the bronze to Michael Rich. Rogers confirmed as world champion mywire.com 8 September 2004 http://www.mywire.com/pubs/AFP/2004/09/08/574079?&pbl=222 24 December 2007 Jeannie Longo rode alone ahead of the pack for most of the women's road race but was passed approximately 500m from the finish. Courses The road races took place on a 12 km mi course that climbed the Niagara Escarpment twice per lap – a 1.6 km mi on climb with an average gradient of 4.9% and a 2.5 km mi on climb with an average gradient of 4.2%.www.cyclingnews.com presents the 2003 World Road Championships https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/worlds03/?id=default 2026-06-09 autobus.cyclingnews.com Two time trial courses were used – a 21 km mi course that climbed the Niagara Escarpment on two occasions, and a 15 km mi course that climbed the Niagara Escarpment once. The courses had been designed by former professional cyclist Steve Bauer. Events summary Men's EventsMen's road race 2003 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road raceIgor Astarloa 6h 30' 19"Alejandro Valverde+ 5" Peter van Petegem s.t.Men's time trial2003 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trialDavid Millar 51' 17" (Stripped of title)Michael Rogers+ 1' 25"Uwe Peschel s.t. Women's EventsWomen's road race2003 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road raceSusanne Ljungskog 3h 16' 06"Mirjam Melchers + 10"Nicole Cooke + 12"Women's time trial2003 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trialJoane Somarriba 28' 23"Judith Arndt + 11"Zulfiya Zabirova + 26" Men's Under-23 EventsMen's under-23 road race2003 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road raceSergey Lagutin 4h 14' 05"Johan Van Summeren s.t.Thomas Dekker s.t.Men's under-23 time trial2003 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trialMarcus Fothen 38' 35"Niels Scheuneman + 18"Alexandr Bespalov + 21" Men's Junior EventsMen's Junior Road Race2003 UCI Road World Championships - Men's Junior Road RaceKai Reus 3h 01' 30"Anders Lund + 14"Lukaz Fus s.t.Men's Junior Time Trial2003 UCI Road World Championships - Men's Junior Time TrialMikhail Ignatiev 27' 01"Dmytro Grabovskyy + 21"Viktor Renäng + 22" Women's Junior EventsWomen's Junior Road Race2003 UCI Road World Championships - Women's Junior Road RaceLoes Markerink 2h 05' 39"Irina Tolmacheva s.t.Sabine Fischer s.t.Women's Junior Time Trial2003 UCI Road World Championships - Women's Junior Time TrialBianca Knöpfle 22' 17"Loes Markerink + 16"Iris Slappendel + 30" References External links 2003 Road World Championships by cyclingnews.com Category:UCI Road World Championships by year World Championships Uci Road World Championships, 2003 Category:International cycle races hosted by Canada Category:2003 in sports in Ontario Category:Sports competitions in Hamilton, Ontario Category:Cycle racing in Ontario