2003 Tour of Flanders

6 April 2003 1 254 km 6h 18' 48" Peter Van Petegem BEL Lotto–Domo Frank Vandenbroucke BEL Quick Step Stuart O'Grady AUS Crédit Agricole 2002 2004 The 87th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 6 April 2003. Belgian Peter Van Petegem won his second victory in the monument classic.McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/2003-tour-of-flanders.html 2003 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, Arkansas 2 June 2015 The race started in Bruges and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove).Tour of Flanders start list http://www.uci.ch/data_2003/road/worldcupM/WC02/startlist.pdf 2023-10-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20040723033819/http://www.uci.ch/data_2003/road/worldcupM/WC02/startlist.pdf 2004-07-23 Race Summary Previous winner Jacky Durand was in an early breakaway with Michael Rich, Thomas Liese and Vincent van der Kooij. They were caught by a group of eight, consisting only of Italians, at 60 km from the finish, before the peloton returned at 30 km. Peter Van Petegem attacked on Tenbosse, followed by 10 others, heading to the Muur van Geraardsbergen. On the Muur, 16 km before the finish, Van Petegem broke clear with Frank Vandenbroucke, pushing on to the finish. Van Petegem beat his fellow Belgian in a two-man sprint. Australian Stuart O'Grady won the sprint for third place.2004-12-14 Tour of Flanders results http://www.uci.ch/data_2003/road/worldcupM/WC02/result.htm 2023-10-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20041214222240/http://www.uci.ch/data_2003/road/worldcupM/WC02/result.htm 2004-12-14 Climbs There were 19 categorized climbs: Nokereberg Molenberg Wolvenberg Kluisberg Knokteberg Oude Kwaremont Paterberg Koppenberg Steenbeekdries Taaienberg Ladeuze Boigneberg Foreest Steenberg Leberg Berendries Tenbosse Muur-Kapelmuur Bosberg Results CyclistTeamTime1Peter Van Petegem BEL Lotto–Domo 6h 18' 48"2Frank Vandenbroucke BEL Quick-Step + 2"3Stuart O'Grady AUS Crédit Agricole + 19"4Fabio Baldato ITA Alessio s.t.5Nico Mattan BEL Cofidis s.t.6Frédéric Guesdon FRA La Française des Jeux s.t.7Sergei Ivanov RUS Fassa Bortolo s.t.8Viatcheslav Ekimov RUS US Postal Service s.t.9Michael Boogerd NED Rabobank s.t.10Dave Bruylandts BEL Marlux–Wincor Nixdorf s.t. External links Recap of the race (Flemish television) https://web.archive.org/web/20150930021117/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/retro/retro_voorjaarsklassiekers/retro_rvv/1.992706 2015-09-30 References Category:Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Category:April 2003 sports events in Europe