2003 Tour de Suisse

The 2003 Tour de Suisse was the 67th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 16 June to 25 June 2003. The race started in Egerkingen and finished in Aarau.[2] The race was won by Alexander Vinokourov of the Telekom team.

2003 Tour de Suisse
Race details
Dates16–25 June 2003
Stages9 + Prologue
Distance1,444[1] km (897.3 mi)
Winning time36h 38' 58"
Results
 Winner Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)(Team Telekom)
 Second Giuseppe Guerini (ITA)(Team Telekom)
 Third Óscar Pereiro (ESP)(Phonak)
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Teams

Seventeen teams of up to eight riders started the race:[2]

Route

Stage characteristics and winners[2][3][4]
StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner
P16 JuneEgerkingen6.5 km (4.0 mi) Individual time trial  Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
117 JuneEgerkingen to Le Locle163 km (101.3 mi) Hilly stage  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)
218 JuneMurten to Nyon175 km (108.7 mi) Hilly stage  Robbie McEwen (AUS)
319 JuneNyon to Saas-Fee217 km (134.8 mi) Mountain stage  Francesco Casagrande (ITA)
420 JuneVisp to Losone168 km (104.4 mi) Mountain stage  Sandy Casar (FRA)
521 JuneAscona to La Punt177.8 km (110.5 mi) Mountain stage  Francesco Casagrande (ITA)
622 JuneSilvaplana to Silvaplana135 km (84 mi) Mountain stage  Óscar Pereiro (ESP)
723 JuneSavognin to Oberstaufen (Germany)231 km (143.5 mi) Hilly stage  Sergei Yakovlev (KAZ)
824 JuneGossau to Gossau32.5 km (20.2 mi) Individual time trial  Bradley McGee (AUS)
925 JuneStäfa to Aarau152 km (94.4 mi) Flat stage  Baden Cooke (AUS)

General classification

Final general classification[2][5][6]
RankRiderTeamTime
1  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)Team Telekom36h 38' 58"
2  Giuseppe Guerini (ITA)Team Telekom+ 1' 14"
3  Óscar Pereiro (ESP)Phonak+ 1' 28"
4  Kim Kirchen (LUX)Fassa Bortolo+ 1' 46"
5  Tadej Valjavec (SLO)Fassa Bortolo+ 1' 55"
6  Alexandre Moos (SUI)Phonak+ 2' 10"
7  Jan Ullrich (GER)Team Bianchi+ 2' 27"
8  Sven Montgomery (SUI)Fassa Bortolo+ 2' 29"
9  Ondřej Sosenka (CZE)CCC–Polsat+ 4' 14"
10  Tomasz Brożyna (POL)CCC–Polsat+ 6' 17"

References