2003 Amstel Gold Race (World Cup) results
38th Edition: Sunday, April 20, 2003
Amstel Gold Race podium history | 2004 edition | 2002 edition |
Maastricht - Valkenburg, Netherlands: 250.7 km
Winner's average speed: 37.294 km/hr
197 starters, 122 classified finishers
This will be a leg breaker with a hilltop finish on the Cauberg after a day that totals 31 climbs. This will be an important form test for Lance Armstrong as the Tour de France gets closer. Armstrong has managed 2nd twice in Holland's only Classic.
Can Van Petegem lever his superb form into 3 Classic wins in a row? Rabobank's Michael Boogerd and Oscar Freire as well as Saeco's Di Luca and Celestino will be there to try to deny him that pleasure. Other potential contenders include Erik Zabel (with teamates Cadel Evans and Daniele Nardello), Francesco Casagrande and Davide Rebellin. Erik Dekker will be there. He says it's to support his Rabobank team because he says his form isn't quite up to snuff. You know, just riding with the guys.
The record for wins in the race is Jan Raas who won it 5 times between 1977 and 1982, earning him the nickname "Amstel Gold Raas".
Complete Results:
1 | Alexander Vinokourov (Telekom) | 6hr 1min 3sec |
2 | Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) | @ 4 seconds |
3 | Danilo Di Luca (Saeco) | |
4 | Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) | |
5 | Matthias Kessler (Telekom) | |
6 | Francesco Casagrande (Lampre) | 6" |
7 | Michele Scarponi (Domina Vacanze) | |
8 | Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service) | 8" |
9 | Angel Vicioso Arcos (ONCE) | 12" |
10 | Igor Astarloa Askasibar (Saeco) | 20" |
11 | Sergey Ivanov (Fassa Bortolo) | 31" |
12 | Gianni Faresin (Gerolsteiner) | |
13 | Laurent Dufaux (Alessio) | 46" |
14 | Oscar Freire (Rabobank) | |
15 | Erik Zabel (Telekom) | |
16 | Michele Bartoli (Fassa Bortolo) | |
17 | Luca Paolini (Quick Step - Davitamon) | |
18 | Joaquin Rodríguez Oliver (ONCE) | |
19 | Frank Vandenbroucke (Quick Step - Davitamon) | |
20 | Mario Aerts (Telekom) | |
21 | Dave Bruylandts (Marlux - Wincor - Nixdorf) | |
22 | Ellis Rastelli (Gerolsteiner) | |
23 | Denis Lunghi (Alessio) | |
24 | Raimondas Rumsas (Lampre) | |
25 | Mirko Celestino (Saeco) | |
26 | Oscar Pereiro Sio (Phonak) | |
27 | Laurent Lefevre (Jean Delatour) | |
28 | Romans Vainsteins (Vini Caldirola) | |
29 | Marcos Antonio Serrano (ONCE) | |
30 | Didier Rous (Brioches La Boulangère) | |
31 | David Canada (Quick Step - Davitamon) | |
32 | Raphael Schweda (Bianchi) | |
33 | Ivan Basso (Fassa Bortolo) | 58" |
34 | Nicki Sørensen (Team CSC) | 1'03" |
35 | Andrea Noe (Alessio) | |
36 | Massimo Giunti (Domina Vacanze) | 1'09" |
37 | Axel Merckx (Lotto - Domo) | 1'13" |
38 | Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Ibanesto.com) | 1'26" |
39 | Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) | 2'53" |
40 | Scott Sunderland (Fakta) | 3'41" |
41 | Beat Zberg (Rabobank) | |
42 | René Jørgensen (Fakta) | |
43 | Björn Leukemans (Palmans - Collstrop) | |
44 | Viatcheslav Ekimov (US Postal Service) | |
45 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Fakta) | |
46 | Fabio Sacchi (Saeco) | |
47 | Frank Høj (Fakta) | |
48 | Cédric Vasseur (Cofidis) | |
49 | Martin Elmiger (Phonak) | |
50 | Médéric Clain (Cofidis) | |
51 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Domina Vacanze) | |
52 | Alexandre Moos (Phonak) | |
53 | Michael Blaudzun (Team CSC) | |
54 | Geert Verheyen (Marlux - Wincor - Nixdorf) | |
55 | Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Domina Vacanze) | |
56 | Volodimyr Duma (Landbouwkrediet) | |
57 | Pierre Bourquenoud (Jean Delatour) | |
58 | Fabian De Waele (Palmans - Collstrop) | |
59 | Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner) | |
60 | Jörg Jaksche (ONCE) | |
61 | Nico Mattan (Cofidis) | |
62 | Franck Bouyer (Brioches La Boulangère) | |
63 | Marc Lotz (Rabobank) | |
64 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Quick Step - Davitamon) | |
65 | Udo Bölts (Gerolsteiner) | |
66 | Koos Moerenhout (Lotto - Domo) | |
67 | Evgeni Petrov (Ibanesto.com) | |
68 | Marc Wauters (Rabobank) | |
69 | Matthé Pronk (Bankgiroloterij) | |
70 | Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Domina Vacanze) | |
71 | Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Ibanesto.com) | |
72 | Gerben Löwik (Bankgiroloterij) | |
73 | Maximilian Sciandri (Lampre) | |
74 | Filippo Pozzato (Fassa Bortolo) | |
75 | Paolo Bossoni (Vini Caldirola) | |
76 | Eddy Mazzoleni (Vini Caldirola) | |
77 | Gianluca Bortolami (Vini Caldirola) | |
78 | Rolf Aldag (Telekom) | |
79 | Rik Verbrugghe (Lotto - Domo) | |
80 | Peter Van Petegem (Lotto - Domo) | |
81 | Serge Baguet (Lotto - Domo) | |
82 | Fred Rodriguez (Vini Caldirola) | |
83 | Andreas Klier (Telekom) | |
84 | Salvatore Commesso (Saeco) | |
85 | Cristian Moreni (Alessio) | 3'58" |
86 | Franco Pellizotti (Alessio) | |
87 | Ruggero Marzoli (Alessio) | |
88 | Kim Kirchen (Fassa Bortolo) | 4'09" |
89 | Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Ibanesto.com) | 4'42" |
90 | Andrea Ferrigato (Alessio) | 5'30" |
91 | Ruslan Ivanov (Alessio) | |
92 | Andrej Hauptman (Vini Caldirola) | |
93 | Jakob Storm Piil (Team CSC) | |
94 | Dmitri Fofonov (Cofidis) | |
95 | Alexandr Shefer (Saeco) | |
96 | José Bento Azevedo Carvalho (ONCE) | |
97 | Tristan Hoffman (Team CSC) | |
98 | Aart Vierhouten (Lotto - Domo) | 7'17" |
99 | Bram Schmitz (Bankgiroloterij) | |
100 | Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) | |
101 | Bert Hiemstra (Bankgiroloterij) | |
102 | Christian Vandevelde (US Postal Service) | 7'25" |
103 | Max Van Heeswijk (US Postal Service) | |
104 | Fabrice Gougot (Phonak) | |
105 | Roberto Heras (US Postal Service) | |
106 | Stefan Kupfernagel (Phonak) | |
107 | Johan Museeuw (Quick Step - Davitamon) | |
108 | Marco Milesi (Vini Caldirola) | |
109 | Thorsten Rund (Bianchi) | |
110 | Daniele Righi (Lampre) | |
111 | Juan Antonio Flecha (Ibanesto.com) | |
112 | Tom Stremersch (Landbouwkrediet) | 8'33" |
113 | Bram De Groot (Rabobank) | |
114 | Alessandro Cortinovis (Lampre) | |
115 | Steven De Jongh (Rabobank) | |
116 | Benoît Joachim (US Postal Service) | |
117 | Bekim Christensen (Bianchi) | |
118 | Stefano Zanini (Saeco) | |
119 | Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches La Boulangère) | |
120 | Marcel Strauss (Gerolsteiner) | |
121 | Emmanuel Magnien (Brioches La Boulangère) | |
122 | Kurt Van Landeghem (Landbouwkrediet) |