Podium History of the Elite (Professional) Men's Road Championship
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Sunday, October 12: Elite Men's 260.4 km Road Race.

180 starters, 112 classified finishers

Igor Astarloa becomes the 2003 World Road Champion

Complete Results:

1. Igor Astarloa (Spain) 6hr 30min 19sec. 40.029 km/hr
2. Alejandro Valverde (Spain) @ 5sec
3. Peter Van Petegem (Belgium) s.t.
4. Paolo Bettini (Italy) s.t.
5. Michael Boogerd (Holland) @ 6sec
6. Bo Hamburger (Denmark) s.t.
7. Michael Barry (Canada) s.t.
8. Luca Paolini (Italy) @ 12sec
9. Oscar Freire (Spain) s.t.
10. Janek Tombak (Estonia) s.t.
11. Erik Zabel (Germany) s.t.
12. Allan Davis (Australia) s.t.
13. Martin Elmiger (Switzerland) s.t.
14. Dimitri Konyshev (Russia) s.t.
15. Frank Hoj (Denmark) s.t.
16. Patrik Sinkewitz (Germany) s.t.
17. Tom Boonen (Belgium) s.t.
18. Fred Rodriguez (USA) s.t.
19. Tadej Valjavec (Slovenia) s.t.
20. Giovanni Lombardi (Italy) s.t.
21. Beat Zberg (Switzerland) s.t.
22. Aliaksandr Usov (Belarus) s.t.
23. Bernhard Eisel (Austria) s.t.
24. Laurent Brochard (France) s.t.
25. Maarten Den Bakker (Netherlands) s.t.
26. Gerben Löwik (Netherlands) s.t.
27. Cédric Vasseur (France) s.t.
28. Gerrit Glomser (Austria) s.t.
29. Kim Kirchen (Luxembourg) s.t.
30. Guido Trenti (USA) s.t.
31. Maximilian Sciandri (Great Britain) s.t.
32. Bekim Christensen (Denmark) s.t.
33. Mathew Hayman (Australia) s.t.
34. Peter Luttenberger (Austria) s.t.
35. Gorazd Stangelj (Slovenia) s.t.
36. Alexandre Botcharov (Russia) s.t.
37. George Hincapie (USA) s.t.
38. Marlon Alirio Perez (Colombia) s.t.
39. Laszlo Bodrogi (Hungary) s.t.
40. Serhiy Honchar (Ukraine) s.t.
41. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Russia) s.t.
42. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Norway) s.t.
43. Daniel Schnider (Switzerland) s.t.
44. Gonçalo Amorim (Portugal) s.t.
45. Ryan Cox (South Africa) s.t.
46. Manuel Beltran (Spain) s.t.
47. Marc Wauters (Belgium) s.t.
48. Andrey Mizourov (Kazakhstan) s.t.
49. Alexander Kolobnev (Russia) @ 19sec
50. Mario Aerts (Belgium) @ 21sec
51. Patrice Halgand (France) s.t.
52. Cezary Zamana (Poland) @ 23sec
53. Denis Menchov (Russia) s.t.
54. Christophe Brandt (Belgium) @ 26sec
55. Félix Rafael Cardenas (Colombia) s.t.
56. Francesco Casagrande (Italy) s.t.
57. Sylvester Szmyd (Poland) @ 30sec
58. Rolf Aldag (Germany) s.t.
59. Volodymir Gustov (Ukraine) s.t.
60. Floyd Landis (USA) s.t.
61. Nico Sijmens (Belgium) s.t.
62. Francisco Mancebo (Spain) s.t.
63. Marcos Serrano (Spain) s.t.
64. Dave Bruylandts (Belgium) s.t.
65. Daniele Nardello (Italy) s.t.
66. Danilo Di Luca (Italy) s.t.
67. Mark Scanlon (Ireland) @ 42sec
68. Dmitroy Fofonov (Kazsakhstan) s.t.
69. Evgeni Petrov (Russia) s.t.
70. Oscar Camenzind (Switzerland) @ 1min 5sec
71. Marcel Strauss (Switzerland) @ 1min 11ec
72. Axel Merckx (Belgium) s.t.
73. Serge Baguet (Belgium) @ 1min 30sec
74. Nuno Ribeiro (Portugal) @ 1min 55sec
75. Fabian Jaker (Switzerland) @ 2min 0sec
76. Christopher Horner (USA) @ 2min 11sec
77. Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukraine) s.t.
78. Michael Skelde (Denamrk) s.t.
79. Michael Rogers (Australia) @ 3min 41sec
80. Niki Aebersold (Switzerland) @ 3min 50sec
81. Stephan Schreck (Germany) @ 4min 33sec
82. Andreas Klier (Germany) s.t.
83. Matthias Kessler (Germany) s.t.
84. Sylvain Chavanel (France) s.t.
85. Roger Hammond (Great Britain) @ 4min 52sec
86. David Millar (Great Britain) s.t.
87. Fabian Wegmann (Germany) s.t.
88. Karsten Kroon (Netherlands) s.t.
89. Luis Perez (Spain) @ 5min 8sec
90. Franck Renier (France) s.t.
91. Bram Schmitz (Netherlands) s.t
92. Levi Leipheimer (USA) @ 5min 39sec
93. Jurgen van Goolen (Belgium) s.t.
94. Radoslav Rogina (Croatia) s.t.
95. Mark Walters (Canada) @ 8min 9sec
96. Andrea Noe (Italy) s.t.
97. Vladimir Karpets (Russia) @ 9min 18sec
98. Dawid Krupa (Poland) s.t.
99. Pedro Lopes (Portugal) @ 9min 55sec
100. Benoît Joachim (Luxembourg) @ 9min 56sec
101. Gerhard Trampusch (Austria) s.t.
102. Michal Hrazdira (Czech Republic) @ 12min 23sec
103. Martin Derganc (Slovenia) s.t.
104. Dominique Perras (Canada) s.t.
105. Eric Wohlberg (Canada) s.t.
106. Bram de Groot (Netherlands) s.t.
107. Frédéric Bessy (France) s.t.
108. Roger Beuchat (Switzerland) s.t.
109. Andy Flickinger (France) s.t.
110. Nicolas Fritsch (France) s.t.
111. David George (South Africa) s.t.

Saturday, October 11:

Junior Men's 124 km Road Race.

1. Kai Rus (Holland) 3hr 1min 30sec

2. Anders Lund (Denmark) @ 14sec

3. Lukaz Fus (Czech Republic) s.t.

4. Jose Rojas (Spain) s.t.

5. Johan Lindgren (Sweden) s.t.

Elite Women's 124 km Road Race.

Canada's Genevieve Jeanson was not allowed to ride, her hematocrit was over the women's limit of 47%.

1. Susanne Ljungskog (Sweden) 3hr 16min 6sec

2. Mirjam Melchers (Holland) s.t.

3. Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) s.t.

4. Edita Pucinskaite (Lithuania) s.t.

5. Olga Zabelinskaia (Russia) s.t.

Friday, October 10:

Junior Womens 74.4 km Road Race

1. Loes Markerink (Holland) 2hr 5min 39sec

2. Irina Tolmacheva (Russia) s.t.

3. Sabine Fischer (Germany) s.t.

4. Bianca Knoepfle (Germany) s.t.

5. Candice Sullivan (Australia) s.t.

Men's U23 173.6 km Road Race.

1. Sergey Lagutin (Uzbekistan) 4hr 14min 5sec

2. Johan Van Summeren (Belgium) s.t.

3. Thomas Dekker (Holland) s.t.

4. Jens Renders (Belgium) s.t.

5. Matej Mugerli (Slovenia) s.t.

Thursday, October 9: Elite Men's 41.4 Individual Time Trial

1. David Millar (Great Britain) 51min 17sec

2. Michael Rogers (Australia) @ 1min 25sec

3. Uwe Peschel (Germany) @ 1min 26sec

4. Michael Rich (Germany) @ 1min 35sec

5. Isidro Nozal (Spain) @ 1min 39sec

6. Dario Frigo (Italy) @ 1min 51sec

7. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Russia) @ 1min 58sec

8. Marc Wauters (Belgium) @ 2min 7sec

9. Michael Hrazdira (Czech Republic) @ 2min 13sec

10. Bert Roesems (Belgium) @ 2min 16sec

13. Levi Leipheimer (USA) @ 2min 36sec

14. Bobby Julich (USA) @ 2min 43sec