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In the centenary year of the race the route recreated, in part, that of 1903. There was a special Centenaire Classement prize for the best-placed in each of the six stage finishes which match the 1903 tour - Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes and Paris. It was won by Stuart O'Grady, with Thor Hushovd in second place. City flag City coat of arms Motto: (Franco-Provençal: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country Region Rhône-Alpes Department Rhône (69) Subdivisions 9 arrondissements Intercommunality Urban Community of Lyon Mayor Gérard Collomb  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land... http://www. ... New city flag (Occitan cross) Traditional coat of arms Motto: (Occitan: For Toulouse, always more) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country Region Midi-Pyrénées Department Haute-Garonne (31) Intercommunality Community of Agglomeration of Greater Toulouse Mayor Jean-Luc Moudenc  (UMP) (since 2004) City Statistics Land... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Traditional city flag City coat of arms Motto: (Latin: Shall Neptune favour the traveller) Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Département Loire-Atlantique (44) Région Pays-de-la-Loire Mayor Jean-Marc Ayrault (PS) (since 1989) Intercommunality Urban Community of Nantes City (commune) Characteristics Land Area 65. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Stuart OGrady is an Australian cyclist, born on 6 August 1973 in Adelaide, South Australia. ... Thor Hushovd (born January 18, 1978 in Grimstad, Norway) is a professional road bicycle racer, presently rider for the Crédit Agricole Professional team. ...

Of the 198 riders the favorite was again Lance Armstrong, aiming for a record equalling fifth win. Before the race, it was believed that his main rivals would include Iban Mayo, Aitor González, Tyler Hamilton, Ivan Basso, Gilberto Simoni, Jan Ullrich, and Joseba Beloki but Armstrong was odds-on favorite. Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. ... Iban Mayo Diez (born August 19, 1977, in Igorre, Basque Country, Spain) is a professional road bicycle racer. ... This article describes the Spanish cyclist Aitor Gonzales Aitor González (born February 27, 1975 in Zumárraga, Spain), is an active professional Spanish cyclist. ... Tyler Hamilton Tyler Hamilton (born March 1, 1971 in Marblehead, Massachusetts) is an American professional road bicycle racer. ... Ivan Basso (born November 26, 1977) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, most recently with Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. ... Gilberto Simoni with team manager Mauro Gianetti. ... Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, East Germany, now Germany) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. ... Joseba Beloki (b. ...

Overview

Stages

The Tour proved to be one more hotly contested than the previous years, but in the end it was indeed Armstrong who won. Tyler Hamilton and Levi Leipheimer were involved in a crash early in the Tour. Leipheimer dropped out, Hamilton continued and got fourth place in the end while riding with a broken collarbone. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 583 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (975 × 1002 pixel, file size: 393 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 2003 Tour de France ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 583 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (975 × 1002 pixel, file size: 393 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 2003 Tour de France ... Levi Leipheimer (born October 24, 1973 in Butte, Montana) is an American professional cyclist who rides with the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. ... ...

In the Alps, Gilberto Simoni and Stefano Garzelli, first and second in the Giro d'Italia earlier the same year, could not keep up with Lance Armstrong and the other favorites. The same held for last year's number 4, Santiago Botero. Joseba Beloki could, and was in second-place overall (just 40 seconds behind Armstrong) when he crashed on a fast descent. Beloki broke his right femur and had to leave the Tour. Armstrong made a daring detour through the field beside the road to avoid the fallen Beloki. If Armstrong could ever be defeated in his seven Tour de France victories, Beloki had most potential of doing so in 2003. Armstrong was in yellow, but Jan Ullrich won the first time trial by one minute and 36 seconds. He and Alexander Vinokourov were both within very short distance from Armstrong. Stefano Garzelli (born July 16, 1973, in Varese) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. ... The Giro dItalia, also simply known as the Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May or early June in and around Italy. ... Santiago Botero Echeverry (born October 27, 1972 in Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer. ... Joseba Beloki (b. ... Alexander Vinokourov Alexander Vinokourov, also written Alexandre Vinokourov, (born 16 September 1973 in Petropavlovsk, Soviet Union, now Petropavl, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakh (ethnic Russian) professional road bicycle racer. ...

Armstrong did however withstand the attacks in the end, and took his fifth Tour de France in row, thereby equalling the record of Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain. Before him, only Indurain had won in five consecutive years. Lance Armstrong had never won a tour by less than six minutes, so this was the first time it really went down to the wire. Everybody thought that the 2004 Tour would be just as close, but they were wrong. Armstrong came back in 2004, stronger than ever. Jacques Anquetil (January 8, 1934 - November 18, 1987), was a French cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. ... Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx (IPA: ) (born June 17, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium) is a retired Belgian professional cyclist. ... Bernard Hinault (born 14 November 1954) is a French cyclist best known for his five victories in the Tour de France. ... Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya (born July 16, 1964, Villava, Navarre) is a retired Spanish road bicycle racer. ... The 91st Tour de France (July 3 - July 25, 2004). ...

Stages

For detailed results, see: Prologue to Stage 9 and Stage 10 to Stage 20.

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Results

General classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time Ave. Speed
1	Lance Armstrong	United States	U.S. Postal Service	83h 41' 12" (40.94 km/h)
2	Jan Ullrich	Germany	Team Bianchi	1' 01"
3	Alexander Vinokourov	Kazakhstan	Team Telekom	4' 14"
4	Tyler Hamilton	United States	Team CSC	6' 17"
5	Haimar Zubeldia	Spain	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6' 51"
6	Iban Mayo	Spain	Euskaltel-Euskadi	7' 06"
7	Ivan Basso	Italy	Fassa Bortolo	10' 12"
8	Christophe Moreau	France	Crédit Agricole	12' 28"
9	Carlos Sastre	Spain	Team CSC	18' 49"
10	Francisco Mancebo	Spain	Ibanesto.com	19' 15"

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Points classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Points
1	Baden Cooke	Australia	FDjeux.com	216
2	Robbie McEwen	Australia	Lotto	214
3	Erik Zabel	Germany	Team Telekom	188
4	Thor Hushovd	Norway	Crédit Agricole	173
5	Luca Paolini	Italy	Quick-Step	156
6	Jean-Patrick Nazon	France	Jean Delatour	154
7	Stuart O'Grady	Australia	Crédit Agricole	153
8	Fabrizio Guidi	Italy	Team Bianchi	122
9	Jan Ullrich	Germany	Team Bianchi	112
10	Damien Nazon	France	Brioches	107

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King of the Mountains classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Points
1	Richard Virenque	France	Quick-Step	324
2	Laurent Dufaux	Switzerland	Alessio	187
3	Lance Armstrong	United States	U.S. Postal Service	168
4	Christophe Moreau	France	Crédit Agricole	137
5	Juan Miguel Mercado	Spain	Ibanesto.com	136
6	Iban Mayo	Spain	Euskaltel-Euskadi	130
7	Haimar Zubeldia	Spain	Euskaltel-Euskadi	125
8	Jan Ullrich	Germany	Team Bianchi	124
9	Tyler Hamilton	United States	Team CSC	116
10	Paolo Bettini	Italy	Quick-Step	100

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Team classification

The team classification is based on the combined overall time of the team's top three riders.

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Combativity classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team
1	Alexander Vinokourov	Kazakhstan	Team Telekom

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Youth classification

The youth classification tracks the best riders under 25 years old in the Tour de France

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Denis Menchov	Russia	Ibanesto.com	84h 0' 56"
2	Mikel Astarloza	Spain	AG2R	42' 29"
3	Juan Miguel Mercado	Spain	Ibanesto.com	1h 02' 48"
4	Sylvain Chavanel	France	Brioches	1h 5' 17"
5	Andy Flickinger	France	AG2R	1h 9' 09"

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Centenaire classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Points
1	Stuart O'Grady	Australia	Crédit Agricole	82
2	Thor Hushovd	Norway	Crédit Agricole	86
3	Fabrizio Guidi	Italy	Team Bianchi	103
4	Luca Paolini	Italy	Quick-Step	118
5	Gerrit Glomser	Austria	Saeco	123

Stuart OGrady is an Australian cyclist, born on 6 August 1973 in Adelaide, South Australia. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Crédit Agricole is the main sponsor of a French professional cycling team managed by Roger Legeay. ... Thor Hushovd (born January 18, 1978 in Grimstad, Norway) is a professional road bicycle racer, presently rider for the Crédit Agricole Professional team. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Crédit Agricole is the main sponsor of a French professional cycling team managed by Roger Legeay. ... Fabrizio Guidi (13 April 1972) is an Italian road bicycle racer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Team Bianchi is a makeshift team that was put together from the remnants of the Coast team in time for the 2003 Tour de France. ... Luca Paolini (born January 17, 1977 in Milan) is an Italian road bicycle racer who rides for UCI ProTeam Liquigas. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Quick Step-Innergetic is a Belgian UCI ProTour team led by team manager Patrick Lefevre. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Saeco is an Italian manufacturer of espresso machines located near Bologna. ...

Individual stage winners

 Prologue: Brad McGee Stage 1: Alessandro Petacchi Stage 2: Baden Cooke Stage 3: Alessandro Petacchi Stage 4: U.S. Postal Stage 5: Alessandro Petacchi Stage 6: Alessandro Petacchi Stage 7: Richard Virenque Stage 8: Iban Mayo Stage 9: Alexander Vinokourov Stage 10: Jakob Piil Stage 11: Juan Antonio Flecha Stage 12: Jan Ullrich Stage 13: Carlos Sastre Stage 14: Gilberto Simoni Stage 15: Lance Armstrong Stage 16: Tyler Hamilton Stage 17: Servais Knaven Stage 18: Pablo Lastras Stage 19: David Millar Stage 20: Jean-Patrick Nazon 

Bradley McGee, born on the 24 February 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is a professional cyclist, who started cycling in 1986 at ten years of age. ... Alessandro Petacchi is a professional road cyclist born on January 3, 1974 in La Spezia, Italy. ... Cooke contesting a criterium at Melbourne Docklands during the 2006 Bay Cycling Classic. ... The US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team presented by Berry Floor operated from 1996 through 2004, and during its time fielded one of the biggest names in modern cycling: Lance Armstrong. ... Richard Virenque (born November 19, 1969 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a retired French professional bicyclist. ... Iban Mayo Diez (born August 19, 1977, in Igorre, Basque Country, Spain) is a professional road bicycle racer. ... Alexander Vinokourov Alexander Vinokourov, also written Alexandre Vinokourov, (born 16 September 1973 in Petropavlovsk, Soviet Union, now Petropavl, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakh (ethnic Russian) professional road bicycle racer. ... Jakob Storm Piil was born 3 September 1973 in Denmark. ... Juan Antonio Flecha is an Argentine cyclist who was born in the town of Junin, in the province of Buenos Aires. ... Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, East Germany, now Germany) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. ... Sastre during the Stage 20 individual time trial (St Etienne) of the 2005 Tour de France. ... Gilberto Simoni with team manager Mauro Gianetti. ... Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. ... Tyler Hamilton Tyler Hamilton (born March 1, 1971 in Marblehead, Massachusetts) is an American professional road bicycle racer. ... Servais Knaven (born March 6, 1971 in Lobith) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for the UCI ProTour T-Mobile Team. ... Pablo Lastras García (born January 20, 1976 in Madrid) is a Spanish racing cyclist who rides for Spanish UCI ProTour team Caisse dEpargne. ... David Millar examining his time trial bicycle. ... Jean-Patrick Nazon (born 18 January 1977 in Épinal) is a French professional road bicycle racer since 1997. ...

See also

• List of teams in the 2003 Tour de France

An alphabetical list of the 22 teams competing in the 2003 Tour de France, each having nine riders. ...

External links

• Cyclingnews.com coverage of the 2003 Tour

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