The 2003 Tour de France was the 90th edition and centenary of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris on 5 July with a prologue individual time trial and finished on the Champs-Élysées, back in Paris, on 27 July. The Tour started with 22 teams of 9 cyclists each.
Teams
Qualified teams
- U.S. Postal Service
- ONCE–Eroski
- Team Telekom
- iBanesto.com
- Rabobank
- Cofidis
- Team CSC
- Fassa Bortolo
- Kelme–Costa Blanca
- Team Bianchi
- Lotto–Domo
- Gerolsteiner
- Alessio
- Vini Caldirola–So.di
Invited teams
- Saeco
- FDJeux.com
- Quick-Step–Davitamon
- Crédit Agricole
- AG2R Prévoyance
- Euskaltel–Euskadi
- Brioches La Boulangère
- Jean Delatour
Cyclists
By starting number
No. | Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour |
Pos. | Position in the general classification |
DNF | Denotes a rider who did not finish |
By team
"DNF" indicates that a rider did not finish the race.
By nationality
The 198 riders that are competing in the 2003 Tour de France originated from 26 different countries.
Country | No. of riders | Finishers | Stage wins | |
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Australia | 7 | 5 | 2 (Bradley McGee, Baden Cooke) | |
Austria | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
Belgium | 8 | 6 | 0 | |
Colombia | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Denmark | 4 | 4 | 1 (Jakob Piil) | |
Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
France | 38 | 34 | 2 (Richard Virenque, Jean-Patrick Nazon) | |
Germany | 18 | 10 | 1 (Jan Ullrich) | |
Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 1 (David Millar) | |
Hungary | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Italy | 35 | 21 | 5 (Alessandro Petacchi ×4, Gilberto Simoni ×1) | |
Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 1 (Alexander Vinokourov) | |
Latvia | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Netherlands | 7 | 5 | 1 (Servais Knaven) | |
Norway | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Portugal | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Russia | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Spain | 43 | 34 | 4 (Iban Mayo, Juan Antonio Flecha, Carlos Sastre, Pablo Lastras) | |
Switzerland | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
United States | 6 | 4 | ||
Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 198 | 147 | 19 |
References
- ^ "90ème Tour de France 2003". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012.
External links
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