The 2003 UCI Road World Championships took place in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, between October 7 and October 12, 2003. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women.
David Millar was handed a two-year ban and stripped of his world time trial title by the British cycling federation for taking the banned performance enhancer EPO. Following this disqualification, the UCI declared Michael Rogers as the winner with the silver medal going to Uwe Peschel and the bronze to Michael Rich.
Jeannie Longo rode alone ahead of the pack for most of the women's road race but was passed approximately 500m from the finish.
Courses The road races took place on a course that climbed the Niagara Escarpment twice per lap – a climb with an average gradient of 4.9% and a climb with an average gradient of 4.2%.
Two time trial courses were used – a course that climbed the Niagara Escarpment on two occasions, and a course that climbed the Niagara Escarpment once.
The courses had been designed by former professional cyclist Steve Bauer.
Events summary Men's EventsMen's road race Igor Astarloa 6h 30' 19"Alejandro Valverde+ 5" Peter van Petegem s.t.Men's time trialDavid Millar 51' 17" (Stripped of title)Michael Rogers+ 1' 25"Uwe Peschel s.t. Women's EventsWomen's road raceSusanne Ljungskog 3h 16' 06"Mirjam Melchers + 10"Nicole Cooke + 12"Women's time trialJoane Somarriba 28' 23"Judith Arndt + 11"Zulfiya Zabirova + 26" Men's Under-23 EventsMen's under-23 road raceSergey Lagutin 4h 14' 05"Johan Van Summeren s.t.Thomas Dekker s.t.Men's under-23 time trialMarcus Fothen 38' 35"Niels Scheuneman + 18"Alexandr Bespalov + 21" Men's Junior EventsMen's Junior Road RaceKai Reus 3h 01' 30"Anders Lund + 14"Lukaz Fus s.t.Men's Junior Time TrialMikhail Ignatiev 27' 01"Dmytro Grabovskyy + 21"Viktor Renäng + 22" Women's Junior EventsWomen's Junior Road RaceLoes Markerink 2h 05' 39"Irina Tolmacheva s.t.Sabine Fischer s.t.Women's Junior Time TrialBianca Knöpfle 22' 17"Loes Markerink + 16"Iris Slappendel + 30"
References
External links 2003 Road World Championships by cyclingnews.com