The 2003 UCI Road World Cup was the fifteenth edition of the UCI Road World Cup. It had the same calendar of the 2000 edition.

The previous year winner, Paolo Bettini, was the big favourite of the competition and he begins with the win in the Milan-Sanremo with a great attack along Mirko Celestino and teammate Luca Paolini escaping from the main group with the race's favourite, previous year winner and world champion, Mario Cipollini. However, an injury in the Gent–Wevelgem (not in the World Cup, between Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix) forced Bettini to miss all the other spring races.

Peter Van Petegem with an historic double Tour of Flanders - Paris-Roubaix, took the lead of the competition.

In the summer races, Bettini came back strong with a back-to back wins in the HEW Cyclassics, preceding the Tour de France runner-up Jan Ullrich, and in the Clásica de San Sebastián, with an all-Italian top five. Bettini was almost sure of his second World Cup with the third place in Züri-Metzgete.

The autumn races saw Bettini, Van Petegem e Boogerd, the top three in the classification after Zurich, taking low positions in Paris-Tours and in Giro di Lombardia. The final podium saw Bettini with a high margin over Boogerd and Van Petegem, divided by only a single point.

Races DateRaceCountryWinnerTeamWorld Cup Leader Leader's TeamReportMarch 22Milan–San RemoReportApril 6Tour of FlandersReportApril 13Paris–RoubaixReportApril 20Amstel Gold RaceReportApril 27Liège–Bastogne–LiègeReportAugust 3HEW CyclassicsReportAugust 9Clásica de San SebastiánReportAugust 17Züri-MetzgeteReportOctober 5Paris–ToursReportOctober 18Giro di LombardiaReport

Single races details Denotes the Classification Leader In the race results the leader jersey identify the rider who wore the jersey in the race (the leader at the start of the race).

In the general classification table the jersey identify the leader after the race.

22 March 2003 — Milan–San Remo RiderTeamTime1 2 s.t.3 +2"4 +11"5 s.t.6 s.t.7 s.t.8 s.t.9 s.t.10 s.t.General classification after Milan–San Remo RiderTeamPoints1 1002 703 504 405 366 327 288 249 2010 16

6 April 2003 — Tour of Flanders RiderTeamTime1 2 + 2"3 + 19"4 s.t.5 s.t.6 s.t.7 s.t.8 s.t.9 s.t.10 s.t.General classification after Tour of Flanders RiderTeamPoints1 1002 1003 854 705 556 507 488 479 4010 40

13 April 2003 — Paris–Roubaix RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 + 15" 5 + 36" 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 + 1' 08"General classification after Paris–Roubaix RiderTeamPoints1 2002 1173 1004 855 746 707 648 639 5510 50

20 April 2003 — Amstel Gold Race RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 4" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 + 6" 7 s.t. 8 + 8" 9 + 12" 10 + 20"General classification after Amstel Gold Race RiderTeamPoints1 2002 1173 1004 1005 906 867 798 779 7410 63

27 April 2003 — Liège–Bastogne–Liège RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 12" 3 + 14" 4 + 21" 5 + 29" 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Liège–Bastogne–Liège RiderTeamPoints1 2002 1403 1174 1005 1006 1007 928 919 7910 74

2 August 2003 — HEW Cyclassics RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 + 3" 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after HEW Cyclassics RiderTeamPoints1 2032 2003 1404 1275 1236 1177 1008 929 8610 83

9 August 2003 — Clásica de San Sebastián RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 + 20" 4 s.t. 5 + 23" 6 + 33" 7 s.t. 8 + 34" 9 + 37" 10 + 1' 53"General classification after Clásica de San Sebastián RiderTeamPoints1 3002 2033 1644 1515 1396 1247 1178 1089 10010 92

17 August 2003 — Züri-Metzgete RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 6" 3 + 11" 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Züri-Metzgete RiderTeamPoints1 3502 2043 2034 1875 1396 1367 1248 1239 11710 100

5 October 2003 — Paris–Tours RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Paris–Tours RiderTeamPoints1 3652 2193 2044 1875 1866 1407 1398 1249 12410 123

18 October 2003 — Giro di Lombardia RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 2" 3 + 1' 31" 4 + 1' 47" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Giro di Lombardia RiderTeamPoints1 3652 2203 2194 1875 1866 1407 1398 1249 12410 123

Final standings Source:

Individual Points are awarded to the top 25 classified riders. Riders must start at least 6 races to be classified.

The points are awarded for every race using the following system:

Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th  15th  16th  17th  18th  19th  20th  21st  22nd  23rd  24th  25th Points100705040363228242016151413121110987654321

RiderTeamMSRToFROUAGRLBLHEWCSSZURTOULOMPts.1 1000DNSDNSDNS100100501503652DNS20DNS705002440DNS162203DNS1001000030016DNS21940DNSDNS40137028360018753201111DNS32DNSDNS100DNS18660DNSDNS5024050124014077015DNS1536120DNS01398010DNS10400001001249DNS02400DNS01000DNS12410DNSDNSDNS323604015DNS012311500DNS9013100240106120700715DNSDNS0DNSDNS9213DNSDNSDNS2840DNS0200088142028161500DNS00DNS7915024500DNS0000DNS74160DNSDNS160401500071170DNSDNS8280DNS320DNS68187DNSDNS00DNS87DNS4062190DNSDNS36800001155200600020DNS028054 Race winners not eligible for general classificationRiderTeamMSRToFROUAGRLBLHEWCSSZURTOULOMPts.-DNSDNSDNSDNS100DNSDNS0DNSDNS100-0DNSDNS1000DNS00DNSDNS100 Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Top ten position Blue Other points position Purple Out of points, retiredRed Did not start (DNS)

Teams Points are awarded to the top 10 teams. Teams must start at least 8 races to be classified. The first 18 teams in world ranking must start in all races.

The points are awarded for every race using the following system:

Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th Points12987654321

TeamMSRToFROUAGRLBLHEWCSSZURTOULOMPts.1121209812123837926695979129072348046927704747307238908475990670005945

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