For the Kraftwerk single, see Tour de France 2003.
Cycling race
2003 Tour de France
Route of the 2003 Tour de France
Race details
Dates
5–27 July 2003
Stages
20 + Prologue
Distance
3,427 km (2,129 mi)
Winning time
83h 41' 12"
Results
Winner
Lance Armstrongnone[a]
Second
Jan Ullrich (GER)
(Team Bianchi)
Third
Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)
(Team Telekom)
Points
Baden Cooke (AUS)
(FDJeux.com)
Mountains
Richard Virenque (FRA)
(Quick-Step–Davitamon)
Youth
Denis Menchov (RUS)
(iBanesto.com)
Combativity
Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)
(Team Telekom)
Team
Team CSC
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The 2003 Tour de France was a multiple stage bicycle race held from 5 to 27 July, and the 90th edition of the Tour de France. It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced in August 2012 that they had disqualified Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his seven Tour de France wins from 1999 to 2005; the Union Cycliste Internationale has confirmed this verdict.
The event started and ended in Paris, covering 3,427 km (2,129 mi) proceeding clockwise in twenty stages around France, including six major mountain stages. Due to the centennial celebration, this edition of the tour was raced entirely in France and did not enter neighboring countries.
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. The 2003 Tour was honored with the Prince of Asturias Award for Sport.
Of the 198 riders the favourite was again 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 the odds-on favourite. Though he did go on to win the race, it is statistically, and by Armstrong's own admission,[3] his weakest Tour from his seven-year period of dominance over the race.
^"Lance Armstrong Receives Lifetime Ban And Disqualification of Competitive Results For Doping Violations Stemming From His Involvement in the United States Postal Service Pro-Cycling Team Doping Conspiracy". United States Anti-Doping Agency. 24 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
^"Lance Armstrong stripped of all seven Tour de France wins by UCI". BBC. 22 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
^"Maillot jaune Lance Armstrong speaks, July 24, 2004". Cycling News. 24 July 2004. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
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