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2003 Vuelta a España

58th edition of the Vuelta a España

Field	Value
name	2003 Vuelta a España
date	6–28 September
stages	21
distance	2957
unit	km
time	69h 31' 52"
first	Roberto Heras
first_nat	ESP
first_team	U.S. Postal
first_color	gold
second	Isidro Nozal
second_nat	ESP
second_team	ONCE–Eroski
third	Alejandro Valverde
third_nat	ESP
third_team	Communidad Valenciana-Kelme
points	Erik Zabel
points_nat	GER
points_team
points_color	orangedots
mountains	Félix Cárdenas
mountains_nat	COL
mountains_team	Cage Maglierie
mountains_color	orange
combination	Alejandro Valverde
combination_nat	ESP
combination_team	Kelme–Costa Blanca
combination_color	blue
team	iBanesto.com
team_nat	ESP
previous	2002
next	2004

The 58th edition of the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 6 September to 28 September 2003. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 2957 km, and was won by Roberto Heras of the U.S. Postal cycling team.

Isidro Nozal lead the general classification for much of the race until succumbing to the pressure posed by Roberto Heras who closed the gap to Nozal over the final days and took the jersey in the final time trial. The points classification was won by Erik Zabel from Germany, the mountains classification was won by Félix Cárdenas from Colombia and the combination classification was won by Alejandro Valverde. iBanesto.com was the winner of the team ranking. Alessandro Petacchi, an Italian sprinter won five stages.

Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 2003 Vuelta a España

Route

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner	1
6 September	Gijón to Gijón	28 km	[[File:Team Time Trial Stage.svg	22px]]	Team time trial
7 September	Gijón to Cangas de Onís	148 km			Luis Pérez
8 September	Cangas de Onís to Santander	154.3 km			Alessandro Petacchi
9 September	Santander to Burgos	151 km			Unai Etxebarria
10 September	Soria to Zaragoza	166.7 km			Alessandro Petacchi
11 September	Zaragoza to Zaragoza	43.8 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	22px]]	Individual time trial	Isidro Nozal
12 September	Huesca to Cauterets (France)	190 km			Michael Rasmussen
13 September	Cauterets to Pla de Beret/Val d'Aran	166 km			Joaquim Rodríguez
14 September	Vielha to Envalira (Andorra)	174.8 km			Alejandro Valverde
15 September	Andorra to Sabadell	194 km			Erik Zabel
16 September	Rest day
17 September	Utiel to Cuenca	162 km			Erik Zabel
18 September	Cuenca to Albacete	168.8 km			Alessandro Petacchi
19 September	Albacete to Albacete	53.3 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	22px]]	Individual time trial	Isidro Nozal
20 September	Albacete to Valdepeñas	167.4 km			Alessandro Petacchi
21 September	Valdepeñas to La Pandera	172.1 km			Alejandro Valverde
22 September			Rest day
23 September	Jaén to Sierra Nevada	162 km			Félix Cárdenas
24 September	Granada to Córdoba	188.4 km			David Millar
25 September	Las Rozas to Las Rozas	143.8 km			Pedro Díaz Lobato
26 September	Alcobendas to Collado Villalba	164 km			Filippo Simeoni
27 September	San Lorenzo de El Escorial to	11.2 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	22px]]	Individual time trial	Roberto Heras
28 September	Madrid to Madrid	148.5 km			Alessandro Petacchi
Total	2925 km

Jersey Progress

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Combination classification
ONCE–Eroski	Igor González de Galdeano	Igor González de Galdeano	Jan Hruška	Igor González de Galdeano	ONCE–Eroski
Luis Pérez	Joaquim Rodríguez	Joaquim Rodríguez	Luis Pérez	Luis Pérez
Alessandro Petacchi
Unai Etxebarria	Isidro Nozal	David Etxebarria	Félix Cárdenas	Isidro Nozal
Alessandro Petacchi	Alessandro Petacchi
Isidro Nozal
Michael Rasmussen
Joaquim Rodríguez	Joaquim Rodríguez	Joan Horrach
Alejandro Valverde	Isidro Nozal	Félix Cárdenas
Erik Zabel	Alessandro Petacchi	Alejandro Valverde
Erik Zabel	Erik Zabel
Alessandro Petacchi	Isidro Nozal
Isidro Nozal
Alessandro Petacchi	Alessandro Petacchi
Alejandro Valverde	Erik Zabel	Alejandro Valverde
Félix Cárdenas
David Millar
Pedro Diaz Lobato
Filippo Simeoni
Roberto Heras	Roberto Heras	Alejandro Valverde	iBanesto.com
Alessandro Petacchi	Erik Zabel

General classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	ESP Roberto Heras	U.S. Postal	69h31'52"
2	ESP Isidro Nozal	ONCE–Eroski	'28"
3	ESP Alejandro Valverde	Kelme–Costa Blanca	2'25"
4	ESP Igor González de Galdeano	ONCE–Eroski	3'27"
5	ESP Francisco Mancebo	iBanesto.com	4'47"
6	ESP Manuel Beltrán	U.S. Postal	5'51"
7	DEN Michael Rasmussen	Rabobank	5'56"
8	COL Félix Cárdenas	Labarca 2-Cafe Baque	6'33"
9	ESP Unai Osa	iBanesto.com	6'52"
10	ESP Luis Pérez	Cofidis	7'56"
11	ESP Santos González	Domina Vacanze–Elitron	9'08"
12	ESP Óscar Sevilla	Kelme–Costa Blanca	9'52"
13	ITA Michele Scarponi	Domina Vacanze–Elitron	10'13"
14	ESP Marcos Serrano	Team ONCE	12'51"
15	ESP Félix Garcia	Team Bianchi	14'18"
16	ESP Txema Del Olmo	Milaneza–MSS	14'38"
17	ESP Óscar Pereiro	Phonak Hearing Systems	17'05"
18	ESP Iker Flores		18'31"
19	ITA Guido Trentin	Cofidis	29'34"
20	ESP Josep Jufre		33'30"
21	ITA Dario Frigo	Fassa Bortolo	40'19"
22	ESP Íñigo Cuesta	Cofidis	41'18"
23	ITA Leonardo Piepoli	iBanesto.com	46'45"
24	ESP Manuel Calvente	Team CSC	47'54"
25	ESP Aitor Osa	iBanesto.com	49'39"

References

(29 September 2003). "Ciclismo Vuelta a España – Clasificaciones". [[El Mundo Deportivo]].
"58th Vuelta a España". Cycling News.
"58ème Vuelta a España 2003". Memoire du cyclisme.

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