2003 Tirreno–Adriatico

Cycling race

The 2003 Tirreno–Adriatico was the 38th edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race and was held from 13 March to 19 March 2003. The race started in Sabaudia and finished in San Benedetto del Tronto.^[2] The race was won by Filippo Pozzato of the Fassa Bortolo team.

Teams

Twenty teams, containing a total of 160 riders, participated in the race:^[3]

• Domina Vacanze–Elitron
• Alessio
• Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo
• Cofidis
• De Nardi–Colpack
• Fassa Bortolo
• Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavè
• Gerolsteiner
• iBanesto.com
• Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
• Lampre
• Lotto–Domo
• ONCE–Eroski
• Phonak
• Quick-Step–Davitamon
• Rabobank
• Saeco
• Vini Caldirola–So.di
• Team CSC
• Team Telekom

Route

General classification

References

1. "Tirreno–Adriatico (Historic), Italy". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
2. "38ème Tirreno-Adriatico 2003". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 14 August 2004.
3. "Start list". Cycling News. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
4. "Stages and results". Cycling News. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
5. "2003 Tirreno - Adriatico". First Cycling. Retrieved 20 November 2017.

Further reading

• "Top teams line up for Tirreno-Adriatico". Cycling News.
• "Stage 1 - March 13: Sabaudia-Sabaudia, 178 km". Cycling News.
• "Stage 2 - March 14: Sabaudia-Tarquinia, 213 km". Cycling News.
• "Stage 3 - March 15: Tarquinia-Foligno, 168 km". Cycling News.
• "Stage 4 - March 16: Foligno-Ortezzano, 154 km". Cycling News.
• "Stage 5 - March 17: Saint mount Giusto-Rapagnano, 181 km". Cycling News.
• "Stage 6 - March 18: Sure Teramo-Torricella, 179 km". Cycling News.
• "Stage 7 - March 19: S. Benedetto delo Tronto-S . Benedetto delo Tronto, 162 km". Cycling News.
• "Cipo shows his stripes, takes first leader's jersey". Cycling News.
• "Pozzato takes over". Cycling News.
• "Cipo scores again, Bettini takes GC control". Cycling News.
• "Fourth stage of Tirreno-Adriatico cancelled". Cycling News.
• "Marzoli wins, Bettini stays, Mori thrown out". Cycling News.
• "Di Luca takes control, Bettini runs out of luck". Cycling News.
• "Freire beats the World Champ". Cycling News.