| 2003 Tour of Slovenia | |
| Series: | UCI‑2.5 race |
| Date: | 6–11 May 2003 |
| Stages: | 6 |
| Distance: | 1,038 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 25h 12' 18" |
| First Color: | yellow |
| Points: | Boštjan Mervar |
| Points Color: | blue |
| Mountains Color: | polkadot |
| Sprints: | Aldo Ino Ilešič |
| Sprints Color: | green |
| Youth Color: | white |
| Team: | Team Macandina |
| Next: | 2004 |
The 2003 Tour of Slovenia (Slovenian: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 9th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as UCI‑2.5 stage race held between 6 and 11 May 2003.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The race consisted of 6 stages with 1,038 km (645.0 mi) in total.[7]
Total 108 riders (80 finished it) from 19 teams started the race.
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Nippon Hodo| 1 | 6 May | 167km (104miles) | Plain stage | Jure Zrimšek | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 7 May | Ormož – Beltinci | 168km (104miles) | Plain stage | Leon Makarovič | |||
| 3 | 8 May | Lenart – Ljubljana | 203km (126miles) | Intermediate stage | Aldo Ino Ilešič | |||
| 4 | 9 May | Vrhnika – Kranj | 176km (109miles) | Intermediate stage | Christian Heule | |||
| 5 | 10 May | Grosuplje – Vršič | 168km (104miles) | Mountain stage | Jure Golčer | |||
| 6 | 11 May | 156km (97miles) | Plain stage | Boštjan Mervar | ||||
| Total | 1038km (645miles) | |||||||
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Intermediate sprints classification | Team classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jure Zrimšek | Jure Zrimšek | not available | not available | not available | not available | not available | |
| 2 | Leon Makarovič | Leon Makarovič | ||||||
| 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | Christian Heule | Christian Heule | ||||||
| 5 | Jure Golčer | Mitja Mahorič | ||||||
| 6 | Boštjan Mervar | Boštjan Mervar | Christian Heule | Aldo Ino Ilešič | Andreas Matzbacher | Macandina | ||
| Final | Mitja Mahorič | Aldo Ino Ilešič | Andreas Matzbacher | Team Macandina | ||||
| Legend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denotes the leader of the general classification | Denotes the leader of the mountains classification | |||
| Denotes the leader of the points classification | Denotes the leader of the young rider classification | |||
| Denotes the winner of the int. sprints classification | Denotes the leader of the team classification | |||
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | width=200 | width=160 | Perutnina Ptuj | width=76 align=right | ||
| 2 | Jure Golčer | Volksbank | ||||
| 3 | Austria | |||||
| 4 | Massimo Demarin | Perutnina Ptuj | ||||
| 5 | Stef Clement | Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team | ||||
| 6 | Timothy Jones | Amore & Vita | ||||
| 7 | Johan Van Summeren | Quick.step Davitamon | ||||
| 8 | Team Macandina | |||||
| 9 | Austria | |||||
| 10 | Perutnina Ptuj |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | width=200 | width=160 | Perutnina Ptuj | width=76 align=center | 73 | |
| 2 | Matic Strgar | Radenska Rog | 51 | |||
| 3 | Jure Golčer | Volksbank | 45 | |||
| 4 | Perutnina Ptuj U23 | 44 | ||||
| 5 | Amore & Vita | 40 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | width=200 | width=160 | Team Macandina | width=76 align=center | 20 | |
| 2 | Timothy Jones | Amore & Vita | 14 | |||
| 3 | Pascal Hungerbühler | Volksbank | 12 | |||
| 4 | Jure Golčer | Volksbank | 11 | |||
| 5 | Igor Kranjec | Kamen Pazin | 10 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | width=200 | width=160 | Austria | width=76 align=right | 25h 12' 46" | |
| 2 | Stef Clement | Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team | + 26" | |||
| 3 | Johan Van Summeren | Quick.step Davitamon | + 1' 03" | |||
| 4 | Matic Strgar | Radenska Rog | + 1' 59" | |||
| 5 | Tomaž Nose | Krka Novo mesto | + 2' 26" |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | width=200 | width=160 | Perutnina Ptuj U23 | width=76 align=center | 15 | |
| 2 | Leon Makarovič | Radenska Rog | 12 | |||
| 3 | Perutnina Ptuj | 10 | ||||
| 4 | Christoph Kerschbaum | Austria | 10 | |||
| 5 |  Alberati Paolo | Miche | 7 |
